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Smithsonian Education offers a wide variety of free resources for teachers, students and parents.

The Gateway contains a variety of educational resource types from activities and lesson plans to online projects to assessment items.

Tools, solutions, training, support, and programs for teachers. Very handy recourse to be aware of! I just learned about it this year!

Google's website for teacher and student resources - contains programs and Web 2.0 tools and training provided by Google.

Google's website for teacher and student resources - contains programs and Web 2.0 tools and training provided by Google.

Awesome recourse! Variety of tools for web 2.0 use in your classroom! Very user friendly website!

Makes math seem relevant to students.

Wow, this is great! I've never seen a website like this! I can absolutely see how I would refer to this site when my students pose that ever-popular question, "When am I ever gonna use this?" I think this sight could be used by teacher, students, and parents to help deepen the understanding and application of math concepts! I wish I had a similar site to share with you, but, like I said, this is the first I've seen of this type! Thanks for sharing!

Great site for both teachers and students to show how math relates to everyday life! Thanks for sharing this is something I can see myself using in the future.

Great question style wiki!

Wiki designed to promote technology and 21 century skills to use for technology integration ideas.

Master list of Web 2.0 Tools

This quick article went through 35 web 2.0 tools. I like this list because it has some of the easier things to work with (Prezi, Twitter) to some more advanced things like Diigo and Wikispaces.

I love lists like this because it is so much easier to rely on someone else's compilation as a starting point rather than gathering tools on your own.

Ideas related to how you can put wikis to work in your classroom! Categories: Resource Creation, Student Participation, Group Projects, Student Interaction For the Classroom Community, Other

I love how it´s broken up in different categories for using wikis. It makes it so easy to navigate through for teachers. There are many fun and easy ways on here that I will for sure use in my classroom someday. Thank you for sharing.

While it definitely seems like a educator-specific resource, I love the categories. I especially like the collection of ideas for group projects, as it is always nice to have a pool of formats to pull from.

Share ideas - Mind Map

Recourse for student use! Separated by grade level 1-6 or subject area! Very kid friendly site! Helpful for those of us who are also elementary majors/teachers!

A wiki about dolphins, describing what they are and giving information on dolphins background.

A wiki about dolphins, describing what they are and giving information on dolphins background.

Prezi is a way of working on a presentation online and then when you go to your class you can log on to your account and pull the presentation up that you have been working on, instead of using USB drives, etc.

I think Prezi is a great Web 2.0 Tool. Powerpoints are very beneficial and fun to create, however Prezi takes that to a whole new level. It is a great interactive tool that keeps learners engaged! Prezi is great for anyone to use, whether you are a student or an educator. I think all students should learn and hear about Prezi, so they can make interactive presentations!

This is the best presentation tool out there. Whenever I see a Power point I kind of laugh to myself. Prezi is just so much more pretty. With the types of transitions and effects you can make it just makes the experience so much better. As some of the others were saying it keeps the learners engaged. Power points came often become very repetitive and boring but with Prezi this is rarely the fact. Prezi is catered to many different levels of education, teachers, students, and even business. Anyone can use it, and they should. To my knowledge there aren't any different types of presentation tools out there.

This educational resource describes the different breeds of cats from Maine Coons to Pixiebob and many more. By clicking on one of your favorite or preferred breed information on that breed will pop up.

This educational resource describes the different breeds of cats from Maine Coons to Pixiebob and many more. By clicking on one of your favorite or preferred breed information on that breed will pop up.

This is Dr. Jeff Masters blog on hurricanes in Hong Kong. I would use this blog to teach kids about how dangerous a hurricane can be.

This is Dr. Jeff Masters blog on hurricanes in Hong Kong. I would use this blog to teach kids about how dangerous a hurricane can be.

Wikispaces is a great place for academic based wikis to be formed. Since the site is geared towards education it does a great job of being exactly what a teacher would want it to be.

I actually had two sites that were provided by the government with lots of digital activities for the kids to do. This is the one that wasn't turned off by the government shutdown. Good to know.

I thought this site had a lot of great advice for people that might be starting their first blog. I would say that half of the things they bring up I wouldn't have thought about if I was starting a blog.

Right on, Keith. Very good advice for people firing up their first blog. This can be a pretty cool tool in the classroom too.

This is a great learning website that is completely free. They have various educational topics for all different age groups.

I also just recently started using Khan academy with my students. Even though we follow a constructivist approach to teaching math, this resource has been helpful for my kids who need procedural examples. Plus sometimes it is more engaging to listen to someone else teach it!

I do like the free aspect of Khan Academy - due in part to funding by The Gates Foundation. I love the variety of topics available, and the ability to engage in "hip pocket learning" whenever I wish. Honestly, I am sad that Bank of America has become a sponsor of Khan Academy, however. It seems like they would have less of an interest in learning for learning's sake.

YouTube has more than just silly cat videos, this educational channel has tons of different lessons from various professors and teachers from very prestigious schools. A great tool if you're looking to sharpen your skills and learning something new

I would also say that it is a great resource for both teachers and students. As far as price is concerned, you cannot beat free.

Various videos on differing topics that would be beneficial for learning children.