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Wordles of numerous US Presidential State of the Union speeches.

Elementary student project connecting all 50 states with students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin via @imcguy.

Interactive website for students to learn their states and capitals.

Title I improvements with technology integration.

Aghora Design Academy is a training Institute run by Aghora Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.The academy was entrusted with the responsibility of developing the new generation of technical manpower that can spearhead the industrial development of the state.Aghora Design Academy has been envisaged to be the grooming ground for the future engineers ,designers and researcers.

"View the Common Core State Standards in one convenient FREE app! A great reference for students, parents, and teachers to easily read and understand the core standards. Quickly find standards by subject, grade, and subject category (domain/cluster). This app includes Math standards K-12 and Language Arts standards K-12"

Great collection of web based dictionaries and Thessaursi from Cyndi Danner Kuhn at Kansas State University.

ISER is a directory of professionals, organizations, and schools that serve the learning disabilities and special education communities. We help parents find local special education professionals for learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder assessment, therapy, advocacy, critical teen issues, and other special needs. We also offer a directory of Special Needs Fed. /State Gov't resources, Special Ed Resources, Teacher Training / Certification , Jobs, Speakers / Workshops / Staffing,and Special Needs Software / Assistive Technology

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.""

Research individual states and how they voted for president over the last 10 years.

@Coolcatteacher share this K12online Web 2.0 booklet stating that classroom's considered Web 2.0 are held up by 6 pillars: Internet Safety, Information Literacy, Internet Citizenship, Internet Teamwork, Intentional Internet Activities, and an engaged teacher.

Via Larry Ferlazzo provided via Twitter. Jeopardy like games hosted online. Images, video, and audio can be added to each question. Developed by Michigan States' Center for Language Edudcation and Research.