This intuitive and powerful LMS tool can be used for free with up to five classes using a single teacher account. Schools and districts can create their own domain. It includes online practice quizzes, online tests, a dropbox, wikis, polls, discussions, and an e-portfolio along with many more functions.
This is a free service and Is great for my Kindergarten students. It eliminates the need to type in any web address and I can tailor our classroom symbaloo page with all the places that we go for our learning. They can access this from our class laptops, iPads, or iTouch devices.
This podcast features Drs. Schroeder and Haskell, professors at Boise State. They do weekly shows about technology and creative uses for it a K-12 environment.
A TED talk with excellent background information about the development of Massive Open Online Courses. This Stanford professor shares the powerful lessons learned about course design and how MOOC's are moving education from being driven by hypothesis to data driven.
This education trend teaches students how to interact without social media. In the exercise called "Living Facebook Project" students learn that "friend" is not just a button you click. I plan on trying this activity with my fourth grade class as a class building activity.
Another neat site that has everything from a rubric generator to educational games. There are several tools to help any teacher bring more tech into their classroom. I have only used one of them, so I am looking forward to seeing what some of the others can do.
A very interesting blog with tons of ideas about using tech in the classroom and ideas to keep you on the cutting edge in your classroom. Who would have thought to use Pinterest in the classroom...