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Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Read on to see how you can put wikis to work in your classroom.

Great resource helping teacher including technology in the classroom. Also has resource for special needs. Check it out!

The Virtual Reality Classroom

A new survey of early childhood educators shows they think technology can play a positive role in children's learning. But they need support in order to make use of new tools in their classrooms. We are on the cusp of tremendous changes in early childhood education as technology introduces new opportunities for learning and teaching.

Easy to navigate site for multiple grade levels and topics

Short video lesson ideas that cover a variety of classroom techniques, including technology.

This site provides links to multiple sites that have interactive assignments and games for all different grade and skill level.

Math Machine Archive: Math Games The Math Machine brings you a great collection of math games that you can share with your students. Here in The Math Machine you will find links to more than 50 online games that will help you teach and reinforce important math skills. Search the list below for games you might use with your whole class in your schools computer lab, or you might schedule students to use these games on computers in your classroom computer center. These games make great reward time activities too.

American Association of School Librarians website. Links to other useful websites for media sharing, digital storytelling, classroom management & organization, social networking & communication, content resources, and curriculum collaboration! Excellent FREE resources for the clasroom!

This site provides links to many, many resources. You'll find everything from classroom cheers, lesson plans, to brain compatible learning links.

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

Free music downloads, free games, children's books, children's music, children's songs, sing-along songs, and animated cartoons help teach kids to read. Free teacher lessson plans, work sheets, teaching aids, daily quizzes help classroom teachers teach and test.

Well-organized resource for printable, supplemental materials for classroom use. It's easy to navigate and covers a variety of topics relevant to curriculum and just for fun.

FREE resources, lesson plans, worksheets, printables, rubrics, etc. for teachers! An AMAZING site!

Teach-nology.com offers teachers FREE access to thousands of teacher resources, lesson plans, and rubrics.

In the earlier 20th century, educators had very few tools to use to accomplish their goal of educating students. Pens, pencils, markers, blackboards, notebooks, and construction paper were staples in every classroom. Eventually, technology evolved and better teaching tools emerged: overhead projectors, record players, filmstrips, movies, VCRs, tape recorders, Xerox printers, and four-function calculators.

A great read about technology integration in the classroom and using technology in general.

"Great new websites pop up every day that can help teachers support academic learning"

DonorsChoose.org lets you share your classroom needs with a thriving community eager to help. Supporters have brought teachers' ideas to life in more than half of all U.S. public schools.

This website (www.teachervision.com) offers several professional development resources for teachers, such as Teaching Strategies, Assessment Resources, Portfolios, Classroom & Behavior Management Strategies and Tips, and etc. This article in particular discusses how to create effective learning centers within the classroom.

Tools that you can use in your classroom. Ever feel limited? Well this website gives you resources where you no longer have to; just because you may not have the "latest" technology does not mean there is not a way.

Ron Peck (@Ron_Peck on Twitter) teaches social studies at North Valley High School in Medford, OR. A self-proclaimed history and tech geek, he's the co-creator and co-moderator of #SSChat and #APChat on Twitter. Visit his blog at http://historygeek29.blogspot.com/. How many times have you thought to yourself, "In what way can I spice up this unit and make it student-centered?"