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The Florida Humanities Council "Teaching Florida" website contains lesson plans and resources tied to Florida History and Humanities standards.  They also provide summer workshops for teachers to expand their knowledge about Florida humanities.

The website for my middle school's media center has a few excellent links.  We have links to eLibrary access, World Book Online, The Library of Congress, Teaching Books for Students, EBSCOhost, ThomsonGale database, Tumblebooks, the Lexile Framework for Reading, the ERIC online library, and the Florida Information Resource Network.

The State of Florida's Department of Education has an overall plan for the implementation of educational technologies in K12 schools. Below the conceptual graphic, you will find a link to the pdf of the complete 52 page document. It is worth a skim to find out how Florida schools' integration of technology compares to that of schools in other countries. There are also a number of resources available to Florida teachers of which you may be unaware.

According to this FDOE 2012 report, Florida has a plan to incorporate technology in our schools, which involves provision of "personalized learning" environments, staff training and leadership, and availability of networks.

Play thousands of free online trivia quizzes about Geography, History, Sports, Music, TV and more!

Tikatok is where you can transform imagination into stories and publish those stories into books to share with family and friends.

Quick article on blogging with students. Comments are interesting as are the tips

Good information!

another great resource for educators, covering multiple subject areas

The site of Dr. Jason Ohler. A great resource to help get used to "using technology effectively, creatively and wisely"

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.

Would you like to challenge your students with an online quiz or trivia game? Get Started with Pinnion to create quizzes, surveys, trivia games, or polls with unlimited questions and unlimited responses for free.

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.

Today I get to share with you something special - a sneak peek of one of our EdTech UNconference Sessions! Each EdTech UNconference session features one of SimpleK12's EdTech Leaders - real educators who use technology at an expert level and can share their experiences with you.

The Future of Education is a social network

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.

User friendly way to make your own toy character. Can extend in other curriculum and allows students a chance to interact with simple software.