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This site has links to two great instructional resources.

This site has links to two great instructional resources.

Our children and youth are immersed in technologies that give them opportunities no previous generation has enjoyed. How will schools respond?

This website is from the History channel and contains content about different events in past and present current events. The feature that I particularly like on this website is the This Day in History, where it tells about all the events that have happened on that current day in history. This can be utilized in history lessons for students to interact and research upon.

Wide variety of engaging topics relating to history. Great as a teacher resource for supplemental lesson material or for students research.

Backchannel type free resource. You can choose the length of time you would like to have chat available on archive.

This wiki is for teachers, students, and administrators to help teach about Digital Citizenship and how to maintain a healthy Digital Identity. I think this can be used to teach students how to have a healthy and effective relationship with others on the internet.

Megan - Thanks for sharing this website I think it could be a very valuable site for parents, teachers and students to teach good digital citizenship. Here is link to a blog post from The Innovative Educator with many different links pertaining to Cyber Safety and Digital Citizenship information http://goo.gl/dxI85y

My personal favorite blog for math ideas for the classroom by Donna Boucher. Every week free links to classroom activities are also included.

This looks like a great resource for math teachers! I love that she gives new tips with each entry. I can see where this could be a resource for teacher, but also, how students could benefit from some of resources that she posts about. I could definitely see myself consulting this for different reasons throughout my lesson planning. Another website that also offers some great math resources is www.k-5mathteachingresources.com

Amber - Thanks for the addition site suggestion I have marked if for a future lesson planning resource.

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.

This is a great blog to follow, if you are worried about becoming boring in the classroom. Shawn will raise a lot of common questions and situations that occur in education and make you think about challenging the status quo. It is also a great resource for educators who are moving to a standards-based or competencies based grading system.

Think Thank Thunk - Dealing with the fear of being a boring teacher - Jeremy Cooper This looks like a great blog! Very captivating! Shawn Cornally states that he "helps run a competency-based high school" so, based upon that, I'm sure that many of his posts deal with high school level material. However, as an educator, good is good, across the board. So, I'm excited to read about his ideas even though they may not directly pertain to my grade level. I think this could be a great resource for educators to gain new ideas within the teaching realm. You might also enjoy marvelousteachermusings.com. Many of her posts are on the lighter-side, but she still brings some great ideas to think about. I particularly like her post on July 28 "If Teacher's Planned Inservice Training". Enjoy!

Schoology is a relatively new free learning management system for educators. Similar in nature to Edmodo, it currently allows the educator a few more abilities, resources, and customization that isn't offered in Edmodo.

o Do agree or disagree that the resource can be used efficiently in your own future classroom? Explain why or why not. Yes, this feature CAN and HAS been used in my classroom to much success. Students really seem to prefer it over other LMS websites like Edmodo or Moodle because of the ease of use, different resources, mobile app, and the App Store. I use it for distributing and collecting assignments, taking polls and surveys, and for taking assessments such as quizzes and tests. o Do you believe the resource is mostly for teacher use, student use, or both? Explain your perceptions constructively. This resource is used by both the teacher and the students in order to be effective. The teacher is the one who sets up the page, creates the assignments, links, quizzes, polls, etc and the students use the site to effectively manage their learning process. It has really helped to take away the complaints and excuses that I typically get from students not knowing what they are supposed to do and where everything is located. I think one of the major advantages to Schoology is the ease of being able to find Files/Links and Assignments. o Are you aware of any similar resources that should be considered? If so, what are those resources. This task is similar to our threaded discussions. You want your comments to be constructive. Repeat this step for the remaining three bookmarks you are required to comment on. Other possible LMS websites that I have used are: Moodle, Edmodo, and Blackboard. There are many, many others as this is a highly innovative arena right now and out of all of them, Schoology seems to really impress most educators who have tried using it.

I really like the looks of schoolology, Jeremy! I can see how this would be very useful in a junior high or high school classroom. Especially in a school that has gone 1:1! If fifth grade students had their own computers, I would definitely use this as a classroom management tool! I think this is a great way for educators, students, and parents to all be on the same page regarding assignments and class expectations. I really like the Text/SMS feature! As you had stated in your description. This is very similar to Edmodo, which I'm familiar with. Thank you for sharing!

A site for students to practice basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Charts student progress and adjusts their program based on their needs.

A site for students to practice basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Charts student progress and adjusts their program based on their needs.

This website offers a list of featured sites, safe Web 2.0 resources, blogs, a weekly poll, etc.

This website offers a list of featured sites, safe Web 2.0 resources, blogs, a weekly poll, etc.

A blog and wiki that's intent is to shift educational focus into the 21st century.

A blog and wiki that's intent is to shift educational focus into the 21st century.

Students can create book lists to read offline based on their reading level and interests. Then they can come back to the site and take quizzes on the books they have read.

Students can create book lists to read offline based on their reading level and interests. Then they can come back to the site and take quizzes on the books they have read.

A way for teachers to send text messages to students/parents without revealing personal cell phone number. This is a great way to send out mass texts!

A way for teachers to send text messages to students/parents without revealing personal cell phone number. This is a great way to send out mass texts!

Great site for finding awesome classroom ideas and articles!

A great resource for articles, strategies, blogs, videos, etc. to enhance your classroom.

A great resource for articles, strategies, blogs, videos, etc. to enhance your classroom.

A blog centered around the popular TED talks, which can address a variety of topics from web 2.0 tools to technology in education as a broad category.

A blog about world history education utilizing web 2.0 tools, and collaborative technology in some instances. This blog can also serve as a springboard for PLN connections.

A wiki of resources for social studies teachers to use that covers every grade imaginable. Within the resources, teachers can find collaborative lessons for students.

A wiki of resources for social studies teachers to use that covers every grade imaginable. Within the resources, teachers can find collaborative lessons for students.