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a searchable database (beta) of student-created research citations to help find relevant sites on a topic

Research Skills and Search Engines. FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format, Free Interactives and Games

Excellent list of online drawing and other cool tools to use in school. Wiki has links for many other tools - writing, music, research, etc.

a search engine for students - every web site has been evaluated by research experts - FREE

leads you to a suggested MLA citation format, based on grade level, for grades 1-6

Site to use if you are researching for an app to use to supplement your teaching

Almost everyone has heard of TED, but have you noticed TED's new website, TED ED?  Please do yourselves a favor and check out this amazing site that focuses on education.  Educators from around the world have uploaded complete lessons along with customizable quizzes and background research.  Lessons are also animated by a professional webmasters.  You can upload your own lessons as well.  Watch the tour video by clicking here!

.a great collection of Web 2.0 tools arranged in categories such as presentation tools, collaborative tools, research tools, video tools, writing tools, creativity tools, and many more!

Very neat article about new books and how kids must research for clues. Very engaging!

Spaaze is a free online sticky note service that offers some handy functions for teachers and students. Spaaze allows you to write notes, edit notes and reorder your notes. Your notes can be simple text notes or you can create notes that contain videos, images, or links. Use the Spaaze browser bookmarklet to add a note to your collection anytime you come across an interesting find on the web. The video below gives a good overview of what can be done with Spaaze. Applications for Education Spaaze could be used by students as a personal organizer. Spaaze could be particularly useful for students who don't have their own computers and need to rely on computer labs in order to get work done online. By using Spaaze those students can create notes of what they need to do, what they have done, and create notes about the useful things they find while researching on the web.

Common Sense Media has launched a new version of its free digital citizenship curriculum, Digital Literacy and Citizenship in a Connected Culture. The new version adds student, teacher, and parent resources, including comprehensive lessons on cyber bullying, for fourth and fifth graders. The program, which empowers students to think critically and make informed choices about how they live and treat others in today's digital media world, covers topics from internet safety and security to privacy, with a deep focus on cyber bullying and responsible digital behavior. Recent stories of the tragic consequences of cyber bullying highlight the need to teach kids how to prevent and respond to digital harassment, beginning at a young age, Common Sense Media says. The curriculum, which is based on the digital ethics research of Howard Gardner and the GoodPlay Project at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, uses content that ranges from print and video materials to interactive components and real-life student stories to inspire kids to be responsible digital citizens.

If you're looking for an article on any aspect of history, or literature, or something else you can think of, check out this free site for books.

Mashpedia http://mashpedia.com/ is the place to have your students start their research. The Multimedia Encyclopedia..

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