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"Help your students children classify ideas and communicate more effectively. Use graphic organizers to structure writing projects, to help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research and brainstorming. Select a Graphic Organizer from the following list of links."

Here is a global collaborative Google doc with alternative ideas to replace Yahoo's removal of Delicious.

Quite a collection of resources providing integration ideas and tutorial resources regarding the use of Google Apps for Education.

Growing list of methods to integrate Edmodo into your classroom.

23 "Techy" Tips for Not so "Techy" Teachers A collaboration of ideas for quick and simple ways to use technology in the classroom - ANY classroom!

The Mobile Learning Institute's film series "A 21st Century Education" profiles individuals who embrace and defend fresh approaches to learning and who confront the urgent social challenges that are part of a 21st century experience. "A 21st Century Education" compiles, in short film format, the best ideas around school reform. The series is meant to start, extend, or nudge the conversation about how to make change in education happen.

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

"Looking for some rubrics to hone in your students presentation skills ? The rubrics below will definitely be of great help. I came across these materials on Discovery Assessment in an article written by Dona Criswell and I really liked them specially that they cover different grades. However, it should be noted that these rubrics are the property of Bucket Institute of Education, a leading source on project based learning materials and for some reasons the download link Donna provided is not working so I am hoping you will be able to have rough idea of how to create your own rubric based on these samples here."

Well presented slide show on YouTube's video editor tool. Resources provided project ideas too.

"...the following series of fill-in-the-blank prompts can be used by teachers to create lessons, students to create projects-or teachers to collaborate with students to create lessons-or projects. Or, well, you get the idea. I use these sorts of stems to create "learning blends" for students-either with them, or for them. I couple these prompts with other components-technology like apps or social media channels, texts from literary classics to postmodern non-fiction, creativity, or even local matters of citizenship." -from Terry Heick, author of this resource

anyone can use this simple platform to pair any video on YouTube--not just TED Talks--with custom content.

Here is a variety of ways to use Skype in education. Many are specific to certain professionals.