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I use this site a ton. This is a free site that you can go to in order to create awards for kids. These awards can then be emailed to parents or you can email them to yourself and print them off. I love this site! There are other things on this site to use, but the awards are what I have always used. To get to the awards, click on "Site Awards." Then at the very top of this page, you have a link that will take you to "Make Awards."

This site is a list of internet resources that help classroom teachers. There are resources on classroom management, curriculum, teacher/parent/student relationships, professional organizations, literacy and much more!

Sites that help classroom teachers. This is a great site with sites that help classroom teachers. The sites are catagrized by best practices, critical thinking and management, discipline and classroom management, free online workshops, parent/teacher relationships, and and video clips of technology use.

This lady did a Technology seminar in Kansas City that I was able to attend two years ago. Since then, I always use her website that she has. There is incredible ideas and websites for teachers, parents, and students. Whenever I am trying to find something, this is almost always the first place I go to.

This site is for teachers, parents, and students. It provides a large number of programs and free tools for students in all subject areas. Teachers can join the Discovery Educators Network to collaborate with other teachers around the world. There are also a large number of lesson plan resources for teachers as well.

I use this website atleast once a week in my classroom. If it isn't this it is YouTube! There is usually everything for everyone, except the Chemistry vids are lacking.

Blog designed for elementary and middle school aged students. It is free, simple and teacher maintains the control over the blog. Parents can be invited to read the blog.

Great site with free educational resources and lesson plans. It has sections for teachers, students, parents, and an "after school" section with activities, interactives, and projects. It even has free Webinars in Professional Development for teachers!!!

The goal of Verizon Thinkfinity's professional development is to help educators, parents and afterschool practitioners engage students and enhance learning using their online resources. The site also offers many lesson plans and interactives for teachers to use in their classrooms.

Education Oasis is an online "oasis" for teachers, administrators, and parents to visit to get ideas, information, and inspiration for their students. The site provides graphic organizers, printables, bulletin boards, lesson plans, subject resources, and instructional and classroom management tips and tricks. Links are provided for articles on various educational topics, as well as websites for teachers and students. It also shares book reviews and book lists for children and teens.

Great site for sharing your book reccommendations with students, parents, and colleagues. Kind of like Facebook for book worms.

great for communicating with parents

The article on Gen X parents was the most insightful and helpful of anything I have read on this sharing group site. I am sharing the article with MANY others!

Skype is a great tool that allows you to connect virtually everywhere and to anyone. Imagine that you want your students to be able to talk with a famous author in your classroom. Skype can do just that. Skype can visually and orally connect you with others around the world at a click of a button. This would be great in the classroom, professional development meetings, guest speakers and much more.

Skype is such a wonderful resource, in and out of the classroom. At the present time, facebook, cell phones and Skype are howf my family communicate. Tonight I talked to my parents, and two sets of aunts and uncles. One set who were celebrating their 50th anniversary.

Free video and text lesson on all math subjects and all grades, Worksheets, Tables and Charts, Glossary, Formulas, Symbols

I came across this article and thought it was pretty cool. Our district has been putting lots of emphasis on having a classroom website and how to better connect and communicate with parents. This website give 14 tips on ways to use technology to better connect! Check it out!