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A great resource for teachers who are stumped on how to integrate technology into their existing classroom. Includes how to get started as well as ideas like, "if you have an interactive whiteboard", "if you have computers in your classroom", etc.

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Integrating Technology in the classroom with some examples on what to use for the technology available.

Using technology in the K-12 classroom has benefits for students and teachers alike. Find out how it engages active learners, facilitates collaboration, and helps teachers succeed.

This article gives 5 good reasons why technology should be used in a classroom, not only by teachers, but also by students. The 5 things are: engages students and creates active learners, encourages individual learning and active growth, facilitates peer evaluation, prepares students for the real world, and creates more engaged and successful teachers.

Think that integrating technology into the classroom will only distract students and marginalize educators? Think again. Since students are already interested and engaged in technology, teachers can harness that attention for educational purposes. Incorporating the internet, laptops, tablets and even smartphones into the curriculum has many benefits for teachers and students alike.

Student based search engine with a list of safe websites for students to use for all grades.

This is a resource teachers can refer to when they have a student with dyslexia and reading difficulties. This work best wit 1:1 (One-to-One Computing). Used to help a student with dyslexia and reading problems read

Edmodo is a website similar to facebook that corresponds to a site that is similar to D2L. If a school does not have their own D2L, Edmodo is a good site to use for one.

Edmodo is an easy way to get your students connected so they can safely collaborate, get and stay organized, and access assignments, grades, and school messages.

My daughter's school uses Edmodo and it works great for students. Teachers assign homework, and students ask follow-up questions while completing the assignment or anything concerning the class lesson.

There is a fine line between a professional teacher-student relationship and an unprofessional one. This website addresses some of these Dos & Don'ts so that you can have a more positive, professional relationship with your students.

Remind, formerly Remind101, is a communication tool that helps teachers reach students and parents where they are.

Remind, formerly Remind101, is a communication tool that helps teachers reach students and parents where they are. This is a great resource and alternative to personal texting or emailing parents with information. It is a way to text parents without giving out your phone number.

Teachers can send important reminders and updates with this app to students and teachers through text.

Tineye is a free tool that helps you conduct reverse image searches. In a reverse image search you're searching for the places where an image has been posted online. Conducting a reverse can be a good way for students to discover information about an object or location featured in a picture. As demonstrated above, when the image is located through Tineye students can click through to the source to see how the image was used and what was written about the image. Performing a reverse image search can provide students with a good lesson on digital footprints. Have them conduct a reverse image search for images they have posted online and then count the number of places where that image has appeared.

This is a lesson plan sites where teachers can create a "classroom" for their students to access. Teachers can post quizzes, articles, virtual field trips, etc. for their students.

This is a lesson plan sites where teachers can create a "classroom" for their students to access. Teachers can post quizzes, articles, virtual field trips, etc. for their students.

Another good resource for making portfolios from the textbook. It shows the benefits of going digital with portfolios and integrating technology into them. There are also various examples.

Many educators require student portfolios because they are an ideal way to get students to reflect upon their learning.  To create portfolios, however, students must spend a lot of time managing th...

Many educators require student portfolios because they are an ideal way to get students to reflect upon their learning. Shows student why portfolios are going digital, and the benefits of them going digital.

Use of this website allows the students in the class to get a little more insight onto what is going to be going on in the class as well as a way to contact the teachers. Updated frequently,at the end of each day the students should be able to access the site for a review of the material.

"weebly" "PLN" "Class board" Use of this website allows the students in the class to get a little more insight onto what is going to be going on in the class as well as a way to contact the teachers. Updated frequently,at the end of each day the students should be able to access the site for a review of the material.

Students use games, manipulatives, and computers to learn the advantages of using Boolean terms when searching the Web. The site will help you create a lesson to teach your students over boolean logic. With hand-ons and interactive activities, students will be able to understand the concept of Boolean Logic for when they search the internet.

This app allows students to receive due date reminders, track assignments, projects, tests, and other classes! There is a reward system for students that do the homeworks, and it can be used on different devices!

This is an app that allows students to collaborate with one another to create a drawing. The app could also be used for students to communicate in other ways than face-to-face. The best part about this app is that students do not need to be sitting next to each other to create a drawing. Students from across the room could communicate through the app without discussing face to face. Allowing students the opportunity to express creativity in methods other than writing could increase students level of comfort with a specific material.

Students often ask how to determine which websites and articles are good sources to cite. My answer is always, "Well, what do you think?" Students need to be able to think on their own. So, if your...

Students often ask how to determine which websites and articles are good sources to cite. My answer is always, "Well, what do you think?" Students need to be able to think on their own. So, if your...

SweetSearch is A Search Engine for Students. It searches only credible Web sites approved by Internet research experts. This one is neat as it has subject specific searches within Sweet Search. It also has a content area that allows students to explore on their own, ways to safely search the internet.

This would be a good "safe" search engine for students to use

A reliable search engine

If creating a personal Google search engine is too time consuming, here are seven student-friendly search engines. Chapter 6: Finding & Evaluating Resources

Kid friendly search engines are important when you want to filter what your student or child is able to see.

This link was discovered on Pinterest. Kathy Cassidy is a first grade teacher and has a class website with blogs of her students on it. Check out how she uses online portfolios in the classroom to get her students' parents involved.

This link was discovered on Pinterest. Kathy Cassidy is a first grade teacher and has a class website with blogs of her students on it. Check out how she uses online portfolios in the classroom to get her students' parents involved.