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Resource for digital storytelling. Details how it can be useful in education, including tutorials and software.

Similar to glogs or prezzis, wikispaces provide a digial place for students to synthesize, express and design their knowledge into a fun and free product. This is the tool that our students at Isaac Bear used when they delivered their digital reflections

This is a database of images that can be used by science teachers in lectures/presentations. It contains organismal biology, human biology, and histology. All the images in one place!

This article has a link for a digital microscope. This is a low-cost, technology tool for science teachers. It allows the same magnifications and capabilities as an optical microscope, but the images can be imported into microsoft word and PowerPoint. Also, this tool allows for real-time and time-lapse movies... a great tool!

This is another website that contains lesson plans in Mathematics, along with other content areas. Many of them require the students to use a computer or some other form of technology. There are also some lessons with integrated subjects other that math. 

This site is the home page for using new technologies to enhance learning.  There is an online textbook and primary sources.  There is also a section for teachers and an active learning section too.  

This is a good website for history teachers. There are a lot of resources on here about how to teach specific topics. They have handouts, primary sources, how to motivate students for certain material etc. and there are a lot of different topics to choose from.

Edutopia in conjunction with The George Lucas Educational Foundation is dedicated to improving the K-12 learning process by using digital media to document, disseminate, and advocate for innovative, replicable strategies that prepare students to thrive in their future education, careers, and adult lives.

Edutopia has all kinds of resources for all types of teachers. It's a source of news, core strategies, classroom guides, and discussion about education.