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View selected featured speaker presentations on REMC MI Streamnet. REMC MI Streamnet (www.MIstreamnet.org) is a collaboration of the REMC Association of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Education. Its purpose is to provide a clearinghouse of video resources for Michigan educators, including professional development, policy information, and classroom resources. The project aims to make its resources available in an easy-to-use website that is safe for school networks.

eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes. These resources are created for educators to use in their classrooms.

"Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Try the online interactive activities, or click below to find out how to get our engaging 15-minute video programs."

ISTE Learning is an anytime, anywhere online community for professional development where educators can sample free concepts, buy cool resources and exchange creative ideas. This space provides relevant learning experiences in multiple formats to strengthen the teaching experience and grow digital literacy.

Michigan Reads! Children's book program. Each year, the state of Michigan chooses one children's book to get students excited about, including activities, ways to interact with the author and illustrator, and resources to explore that follow the book's theme.

Follow animals in the wild with crittercams - cameras strapped to the animal - to get a better feel for what their life is like. Great way to bring up close and personal video of animals in the wild into your classroom. Includes interactive missions for assembling your own "virtual" critter cams, and other resources to explore animals in the native habitats.

Welcome to the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District's METS Project wiki. The METS Project is a resource for educators seeking guidance on the technologies that align with their subject/grade level curriculum expectations.

Game Classroom is a one-stop web destination for accessing high-quality educational games, and homework help for K-6 students: * We scoured the web for the best and most trustworthy games, and conveniently sorted them according to skill, topic and grade level. * We spent thousands of hours creating an abundance of interactive content for parents to better understand the building blocks behind their child's development. * We created a comprehensive, free homework help section for parents/teachers to provide to children including learning tips, online resources and sample problems. All of Game Classroom's educational content has been created by professional educators with over 200 years of teaching experience, and has been outlined using state educational standards. We hope you (and your kids) enjoy Game Classroom and find it a fun place to learn and play games!

WatchKnow is both a resource for users and also a non-profit, online community that encourages everyone to collect, create, and share free, innovative, educational videos. WatchKnow is now officially launched, after being developed for over a year. Whether you're a student, a parent, a teacher, or just someone who cares about the education of children, you can now use our service and get involved to make it even better. Please sign up! (But did you know that you can add new videos to our system without signing up? They'll have to be approved first.)

This is an amazing resource.

Wiki dedicated to helping iPod Touch using teachers find successful ways to integrate the iPod, App Store, and other web resources into the classroom using Apple's iPod Touch.

List of exemplary problem based learning resources.

Network dedicated to connecting teachers with creative projects, and individuals or groups with the resource to make those projects possible. Has a location filter, so donors can specifically give to schools or classrooms in their area.

Light Up Your Brain is about inspiration, creativity, and the fun of being a kid. I've assembled some great audio stories, games and links to outside resources.

Classroom Web Tools is a collection of nine years research into Internet resources to assist in the learning process, not only in the classroom but also at home. Sites have been selected on the basis of quality, reliability, interactivity, ease of use and, of course, free of charge.

Being a teacher is a difficult and often thankless job. Between lesson plans, unengaged students, and new emerging technologies, teachers need help now more than ever. By visiting the 100 blogs below, they will find answers to all their questions, as well as valuable teaching resources.

Family Fun Learning is designed as a place to organize links to websites of resources for families; it has learning games and activities for a variety of topics and ages, as well as information for parents.

The Starter Sheets are resources for the classroom teacher. The intention of each sheet is to introduce a tool, technology or activity that could be easily adapted for use in the classroom.