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This guy seems to be a big muckety muck in the world of Social Studies.

Might be a unique way to have students tell a story in social studies or LA. Explain a math or science concept... or just play for yourself!

Smartboard lesson on population distribution

This Smartboard activity gives a very clear visual lesson on longitude and latitude. It is meant for 4-6 grade.

This webquest is interesting because it explores a recurring social issue "Instead of looking at the Tuskegee Study and saying, 'That was bad,' if we are to really learn from the experience and avoid things like it in the future, we must be clear about what made the Tuskegee Study so tragic. "

Great tool to access articles from all over the world regarding branding techniques, effectiveness, branding case studies, and many other items. Everyone needs to brand themselves at some point, make it now. It's how you get noticed.

Information on diagnosis and studies

This is for the Social Studies and Art fans in the crowd. Very cool site with podcasts, video, etc.

podcast: feed://smarthistory.org/podcast-xml-for-all-museums "This site is being developed ... as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the static Western art history textbook. We are looking for contributors-especially for canonical non-Western material and other survey topics we have not yet covered."

A great source for your students!

Case study about the use of virtual reality in the classroom.

Many of you are science, math and social studies backgrounds, these lesson plans may add a new dimension to your classroom and help your students understand a certain concept from a different perspective.

A collection of research articles put together by the SMARTer Kids Foundation about the success of using the SMARTboard in classrooms. Contains articles from many different subject areas.

"Sandbox Studios works with museums to plan, create, manage and assess education programs and technology projects. With over thirty years' combined experience as museum professionals and independent consultants, Sandbox Studios staff have created everything from classroom materials to Web portals encompassing multi-museum collections. Sandbox Studios creatively applies tested technologies and innovative educational strategies to bring museum collections and people together." Look at the 'projects' page.

The mission of Art Education 2.0 is to support a growing global community of art educators exploring uses of new and emerging technology in the classroom by promoting: * professional discourse * best art teaching practices * innovative uses of technology in the art classroom and studio * the production and study of visual culture * collaboration and joint creative work * curricular projects and student art exchanges * the sharing of information, ideas and experiences * other activities deemed important by its members.