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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.

Ideas for using Powtoon in the classroom.

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!

Follow the link above to read research about the relationship between attendance in an early learning program and a child's cognitive social outcomes.

Personalized Learning from Facebook engineers and Zuckerberg.

Kids creating digital biographies of senior citizens.

To enable teachers to focus on their growth in their profession.

ProDev in Florida

eInstruction Workspace (comes with the Mobi, but I use it all the time instead of PowerPoint) Livescribe Desktop (free, but without the pen there isn't much you can do) Animationish (not free, but the most fun art animation program I have ever seen!) Hyperstudio5 (not free, but worth the minimum price - much more creative than PPT!)

Free software for teachers

Software programs free to teachers and schools and homeschools.

Great site to see Flash projects and interactive finished pieces.

Science Daily good resource for high school students

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?

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.

I was turned on to this site in my Elementary Ed program. I used this in my 6th and 8th grade classes as ice breakers and for groups. Knowing a students learning style can assist with many overlooked academic and discipline issues. One example, kids that looked bored in lecture classes really loved the hands on labs and vice versa. Trying to hit multiple learning styles helps reach more learners and increases the exposure to the learning goals.

This is good for art teachers

Great resource for no cost "free to use" digital images. I've used this site in several projects for the program and while they don't have EVERYTHING, they've got quite a bit.