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"e BYOT Summit was held on the campus of Kennesaw State University on April 26th. * Buster Evans, Superintendent of Forsyth County Schools - Watch his presentation here. * Download a copy of his presentation here. * Attorney Phil Hartley - Watch his presentation here * Download a copy of his presentation here. * Forsyth County Educators Share their perspective - Watch their presentation here * Download a copy of their presentation here And here is a video featuring Forsyth County Students in the BYOT program. Forsyth County BYOT Page - http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/BYOT * Courses * Registration * Labs * Resources * GACE Exam * ETC Staff * Contact the ETC"

" iPads in Education "News, ideas and more on the use of iPads in the learning environment." "

Google+ For Educators

Allows you to use your computer as a virtual telescope!

Free teleprompter/autocue service CuePrompter is a free teleprompter/autocue service. Your browser works like a teleprompter -no extra software needed. Check the system requirements and give it a try. Bookmark this site and come again when ever you need teleprompter services. Free for any use (both commercial and non-commercial).

If you're looking for free PowerPoint templates, you came to the right place. We have a great collection of backgrounds, templates, and more inspirational free stuff to build stunning presentations. All themes are free to download and includes 2 or more slides ready-to-use. Download, unzip and take full control over your PowerPoint presentations.

"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."

OKAPI! is a web-based application that allows you to enter a text sample and to format that sample as a set of Examiner and Student Curriculum-Based Assessment (CBA) reading probes. The application also computes a readability index for the sample. OKAPI! can save you hours of work in creating correctly formatted CBA reading probes that include estimates of reading level. OKAPI! gives you a range of options. You can for example change the font-type and letter-size for the CBA probes. Additionally, you can specify that either the Spache or Dale-Chall Readability Formula be used to compute a passage's readability index.

Screencasting is a better and great way to showcase a procedure, to teach,demonstrate a service or to create video tutorials without having to write a content or an article. Screencasting tools are available both as desktop applications (Free and commercial) and web-based services. The good news is that there are a growing number of screencasting tools that are completely free to use; some do not even require a registration to let you get started.

Use the search box to the right to search for keywords in the text of the Constitution and the in-depth explanations we've linked to it.Discover how the Constitution relates to more than 300 indexed topics from school prayer to civil rights.Search the text of the Constitution by Supreme Court decisions.

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"Dabbleboard is an online collaboration application that's centered around the whiteboard. With a new type of drawing interface that's actually easy and fun to use, Dabbleboard gets out of your way and just lets you draw. Finally the whiteboard enters the digital age!"

"Think of Stixy as your online bulletin board. Create as many Stixyboards as you like, one for each project. Use Stixy to easily organize and share: Your family's schedule Projects at work An upcoming holiday with your friends Your photos from your last bike trip Or share a file or two with a friend "

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.

Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher (and some other useful websites!) (An ongoing workshop, so updates will be made to this page when applicable)

"Squishy circuits are a project from the Thomas Lab at the University of St. Thomas. The goal of the project is to design tools and activities which allow kids of all ages to create circuits and explore electronics using play dough. conductive dough, insulating dough and building circuits model Thank you to the University of St. Thomas School of Engineering, the University of St. Thomas Young Scholars Program, and the 3M Foundation for supporting the undergraduate students working on this project. How To Conductive Dough"

A complete guide to the presentation software Prezi, from what it is and why to use it right up to advanced techniques for making your presentation absolutely killer

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!

Snap.vu is a free QR code generator, short URL and tracking service for marketing/promotional campaigns and personal use.