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A superb example of "remixing" for popular culture content. While not, obviously, licensed for remixing (via Creative Commons or alternative), this parody (consistent with fair use of copyrighted materials) still showcases tactics involved in remixing (e.g., excerpting, re-sequencing, adding content elements) in a way that creates a new work from the old.

This tutorial is very useful in understanding the use of creative commons.

High level overview of six elements leading to effective "digital stories." Via @DianaAmend

We've all been told that we should recycle plastic bottles and containers. But what actually happens to the plastic if we just throw it away? Emma Bryce traces the life cycles of three different pl...

TED Talk that explains how to use Wii remotes to build an interactive whiteboard. If your school is on a lean budget, this is a relatively inexpensive way to bring technology into your classroom.

This website provides a great deal of valuable information for both educators and students pertaining to NASA and Space in general. Lesson plans for K-12, free supplemental teaching materials, educational TV schedules and professional development workshop information is all available for educators on this site. For students, this website has interactive games, videos and printable activities for grades kindergarten through 12th grade. I have used materials and ideas from this cite many times, and find it very useful and easy to incorporate into any lesson.

Free STEM curriculum for educators

Engaging lesson using science inquiry

I love the idea of a flipped classroom! Preview video for homework, come to school ready to complete hands-on activities and projects.

I was searching for more interesting sites to see provide me with back up that video games should be used in the classroom and I stumbled across a web site called.  http://www.artificialwisdom.com/  that claims to rate games by how much your student can learn from them.

Abraham Maslow's A Theory of Human Motivation is Learn Out Loud's free audio book (mp3) for September. Hurry!

Great Math website - Interactive!

This is another website that is part accessible for free, but there is a pay option to take advantage of the rest ($ per year). Scholastic offers lesson plans, worksheets, mini books, a whole section of "computer lab favorites" with learning activities students can do on the computer in 30 minutes or less, videos, a class homepage builder, and more. Building a whole unit (any subject) is made easy with the resources available on this site. There is even a special section for new teachers!

This is a great resource! I have an interactive whiteboard and the students love listening/viewing the online stories. I think it also shows a positive message from famous actors that reading is important. Thanks for sharing!

Have your students listen to a story being read by a famous person.

This website is provided through the Screen Actors Guild foundation. Stories are read by actors. There are about 25 stories geared more for younger children. They provide options to comment on the stories or buy the books.

Great website to use for current events, social studies, science and character education. This website has many resources such as articles by grade levels, worksheets, quizzes and videos. I have used this website a lot and I love it.

This is a great site for cyber safety resources. The student sections are divided by grade chunks (elementary, middle, and high school). Each section has age appropriate videos and games regarding cyber safety. The teacher section contains lesson plans to help teachers present the material to their different audiences.

This is an educational site in which teachers will find a large collection of reading suggestions and materials for their students. The site lists all of the books found in the Young Patriots series, which is a series designed for children. It then goes on to provide additional websites and links for each specific Patriot and individual mentioned. As you explore a little further, you will find several short videos on each of these individuals that can be used as great lead ins to any lesson about these Patriots. I found this cite to be very easy to use and navigate through, and filled with great resources and content.

The Smithsonian website is an educational that provides links and activities for both educators and students. This site provides educational content for educators which they can easily access and use within their classrooms. It provides videos, interactive games and additional links for students to navigate their way through in order to gain a greater understanding of history and art. It is a great site that can truly help enhance to overall content of one's lesson.

I love everything about Discovery Education, not to mention their streaming library which offers video clips of pretty much anything educational you can think of from lessons on "What do Scientists do?" to Chinese Dragon Dancers. I use this site all the time in my classroom, highly recommend!

Free resources for teachers for every subject and grade level.

This is one of my favorite sites for science lesson plans. Discovery has some re;evant and useable lesson plans.

Check to see if a book, video game, or movie is appropriate for a child or age group.

Animoto is a good site for educators, photos will come to life. This is a great way to infuse technology into your lesson plans. Science, math, etc.