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This site has how to videos for many of the sites I have seen mentioned. There are 5-min clips of how to set up and use the different applications that we find on the web but don't necessarily know how to get started on. I watched a couple of these, but especially liked the one about KidBlog and Animoto.

This website is very nice for helping students learn different concepts using interactive puzzles and manipulative.

Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like.

Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like.

Create PowerPoint-like presentations without PowerPoint and that play from the Cloud, so an audience with differently formatted devices can view. Grap pictures quickly from Web, edit, or load PowerPoint slides. Create instant url. Compare with Slideshare. 

This brief article is an early work by Dr. Ian Bogost related to what he would later refer to as "procedural rhetoric." In this piece Dr. Bogost draws parallels between various processes essential to being "literate" at different points in history. With what "processes" do we need to become literate as educators in the 21st century? How can we help others become literate?

This sounds a lot like learning by doing. If students can't experience battle re-enactments, or visit musuems and historical sites, or travel to parks, or act out a story, technology might afford those luxuries. Computers, iPads, even smart phones can provide virtual field trips and experiences. Students can further share these experiences through social networking. As an older generation, I feel it necessary to keep learning how today's youth are communicating so I will be able to connect with them and bridge that gap in their education.

Not a fan of Diamond, but I did like Guns, Germs, and Steel. As it relates to learning, I do agree that there is great benefit in constructing your learning. I imagine a day when we will be able to choose from a vast assortment of resources that will allow us to illustrate specific terms or concepts and from those resources we can build knowledge, sort of like a Lego model.

This gives a listing of different places to get images photos and more

Online pinboard site that can be used to organize different topics.  Can be great for getting ideas for lesson/unit planning.

Thanks, Amy! I just started using Pinterest for teaching ideas. I saw an awesome Tiki-Hut U-table! Makes me think to make my guided reading and math groups a lot more fun! I love how pinterest has the pictures.

great tool to have students in grades 3-9th use as a way to improve their language, reading, and creative skills

Make your own comic in several different languages

Thousands of free audiobooks in the public domain. Readers can download also download text versions of the books onto readers. Many different genres and age levels available.

What makes today's education landscape different than last year, the year before or five years ago? What is different?

Different ways to model the use of technology for students. Lots of ideas and easy ways to to integrate the technology while still teaching the students appropriate use.

Free quiz making tool. Lots of different "star tools" are available from ALTEC.

This website provides information on why rubrics are so important to use in the classroom. It also has printable rubrics that teachers can use for all different grade levels and all different assignment types such as projects, reading, and writing assignments.

We've all been told that we should recycle plastic bottles and containers. But what actually happens to the plastic if we just throw it away? Emma Bryce traces the life cycles of three different pl...

Cool site for animated stories to share with the class. There are fiction and non-fiction. This site is unique because it keeps the stories short and to-the-point. User's can click on different links like "cool software" related to the story.

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 resource contains information on several different input and output devices that can be used to help students with special needs. It also discusses different barriers that students and teachers may encounter when using these devices.

Great site which breaks down the government into simple terms for all grade levels to understand.

Government information based on age range (k-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) Simple, easy for students to navigate.

This is a great Social Studies website to help kids learn different Social Studies concept. It goes all the way to 12th grade.

This is a great website to use if you are in need of a variety of resources for different subjects.

A special issue of "Library Technology Reports" from 2009 focusing on digital storytelling. Storytelling in Context -- Storytelling in the Context of Modern Library Technology -- How Digital Storytelling Builds 21st Century Skills -- Digital Storytelling in Different Library Setting -- Software for Digital Storytelling -- Resources.