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A breakdown of the components of a thorough Acceptable Use Policy, including examples.

The Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for Internet use is one of the most important documents a school will produce. Creating a workable AUP requires thoughtful research and planning. Education World offers food-for-thought and a few useful tools for educato...

Web 2.0 technology - the free digital tools that empower all users to create and share - has changed the way the world operates. In the hands of educators, it can become a powerful catalyst for changing the way students learn.

Great article! These three things every teacher should be doing with Web 2.0 are what make Web 2.0 tools so powerful for learning. Great find!

This site is from Education World and is speaking about using technology in high school classrooms. This post notes that students in this generation almost demand that technology is to be used in the classroom because that is what they are used to and have grown up with. Cell phones, music devices and tablets have become more prevalent each year with more and more students bring them to school. They cannot seem to separate themselves from social media, music, games, etc. This site has listed some great ideas of how teachers can incorporate technology into their classroom, some of them are: online quizzes, online databases, Microsoft OneNote, online classes, student online portfolios and blogging.

Allow your students to share their projects and communicate with students all over the world.

Create your own educational games, quizzes, surveys, and web pages. Search millions of games and quizzes created by educators around the world.

Seriously a VERY EASY to use video creation software. A bit pricey $8 a month but that includes student accounts. Really helps guide students through some multimedia principles. Used By: over 7 million members around the world Amazing videos and presentations created with PowToon! Communicate with colleagues and clients in an unexpected and refreshing way by using PowToon's Ready-Made Templates for plenty of business situations. It's as easy as making a PowerPoint presentation and as impactful as a viral video.

Teach your students to listen with the power of public radio! Free lessons and engaging real world stories for your classroom.

Do you want a way for your students to socialize in a nerd-tastic way? Goodreads allows students to dive deeper into the world of reading.

PenPalNews allows people to create an anonymous pen pal relationship in order to obtain feedback from someone or just to chat. Students can get feedback on opinions or can complete research from other areas of the world.

You'll feel like a superhero

From your hobby to your career, your class notes to your final exam, your mood board to your runway show, padlets help you organize your life.

Connect your students with people and ideas from around the world. This is the tool that not enough educators are using!

Share your infographic with the world. Make high resolution prints or share it online. Link, embed, email or share it on social media. The possibilities are endless with this awesome Infographic creator.

Our designers work hard so you don't have to. In fact, you'll have access to a weekly updated library of over 500 professionally-designed templates. Finding a style that fits your message is easy. Edit text, fonts, and colors. Change as much or as little as you want to.

Graphite is a website created by teachers which is a searchable collection of educational technology resources for teachers.

Common Sense Graphite is a site by teachers, for teachers that helps you find the best educational technology resources and learn the best practices for implementing them in your classroom. Brought to you by Common Sense Media: Empowering kids to thrive in a world of media and technology.

Third through twelfth grade Common Core-aligned math activities that use real-world scenarios. Great materials and activities that engage students.

Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.

There is so much you can do with Google Earth, layers, marking things, adding video, making paths/trails. It's a big world out there!

An article by Education Weekly that explores the integration of math and ELA concreting both subjects.

Games with science content incorporated into it.

Provides a list of resources on integration, lessons, research, effective strategies, etc.

Opinions on technology in high school, but also included nine ways to integrate technology into the classroom.