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The "Find a Book" Web site is a quick and easy way to search the Lexile Book Database for titles at your reading (Lexile) level. Whether you're reading for school or for pleasure, you can use this site to build a custom reading list on the subjects that interest you the most.

Do you like explosions, fire, or chemical reactions? Who knew science could be this much fun? Get a degree at Wonder How To with these education how-to videos. Learn how to create hot ice, make things glow in the dark or become a human calculator. Speed read, get homework help, calculate algorithms or brush up on your legal rights. Before you know it, you'll be the teacher instead of the pupil.

Interactive web based timer.

"Everybody needs a stopwatch at some point -- and there's never one around! Well... Now there is! Online Stopwatch! A Simple, Fast Flash Online Stopwatch and Online Countdown timer always available when you need it."

The eMINTS National Center is a non-profit, independent business unit of the University of Missouri. eMINTS offers professional development programs created by educators for educators. Leading experts have collaborated to produce programs that * inspire educators to use instructional strategies powered by technology * engage students in the excitement of learning * enrich teaching to dramatically improve student performance eMINTS changes how teachers teach and students learn. Its instructional model provides a research-based approach to organizing instruction and can be implemented in any subject area at any level.

" Welcome to the e-gadget factory Welcome to the e-gadget factory shop. We sell interactive whiteboard activities called e-gadgets in topic packs that keep the cost at a very low level. These are available as downloads in Smart Notebook format, in Promethean Flipcharts or through an online subscription that will work with any whiteboard."

Students today have instant access to information through technology and the web, manage their own acquisition of knowledge through informal learning, and have progressed beyond consumers of content to become producers and publishers. As a result, traditional teaching and learning methods are becoming less effective at engaging students and motivating them to achieve.

"At EdTechTeacher, we believe in supporting all educators. This section of our web site is dedicated to providing the best possible resources to help teachers leverage technology to improve teaching and learning."

Great example and explanation of StoryKit by Wesley Fryer for use as a digital storytelling tool.