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Helps teachers integrate technology into instruction. Features various tools for teachers: one for creating quizzes that students can take online; another for organizing and annotating websites; a third for developing rubrics; and more.

Coolmath was designed for the frustrated, the confused,the bored students of the world who hate math. Coolmath was designed for the students who just need to get throughthis stuff so they can reach their other academic goals. Coolmath was designed for the math geeks of the worldwho love math and want more, more, more!

For those looking for music for their Animoto (or any other multimedia) productions - beyond what Animoto offers - this is a great site provding free, legal downloadable music.

There doesn't seem to be an index or TOC page for this Harcourt site, but if you replace the two numbers in the URL (e.g., replace the 4s with 2s), you'll get appropriate content for the grade level you're interested in.

"This website has been developed by Helen Barrett and Jonathon Richter of the University of Oregon's Center for Advanced Technology in Education, to support reflection for learning in education, from early childhood through higher education and into the professions."

In your Classroom Encourage student-centered learning.  Even young students can build web pages, embed images & video, and post documents.    For your Library Provide access to information sources, book lists, and links to good articles.  Have the resources stored for future use.   Throughout your District Host and share information between students, faculty and staff. Encourage staff development and shared resources across schools.   

Inquiry research webquest incorporating multiple intelligences

Elisa, this "great project for 7th graders has some very good "blow by blow" instructions for other learners, too...like me! Thanks for sharing!

"180TechTips.com offers 15 hours of free computer training in 180 easy to follow 5 minute lessons. If this is the kind of low pressure, easy to follow computer training you want, just click on the link above to sign up now for 180 free tech tips!  Try it for a day or a week, you can unsubscribe at any time." 

Encourages teachers of students at all levels to use archival documents and to teach with primary source materials from the National Archives. The site offers discussions on how primary documents give form to history, instructions for building a school archive, and templates for document analysis worksheets.

Different ideas for integrating technology in the classroom- by a teacher!

lots of worksheet possibilities, mostly for young children

Article about LCD projectors that are networkable - images are sent to the projector over the network, eliminating the need for a physical cable from a computer to the projector.

The Big6 is a proven approach to information problem-solving. It helps you succeed in school and life. Use the Big6 to find, use, apply, and evaluate information for specific needs and tasks.

Graphs and charts are great because they communicate information visually. For this reason, graphs are often used in newspapers, magazines and businesses around the world.

A webquest on evaluating websites, for grades 9-12.

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) is an NSF supported project that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis).

In this student interactive, from the ReadWriteThink site (Thinkfinity partner site for Language Arts), students explore comparison and contrast. The interactive includes an overview, definitions, examples, tips on organizing a paper, links to graphic organizers, suggested transition vocabulary, and a checklist.

Kids proofread short passages by grade level

This site looks useful for providing pre-written paragraphs that can be used for proofreading in addition to the ones we will prepare ourselves.

Washington Organization for Reading Development