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This site offers a variety of quizzes and games to add to a child's learning experience outside of the classroom. This site would be a good way for teachers to integrate the use of technology in the classroom.

this website tells stories of teachers all over the states that have gotten in trouble with the schools they teach at by saying things on facebook that they thought were private to their friends. These stories make you think and realize that facebook is more than just a social place to find friends and keep in contact with them. We must be careful with what we say on the internet these days. You never know who is reading what you post.

This is a website made by fellow teachers that has ideas for all kinds of things. (For things to do on the first day of school, for things to do on holidays, for service learning so on) The things I like about it is that it comes from people that already used these ideas in the classroom and tell how it worked. It's a good way for fellow educators to help each other and to be inspired by one another.

This website is basically a website full of different game ideas, mostly for the elementary to middle grades. It's a great place to either find games to interact into a lesson or into the classroom, or a place to get inspired to think up some games of ones own to be utilized in the classroom setting.

This is actually an interesting way to share info found on the web. You can highlight the pieces of a page you want others to see instead of sharing the whole page. Just something similar to diigo or delicious, but you share just parts of a page instead of a whole.

Plenty of universities, nonprofits, organizations, museums and more post videos for the cause of education both in and out of schools. The following list compiles some of the ones most worthy of attention, as they feature plenty of solid content appealing to their respective audiences and actively try to make viewers smarter.

I love Skype! It is the best invention in telecommunication ever! I keep in touch with my family in Brazil for free! In the classroom, you can have students exchange information with one another and telecommunicate with people around the world!

This is another wonderful website for people planning to become or people who are already teachers of a foreign language. The University in Austin is supposed to be one of the best in the country when it comes to foreign languages and this site provides ideas for lessons and methods to improve every aspect of helping students improve their language learning skills.

This a great website for someone who plans to teach german as it gives tips on how to teach the language and the best ways to learn the language. Tips for both teachers and students

good professional resource for teachers of math. Many activities ans other useful links

NCTM is a website that is very helpful to teachers to meet others and constantly learn new ways of teaching. This is a resource that takes care of the big picture of education.

Council in which math teachers and students planning to teach math can join. This is the national council but there is a local one and that is the North Carolina Council of Math Teachers.

The Latest News Headlines, Videos and Images. Kind of like the alpha for diigo. I like it better and it has a huge network.

Footnote helps you find and share historic documents. We are able to bring you many never-before-seen historic documents through our unique partnerships with The National Archives, the Library of Congress and other institutions.

Bullying is an overspread problem in schools today and we as teachers need to be tuned in and be able to address this head on in their classrooms. The more you know the better you can help students who are suffering. Great resource with tips for teachers and parents!

This FREE website is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Has an excellent repository of teacher resources and tools, offering content in categories like Arts & Music, Health & Physical Education, History & Social Studies, Language Arts, Math and Science. Has drawings available on materials developed by federal museums and archive collections, educational materials developed via federal agencies and programs like the National Science Foundation, as well as selected resources from sites like Scholastic Inc., the Alliance for Climate Education .

The website is sponsored by the United States and it offers many resources to integrate and supplement in your classroom. All subjects are covered on this site.

This website has literally everything you need for every subject.

Edutopia is part of the George Lucas foundation that contains a deep archive of continually updated best practices to help teachers navigate the world of meaning technology in their classrooms.

A particularly extreme example is the worldwide misjudgment of the true size of Africa in order to show it's importance to students

This is a pdf file of a presentation. It describes what the teacher should be doing, what the students should be doing, and what type of questions the teacher should be asking the students

This site shows teachers how to interact phone cameras or digital cameras in the classroom. It provides tons of great ideas and some ideas allow students to see what their learning in the real world!

A teacher's guide to using political cartoons in the classroom at all grade levels. This web site contains an excellent collection of polital cartoons organized by artists' names and by state. This is a great tool for teaching current events and can also be included in the Language Arts, Journalism, and Art curriculum.

The NCTE gives resources for english teachers of all levels. Also, it keeps teachers up to date on any changes to education in the country.