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This is a website for novice and experienced users. they provide the best resources that their researchers have researched. The site helps you save time with credible, high quality and trustworthy sites. The site has news headlines, feature stories, sites for learning and guide to websearching.

This pdf file gives parents all the information about the different types of schools offered in Orange County. It discusses programs, curriculum, different types of services offered, a break down of student achievement, different assessments, health, volunteer services, and etc. It's a great guide!

In the Academe, technology has to be studied as one of the essential modes of being human. We have to guide our students to be digitally wise and to attain digital wisdom. There is a real multiplication of the dimensions of the human being, when Singularity is more and more near. We deal with a whole set of different identities [plural (?), multiple (?), alternative (?), concurrent (?), divergent (?), virtualising (?)

"Florida's Professional Development System Evaluation Protocol provides the incorporated into each level: planning, learning, implementing and evaluating."

District professional development activities in Florida are guided by Florida's Professional Development System Evaluation Protocol. This evaluation model assesses the local planning, learning, implementation, and evaluation of professional development activities according to standards modeled after the Learning Forward (formerly National Staff Development Council) standards as well as Florida statutory requirements.

Guide for searching sociall bookmarks including lists of sites to use

A very practical explanation of finding images that one is free to use via Creative Commons licenses via the image sharing site Flickr. Also included are concrete summaries of each specific license type. The author mistakenly refers to CC-licensed images as "non-copyrighted," but this is not accurate technically. A copyright owner may choose to license her work for reuse/remixing, but in doing so, she does not give up her copyright. Creative Commons exists with copyright not as an alternative to it.

The Broward County School District has a designated website for parents call PARENT INVOLVEMENT. This is great website for parents within the Broward County school district to use as a quick condense reference guide to get and stay info with what's going on in this school district. This website also provides an abundance of valuable resources ranging from ways for parent to get involve in their child's schooling, school policies, academic info, and supportive services to things as Teen Parent Program, health education, and preventive programs from substance abuse, etc.

Bill Nye the Science Guy! This site has an entire section for kids and teachers. Episode guides, home demos, demos that you can print (printable one sheets), and pop quizzes. There is also information about Bill Nye Solving for X - Bill Nye does Math!!

Article from Edudemic on how teachers can create apps. Includes various sites for beginners and pros, prices, and advice. The article is 2 years old, so I would use it as starting point.

How are our youngest students interacting with technology? Is it possible they need technology detox? Read to find out more.

A step by step guide for teachers and students to create a digital story. It also includes instructions on how to add images, music, video etc

Inspiring and enlightening narrative about a high school teacher's experience integrating digital tools and storytelling into his classes (including lots of lessons learned!) and a "how to" guide for aspiring technology integrators.

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.

Easy to navigate site for multiple grade levels and topics

Very helpful for people like me who do not twitter all they do is Facebook.

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.

Educational technology resources - lots of great things for teachers to use to help them understand the world of edtech! Updated frequently.

Great source for resources, ideas, tips & tricks. Includes iPad information

Seminole County Virtual School guide and application form for students and parents.

Very useful comprehensive list of links to all kinds of tech skills for teachers, from iMovie to Dropbox to designing a technology-rich inquiry activity. Links good for teachers at all levels, from preschool through graduate level.