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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.

A site describing why webquests are useful in the classroom. Along with webquests, it also includes information on cooperative learning, technology in the classroom, and authentic assessments to teach.

Overview Working in small groups Cooperative Learning Strategies Learning Role Cards Role of parents/carers in the classroom Working in small groups Small group work is one way of ensuring active participation of students. Group work may challenge many teachers as control of classroom knowledge and organisation is passed to the students.

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.

DLTK'S website is filled with lots of free printable material that a teacher could easily use in their classrooms.  There mini book unit is great to print out free books for your classroom.  This will allow students to apply their knowledge of letter sounds to read simple sentences. 

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 offers help in how to use a WebQuest, tips on using WebQuest, how to use them in a classroom, and how to make a WebQuest. I found this site helpful in learning about WebQuest.

Laura Candler's Cooperative Learning Resources Cooperative learning is a powerful teaching strategy that's more than just a passing fad. Research has shown that when implemented properly, students in cooperative learning classrooms outperform their peers in traditional classrooms. The key is knowing how to implement the strategies to foster interaction while making sure all students are held accountable.

Laura Candler's website is a great way to learn more about cooperative learning. Her website includes great learning pages, and also printable's that you can use in your classroom. 

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

Hyperlinked Twitter list of some of the best recommended 2.0 tools for classrooms.

A collection of tools for classroom use.

Reality 101: Changing her luddite ways Jessica's ready to become a 21st century learner and is making room in her classroom for technology. Registration and Housing Now Open for the CEC 2012 Convention & Expo CEC and the CEC 2012 Convention Program Chair, Dr. Douglas Cheney, invite you to join us for the premier professional development event dedicated to special and gifted education: the CEC 2012 Convention & Expo, April 11-14 in Denver. This site is great for those exceptional children in the classrooms. There are many links in this website for information materials, including books, blogs, and articles.

Site that offers articles written by teachers for teachers. Includes latest information about technology in the classroom. This website is in a news/blog form that I browsed around and found some great information!

This is a useful website. It has everything. Newletters, professional development resources for teachers, and an area for classroom management.

Dell Connected Learning for Schools Case Study: Henrico County Schools Transforming STEM Learning through Technology in Elementary School Engaging the STEM Intermediate Student with Technology Center for Digital Education: Digital STEM Learning and the High School Student Center for Digital Education: Educational Technology for English-Language Learners Center for Digital Education: Empowering Special Education through Technology Center for Digital Education's Converge: Education Funding Report Q1 2011 Center for Digital Education's Converge: Education Funding Report Q2 2010 Center for Digital Education's Converge: Classroom Technologies Learning, Technology, and the Future: Catalyzing a New Conversation

This webpage is sponsered by the University of Kanas and offers a wide variety of information including free webinars, professional development, on-line educational games, video portals, information about technology in the classroom, assessments, special needs, and much more.

Helping teachers to manage a technology rich classroom

This is a collaborative teacher website that shares tips and advice on how to use the iPod touch in the classroom.

A useful website with information for all grades and science activities. Useful for both the classroom and individual science projects.

FOSS is a research-based science curriculum from grades K-8 developed at the Lawerence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley. The FOSS program materials are designed to meet the challenge of providing meaningful science education for all students in diverse American classrooms and to prepare them for life in the 21st century.

Cooperative learning is an instructional strategy that simultaneously addresses academic and social skill learning by students. It is a well-researched instructional strategy and has been reported to be highly successful in the classroom. For a more in depth explanation of this strategy, follow this link to the self-guided tutorial.