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This website offers teachers lots of great tools and ideas to incorporate in the classroom. Also there's a link to free worksheets and other fun stuff. There's a also a great link to some puzzles and games that you can use.

Thousands of teachers have discovered the value of classroom blogging, both as an avenue for their communications, but also as a tool for giving voice to what their students are learning and how they are learning. Class Blogmeister is one of several blogging engines that have been developed specifically for classroom use. You are welcome to explore the writings of teachers and students alike.

Free website used to develop lesson plans in art. Lesson plans contain the objectives, materials, planning, assessments and examples. This website is better used for teachers, but students who are interested in art projects would enjoy this website. This is very effective learning tool because the website uses various forms of art from clay, abstract, collage, sculptures and etc. The information is up-to-date and contains unique art projects. The website is organized by grade level to help find appropriate art for each grade. There is an email available to contact the creator by email. The art lesson were submitted by teachers and allows users to add comments about each lesson.

Tool for students and teachers to create puzzles (mazes, crossword, etc.)

This free website allows teachers to create custom rubrics. It is a great tool to use if you have trouble creating rubrics and setting different criteria. You can create a rubric based on a template with the following subjects: oral projects, multimedia, math, writing, products, reading, art, work skills, science, music, and reading. You can also save your rubrics online, and export them to a word processor. This site is mostly for teachers to create a rubric. Its usability is acceptable, although the navigation takes some time to get used to. This website does not seem to be undated frequently and that copyright date says 2007-2008. Overall, this website is extremely helpful to teachers when it comes to making a rubric, and differentiating criteria. There is a tutorial available on how to use rubistar, and a contact us page for support.

I LOVE this website. You can make rubrics in Spanish, too!

this is great tool for teachers or families to use that provides lessons for media education. It helps address issues like cyber bullying. It aligns with the technology and literacy standards

Classroom 2.0 is an online community for teachers who are interested in education technology. Members share web 2.0 tools and learn through online events.

Free. This is a great tool for teachers on best practices. It's easy to navigate and has a lot of information. It is updated frequently and has great content.

This website is a great for student that are learning how to read. It has sections like ABCs- Let's get ready to read where student learn letters and sounds, and section like I'm Reading " where students can read easy books and practice their fluency.It is a great tool for differentiating activities.It is a free website.

This is a free resource, which teaches children to read with phonics. The website has 4 levels of reading: ABC's, Learn to read, It's fun to read, and I am reading. It could be used by teachers and parents to help the student acquire different level of skills in reading. Is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL).

Founded in 1999, BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that engages students, supports educators, and bolsters achievement. Our award-winning online educational resources include BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, and BrainPOP ESL. All are supported by BrainPOP Educators, our teacher community now more than 125,000 members strong and featuring free lesson plans, video tutorials, professional development tools, graphic organizers, best practices, and much more.

Registering for TED.com is free and open to anyone worldwide. With site membership you can create a profile page, contact other members, join the conversation on individual talks, save items to your favorites, and more. The user community, usability, aesthetic appeal, and quality of the content is all great! This site inspires new and innovative ideas, and can be appealing to teachers and students. I think it can be a great learning tool and provide for good discussion in higher grades, especially high school students. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences -- the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer -- TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.