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Excellent article about why emphasizing effort and behavior qualities has a powerful impact on student learning, motivation, and attitudes towards school.

Great new resources from PBS about famous American abolitionists. Includes a variety of interactive links (see the map), videos, and high quality content from a very trustworthy source.

Totally free, totally awesome resource for learning programming.

From Infotopia: "Infotopia is an academic search engine accessing only trusted websites previously selected by librarians, teachers, and library and educational consortia. Infotopia is recommended for students, teachers, and especially, homeschoolers. Infotopia was created by, and is maintained by, Dr. Michael Bell, former chair, Texas Assocition of School Librarians, and Carole Bell, former middle school librarian and director of libraries."

Exactly what the title says. If you are looking for a way to get things done faster and save yourself time, spend some time here!

A more comprehensive list of shortcuts: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449

"Mac Basics provides help for new Mac users: how to navigate, using the software, customization, hooking up peripherals and digital devices, troubleshooting and maintenance, and a reference sheet."

A variety of step by step tutorial videos to help you "Find out how to use your Mac, including the Dock, Finder, Mail, and many other features."

A detailed list of the many Mac OS keyboard shortcuts. Click here to learn a variety of shortcuts that will help you be more productive when using your computer.

Below explanation from History Journeys: http://teachushistory.blogspot.com/2013/02/awesome-stories-primary-sources-and.html?m=1 "Awesome Stories is a history teacher's dream. It holds an extensive collection of documents, videos, images, audio files, biographies, radio broadcasts, clips from movies, primary documents, slide shows and the stories behind them. The site is categorized by topic and by type of resource and is also searchable by topic. History teacher, head on over to Awesome Stories and sign up today. The site is free to join and must be explored to be appreciated."

An excellent article by former teacher and neurologist Judy Willis about how our brains learn that also includes several practice strategies teachers can implement into their instruction to promote engagement and "deeper learning." From the article: "You don't mean to bore students. In fact, sometimes you're downright interesting-the students are engaged, the buzz in the room is palpable, and even the hesitant students are asking questions. But the fact of the matter is, even the most charismatic and experienced teachers bore students sometimes. But the good news is, it may not be your fault. Judy Willis explains the neuroscience behind it all, and offers some simply tricks to help mitigate the reality that you and your content are instinctively low on a student's neuro totem pole. "

Click the link below for additional resources and to learn more about Judy Willis: http://www.radteach.com/

Good how-to articles, help links, etc. for Windows 7 and Windows 8 created by MicroSoft. Scroll down to the "BROWSE" section to change between the two operating system.

MicroSoft's support central for all Windows operating systems. Please note most of the links in the "TOP SOLUTIONS" section apply to Windows 8. To get help for Windows 7 and/or 8: 1. Scroll down to the "BROWSE BY CATEGORY" section. 2. Find the topic you need help with and click the blue link. 3. On the next screen, choose the appropriate Windows OS by clicking the drop down menu (downward arrow) located on the right side of your computer screen.

The main support and help website for all of MicroSoft's products (Windows 7/8, Office, Internet Explorer, Skype, etc.). This is a great place to start if you need to troubleshoot an issue or to learn more about a specific MicroSoft program/product.

What research says about technology integration.

...before and after Google+ There are some serious changes afoot. If you're a Picasa Web Albums user, this is a good resource for you.

A list of videos from the likes of Sal Khan, Linda Darling-Hammond, Judy Willis, and other notables. Great minds, not necessarily thinking alike.

"Edutopia.org's Director of Video Programming, Zachary Fink, interviews UC Berkeley professor Dor Abrahamson about how to increase students' understanding of math."

"Join the worldwide geo-modeling community and help put every village, town, and city on the 3D map. Your 3D models can appear in Google Earth and Google Maps for all the world to see."

"Building Maker is a 3D modeling tool for adding buildings to Google Earth. It's fun to use, and an easy way to get on the 3D map."