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This site contains a variety of software programs that are free downloads for registered schools and classrooms. It also offers a KidsCorner with a wide selection of games, and a number of content specific games. Click on a tab for Preschool, USA, world, animals, vocabulary, languag arts, health, science or math to access the games.

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.

This site has great kindergarten curriculum ideas

This website is great for answering some of the basic questions to cooperative learning. It gives information on how students will benefit and what the teachers role is when implementing such program. 

Professional Development Workshops for Teachers ranging from a few hours to a full week.

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 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.

Learn about the teacher and student editions of your textbook. Watch short video clips of commentaries, teaching strategies, and best teaching practices-correlated to your textbooks. See step-by-step instructions for using your McGraw-Hill technology programs. Participate with your collegues in these typical online learning events.

This site contains mapping, multimedia, resources, and education programs. This website covers many education topics. The multimedia allows students to follow animals through videos and a crittercam.

Art activities, worksheets for the Head Start Program In one lesson students complete a variety of activities related to the Maurice Sendak book "Chicken Soup With Rice." They identify the months of the year, identify words starting with the letter J, explore online illustrations created by Maurice Sendak, and create a rhyme using a class list of rhyming words.

I really like this website as it features a whole curriculum from K - 12 but a lot of the lesson plans can be adapted for the Head Start Program. It offers teacher resources, thematic units, seasonal activities, health and nutrition lesson plans. If you haven't found this website I would highly recommend it to you.

Your school is participating in a special program called "Symbols of America" whose goal is to help elementary students that are new to the United States learn about places in our country where there are pieces of history symbolic of our nation.

The National Science Foundation website detailing different sources of information for future STEM teachers. The site includes awards, scholarships, and information for teachers who want to use technology and science in their classroom.

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.

This webpage guides to different context area for professional development. It also gives information about lessons plans, themes, technology, and class management.

Educator's Professional Development Online database of conferences and workshops around the world. Professional Development for Educators Library of Congress The Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program provides primary source-based staff development to teachers across the country. LeaningForward.org Networking and Professional Development Resource for educators.

This site has different professional development links including professional development courses, networking sites, and workshops for professional development.

This is the Library of Congress's site. I find this to appropriate because it is from the government and it gives your mulitple choices on how to grow. You just decide on what exactly you want to do and search for it on the page.

The Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program provides primary source-based staff development to teachers across the country. I included the site because it is both a government ran website and allows teachers the opportunity to expand what they know with their own decisions.

This curriculum mapping software is being used my a growing number of school districts. It allows teachers to collaborate in developing units and activities for students. This is a subscription service, but it will offer a free demo of the program and a glimpse into what it can do.

This website offers resources and computer science-in-a-box. This computer science curriculum is designed for students ages 9 to 14.

Adaptive learning technology and software programs for math Thousands of lessons available This software is not free but there are free samples of the software and teachers can buy the software sets for $20 per child or the school system can pay to have unlimited software for the year.