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Digital Literacy is an animated, interactive web site that teaches students about digital literacy, safe use of the internet and more.

Edutopia is one of my favourite educational web resources . Today while I was checking its Five Minute Film Festival page I came across a link that took me to their YouTube channel where I found a treasure trove of interesting videos on digital citizenship and because digital citizenship is one of the important themes in this blog, I decided to handpick some of the clips that grabbed my attention and share them with you below , you can also check the entire list here.

Guide to creating a PLN. Comprised of 10 sections linked to the main page. Each section includes images and videos that help to illustrate the process.

Know it or not, you already have some sort of Personal Learning Network or PLN! It could be your colleagues, family, students, friends - whoever! But with the power of the web and online collaborat...

10 Great Steps to Grow Your Own PLN

Celly lets you instantly group people and topics into cells. Cells function as chatrooms where people communicate instantly via text-based messaging. Cells can include messages from the web or other social networks to capture your interests.

Platform to make online posters

Videos on how to do your submissions

Professional Education certification candidates use the web-based tool LiveText for their professional portfolios required by the state of Oklahoma. This one-time purchase pays for unlimited server space to host your portfolio or store files, support, and unlimited access to an entire video and lesson plan library for five years.

Symbaloo is a personal start page that allows you to easily navigate the web and compile your favorite sites all into one visual interface. Save your bookmarks in the cloud and access them from anywhere with any device.

5 major points to keep in mind when selecting resources for your classroom.

This is about George Washington and the wars that he fought in and his presidency. It will be useful for understanding what was important in his life.

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.

eduTopia, all ready bookmarked a link to this "how to integrate technology" but his is highlighted

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

PE Central's LOG IT Program Log It invites students, teachers, schools, classes, and parents to record their physical activity steps, miles, or kilometers online! Features include a virtual hike across the United States; feedback about daily goals; compare your progress to others; and you can view your weekly and monthly progress.

This source gave some information about a dinosaur that looks a lot like an animal that is scene today. Children would get a kick out of this source because they would be able to relate this dinosaur back to their background knowledge of a typically known animal, the ostrich.

This article examines the effects of the BP oil spill on oceanic environments in the gulf.

The Robo- Penguins (robot penguin) used to study the life of Emperor penguins.

An excellent source of general information about Manx cats that could serve as a good starting point for writing a research paper about Manx cats.

This source is something that explains all basic information about money. This could be a very good for an opening activity when talking about math and money in a third or fourth grade classroom. It explains trading, value of money, and paper and coin money.

This talks about different species of endangered plants and why they are endangered. It also includes some information about why plants are important for the environment and why they should be protected.

A timeline of the political achievements of African-Americans from the years of 1951-2001. Great for any government class to review during Black History month.