Tech Integration

take a look at this innovative way to enhance teaching and learning in the classroom with songs; tips, ideas, lyrics, and sound files are all here

Resources, activities, games, conservation information about energy.

Audio books from Robert Munsch. Free to download and view on your portable media player.

Tilt-shift miniature style photos are pictures of real-life scenes that are manipulated to look like model photographs. Now you can easily transform your existing photos into tilt-shift style miniatures using tiltshiftmaker.com

Ideas for how word processors, presentation software and hardware, mind-mapping applications, search tools, and visual literacy Web sites can support and enhance creativity.

Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright.

BigUniverse.com is an engaging literacy website for K-8 students. This anytime-anywhere site delivers curriculum and tools for learning, assessment, reading and writing development, using a vast library of online books. "

A place for students to explore books on their own.

No longer will students have to fight over single copies of print reference titles to research a specific decade or the everyday events surrounding historical events. Mostly U.S. references.

Is it possible to use your iPod to study? It is now! Mr. Coley has created specially designed PowerPoint presentations that can serve as color flash cards to help you review some of the concepts studied in class. Using iPod's "Photos" feature, you can transfer the images to your iPod and study on the go!

Just think: millions of great short videos, and other watchable media, explaining every topic taught in schools, in every major language on Earth. WatchKnow is both a resource for users and also a non-profit, online community that encourages everyone to collect, create, and share free, innovative, educational videos.

A teacher's wiki with lots of experience blogging and some great resources.

An example of a fifth grade class blog where each student has their own blog.

The rich media presentation tool. Tell your story anyway you like. Add photos, music, video, and audio, and share it publicly or privately in an instant.

"Aviary is on a mission to make creation accessible to artists of all genres, from graphic design to audio editing. "

A list of tools to make your professional life more manageable and less stressful while browsing with Firefox

Blogging is becoming more and more popular in the classroom. Teachers can blog to stay in touch with parents and students or they can incorporate blogs from all of the students as a learning tool. The beauty of the student blog is that children from Kindergarten to high school can blog. No matter how you use blogs in your classroom, these tools will help you get started, enhance your experience, or bring the students into the fun.

Collaborative Online video editing

...a series of handouts to help students analyze media messages and think about items when producing their own media messages

if you are using a decent-size monitor, this Mindmeister concept-map includes weekly updated links to tons of collaboration tools