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Lesson plans and classroom materials designed to teach students from all grades about cyber safety, cyber security, and cyber ethics.

Free resources including animation, primary documents, photos, and videos. Lesson plans are also available.

The Discovery Education Network (DEN) uses numerous highly qualified educators to provide lessons and free resources which include the use of digital media.

To engage the leaders of tomorrow, teachers need access to the right materials today. These materials need to be easily obtainable, affordable and reflect the academic standards that bring real-world scenarios into the classroom. Microsoft has created Hacking STEM, a monthly resource devoted to helping teachers modernize their current STEM curriculum through inquiry and project-based lesson plans, aligned to middle-school academic standards.

Slideshow professional development site for sharing teaching strategies.

I loved using this site to help my students practice skills in reading and math prior to completing science practice. Unfortunately the science test is testing reading comprehension as much as it tests science. If students are great at hands on experiments but cannot associate a paragraph of written material to the hands on activity, then they will not do well on FCAT Science. FCAT Explorer will help with those skills prior to science lessons.

FCAT Explorer is a free, online educational program for Florida's students that reinforces reading and math skills outlined in the Sunshine State Standards.

Isn't FCAT going away?

Visual thesaurus -- especially good with Smartboards when students struggle with words during a lesson.

Graph Words is a free visualization tool to explore English dictionary and thesaurus, helps you to search the meaning of words and other associated words.

This site provides many applications for pictures or video such as edit, download, add, and design. The site also offers lessons for students to acquire skills. This is useful when the student is using the site to design and add three-dimensional effects of the classroom that help students visualize the environment and their effects through the image to develop the sensory side of the student. The student can also download images on the site and engage with other students, teachers, and parents.

This Website helps to learn and practice basic math functions including algebra, problem resolution skills, as well as methods of teaching students who feel frustrated with math. I think that this site provides enough information to learn and develop the skills of students in mathematics. Students can learn through private lessons individual or through a collective use of videos and with a forum for discussion with the experts.

Reading Eggspress teaches kids aged 7-13 how to read with fun and motivational online reading lessons and phonics games. Try a FREE 14 day trial!

Units with integrated technology & resources for K-6 classrooms.

Cell phones could become the next big learning tool in the classroom. So why have schools been so slow to embrace them? Without a doubt, cell phones can cause serious disruption in the classroom. From urgent text messages flying across the room to lessons interrupted by rap-song ringtones, these gadgets are responsible for nationwide frustration among educators.

"Vocabulary Games"

This website offers free, interactive resources online featuring Latin & Greek root-based activities at grade levels. It was listed as an instructional resource on the Florida Department of Education website.

This site provides interactive and fun ways for students to practice and learn new vocabulary words via games, puzzles, and crosswords. It is suitable for students from high elementary grades through college!

Pete's Power Point contains hundreds of free Power Point presentations on all core subjects for both primary and secondary educators. All of the Power Points can be downloaded and used as is, or you can alter them to fit your lesson and teaching style.    

This website is definitely worth bookmarking! There are numerous premade PowerPoints for all content areas. It would be very helpful for anyone who has a projector or uses a TV for instruction. These PowerPoints could be used as an introduction or for reviewing content before an assessment.

Erik, I didn't realize you posted this great website already. Sorry- I tried to delete my bookmark but I was unable to. I will find another resource to contribute :)

This is a wonderful resource that provides everything you need know about incorporating Microsoft PowerPoint into your class' lessons. It tells you the pros and cons of powerpoint, as well as advice and resources for learning the basics of using the program.

This website offers an almost unlimited amount of resources that could be beneficial to all teachers including exceptional student educators.

Free teacher resources for different subjects, grades, and topics.

Discovery education is a great resource for teachers at any level. Their website offers a multitude of free resources for all grade levels and subjects. It also includes lesson plans and worksheets for teachers, and homework help for students and teachers.

PBS Learning Media Home Page has a number of multimedia activities and ideas for lessons. There are some great, short videos explaining definitions as well. The site can be searched by standard, subject or as a whole.

PBS Learning Media K-12 Videos

Let's be honest...technology can be a pain in the "you-know-what" sometimes! It always seems to stop working the minute you are about to start an important lesson, or even worse, about to get an observation...Yikes! I have had these experiences in the past, yet I strongly believe technology has an important place in the classroom.