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Studies show that teachers that use and follow lesson plans produce better results. The reason teachers avoid creating lesson plans is that they are time consuming and complicated... that's about to change. We've designed our lesson plan builder so that you can create a lesson plan in just 10 minutes... and, best of all, it's FREE!

LearnZillion gives teachers, students, and parents free video lessons anytime, anywhere.  Each lesson highlights a Comnon Core standard, starting with math in grades 3-9.

"These pages are designed to help you and your students to get the most out of the Poetry Archive. Here you will find a wealth of information, lesson plans and ideas for inspiring activities to bring poetry to life in your classroom."

"Want a truly organized classroom? Set up a graphic organizer folder system. Print out one of each of these organizers and make a folder for each organizer. Make enough copies of each organizer for your entire class, with a few extras, and put them in the folders. Have your folders in an easy-to-reach place, so when you are teaching a lesson that lends it's self to a Ven Diagram, you have them on hand! Pass them out to the students and bam-you can help your students organize their thoughts on the fly!"

Teachers are often diverted from their teaching by tasks outside of the classroom. The Study Help Site provides a simple, on-line suite that helps teachers plan, organize and communicate all at the same time. As you write lesson plans, determine in-class activities and task students with outside assignments, the system automatically and simultaneously provides a free-form organization system and communicates with parents and students. It's simple and efficient. The Study Help Site will allow you more time and energy to focus on the best part of your job - TEACHING. See the Planning, Organizing and Communicating features in action and you'll see how easy it is use The Study Help Site. Or, Sign Up Now to begin simplifying some of your "non-teaching" tasks.

Find lesson plans, free tools for our classrooms, training, and other information for primary and secondary school teachers.

The "Top 25" Websites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover. Media Sharing Digital Storytelling Manage and Organize Social Networking and Communication Curriculum Sharing Content Resources: Lesson Plans and More Content Collaboration

"Welcome to the premier site for locating resources to teach Texas Studies. The types of resources located on this site vary but are broken into nine categories including: 1 Online Primary or Secondary Sources Lesson Plans Audio-Visual Materials Staff Development Speakers or Presenters Books, Guides, or Other Materials Museum Exhibits or Programs Student Programs Special Events You are encouraged to use this site and its features to find quality resources, share them with others, and become more deeply involved in teaching the fascinating story of the Lone Star State."

Doceri™ is a revolutionary iPad software suite for classrooms, conference rooms, and auditoriums - any place where you give presentations, teach, or collaborate. In a nutshell, Doceri is the ultimate tool for presentations and lessons. Through the Doceri Remote iPad app and Doceri Desktop software, you can control a computer (Mac or Windows), easily launch any document or application, and annotate over them at any time. You can save drawings and play them back in the future allowing even better presentations to be created from your existing PowerPoint or Keynote slideshows. If you just want to use it as a whiteboard, you can create any handwritten/drawn content on any background of your choice. And with additional room control hardware, Doceri can even be used as the remote control for projectors, DVD players, and all other audiovisual devices in your room. Doceri is the presentation control that you've always wanted!

A school uses videogame-based lessons to teach a new generation of kids

A 21st-century education revolves around the Internet for everything from collaboration, tools, lessons, and even earning degrees online. If you are looking for ways to integrate online learning into your science class, then take a look at these cool online tools that are just perfect for both teachers and students.

My Ideal Vacation Spot:  Alesson introducing teachers to their iPads -  When your teachers need to learn how to integrate the iPad into their classroom

VocabularySpellingCity.com has: Over 42,000 spelling words with customizable sentences and definitionsA REAL person who says each word and sentenceFree home pages for teachers and parents to save listsTeacher training videosFree printable handwriting worksheetsFree teaching resources with lists and lesson plansTwenty-five games to play online or to print:Spelling, Vocabulary, Alphabetical Order,Word Meaning, Unscramble, Parts of SpeechA free forum and newsletters

"FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format & Free Interactive Activities for Kids "

"The Body Explained, with Cassius Bordelon, PhD, is a light-hearted video production that answers common questions about how the human body works. Segments generally run one minute and are designed to help capture students' attention and curiosity. Dr. Bordelon is an Associate Professor of Cell Biology at Baylor College of Medicine and an expert on anatomy."

Premade and ready-to-go timesaving templates for activities in the classroom!

Why teach search? Google understands the importance of finding the right information at the right time. We create tools to let you find the information you need, of the kind you need, when you need it. In most cases, a simple search works really well. But for more specialized questions, a bit of instruction in how to search improves all searcher--from middle school students to trained professionals--and lets you discover and use more, higher quality sources than ever before.