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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.

A great differentiation resource, this wiki has all of the information contained in our book and more. With templates for many of the related strategies discussed and everything you need to know and how to do it. A free web resource this really is a great, easy to navigate wiki for all to use for free - but no support is available - but none needed. Aesthetically the wiki has a very nice design and i believe students in High School and above might take some interest in this site. Published two years ago the content is right up to date and of good quality.

This free site is very useful for implementing technology with teaching History. This site is very useful for implementing technology with teaching History. This particular site specializes in accommodating ages 4-11. Although teaching history to this age group can sometimes be a straining task, this particular website also offers educators an opportunity to stream their lessons for others to observe. This particular website also assists in interdisciplinary activities as the side bars include all subjects and lesson ideas. This particular site is extremely interactive and is can be an effective learning tool. Educators and students can also access the Contact Us link and receive assistance if needed. This site is also designed for student friendly access and is very easy for navigation.

FreshBrain is a free social networking site designed to give teens a chance to explore technology in a safe way. It allows students to create different projects and share them with other teens but the site focuses heavily on being a safe environment for students.

This is a free search engine design by librarians just for kids. This search engine produces only kids friendly results and it a great tool to use if the student is to be "protected" from inappropriate content sometimes returned by known search engines such as yahoo, google and what not. The website is free and user friendly. The student can also chose under what topic would the search be and narrow down the search. I love it!

It appears that sparknotes was originally designed to be used as a footnote - intended to summarize books required for reading. This site is well organized and easy to use and students would be crazy not to use this site. It is organized intoseveral tabs - Spark notes guides (provides summaries and analysis - 500 guides for Literature and a number for History, Math, and Biology), No Fear Shakespear, SparkCollege (info on colleges including intro videos0, Test prep (for standardized tests), Flashcards, Miss Marm (writing help), Spark Test (self-evaluation), and Spark Life which is all about school life. It appears to be free with up to date valid information and all your support questions can be answered under the help tab.

Free classic literature at you fingertips on this beautifully designed web site. Very straight forward and simple to use, anyone at any age can find a classic here. Very little support offered as this is really just a list of books you can read electronically. I think its great because you can read all the classics and learn what good literature is here. Great for students.

This is a game designed to test your vocabulary knowledge. There are over thousands of words to practice with levels at easy, medium, and difficult.

This website is excellent for teaching world history. This is a free website is excellent for teaching world history to students in grades k-8. It provides students with time to interact with ancient artifacts from different parts of the world such as Egypt, Greece, China and etc. This site is very helpful in navigating through historical concepts as site is designed for student friendly access. The vivid colors and topics are appealing to all students, especially those who have display an appetite for historical adventures. This website also assists in the process of differentiated instruction due to the plethora of instructional avenues an educator can choose from. Due to this website being free, there is a section that an educator as well as student can access for assistance and frequently asked questions.

This website provides the students an opportunity to allow History to come alive!! This site promotes the content while integrating the technology that makes History fascinating and fun. Students can also access different museums as well as interact with historical figures and places This site would be excellent when using web quests and virtual field trips. This site is easy to manipulate and navigate and this site also provides the educator with tips and guides for lesson design. I believe this is an effective learning tool, especially when differentiating instruction. This site is completely free, and the content is age appropriate, especially when conducting student lead activities.

This free website provides innovative way for students to enhance their knowledge in Science, Social Studies and beyond. It provides games as well as videos that will promote investigative learning among students of all ages. If an educator chooses to utilize this site, it would be very helpful if the educator knew the concept as this website has many activities and links. It is fairly easy to navigate. The colors may not be as appealing as other websites, but the content of this site is very effective when being utilized as a learning tool. This particular site is designed for students in grades k-8, depending on the content.