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This websites provide teachers with various resources for teaching online safety to students.

This websites provide teachers with various resources for teaching online safety to students.

ed.gov : Florida state universities. This site explores various Florida state education departments by school districts.

Documentary explores the effect of mobile devices on various aspects of teenagers' lives.

Edublog Awards Winners 2011. Lists winner and several runners up for various student, teacher, class, library, ed tech, and administrator blogs. Also recognizes other categories such as best mobile app, free web tool, most influential blog post, educational wiki, open PD/webinar series, and use of a social network. I would recommend using this page for resources and ideas for creating your own educational blog.

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.

Grab all or part of a web page or upload a file--text or image--select various sections, make comments, and share with colleagues through Twitter or Facebook. Very easy to use.

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.

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.

Link to FLDOE website providing publications and papers in various areas of education, of particular interest to be was the field of Exceptional Education and Student Services.

This website provides great math resources including games, puzzles, and flashcards for students for various educational levels.

This page provides useful information and resources to teachers about assessments, professional learning and various instructional resources.

Find quality Lessons, lessonplans, and other resources for Middle School Science and much more

A district saves money and improves security with its new document management system.  Portland's Digital Doc Gains Boosted workers' productivity by 85 percent Slashed turnaround time on documents from several hours to mere minutes Realized savings of $100,000, mostly on storage space Eliminated the need to transport documents between the central office and schools Guaranteed compliance with No Child Left Behind, the Oregon TAG mandate, and other state and federal statutes regarding document retention

This article is written by Dr. Campbell, it talks about the importance of integrating Technology into the classroom. She talks about how students love social media and using their phone. Therefore, it is important for a teacher to continuously utilize these tools to further interest and engage the students in the classroom. She also talks about various tools the teachers can use in the classroom to further interest the students in the curriculum. Such tools may include Prezi, Voicethread, Tagxedo, and Museum Box.

Pinterst is a great social media site for teachers to use to find diy (do it yourself) teacher materials, classroom management techniques and various other great ideas to use in your classroom for your students. I would highly reccommend this social media site because it is very easy to save the ideas that you find interesting and to go back and revisit those ideas later on at any time.

A multitude of teaching resources in all subject areas, as well as classroom management and other supplemental materials teachers can use. Makes posts daily and even has discussions between followers of the page on various topics dealing with teaching.

Includes links to Instagram and Pinterest accounts of other educators. Lots of "freebies" on this page.

Palm Beach County School District provides links to various online learning tools for student use at home. In addition, information for families are presented on this page such as bus and lunch information.

The purpose of Florida educator certification is to support the academic achievement of our students by assuring that our educators are professionally qualified for highly effective instruction. Florida educators must be certified to teach in our public schools and in many of our private schools. Being the "Teacher friend" in the group you always get asked for the certification process, this has all the information needed and I know I've used it plenty of times.

The main page for anything you need to find in relation to a Florida Teaching certificate, including checking application status, examinations, steps to certification, etc.

The purpose of Florida educator certification is to support the academic achievement of our students by assuring that our educators are professionally qualified for highly effective instruction.

Panwapa is an interactive site that allows users to explore the world and its various cultures through Sesame Workshop creatures and characters. The website includes a teacher's guide, printable activities, and online communities.