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More great educational games from the BBC...

Free Private Social Networking For Schools with teacher control of access.

Exploring Bioethics-developed with the NIH Department of Bioethics and written by Education Development Center, Inc.-supports high school biology teachers in raising and addressing bioethical issues with their students and engages students in rigorous thinking and discussions. By providing conceptual guidelines that promote careful thinking about difficult cases, it stresses the importance of presenting thoughtful and relevant reasons for considered positions on ethical issues.

The Historical Scene Investigation Project (HSI) was designed for social studies teachers who need a strong pedagogical mechanism for bringing primary sources into their classroom. With the advent and accessibility of the internet, many libraries, universities and government agencies are housing their historical documents online. Simultaneously, there has been a push in K-12 history education to give students experiences that more closely resemble the work of a real historian. The National Center for History in the Schools (NCHS) provides standards.

Blog about how to implement 1 to 1 computing in schools.

Animated Atlas portrays large chapters of American history quickly by animating maps and geographic features. For school, home and genealogy use.

Working together to transition freshmen & transform schools from the bottom up!

Parapal Online contains a variety of interactive English exercises. They are designed to improve your listening, writing, reading, vocabulary and grammar skills. It also includes software for schools and teachers to use.

Flashy maths is a new website which is home to my maths games. You are free to download and use the games as much as you want, at home, at school or in front of a class on an interactive whiteboard!

Blog about cloud computing

This website was created to aid educators in finding valuable resources and information on new ways to integrate leading-edge technology into your school.  Additionally, this site focuses on a very important area in education: STEM content areas.  Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are key components of our educational infrastructure.

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

The National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) is a growing library of high-quality online course content for students and faculty in higher education, high school and Advanced Placement*.

Kerpoof's multimedia software is used by kids worldwide to create original artwork, animated movies, stories, greeting cards and more. The site is meant to be fun, but we're serious about its educational value. Elementary and middle school teachers can use Kerpoof in many ways to enhance classroom activities while meeting a range of educational standards.

Helpful email management from Jon Tanner-Oregon School District

might be more high school/college level, but I am sure we will see a lot more in the future!