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A site where two ed tech educators post podcasts of their ideas and work. Great for PD on the go!

Here's a collection of holiday and winter sites for kids and teachers that should help make your last week of school festive and productive, and give kids some fun places to go on those cold, wintry days.

"Common Sense Media and Edmodo partnered to create this fantastic Digital Citizenship Starter Kit for your classroom. In it, you'll find a series of activities and lessons designed to introduce digital citizenship concepts right in Edmodo, to help you get your online classroom community up and running."

"This is a great project for elementary and beyond. Report/bio/non-fiction writing in a Google Doc with an embedded QR code that links to the student reading excepts from their research. You may print out book style when complete, or create on online flip book using sites such as Issuu, Youblisher or Flipsnack."

A Blog post of various Valentine's Day sites.

Greatest Earth Day sites part 2

If you haven't seen Eric Witacre's amazing global video project, Virtual Choir - Lux Aurumque," it's a must. It is an amazing example of how technology can bring people together from around the world to collaborate and produce something beautiful. Keith Ferrel

A great graphic about the tsunami in Japan..

Tips on using Spellingcity in the classroom

All three of the following sites would be great to use with an IWB or at a stand-alone computer station for basic math practice.

This is part IV in a series dedicated to free, online writing tools for kids. 

A great blog post about why Skype is a wonderful tool to use in the classroom. It also discusses the way to approach it with parents...

A list of Earth Day sites for kids

From the BBC, Children of World War 2 is a great resource for kids who want to get a better understanding of what life was like for children during World War 2.  History lessons will usually focus on the major events of the war: The Nazis  invade Poland, the German Blitz, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Auschwitz, etc. The human side of the story is often missed and that's where Children of World War 2 comes in.The well-presented, easy to explore site has 10 sections to delve into that inform kids about the war and what it was all about. From evacuations, to what homes were like,  food and shopping, daily life, and other interesting areas. Each section comes with some amazing photos with captions, some sections have writings (actual letters and speeches written by the various leaders), and also videos, and audio recordings of war-time events (Note: the audio and videos are not available in all countries).Also, within each section, there are activities, challenges, and quizzes that add a bit of fun to an often sad topic.