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Strategies and techniques are provided regarding the benefits of using digital tools to support teaching and learning in any content area or grade level.

Great article, it's amazing to me how much technology has changed and improved the classroom and students' learning. Thanks for sharing.

Web-based learning centers engage students by using interactive internet resources aligned with inquiry-based hands-on classroom activities to learn science concepts.

Another great site address gleaned from Across My Desk (weekly) E-Learning Journeys (2009.02.15), by Julie Lindsay

Portal page for classroom (grades 5-12) and teacher resources

"Most people would agree that a good game could help students learn. But what, exactly, makes a game good? With their vast popularity and singular ability to engage young people, digital games have been hailed as a new paradigm for education in the 21st century. But researchers know surprisingly little about how successful games work. What are the key design elements that make certain games compelling, playable, and fun? How do game genres differ in their educational effectiveness for specific topics and for specific learners? How do kids learn when they play games? Does the setting (classroom vs. casual) matter? How can games be used to prepare future learning, introduce new material, or strengthen and expand existing knowledge? How are games designed to best facilitate the transfer of learning to the realities of students' everyday lives? And how can we use all of this knowledge to guide future game design?"

Richard Byrne advises teachers to activate page-level permissions when giving students access to classroom websites for blogging or digital portfolio development (2012.05.24).

"'The latest trends and ideas for the classroom' curated by Carla Arena" (Scoop.it! deck, 2012.03.07)

Resources for Creating Classroom Website

SAP|ERP:Learn SAP-PS classroom/on-line training from corporate trainers with real-time project and unlimited lab facility.For more details visit: http://hurray.ind.in/sapps.html

This website has activities and assessment that can be used in an art classroom and links to other useful websites.

Integrating technology into the classroom by means of WebQuests is a great way for students to get involved in real life learning

Blended participation, 2010.08.09-13 (PDT): "What's happening with blogs, wikis, podcasts and social networking?  How can we use the tools our students use to connect, share, and inform in the language classroom?"