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I found this was a great website for computer labs. If you are working with children in a computer lab, these games are great!

ABCya is the leader in free educational computer games and mobile apps for kids. The innovation of a grade school teacher, ABCya is an award-winning destination for elementary students that offers hundreds of fun, engaging learning activities. Millions of kids, parents, and teachers visit ABCya.com each month, playing over 1 billion games last year.

You can say that kids are sufficiently net savvy these days. However, some search engines make be dangerous for young children. This website proves a list of 10 child-friendly search engines to allow children to conduct research on topics that are interesting to them.

Digizen - Internet Social Networking advice and guidance for young people, parents and teachers

This shows us teachers some ideas as to what we can put on our classroom website.

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 page is a great example of a mastery level online classroom. Mrs. Marka uses this classroom webpage to post assignments, study guides, upcoming events, pictures of past events, quizzes, and links to other useful pages. She even created a login where a student can login into his/her personal account to view graded assignments. You can also send an email straight to Mrs. Marka if you have questions on an assignment, grade, or upcoming event.

A Kid-Friendly search engine. "Safe search for kids, by kids!"

A kid safe search engine that contains quality information

A reliable search engine

Weebly is another place where you can create a free website for your classroom. It had a ton of designs and tools for teachers to use to keep parents and students up-to-date

A high profile suicide case in which a 12 year old girl killed herself because of a gang of girls that continually harassed her online, even after switching schools several times.

How technology shouldn't be used for teaching

Education Nation is a nationally broadcast, in-depth conversation about improving education in America. During an interactive summit on Rockefeller Plaza, parents, teachers and students will meet with leaders in politics, business and technology to explore the challenges and opportunities in education today.

Smithsonian Education's Idealabs Summer spirit is still in the air but it's getting closer to "that time of year" when students and parents prepare for 'Back to School' fun. Check out Smithsonian Education's Idealabs, a great online resource for student's families and educators online!

This webpage provides awesome tools for teachers to select great websites for the classroom. It has recommendations for blog sites, modified web-based learning management systems, and much more.

The following websites are sure to capture students attention. These sites are for teachers but parents can use the websites as well to provide educational activities for their child. Most websites require the need to set up an account but all are free. Enjoy the sites and see what your children can create within a few minutes!

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Helpful for teachers who are beginners on trying to make a classroom website. Great reasons why teachers school make a website for parents/students.

Reviewing only the Best Kids Apps. iPad Video Reviews of Apps For Kids, Educational Apps, iPad Kids Safety for Kids and Parental Controls I chose this resource for chapter 8 because it lists many kid friendly apps. This website is useful when searching for apps for a classroom.

Reviewing only the best apps for kids. I really liked this website because it categorizes apps into educational learning categories such as numbers, animals, and shapes. It makes finding relevant iPad applications easy.

This government site has free resources for teaching digital citizenship. You can order free education booklets and other materials for your whole school. Make sure you scan these materials before giving them directly to students, especially at the elementary level. Some materials contain mature content and should be delivered directly to parents, perhaps during conferences. "The Net Cetera online toolkit offers free resources to help you teach people in your community about kids' online safety. Regardless of your experience as a speaker - or your expertise in online safety - this kit has the resources and information you need to convey key points about protecting kids online."

A good tool for elementary education majors. I enjoyed this because it already had creative and fun templates to choose from.

Weebly is a great site for creating your own classroom site. It allows you to include many different interactive features that are great for teachers, parents, and students. Create a free website or blog in minutes by using a simple drag and drop interface. No ads. One of Time's 50 best websites of the year.

Create a free website or blog in minutes by using a simple drag and drop interface. No ads. One of Time's 50 best websites of the year.