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"Welcome to the Google Apps for Education Training Center. This is an online learning environment dedicated for educators and students to learn how to effectively use Google Apps in an educational context"

The Innovative Educator's Five Fave Ways to Create a Global Communication Center with Google Whether you're a classroom teacher or home educating family, you and the young people around you can collaborate with and connect to the world using Google tools. I've used numerous Google tools to connect to help myself and others connect to the world.  I love using tools like Docs, Hangout, Goggles, Translate, Earth and more!

PBS Kansas is dedicated to promoting research-based strategies that combine applied behavior analysis and  biomedical science with person-centered values and systems change to  increase quality of life and decrease problem behaviors. PBS is implemented in many different situations and settings including schools, home and community settings to prevent problem behavior of children and adults with disabilities."

Project Based Learning activities and resources.

The American Revolution Center interactive timeline.

following are 5 quick ways to get started using Edmodo in January (yes, I resisted the overwhelming urge to do a 12 Days of Edmodo post). All of these items were created by Edmodo users and are available in the Help Center.

Documents via website have annotations. Documents, images, and audio can be searched by time period starting with the earliest of times. Site recommended by Turning Point Learning Center.

Very nice 5x5 cell matrix measuring technology integration from Florida Center for Instructional Technology.  There are quicktime videos of lessons available as well.

The Open High School of Utah is putting the focus where it should be - on the student. Our mission is to facilitate lifelong success by meeting the needs of the 21st century learner through individualized, student-centered instruction, innovative technology, service learning, and personal responsibility.

Free educational resources for teachers including clip art, lesson ideas, resources, and links.

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.

Teamwork and Icebreaker activities.

Most public schools are traditionally run by principals and administrators, who defer to policies dictated by the state. But a group of 60 schools across the country is subverting the top-down system, putting teachers in full control of running their schools. It's called the Teacher Powered Schools initiative, led by Education Evolving, and the goal is to seed a movement that will inspire other teachers in schools across the country to realize their potential as leaders. To that end, Education Evolving released a study [PDF]  in partnership with Center for Teaching Quality, which indicates that 91 percent of Americans believe teachers should have greater influence over decisions that affect student learning. What's more, 81 percent of Americans indicate they trust teachers to make "schools run better." In this model of teacher-run schools, teams of teachers "work collaboratively as leaders and partners to make professional decisions over the areas that matter most for their students, including selection of colleagues, evaluation, budget and resources, curriculum and school-level policymaking.""