Social media sites are trying to determine what sort of control they have over user-generated content, particularly when it affects advertising; Facebook, Twitter and others are wrestling with questions of free speech while simultaneously trying to create a safe space for advertisers they attract
Educational software and online games with these goals: 1) To add sound and visual effects to make learning fun and more memorable. 2) To design games with many difficulty levels so that players will continue to be challenged no matter how far they progress. 3) To provide games that will exercise players' brains.
Best of the best teacher blogs
The blogs mentioned in this list were the finalists for Edublogger Awards 'Best Teacher Blog for the year 2012. Check them out and try to subscribe to the RSS feeds of the ones you like. Enjoy
Teachers: Do you ever feel like you can't possibly take a day off of teaching? Those days are over! Instantly print these lesson sets out and your students are set from the entire day.
The GTA is a FREE professional development experience designed to help primary and secondary educators from around the globe get the most from innovative technologies.
Good resource for educators to learn more about how to use Google Apps. Scroll down to learn via webinar how to use Gmail, Google Docs, Google Forms and more.
Where do I begin? The Library of Congress website has so many FREE resources for students and teachers. Very easy to search for what you are looking for. It is a government site so everything is up-to-date and accurate
Earobics provides a research based, comprehensive reading intervention program that helps improve reading proficiency, reading skills, and reading comprehension.
Learned about this on a field trip! Has TONS of free resources, lesson plans, and videos for teachers to use. Has a website dedicated for students to look at as well. Can be slightly difficult to search through at first, but has gotten much easier!