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This is a great resource to allow students to work at their own pace.  It reinforces quick recall of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems.  It is great for both elementary and middle school students.

Apangea is an online math resource partially funded by the state of Indiana. It is primarily geared towards high school students taking the Algebra I ECA, but can be used for grades 3-12 with varying content. I use Apangea as part of my math lab.

This site provides lesson plans for English/Language Arts teachers of all grade levels.  The lesson plans have preview, standard attached to the lesson, resources and preparation, instructional plan, related resources, and a comments sections.

Provides a variety of tools to help students study. I personally use it to help my students prepare for their weekly spelling/vocabulary quizzes, but I think every content area could find it useful.

A look at the "executive functions" that help when teaching students' whole brains. A thought provoking look at how to approach those kids who don't know how to "do school".

Randy, this also correlates with a couple of your observation forms, too. Don't forget to add a tag to the resource.

For the other Spanish teachers or even Social Studies/ELA could use this for a cultural component to a lesson.

I use this as a great resources to get some really challenging activities to help with critical thinking and problem solving skills. Caution: They are really addicting if you like challenging puzzles!

Great for article of the week, political cartoons, and current events

This document provideds simple, practical ways to implement brain based learning strategies in your classroom. It offers you something different for each letter of the alphabet.

Prezi is a way to jazz up your class presentations. As a visual learner, my attention is held better by something that is visually stimulating (e.g. not a white slide with black lettering). Prezi allows you to present the exact same content you would in any other presentation format, but allows for more excitement. We used this a bit during institute this summer and it was awesome. This link is just as much a resources for me, because I want to start using it more as well. I would encourage you to check it out if you do a slide show every day in class.

RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics, but does not have the time to develop them from scratch. I use it at the elementary level but it is great for all teachers!

This is an amazing resource - I've used it for years. Note also that rubrics can be saved on Rubistar and shared, or just use the tool to get a jump start on your rubric and copy and paste into Word.

Khan Academy has great video clips with detailed explanations of every middle and high school math topic (including linear algebra and statistics!) It's great for giving some variety in INM for students and having students practice note-taking skills by watching short video clips. It's also a great place to figure out how to explain complicated math topics.

Sejin, this is one of my favs! Science teachers and social studies teachers there are also excellent short clips on chemistry, biology, physics, economics and money and banking. Sal Khan's story is worth a look. He's a Ted talk presenter, has been featured on several news programs. This resource is excellent.

A simple yet comprehensive site with numerous articles, downloads,and tools for navigating through the Response to Intervention (RTI) process.

I love how this website provides lessons that make math more relevant to our students. I haven't used any of the lessons from start to finish, but I've used bits and pieces of each lesson and love the ideas I get from this website.

Mr. Fronius' website is a great resource for lessons for calc/pre-calc, algebra I/II, geometry, and trig.

This website is a great resource for Spanish teachers of all grade levels. There are lesson plans, games, activities, and helpful insight on how to incorporate literature and culture into the World Language classroom. I have also found the resources targeted for new teachers very helpful. There are also resources and posts for veteran teachers. I appreciate that this site also provides teachers with motivation and encouragement.