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Free resources provided by the federal government. A good source of lesson materials and plans.

Wow, this site is a gold mine for free resources. You can navigate the website by subject (History for example) then click on sub-categories like World War I. It list free resources and the websites where you can find them. This would be a good resource for teachers or for students as the research or create projects.

This is one of a series of articles discussing the current and future structure of our educational systems. Many believe that those with a special interest in technology and/or entrepreneurship will play an important part in reforming this system. Blogs are specifically mentioned as presenting an exciting opportunity to explore and share ideas; this could be shared and used in the classroom.

An overview of web 2.0 in the classroom. This article shares examples of various educators who have used web 2.0 as a way to engage their students. The examples include both instances of success and failure. This is valuable for educators who are unsure whether or not to implement web 2.0 tools, such as blogs, into their curriculum. It can be used as a preventative measure or as a guide for instructors attempting to explore web 2.0.

A well known positive consequence of using a wiki, is the abundance of data that accumulates about a particular topic. This journal also suggests that wikis are useful for participatory and sociological reasons. Studies show that while wikis serve to benefit qualitative research, they also encourage rich interaction between users.

Blog of Educational Psychologist and former English Teacher, Damien Barexica, who is very involved in integrating technology into the classroom, and in his own words, "Making the Technology fit the lesson and not the other way around."

Thanks for sharing this blog, Alex. It's nice to see technology really being integrated into all content areas. It sometimes is difficult to bring the technology efficiently into an English classroom, as I'm sure you know! This teacher proves that it is possible!

"Best site for building rubric templates." It allows you to pick from a list of projects, (say a Newspaper Article) then it gives you options for categories for the rubric. (grammar, overall design, content, collaboration, illustration, sources etc...) For each category it fills in descriptions of point values, and allows you to add or change whatever you want.

Rubistar allows users to easily create an effective form of evaluation for their projects. You may search existing rubrics created by other teachers to inspire your creativity, or to guide your assessment as you examine the criteria. If you are struggling to find the right words to express the various levels of achievement for your criteria, Rubistar offers rubric templates to assist you in your efforts.

This Wiki provides information about Special Education. It also informs the readers about different types assistive learning devices. It gives advice to teachers about how to deal with students with special needs as well.