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Professional development is important - we should try to continually learn and grow as teachers - so good thing the FL Dept of Education website has a page listing some upcoming conferences and workshops (http://www.fldoe.org/JustForTeachers/conferences.asp). This, however, is a FREE webinar called "Preparing Teachers to Implement the Common Core State Standards." It is next Tuesday, Jan 29 2013, from 1:00-2:00 PM. I'm not sure if it will be archived for later viewing. 

MathActive lessons are Flash animated math modules designed for grades K-12. Each module features content that touches a geometry performance objective from the Arizona Academic Standards for mathematics.

A Guide for Developing and/or Evaluating Materials for use in Florida's Public Schools The process of lesson study should promote standards‐based instruction; the development of rigorous, rich, and relevant lessons to engage students in learning content outlined in the Next Generation Sunshine State (Common Core) Course Descriptions; and professional growth for each member of the lesson study team. With this goal in mind, we propose the follow items be included in any collection of materials designed to support the work of a lesson study team; furthermore, we suggest that this be a collection of items available in an electronic format.

This lesson plan from Interface Magazine suggests ways to incorporate Twitter in your class. They seem so easy and practical but I never would have thought of some of these methods, and I was even an early Twitter adopter. Make sure to watch the video under "The Twitter Experiment"! I found this in the "Featured Resources" section of The Gateway to Educational Materials, accessed via the publisher's companion site to our textbook.

Search thousands of books leveled for guided reading, Reading Recovery, and Accelerated Reader. You can search by Guided Reading Levels (A-Z) or Reading Recovery Levels (1-20).

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.

This is an online learning environment dedicated for educators and students to learn how to effectively use Google Apps in an educational context.

A look at rubrics that work for all subject and grade levels. Has a variety of rubrics not only for course work, but for behavior, class participation, listening, team work, etc.

Excellent website with free resource and lesson plans. Led me to 44 force and motion recources for 1st grade in a matter of seconds!

Lessons that can be sorted by grade, subject, etc.

This is full of lessons that can be sorted by grade, subject, etc. You can even filter it to include lessons that include technology!

This provides guidelines and structure for asking quality questions in alignment with the standards.

HOME KidsClick! is a web search site designed for kids by librarians - with kid-friendly results! This site has a variety of resources for teaching social studies through alternative methods.

In The National Geographic Kids Blog, a group of kids selected by the National Geographic staff share their thoughts and experiences. This is a great blog for kids to follow and be able to read about things that interest them and what other kids think. Teachers can use this as a resource to introduce kids to safe and educational places on the internet that are interesting to them as well. I found this in the "Online Safety" section of Kids.gov, accessed via the publisher companion site of our textbook.

Thanks for the website! It's a great resource for students to use. Im saving it to my Diigo account too. -Lisa

More free Webinars on Ed Technology

UCF Website University of Central Florida Libraries - Must use your Library ID to access. These articles focus mainly on Instructional Gaming.

This article highlights several free online resources that can be used to enhance project-based learning for students. Resources such as Google Docs and Dropbox may be widely known already in this class, but others include LiveMinutes, ShowMe, and GimmeBar. I found this on Education World via the publisher companion site to our textbook.

Photographs, documents, sound recordings, and film footage from the State Library and Archives of Florida for students and teachers.