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Edmodo is like a Facebook for parents, students, and teachers to communicate in a safe area without all the excess of Facebook and chances of overstepping that fine line between educator and the law. Teachers can share lesson plans with each other as well as post questions related to what they are teaching.

This website makes interactive powerpoints customized and fun. They are also VERY easy to make.

This website has been used for years! It's a website with fun and silly videos over all types of topics! At the end are quizzes so you can test students over the video they watched, without having to make it yourself!

Make internet calls for free with Skype. Sign up today and discover a whole new world of staying in touch.

Hayley Carney's Website of the Day PBS Teachers has tons of tools for teachers. The "Classroom Resources" tab has everything organized by grade then into subject area. The "Professional Development" tab has many tools for learning how to incorporate ideas into your classroom. There is even a Discussion forum! I will be presenting this website Wednesday, February 6 (tomorrow) during class!

The website I presented today in class :) This is the Home page instead of the Math link.

"We give you a blank wall. You put anything you want on it, anywhere. Simple, yet powerful." With Padlet, students can create reports using links, photos, personal entries, and videos. Padlet can be used to improve the current learning process by providing a centralized location to collect web pages and other media pertinent to classes in which the student is currently enrolled.

Glogster EDU creates a digital learning environment, where teachers and students learn technology in an easy to use way. It simplifies the educational process and can be shared for uses outside of the classroom, such as homework.

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again! Dropbox can be used to meet standard 6.8.

Popplet is a great way to create, map and collaborate your ideas. This provides the format to jot down all of your research making standard 6.5 more achievable.

SchoolNotes provides teachers with a virtual environment, giving the ability to post classroom or school oriented information. This information is accessible anywhere there is an internet connection giving both parents and students the opportunity to keep in touch with what is happening in the classroom.

Myplick is a website created to upload powerpoints and share them with a group or publically. The powerpoint is saved to your account once you are done uploading. When uploading the powerpoint it asks the option to add music. I also have the option to see how many slides people viewed and how long the viewed each slide for. Students and parents can download the powerpoint and print it from there. This website is an affect way to communicate with students and powerpoints on what was discussed and about what was being taught in the classroom.

Schoology allows instructors, students and administrators to create a meaningful virtual classroom and extend learning beyond the boundaries of the physical classroom

abctools® allow you to create the materials you need when you can't find them anywhere else. abctools are ideal for multi-level classrooms, as well as students with varying learning styles and abilities. Over 60 tools are available to members in a variety of subjects. i love this site it is great for standard 6.1 by allowing us to create and find material to help students learn by doing.

This "Website of the Day" is very useful for teachers to learn about podcast, create their own podcast, and listen to others. This website is also not only for podcasts!

Thinkfinity meets standard 6.2 by offering a vast variety of resources for educators to utilize to help increase student knowledge and participation. Welcome to the Verizon Thinkfinity Community! This page is a great place to start: ask questions, join in a discussion, search groups, and make friends.

Dropbox serves as a free service that lets you bring all your photos, documents, and videos anywhere. In other words this means that any document you save to your Dropbox will immediately be saved to all your pcs, phones and even the Dropbox web-site. Drop box can be used to meet the standard 6.8.