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This blog is by Florida's Department of Education commissioner Gerard Robinson. This blog cover topic within the field of education that over topics on variety of thing such as FCAT, Parental Involvement, School Choice, Science, Involvement and Education tips for at home. It's a cool way to get a feel of what the commissioner is thinking and finds important to share with others about the field of education.

List of current topics in education for readers. Here are a few of our most popular K12 current topics in education written to help educators develop new ideas for school improvement and to find the best recent school resources for teachers.

Another good resource for supplemental material. Hundereds of topics from The Inquisition to Praire Dogs. Provides links to webistes that can be used as interactive lessons as well as links where educator's can find information and printable activities.

This site offers a wide collection of topic-based online education resources, clip art, and free lesson plans that meet state and national standards.

Educational website for teachers and students

This article has published in 1968, it introduced the technology hardware in education then, but still demonstrate that education technology topic had beed raised for years. 

The topic of future trends in technology for schools involves an incredible amount of inherent change, especially in reference to technology capabilities. This site is an introduction to many of the aspects of technology change that will impact education in the next few years. The goal of the site is to give administrators a glimpse into the rich technology resources available on the Web. Using this site for "just-in-time" references to issues that all administrators will or are currently facing, will assist districts in managing change through research and understanding.  Some current pivotal issues include a clear understanding of possible affects of technology tools will have on learning styles, facilities planning, student achievement, budgeting, and teacher preparation.

Microsoft resources for educators including lesson plans for a variety of topics and all grades.

This article is by Dr. Hoffman, Associate Professor and Coordinator of the ALIMA program at UCF. It provides guidelines for creating digital learning materials for those with accessibility issues, such as learning disabilities, or vision and motor impairments. The fact that I had no idea that's what the article was about (I was thinking about general accessibility for everyone) is an indication that this is a topic that deserves more attention, awareness, and application in practice. The article will be freely available as a PDF from this webpage when on campus or logged into the UCF proxy server.

Tons of great articles on EdTech topics and many, many tutorials Great discovery.

Tons of great technology resources listed by academic subject, topic, or learning activity. Most are free.

Search for webquests that are already completed on a number of relevant topics.

This website has everything you could possibly need for the classroom. There are tons of resources to incorporate technology in your classroom! This website allows you to select a topic or category used in your classroom. Each topic has additional resources such as websites, lesson plans, tutorials and worksheets.

Wonderful website. The information is organized by topic, which makes navigation effortless. Great use for supplmental information on topics in science.

This is a great site for finding out interesting science websties and government science information

This is a great website to reinforce topics in Language Arts Education, grades K-5. These games are fun and interactive. The information is organzied by topic which makes navigation easy for students.

I have used this in the classroom before and think that it has some great information on historical events put in terms younger children will understand.

I know other people have posted Ben's Guide, but here's the K-2 section of the web site, which includes games and activities, as well as additional links and resources for the students. I particularly like the subtopic about "My Neighborhood," as it is relevant to what I will be teaching my students in my own classroom and I love supplemental material!

Ben's Guide to US Government, K-2.  Includes sub topics relevant to the grade I teach, including "Your Neighborhood."  Website also includes games and activities, lots of visuals and videos, and also additional resources and websites for the students to explore.

Great resource for teachers, parents, and students. It's a search database that categorizes math topic by grade level and it explains concepts in plain step by step terms. This type of website would be awesome for parents that are not math savvy to use to brush up on their math skills or to relearn math concepts while trying to help their children.Great for teachers to refer to as a secondary way to explain a concept beyond their knowledge and the textbook being used.

Site containing lesson plans, tutorials and opportunities to talk "teacher to teacher" all on the topic of using Google Earth.

An intruiging search engine provided by google that allows you to search for one topic (ex: fractions) and gives you books, translations, videos, 3D explorations and more.

This is cool I put in chemistry and it brought so many things, with pictures sites everything. Thanks!

Edutopia is all about change and innovation in education. It is a great website to explore for new ideas, educational resources and discussion boards.

This is great website to reference to as an educator. It has a variety of information and perspective from various professional in the field of education. I love the fact that it has blogs broken down into categories that covers topics in certain grade level. Overall this website is very user friendly and truly utilizes the multimedia format.

Online pinboard site that can be used to organize different topics.  Can be great for getting ideas for lesson/unit planning.

Thanks, Amy! I just started using Pinterest for teaching ideas. I saw an awesome Tiki-Hut U-table! Makes me think to make my guided reading and math groups a lot more fun! I love how pinterest has the pictures.