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"The INEW website provides over 1000 essential math skills with millions of variations which are useful for practicing and sharpening various skills for students in grades K-6. "

First grade Voicethread, really cute!!

"10 Places for Teachers to Collaborate and Communicate Online Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 No Comments Related: guestpost, schools, technology Collaboration and communication is one of the most important aspects of teaching and education. If you are looking for tools and sites that can be used to communicate and collaborate with other teachers, parents, and students, you can find many quality resources online. Here are 10 free sites and tools to try throughout the school year."

"The main reason for inclusion in the top 10 was the impact a game had on the educational gaming field. Some of these are getting rather long in the tooth as far as games go, yet their impact is still being felt in educational research that was foundational or continues to be published. On the other hand, new titles are coming out all the time and this list may well change in the future."

"Mathtrain.TV is a free educational "kids teaching kids" project from Mr. Marcos & his students at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, CA. Here is a version of our BLC 09 presentation. STUDENT-CREATED Videos TEACHER-CREATED Videos CAPTIONED Videos Groups"

"I've been working with teachers on learning strategies to support the literacy and comprehension skills that students commonly use across the content areas. This pdf includes 18 lessons organized in two ways: by comprehension strategy - defining, summarizing and comparing and by target reader - non-reader, word caller and turned-off reader. The lessons are designed as templates which teachers can modify to use in their specific subject areas. Strategies for Struggling Readers 3MB pdf "

This is really amazing, very entertaining, give it a look

December is here and many teachers are getting out the famous book, The Polar Express, written by Chris Van Allsburg. Here are some fun Polar Express Activities for you to do with your kids. Choose from a Polar Express poster, Polar Express writing paper, a Polar Express coloring page or a Polar Express maze!

"On this web site you can: * Create your own puzzles. * Play your own and common puzzles. * Send puzzles to friends. * Put created puzzles on your web pages. Your puzzles will not be visible to other visitors (except a receiver of a puzzle sent via Send). To create a new puzzle use the easy-to-use form above. This service is free."

"Feds release cyber safety booklet" A new booklet released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other government agencies helps parents and teachers steer kids safely through the online and mobile-phone worlds. The booklet, titled "Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online," was unveiled Dec. 15 at Jefferson Middle School in Washington, D.C., by FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski. At the middle school, which is known for its emphasis on science and technology, the officials met with students and teachers to discuss online safety.

"Screencast-O-Matic is the original free and easy way to make a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install!"

"John Abbott speaks about how schools have it wrong."

there are quite a few options here.

This is very cool, check it out.

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"Connected to an exciting new world of hot and lively current information, students make meaning and develop insight while the teacher shows them how to navigate and reason through the labyrinth of new sources. The front of the room disappears as 5-8 networked computers support investigations, explorations and excursions."

"The Math and Science of Junk Mail Project A Problem Based Learning Activity for Environmental Issues "

"Lesson Plans for Teachers The Museum has created these Lesson Plans that you may download or print from this web site for your classroom use. Each lesson comes complete with directions, enrichment suggestions, and reproducible handouts. "