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Atomic Learning features a guided, step-by-step path for tech integration through online teacher workshops, classroom-ready projects, assessments, and just-in-time training and support on over 205 applications and over 50 assistive technology programs relevant to district and individual technology needs.

This article has several ideas for small group activities that build skills and promote teamwork. It focuses on building learning strategies with diverse learners. I really like this website and will be using it it the future for teaching Reading and helping those that are struggling with this subject. ABCs of Teaching Reading classroom strategies helping struggling readers, reading topics from a-z Cooperative Learning has been proven to be effective for all types of students, including academically gifted, mainstream students and English language learners (ELLs) because it promotes learning and fosters respect and friendships among diverse groups of students. In fact, the more diversity in a team, the higher the benefits for each student. Peers learn to depend on each other in a positive way for a variety of learning tasks. Students typically work in teams of four. This way, they can break into pairs for some activities, and then get back together in teams very quickly for others. It is important, however, to establish classroom norms and protocols that guide students to: Contribute Stay on task Help each other Encourage each other Share Solve problems Give and accept feedback from peers

This website offers educational games, updated information for teachers, and ideas that educators can use in their classroom.

Find teaching resources and program information such as episode descriptions and educational learning goals for PBS KIDS shows. A national PBS survey of pre-K-12 teachers sheds light on the rising role of technology in America's classrooms, as well as barriers teachers face to accessing the "right" digital resources.

There are a lot of links in this website about continuing education for teachers along with Lesson Plans, TV program and web content and Digital Service. I like PBS because it always has a lot of fun ideas to make teaching fun for the student.

This web site offers free videos and video summaries, webinars and help for teachers to improve themselves and student learning. Also offers strategies of the week and PD 360 degrees.

This site is very cool. You can pick an age group and then pick one of the many different topics they have and find a web quest that goes along with the topic!

This site offers WebQuests for teachers and students. It starts with "A presentation for teachers on why to use WebQuests." Nellie, the site creator, has categories of different age groups, ESL students, and adults. She offers webquests for: Classroom Management for Technology WebQuest for Preservice Teachers, Put your school on the web, Electronic Portfolios, Building a Website, and much more.

Read about current technologies available for your classroom. Get ideas for classroom projects and grants. Additional tabs on this site provide tools and templates, a subject data base of class projects and activities, free worksheets on a variety of topics, holiday ideas, standards and a section called School Notes that provides a free webpage tool for teachers.

* Join the largest creative community established exclusively for visual arts educators, university professors, researchers and scholars, teaching artists, administrators, and art museum educators. Collaborate. Learn. Engage in thoughtful dialogue. Engage with January's Mentor through the NAEA blog! Thom KnabI am the K-4 Arts Specialist for Dodge Elementary school in the Williamsville School District.Links to approximately 125 electronic journals, articles on issues in aesthetics, arts education, art theory, and visual arts, statistics, and assorted databases

"Links to approximately 125 electronic journals, articles on issues in aesthetics, arts education, art theory, and visual arts, statistics, and assorted databases"

Outdoor time Spending time outdoors is more than just a free-play recess, but can teach kids about teamwork, sharing and how to interact with each other. Some Head Start lesson plans for outdoor time can include playing a sport, such as kickball or soccer, organizing a marching band or running through an obstacle course on the playground. Other outdoor activities can include identifying trees, plants, animals and insects that are located on the school's property. This sight offers everything for the Head Start Teacher with lesson plans for language, cognition, motor development and social and emotional development .

Conner Prairie provides a historical look of professional development for teachers in Indiana dating back to the 1860's. Links to teacher resources and materials, field trip activities, and lesson plans.

Educators Professional Development is the largest online database of professional development conferences and workshops for educators and teachers from Early Learning to Grade 12.

Educators Professional Development is the largest online database of professional development conferences and workshops for educators and teachers from Early Learning to Grade 12. You are able to search for conferences in your area, or even suggest a conference for others to view.

This is a website where a teacher can find conferences and workshops to go to and keep growing professionally. It looks like a great idea because you would be able to find conferences all around the United States

I found this website where you're able to print off free activities for students. This website has all subjects and topics. There are more then just activities, they give customer and arts and crafts ideas as well.

This website offers a wide range of material and lesson plans for grades Pre-K thru 12th grade. It provides a wide variety of subjects including reading, language arts, math, science, special education, technology, and many more. And it is user friendly.

Coloring pages and activities for a fourth grade social studies class. Very useful website and you can change the grade and subject.

This website has great lesson plans for physical education and wellness curriculum It is in alignment to ECERS, healthy environments, nutrition and includes lessons for family and community involvement.

Site offers: 100 templates; preview before publishing; unlimited pages; quiz creation, photo gallery, and other interactive modules. It also offers a variety of topics from English, Math, and Science to Business, Foreign Languages, Technology and more.

This is an Interactive website for Reading and Language Arts. This site is more focused on the 3rd and 4th graders. It has lots of practice for students to do, but it also has lots of things for parents and teachers to get extra help on teaching their students.

This web-site is dedicated to helping students, teachers, parent-teacher, and shool systems with teaching spelling and vocabulary. This is a great site for students to learn their spelling and vocabualry words in a fun way.

This is a free web portal designed to assist anyone who wants to find high-quality, free Internet resources to use in classroom instruction, developing project ideas, reinforcing specific subject matter areas both in the class and at home and even for online technology tutorials. This is a great site for everyone to utilize. I have used this website with all four of my boys, and they love it.

This site gives a variety of online games and activities, printables, and a long list of premade WebQuest. These links are all about health and Nutrition for children. These links could be used during health class.

This website offers a ton of lesson plans. You can search by subject, grade, and even key word. This particular page I searched Cooperative Learning and this is the search page results. This can be really useful if you are in a pinch and do not have time to write a lesson plan yourself.