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In-depth lesson plans following the Core Knowledge Curriculum. These are great supplements to state requirements, even if your school doesn't use the Core Knowledge Curriculum exclusively.

The Knowledge Loom is a site where teachers around the world can access educational research on various practices and learn how to get the same success in their school from the shared stories in real schools or districts. Teachers have the opportunity to add their own stories and knowledge and to discover links to supporting organization and resources.

This page is a new, experimental class at Bentley University that Mark Frydenberg's is teaching. Anyone can follow the class through the class blog and through Ustream Videos that are posted on the website. The class is Web 2.0: Technology, Strategy, and Community. The focus of the class is how he learned about Web 2.0, started using it as a knowledge management tool. It also describes how he uses Web 2.0 for professional development.

WePapers helps students and others share and expand their knowledge for free. You can find and download papers and documents you need in a matter of seconds, discuss them with others, or just mess around. WePapers is where you find the kind of quality information you wouldn't find anywhere else on the web, the kind of papers you'd have to dig for in dusty library basements and still not find what you're looking for. WePapers is one big study group! Universities are even using it for class-notes and articles. I could see using this in a classroom situation for research papers and the such. Students would have the opportunity to connect with others around the world, get help, and feedback from others just like them.

This online conference site is used to share your expertise, experiences, and knowledge relevant to the use of information technology in learning, teaching and academic services.

A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. Wikispaces then, is built to work anywhere, anytime. All you need is a web browser and an Internet connection. Members can create pages and spaces without undue restrictions or rules. Guests can edit pages without creating an account. Wiki pages are fully internationalized, so you can contribute content in any language you like. Wikispaces gives groups the freedom to publish pages that are long-lived, regularly updated, and built by many contributors. It gives you the space to both publish and discuss content, without tangling the two together. Wikispaces is designed to be usable for everyone. A visual editor is utilized to let you see the layout and design of your page while you're editing it. No technical knowledge is required. And Wikispaces is fast even in large communities with lots of activity.

This site is a great place to start using wikis. Wikis allow you to post information and collaborate with others on topics. By allowing others to see the wiki you have created, they have the opportunity to edit the information and add to it. This would be a great way to work with others via the internet. This site allows for a lot of possibilities.

A site to get information on conferences, books on technology topics, and articles with the latest on up and coming technologies.

I just thought this website was fun for learning all kinds of interesting information. There are so many people online all the time, why not use each other for help with any type of question. It was interesting to read the things that people were talking about and a great way to learn information. I think is also a great tool for using to quickly find information on any information you might be wondering about or may want to start a discussion about.

Online professional development courses for K-12 teachers.

Glogster EDU is a creative way to express knowledge and skills in the classroom and beyond. Educators and students use technology to create an online multimedia posters (GLOG) using text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings, data attachments and more.