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The Florida Center for Instructional Technology is located at USF and is funded by the Florida Department of Education.  It provides links to numerous educational technology resources.

The Florida Center for Instructional Technology (FCIT) provides leadership, instructional materials, and support services to educational institutions with regard to the integration of technology into K-20 education. Has thousands of royalty-free clipart and images.

I really like the resources for presentations and technology incorporation in the classroom in the Educational Technology Clearinghouse section of the site.

CPALMS is an online toolbox of information, vetted resources, and interactive tools that helps educators effectively implement teaching standards.

FREE resource that contains FL standards' information and course descriptions. Maintained by the Florida State University.

FL Standards for reference

This is a quick, neat article to inform you about how kids are using technology to make a difference in the world--mainly by drawing attention to a cause through the web. Check it out.

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.

Check out how Education Technology is spreading to Pinterest-- click on the recommendations within the article to find new ideas and tools to use in the classroom! You may just find someone inspiring to follow as well.

Boards are created by teachers, admins, and other education enthusiasts. There are new blogs, tools, and ideas shared daily.

Tons of great technology resources listed by academic subject, topic, or learning activity. Most are free.

A new survey of early childhood educators shows they think technology can play a positive role in children's learning. But they need support in order to make use of new tools in their classrooms. We are on the cusp of tremendous changes in early childhood education as technology introduces new opportunities for learning and teaching.

Virtual Classroom Management is a collection of free online tools gathered by the Technology Resource Teachers of Frederick County, Maryland. Tools include timers, noise monitors, point trackers, random name generators, charts, and more. Online Stopwatch includes analog and digital timers as well as an egg timer, stopwatch (count up or down), talking clock, metronome, chess clock, an interval timer, and split lap timer.

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference brings together a huge cross section of educators who share a common belief that technology in the classroom can make learning more relevant, engaging and fun for kids.

Great teaching strategies and articles related to technology in schools.

Graphic displaying many tools that can be used in the classroom.

This website is a great internet safety resource for students, parents and educators.  There are videos and lesson ideas available.  There is also information about cyberbullying.  This website is a great classroom tool because it offers engaging activities for students, including virtual games, to teach them about internet safety.

Technology in the classroom: This has some great articles on technology and education!

Using this to teach characterization this week.

The writers explore the role of literacy leaders in changing student achievement. Literacy leaders must have high expectations for all students, be empowered through professional development, collaborate with all of the adults within the school, and infuse technology with digital media. The writers discuss tools for literacy leadership and outline considerations for and examples of literacy leadership in the wider community.

Take classroom discussions online, where some students might feel freer and more comfortable in some ways to ask questions and respond to each other, and where there's no bell to end the discussion period. (Blog posts can even be made into a homework assignment - as an online journal of sorts - or part of a class participation requirement.)