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This article highlights several free online resources that can be used to enhance project-based learning for students. Resources such as Google Docs and Dropbox may be widely known already in this class, but others include LiveMinutes, ShowMe, and GimmeBar. I found this on Education World via the publisher companion site to our textbook.

In The National Geographic Kids Blog, a group of kids selected by the National Geographic staff share their thoughts and experiences. This is a great blog for kids to follow and be able to read about things that interest them and what other kids think. Teachers can use this as a resource to introduce kids to safe and educational places on the internet that are interesting to them as well. I found this in the "Online Safety" section of Kids.gov, accessed via the publisher companion site of our textbook.

Thanks for the website! It's a great resource for students to use. Im saving it to my Diigo account too. -Lisa

This lesson plan from Interface Magazine suggests ways to incorporate Twitter in your class. They seem so easy and practical but I never would have thought of some of these methods, and I was even an early Twitter adopter. Make sure to watch the video under "The Twitter Experiment"! I found this in the "Featured Resources" section of The Gateway to Educational Materials, accessed via the publisher's companion site to our textbook.

Lists 210 educational technology resources in alphabetical order. Also searchable. Found using The Gateway to 21st Century Skills search engine.

WOW, I found this site with full of iPad resources of Digital Storytelling, wonderful! This site contains Apps for Digital Storytelling, resources for iPad and much more information! Love it.

Teacher videos, resources and lesson plans. Discover great ideas and strategies to use as a teacher with this collection of videos covering Math, Science, English, History and more.

This is the Teaching Channel's website filled with educator resources.  I have found several Science lab ideas from this site.  Many resources are standards based and grounded in STEM research, but there are resources for all subject areas.  There are also videos available that show lessons in practice.  

this website was found through the US. Department of Education. It gives parent helpful practical examples of how they can use everyday task such as shopping at the grocery store to get kids motivated and practicing their math skills. These type of hands on practical approaches are always great to do with young kids because it's a way to capitalize on their free time and to have them practice what they are learning in school without feeling like they are in a classroom.

This is good information, I am sending this to my eye doctors office one lady needs help for her daughter

Remarkably open-and-honest but nonetheless chilling tale of personal online identity hacking and potential reputation spoiling. A well-written, engaging read!

Since I am a "new" teacher to the whole iPad classroom, I found this site useful and the Pedagogy Wheel has many apps that as useful.

Tool-based software, including web-based tools, can make a substantial contribution to the success of Personalized Learning Environments in today's learning environments. The Tools section of DTL contains information on tools that educators have found to be effective. The Resources section of DTL includes all kinds of digital content, including Open Educational Resources, that educators have found to be effective.

This website provides amazing resources and lesson plans to teachers free of charge. There are online activities that students can complete as well from creating a book or cd cover to making a character biography cube.

A great resource for lesson plans that is aesthetically pleasing and easy to navigate. I've used it during my time as an undergraduate student, and found it very helpful.

This is an educational site in which teachers will find a large collection of reading suggestions and materials for their students. The site lists all of the books found in the Young Patriots series, which is a series designed for children. It then goes on to provide additional websites and links for each specific Patriot and individual mentioned. As you explore a little further, you will find several short videos on each of these individuals that can be used as great lead ins to any lesson about these Patriots. I found this cite to be very easy to use and navigate through, and filled with great resources and content.

Over 170,000 videos available since the 1980s that have aired on C-SPAN. They are also share=able and free. What a great resource for middle and upper grade found through the FDOE website

A recent study from CompTIA found that e-learning software, classroom management software, game-based learning and mobile apps are spreading throughout classrooms in the country.

I found an online gradebook based on standards rather than points. It records the learning instead of the grade the student earned. I like the idea, but I do not think public school would use it without grades as well.

The Clayton Christensen Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank dedicated to improving the world through disruptive innovation. Founded on the theories of Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen, the Institute offers a unique framework for understanding many of society's most pressing problems. Our mission is ambitious but clear: work to shape and elevate the conversation surrounding these issues through rigorous research and public outreach. With an initial focus on education and health care, the Christensen Institute is redefining the way policymakers, community leaders, and innovators address the problems of our day by distilling and promoting the transformational power of disruptive innovation. The Christensen Institute is based in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

Awesome resource I found on FLDOE. PBS Teachers provides PreK-12 educational resources and activities for educators tied to PBS programming and correlated to local and national standards and professional development opportunities delivered online. It has free webinars, free professional development training modules, videos, and much more.

As blended learning's popularity continues to grow in high schools and middle schools, KIPP Empower Academy (KEA) in South Los Angeles has taken the model a step further by introducing it to kindergarten students.