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West Virginia Technology Tool Page that has links to tools that correlate to the 21st Century Skills. 21st Century Skills are aligned to the 2009 Michigan METS.

The Internet can be a scary place for elementary teachers. On one hand, you want to share the Internet as a wonderful tool with your students, but on the other, you worry about safety and helping them find the most useful resources without getting lost on the information superhighway. Because of this, we've put together a listing of some of the best sites for elementary teachers and students online, plus a few tools to help you keep everything together.

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.

A one stop shop to links to teacher tools and content areas.

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.

The West Point Bridge Designer 2012 will introduce you to engineering through an authentic, hands-on design experience. This software provides you with the tools to model, test, and optimize a steel highway bridge, based on realistic specifications, constraints, and performance criteria.

Liz Davis has developed a series of excellent screencasts on how to use popular Web 2.0 tools, including Google Reader, Delicious, and Flickr. I've also placed the link on my Teacher's Page.

Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience.

This is an amazing resource.

ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that is designed to let anyone easily create their own customized 3D pop-up books.

Links to tools that could be used in a pProfessional Learning Community.

Flubaroo is a free tool that helps you quickly grade multiple-choice or fill-in-blank assignments. I designed it for my own classroom, and want to share it with other teachers... for free!

You made the script for Flubaroo? That's awesome!

Minigroup is the easiest way to share the right stuff with the right people. Communicate, share, and collaborate. See all your groups in one place. Great tool to collaborate between teachers

Online and Offline Graphic Organizer creator

"Show Document is a Net Meeting platform for instantaneous and spontaneous online meetings where people can work together on the same document at the same time. All the Net Meeting collaborative services can be used to work together at the same time. The web meeting platform offers the following interactive services"