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Despite having several densely-populated urban and suburban areas, Florida manages to serve its students with disabilities well, earning the highest rating of " Meets Requirements" from the U.S. Department of Education for its ability to provide special education services.

Amazing video on creating a personalized letter to students each week, via a mail merge letter. One of the best tools for teachers to update parents quickly each week.

This link is a resource for current and prospective Florida teachers and is extremely valuable in keeping up with the latest additions and changes to the necessary teaching certificates required to become an instructor.

Found through twitter, this tweet shared by twitter-user "Nimfetta" links to an article on busyteacher.org regarding some amazing tips on writing successful lesson plans. How to Write a Lesson Plan: 5 Secrets of Writing Great Lesson Plans http://busyteacher.org/3753-how-to-write-a-lesson-plan-5-secrets.html ... via @busyteacher_org

This article offers a list of app for the children to use in the classroom or at home. What I liked most about the list was there were several apps for special needs children and apps that could be customized by parents/teachers for individual learning.

Stupid acts and beliefs related to technology in schools as told by the author.

As an early childhood practitioner, you are in a unique position to promote children's well-being - in your school and beyond - by engaging families and the community at large. Rapid advances in technology have changed the way we define the concept of community, but we must provide programs and classroom environments that allow children and families to connect and learn from each other. In this webinar, you'll receive evidence-based practices in the use of technology and digital media to engage teachers, families and the community.

The history of the world (eventually)! also www.youtube.com.com/Teachers for the Teacher's channel

New resource I found that has pre-made teacher lesson plans for a variety of subjects.

Thousands of free math worksheets in pdf (printable) format for use in the classroom or at home. Classroom teachers use the free math worksheets on this website to assess students' mastery of basic math facts, to give students extra practice, to teach new math strategies, and to save precious planning time.

Free math worksheets for all grade-levels. Great Website to reinforce math skills. PDF printable and answer key are available, which makes this website even better.

This is a great website for digital storytelling. Students can create their own digital stories, animations, pictures and more. Students will need a sign in, and as a teacher you can create class accounts.

A creative website where students can make artwork, an animated movie, cards, and a drawing. Students can also vote on movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made.

Math, Geography, and Language Arts games! Great website!

Fun and free educational games for students to complete collaboratively. Games are available for all subjects and grade-levels.

Arcademic Skill Builders provides free research-based and standards-aligned multiplayer educational games. Our mission is to create the highest quality educational games possible in order to assist teachers and motivate students in the classroom, at home, and on the go

Great site for improving your tech-savy ways! Lots of info. on tools, apps, and software that you can access and use with your students. Also, great opportunity for continuing education program (Google Teacher Academy).

WOW! This is a wonderful tool to use in your classroom to enhance learning. The Geo Education link is amazing. This link allows you to access googlesky, googlemaps and googlesketchup. The googlesky link is wonderful for Earth/Space Science units in the classroom.

A plethora of activities for pre-k to middle school. Make worksheets, take on-line quizzes for all subjects.

Free math worksheets, free math games, grammar quizzes and free phonics worksheets and games. Worksheets and games are organized by grades and topics. These printable math and phonics worksheets are auto generated.

This is the K-3 version of Brain POP. It has tons of short animated videos on almost every topic that should be taught according to many curriculums. I know that every topic I teach in social studies and science has a video on this website. The students LOVE it.

Provides educational movies for K-3 students. Homework Help, leveled quizzes, games and activities for kids. Exceptional resource for teachers and homeschools.

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!

Hundreds of links to free math games for kids of all ages.

"Inspirational Science Video Clip"

Great article to read for newer teachers!

"Vocabulary Games"

This website offers free, interactive resources online featuring Latin & Greek root-based activities at grade levels. It was listed as an instructional resource on the Florida Department of Education website.

This site provides interactive and fun ways for students to practice and learn new vocabulary words via games, puzzles, and crosswords. It is suitable for students from high elementary grades through college!