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Another great site to support special education students that need more practice and sometimes modified work. It's also a great resource for all students.

This is a great site for printouts and theme based activities. I use the project ideas on the site a lot. It is free, but you need to create an account. 

Flipped and Blended Interactive Video Learning Platform

Flipped and Blended Interactive Video Learning Platform

Flipped and Blended Interactive Video Learning Platform Flipped and Blended Interactive Video Learning Platform. This site is transforming! Use the power of a youtube video within the context of a lesson! With this free site, you can take any video from youtube and install pause points where students MUST answer a question before playing it again! You can also track student responses instantly and collect valuable assessment data.

This site--English pedagogy guru Jim Burke's ning--is a treasure trove for middle school and secondary English instructors. Joining requires verification of your relationship to a learning institution. The site is well organized, allowing me to browse by general topics and within forums. It's a virtual teacher's lounge, allowing for quick takes on strategies for teaching any number of things, or in depth discussion on the viability of Literature Circles for Shakespeare study. I could easily get lost in the forest of great ideas here.

I thought this site was really cool. It helps promote curiosity and exploration for children of all ages. The site includes a wonder of the day…Today's wonder is "Is there a planet between Mars and Jupiter?"…and the answer is yes! There is a dwarf planet called Ceres between the two planets. You also have the option to explore other wonders on this site or to post something that you are wondering.

A logophone's dream. While I would love to possess a revered hard copy in my classroom learning center, I would definitely have this site bookmarked.

This link to the Oxford English Dictionary is an invaluable resource for Middle School ELA and Secondary Ed English teachers. I can see it as a frequent "go-to" site for Student Researchers, providing more interesting content than a standard online dictionary. Because the OED is concerned with word origins, I believe it would be helpful in creating bridges with ELL students as well, giving them a chance to see the linguistic contributions their language has made to ours. Check out the link in the lower center column for teachers and students (resources and lesson plans).

top sites for language learners

This Science Magazine Site reviews the many ways students can use video games, cell phones, computers, online learning programs, and distance learning programs to enhance their education.

A neat collection of sites

A site I use for interactive math and LA games

 At this site, teachers have recorded short videos/screencasts demonstrating how to use various web 2.0 applications with students.  Each video is 5 minutes or less.

This website is great for beginning readers! The songs and videos are beautiful and easy to follow along with. I use this site in my classroom a lot!

This site allows students to create digital stories. By clicking on the different characters, props, and scenery the site helps students create a story. A little purple ghost helps to prompt students.

many copyright friendly sites

Interactive games for very basic percent

I love this site and want to incorporate it into my classroom. It's a great way to keep track of all the books you read, challenge yourself to read a certain number of books in a year, and see what your friends are reading.

This site is terrific! It identifies and links to many different search engines. You can choose the best search engine depending upon your need.

I found this while reading through Tony Baldasaro's blog post about online schools. I haven't screened over the whole site yet, but it seems to worth a (second) look.

Faces of Learning is a collaborative, solution-oriented site that seeks to answer the questions: What does an ideal learning environment look like? and How do we create more ideal learning environments? It is a blog as well and there are many shared stories of learning experiences. There is an interactive 'learner sketch' to determine your own (or a student's) strengths and weaknesses. You can record your own story too.

This site has lots of search engine sites for younger kids and links for kids to submit and read book reviews, along with many other resources.