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Study conducted by Scott M. Waring (University of Central Florida) and Courtney C. Bentley (The University of Montevallo). The study involved having a group of fifth graders create a social networking profile from the perspective of a historical figure from the American Revolutionary time period.

Detailed information about the requirements of teachers to renew their teaching certification.

It is the responsibility of each applicant to obtain current information regarding renewal requirements from the employing school district or Bureau of Educator Certification. If you are employed by a district public or charter school in Florida, request a district application form for certificate renewal from your district office and submit the completed application to your employing school district.

Tweeted by ELA teacher, Amanda Xavier, about the advantages and disadvantages of using technology in the classroom.

What every teacher should know about the new ISTE standards.

A great research document that compares research with online learning and face-to-face learning.

"Former Gov. Bob Wise discusses Digital Learning Day and how high school teachers can embrace technology".

Create an online course that will engage and delight students around the world using OpenLearning. Whether you have 8 students or 8,000, OpenLearning has the scale, experience and flexibility to enable you to create and run a course for students worldwide.

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

I thought this was interesting since last week a lot of our complaints were the budget. I am still searching through the 320 page document, but it seems that our request for technology went down this year from last! Like Dr. K said though, "don't complain about what you can't change!"

This is a great website for teachers to have in their back pocket when dealing with students in the Tiered System we implement in Florida. It has academic as well as behavior interventions and resources teachers can use in their classroom.

Website by USF offering lesson plans, royalty free photos, interactive tools, and content area specific tools for incorporating technology.

After last week's blog posting with many of us still wondering if schools are keeping up with all the new technology, this article explains how OCPS is using Google's applications to increase teacher and student knowledge of technology and all of its benefits in the classroom.

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