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Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more-using your own word lists.

Publish your own book! Great for students to practice using their vocabulary words, etc... Love this! Cool way to incorporate publishing too!

Amazing video on creating a personalized letter to students each week, via a mail merge letter. One of the best tools for teachers to update parents quickly each week.

This is a great page for read aloud books. There is a good selection of children's books on a variety of topics. The stories load quickly and are of good quality. Highlighted words tell emerging readers which word is being said. Allow students to listen by themselves at their seats or as a whole class presentation!

Help feed the hungry while improving vocabulary or math skills. Rice donated through UN World Food Programme. Links to other ways to donate also.

cool website to have students learn words and build their vocabulary. I can see language art or reading teachers having their student use this website as additional practice.

Offers templates, rubrics, and a 28-page .pdf guide to digital story telling. 

A downloadable 28 page guide to help educators develop digital story telling plans that are tailored to specific age groups and curriculum needs.

Evaluation rubric example Storyboard template: Headlines and descriptions Storyboard template: Headlines only Storyboarding: Creating a storyboard in Word

Free Creative Commons Add-in for Office (PC version only) that allows authors to embed CC licenses into Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents. 

Good website as a start or support resource for implementing technology lessons ( and mini-lessons) in the classroom.

Find basic computer skills, Internet research tips, Internet safety resources, lessons, and worksheets to help integrate technology across the curriculum. Learn the history of the Internet; get help with using computer word processors; find out how to create PowerPoint presentations; understand the difference between a podcast and a blog; research interesting science projects online; use the computer to extend a literature activity; and other fascinating activities. Encourage your students to use technology in school and out. The possibilities are endless, when it comes to how the Internet, computers, and other forms of modern technology can benefit your classroom instruction. Read more on TeacherVision: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/educational-technology/teacher-resources/43743.html#ixzz26Pkee3uC

This is a site that I found on the FirstGov search. The site provides monthly math word problems for students. The site also provides an archives link so that past problems can be retrieved.

Education World Techtorials offer step-by-step instructions on using some aspect of technology in the regular classroom.

" Create your own printable word search worksheets, handwriting worksheets , and crossword puzzles.

Word document containing technology standards for OCPS students as well as performance indicators for each grade level. You must have OCPS log in credentials to access.

Great Narrated How-to Power Points for Parents organized by the 4 quarters of the school year, and by subject area. Gives suggested activities for blending CVC words in the Qtr 1 Reading Ppt.

Transform your doc, pdf, word, movie in an interactive flipbook. It's very easy: upload your file and you will receive an email with the url to your creation. You can share this with your friend, family... by email, on your blog, on facebook or twitter It's free and without inscription!

Vocabulary words for Practice these terms and take the quiz. . Includes studying games and tools such as flashcards.

Open Office is an open software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

I used open office before and was so grateful for it! Very comparable to Microsoft.

Helps explain math words in kid friendly language with visuals.

This is a visual thesaurus in which students can enter a word and immediately find dozens of synonyms...which then give even more. No longer will you have reports handed in with the same drab vocabulary. Encourage the use of this in your class!

Kidcenter filled with content area games, puzzles and mazes for the kids to complete. Great outlet for Tier 1 and Tier 2 students.