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Free blogging site for students and teachers. No student e-mail needed.

The eMINTS National Center is a non-profit, independent business unit of the University of Missouri. eMINTS offers professional development programs created by educators for educators. Leading experts have collaborated to produce programs that * inspire educators to use instructional strategies powered by technology * engage students in the excitement of learning * enrich teaching to dramatically improve student performance eMINTS changes how teachers teach and students learn. Its instructional model provides a research-based approach to organizing instruction and can be implemented in any subject area at any level.

Are you using BigHugeLabs in the classroom? Sign up for a free Educator account and get the following benefits: * Pre-register your students so they can sign in without requiring an email address. * View and download content created by your students. * Use the site advertising-free. * Ready to print ID cards for your students

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Student invention, creation, and social network site. Allows students to tackle simple everyday problems with whimsical solutions by giving them a way to share their drawings and reward them for creative ideas.

Site with lots of simple interactives from a variety of subject areas. Science and Math interactives are mostly for secondary students, but some Language Arts and History interactives are for younger students. These would be good for introductions to a unit/lesson or serve as a simple diognostic or review to check for understanding midway through a lesson.

The purpose of this course is to provide "Just in Time" training through an online interface for K-12 educators based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). These standards are the basic technology skills every educator should possess. In the process, educators will develop their own skills and discover what students need in order to meet the NETS for Students, as well as the new MMC Online Experience requirement.

A fake Facebook page is an excellent way to see if student understand the concept behind a book, character, historical figure or even a science concept.

Science based Voicethreads that follow the R.A.F.T. model of science writing. Learners choose a "Role", and then write for a particular audience with a given format and topic. This is a great example of giving students some choice, while still managing to having them write within a given topic and for a purpose.

Google Templates for Student Projects

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.

Great example of a Kindergarten teacher using a blog to facilitate communication between the classroom and home. Each student has their own blog page that they use to share examples of work, drawings, writing, and what's going on in class.

Mathtrain.TV is a free educational "kids teaching kids" project from Mr. Marcos & his students at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, CA.

ABCya! is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer games and activities were created or approved by certified teachers. ABCya! educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn. ABCya! games and activities incorporate content areas such as math and reading while introducing basic computer skills. Many of the kindergarten and first grade games are equipped with sound to enhance understanding

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.)

"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."

Are you looking for practical ways to improve student achievement? Strengthen teaching and learning processes with research-based instructional strategies combined with effective technology use. Twelve core strategies link to 30 classroom examples that show how to apply key research, using technology to engage learners and improve achievement.

Online collaborative whiteboard. Multiple users can write, draw, upload pictures to, save, print, and share the same interactive whiteboard space in a web browser. Would be great for students working on a collaborative project, or for leading a professional development session in which the instructor could interact and share with participants what small groups are working on.

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, collaborative, constructive, authentic, and goal directed (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003).