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I think this is a very under-utilized resource in schools today, for both teachers and students. There is so much available on this website. The possibilities that these resources provide teachers are endless. One of my personal favorites that is on this site is Atomic Learning. This provides training resource videos in almost any technology tool you can think of. I have used this multiple times to help me out of a jam when using anything from Movie Maker, to to Excel, to Skype to iPads. The videos are chunked into short, searchable segments that are very useful when you are trying to learn anything about computers and what to do with them. This is a great resource to use in the classroom, both for personal (as a professional) use or for student use. Students are able to search videos independently and use them for assistance, contributing to self-reliance and independence in implementing classroom technology. I am not aware of any similar resources with a database this large, in one location. Although most websites or programs have instructions, sometimes even instructional videos, available to help new users understand the technology, Atomic Learning has them all in one place with easy to use videos that do a great job of demonstrating how to use the particular programs. apps, or instructional technology with your students.

I agree with Tamra and Maria that this is an under-utilized resources. I have introduced and stressed the importance of these databases to students, teachers and other staff for several years. It is too easy to just 'Google It.' I used Atomic Learning when teaching middle school technology explore. One of our 8th grade skills was an understanding of Word, and I let students pick their own topics to study further through Atomic Learning. I just used Gale for peer-reviewed journals. I am also using SIRS to find articles for our Digital Citizenship (Protect It) curriculum. I am not aware of any other collections for education as robust as Iowa AEA Online.

I love AEA Online. Being a former AEA employee, I've become very familiar with it over the years. Like the other ladies who commented before me, it is very underused. I'm not sure whether it's because people are not well enough familiarized with what they have to offer, or because it presents another opportunity for information overload. Regardless, it is a wonderful resource for students and teachers. I used Atomic Learning to help a teacher develop her own skills. I've also recommended it as a resource to our Special Education teachers as a resource to learn when students need reinforcement of new concepts.

This wiki is dedicated to an ideal. That ideal is that students are given time within the class day to explore whatever it is they are curious about and then explain it to their peers. This wiki contains lots of information about what genius hour is, how to implement it in your class, and examples of how it has gone for others.

This wiki is dedicated to an ideal. That ideal is that students are given time within the class day to explore whatever it is they are curious about and then explain it to their peers. This wiki contains lots of information about what genius hour is, how to implement it in your class, and examples of how it has gone for others.

This site is set up like Facebook where teachers can create classroom pages to communicate with students in a variety of ways.

Classroom management system, collaborating on assignments, discovering

I like the teacher control I can have and the collaborative environment. The security and control that makes it good is also it's limitation in exposure to the outside world.

Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

One of the most popular resources for teaching basic programming. The platform is web based and simple enough to get started with that students would need little to know instruction to get started. The site offers many resources for teachers and students, and there is also a downloadable version to use when internet is not available.

Hands down, this is my absolute favorite to do list! It is VERY easy to use and has so many options for sharing, linking, connecting any of your content. Their Android app is very good quality too!

Hands down, this is my absolute favorite to do list! It is VERY easy to use and has so many options for sharing, linking, connecting any of your content. Their Android app is very good quality too!

This is a movie making app that is web based and students can use google drive to collaborate on. It is great for the beginning movie editor.

PowToon offers a great way to make PowerPoint presentations more engaging offering new graphics and a slick interface that's easy for users to dabble with.

This is a way to make presentations without the boring slides that seem to be the norm. This is visually pleasing in the learning environment.

Great storytelling/presentation tool/platform with some fresh content and animations.

This wiki is a current listing of edcamps happening around the world. This wiki also provides information on how to organize your own Edcamp. Edcamp is an 'unconference' designed for teachers and their needs. Edcamps are free to attend and usually provide lunch and amazing door prizes.

This wiki is a current listing of edcamps happening around the world. This wiki also provides information on how to organize your own Edcamp. Edcamp is an 'unconference' designed for teachers and their needs. Edcamps are free to attend and usually provide lunch and amazing door prizes.

Educreations can be used with an iPad or web browser. It is an interactive white board that allows you to create and voice record video lessons. I've used it to provide students feedback by taking a screenshot of their work, then annotating and recording my thoughts. I've also used it to flip a lesson and to provide lessons when my class is cancelled for weather. There is no such thing as a snowday with Educreations!

This is an editable wikispace is directed towards teaching mathematics. It's strength is in the references it makes to some great books to purchase

This is a online publication is in a newsletter type of format. It is a great, practical resource for educators

An interactive way to assess students through ipads, iphones, androids and more!

This looks like a great tool to use in my classroom. It would be a quick way to assess students on a topic before moving on. This tool is clearly geared towards teachers. It can help them to quickly grade quizzes that are easy but tedious to correct such as true/false and multiple choice. I would like to play around with this a bit more and see if there are discussion opportunities with it. My students use Poll Everywhere to have discussions or answer polls, but the results are posted for everyone to see. I like that the tools grades the quizzes and posts the results to a spreadsheet format. That would be such an efficient way to grade. This is much more user friendly than other automatically graded quizzes like Flubaroo. Thanks for sharing!

A few teachers in my building use secretive and have shared it in professional development sessions. It looks very easy to use and seems like something students would be very easily engaged with. Great resource for teachers to use with students. It would be just as easy for students to design questions and present as a quiz or dipstick check for understanding after a presentation or some other in class assignment. My school uses Promethean boards so we have this same capability built into that technology with the Active Votes or Active Expressions. I can also see this being something you could do with the poll feature on Edmodo. I think there are more and more resources out there in this style. I agree with Kayla that this is MUCH easier to use than Flubaroo, even though that is a very useful tool as well.

Hands down, this is my absolute favorite to do list! It is VERY easy to use and has so many options for sharing, linking, connecting any of your content. Their Android app is very good quality too!

This teacher/blogger is funny and honest about the happenings in her classroom. It is a good read for people who love teaching but are having a burnout day.

This teacher/blogger is funny and honest about the happenings in her classroom. It is a good read for people who love teaching but are having a burnout day.

Digital Citizenship lessons for students and teachers

Thanks, Mekca! We spend very little time teaching Digital Citzenship. I think it needs to be embedded in every teacher's curriculum. There are so many "teachable" moments that present themselves that could be linked to proper social media usage. This is going to be an excellent resource for me to share with my fellow educators.

This is an excellent source for me to use in my Teen Insights classroom. We started with a unit on bullying... then cyberbullying... I think we're missing the point- students just need to learn to be good digital citizens! I will use this source to build my curriculum. I appreciate that the curriculum is geared towards students but that it gives teachers and parents good background as well. Parents are a huge part of cyberbullying problems. Much of the conflict we have in school has to do with something students do online at home and then carry those hard feelings with them to school. I do not have resources similar to these. The video that my curriculum used to show warned students to avoid chat rooms and to only choose names that gave no indication of their age, gender, or location. It's good for students to stay safe, but the world has become much more familiar and personal with technology. Our curriculum needs to adapt to keep up.

Remind101 is a great text messaging tool to update students and parents on classroom assignments.

Yes I do, my parents love it. I used to do more with a class website, but never had anyone read it. I figured, everyone now a days has cellphones I'd just send them messages that way. It's all anonymous so my personal info is safe. I just send quick messages about what's due or coming up.

I've used this for a year. I have to say that the parents in my room are in love with it. I text out homework daily and misc. announcements.

Multimedia poster/collage - could be used by student or teacher to present /share info

An alternative to the standard poster or other presentation tools. This is a highly interactive and customized digital poster board. Teachers are able to set up student accounts that are linked to their teacher account for FREE!

An alternative to the standard poster or other presentation tools. This is a highly interactive and customized digital poster board. Teachers are able to set up student accounts that are linked to their teacher account for FREE!

This is an easy way to get students to cite their sources appropriately.

This is an easy way to get students to cite their sources appropriately.

Let's be honest, it is also a GREAT resource for us, too! I love this site. I have used it for years and it just keeps getting better. It is something I am also constantly recommending it to my students for research assignments that need citations.

This is a web-based quiz type game that allows up to 30 students to respond to questions you made. The game only allows for multiple choice type questions. Players earn points based on speed and accuracy of their responses. This is a great tool for student engagement and reviewing terms/concepts in class.

This tool allows teachers to create review games, polls, and quizzes that students can access with cell phones. It turns the cell phone into a "buzzer" so that students can earn points by answering correctly and quickly. It posts the tops scores after every round which leads to some healthy competition.

This tool allows teachers to create review games, polls, and quizzes that students can access with cell phones. It turns the cell phone into a "buzzer" so that students can earn points by answering correctly and quickly. It posts the tops scores after every round which leads to some healthy competition.

"Digital Is" is a great place to find great content collaboration sessions with fellow professionals and offers other resources for teachers to use.