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Dr. Gina Gresham is a Professor in the University of Central Florida's College of Education and Human Performance. This study is based on Dr. Gresham's work with exceptional education teachers getting an elementary education (K-6) endorsement.

This list features some interesting web tools for teachers keen on integrating technology into their instruction and work routine.

TubeChop allows you to easily chop a funny or interesting section from any YouTube video and share it. How Does It Work? 1. Find the video you want to chop. 2. Select & cut interesting part of the video. 3. Share it with friends.

This site offered great information on media ratings. I have used this in middle school open house as a closing to remind parents that the ratings are on the box for a reason. I also let them know that what their students "play" at home shows up in school in there writing assignments, art work and converstaions. I was able to request bookmarks on year at a very low cost.

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.

You can record what you do on your computer screen, add sound, choose the area you want to record from your screen and share it with the world. There is nothing to download and it works for PCs and MACs. Great for sharing tutorials.

Make flashcards for students to study both online and on-the-go with Apple and Android apps. Students can quiz themselves from flashcards and track their mastery of key concepts. StudyBlue is free, secure and requires no extra work by your IT department. Built for students.Loved by teachers. This is not a top-down, group-purchase, fee-licensed product.

Open Office is an open software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

I used open office before and was so grateful for it! Very comparable to Microsoft.

Effective principals are strong educators, anchoring their work on central issues of learning and teaching and continuous school improvement. According to Mike Schmoker in his book Results: the Key to Continuous School Improvement , the combination of three concepts constitutes the foundation for positive improvement results: meaningful teamwork; clear, measurable goals; and the regular collection and analysis of performance data.

Brilliant! Quite a few teachers I work with will appreciate this resources!

A great website for teachers to incorporate tablets in their classroom. A teacher can search applications according to subject area and grade level. Along with rating the application, the site gives the compatibility of the app such as, does it work with IOS, andriod, ipad, or ipod.

This site has tutorials for multiple different math subjects providing many examples. Once you select a math level you can then select the individual topic and this site provides help with interactivity for students as they work towards the solution.

Lynne Jonell is a noted author of books ages 9-12. There is talk that her works will become Sunshine State Books. This website is a great website for kinds to view future projects and complete some online games/crafts.

I thought this was interesting. By using the FLDOE website, you can search for your district and see what their District Plan is for the year. I know we have been introduced to it in my school, but this goes into depth. It's great to know what you are working towards.

"Love it! My students and my own children can't wait to get on the computer, and I then have a hard time stopping them from using the site!" Special education teacher, Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S.A. "Thanks to IXL, our students' performance has increased dramatically.

This is great! now my nephew will stop having a fit about doing extra work.

All grades, all skills, provides explanation when students are incorrect, rewards, goals, badges to earn! It isn't free, but get enough teachers on board and your school could purchase for everyone. Teachers are sent class reports: we print them out and hang them up outside our classrooms "Miss Sipe's class has answered 3,000 problems on IXL"

Video demos and tutorials on how to use Google Apps. *Google Video (video yourself instead of the usual email, record workshops for teachers who can't make it, record messages for students working on differentiated projects, have students use for class projects), make a class website with Google Sites, and see how to use Google Docs, Google Talk, Google Calendar, and more!

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.

My fourth graders love this site. The practices match their text for the most part. They are currently working on place value and fractions. They are excited when they see their points accumulate. A very engaging site for kids to practice standards based skills.

Knowledge Adventure has been making educational games for kids for over two decades. Working with child experts, developmental psychologists and educators, it produces games loved by parents and children alike. The fun educational games created by Knowledge Adventure have won many awards, including the iParenting Media Award, the Toy Man Award of Excellence and the National Parenting Seal of Approval, to name a few.