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Good site to download handwriting worksheets for primary grades.

Former Apple Computer K-12 Senior Systems Engineer and now a regular at all major Ed Tech conferences. Recommend this site to learn what is new and notable in Ed Tech.

Grab all or part of a web page or upload a file--text or image--select various sections, make comments, and share with colleagues through Twitter or Facebook. Very easy to use.

Create PowerPoint-like presentations without PowerPoint and that play from the Cloud, so an audience with differently formatted devices can view. Grap pictures quickly from Web, edit, or load PowerPoint slides. Create instant url. Compare with Slideshare. 

Load a web page or an image--text page works also--and then select areas of the screen, comment box opens with your name, and insert comments to share with teammates or colleagues. Very easy to use.

Free reading comprehension worksheets for all reading skills and ability levels.

Beginning, Advanced, and Intermediate Levels of Passages with challenging questions geared toward cause and effect and context clues.

These resources are great! I use them for reading groups and as centers. Many are only $19.99- The kids love them too!

Great iPad App to scaffold digital storytelling projects- great for younger students!

This is a great website for students to do research on animals. The website features photos and information on a wide variety of species. The wesbite also has webcams and animal sounds from some of their most popular animals. Students can explore the website to gather information on the animal of their choice.

This online interactive game is geared toward second graders in the hopes of introducing and reinforcing economic concepts. Students begin by creating their bakery and selling items. They soon begin to realize that to sell an item they need the materials to make it. To get the materials, they need money to purchase them. The game is highly engaging, however, a several discussions on the economic concepts are needed before students begin to grasp them concretely.

This website has some great information for parents and teachers on how to teach children how to spend and save wisely. The website also features several games and other interactive sections for students to explore and learn more about money. This is a good website to allow children to explore as a center activity or as a whole class.

This is a great website to learn about the currency of the United States. There are interactive games that allow students to learn more about currency past and present and even to try their hand at making their own. This website would fit in well in a history or social studies lesson and could be used for children in first through fifth grade.

Web cam site with hundreds of links. Let your students show you their worlds.

Web cam use for in and outside of the classroom

Consider adding a web cam for students to travel the world, study the weather, geography, or to create virtual field trips.

This web site features online activities for the picturebook Stellaluna.

This web site is free! It offers teacher resources as well as a math practice program for your class.

Over three hundred creative writing prompts

Excellent website to enhance learning in the classroom. This website allows students to explore historical places in a kid-friendly context.

Great website to enhance Social Studies topics in the classroom. Information is organized, so you may browse by topic or current event.