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Sample classroom Web sites Academically and intellectually sound, including meaningful information, activities, and links Thematically and artistically coordinated using common backgrounds and structures that link your site together graphically and thematically Interactive, including WebQuests, electronic communities, and other activities for students Attractive and appropriate material for your students, their parents, and your teaching colleagues Relevant and marketable: includes a portfolio of your professional work and accomplishments How do I create a classroom Web site?

Bringing technology into the classroom almost always comes with a learning curve. Some teachers joke that their students picked up tech skills more easily than they did, and others still just don't get the training they need to effectively use the technology tools that they are given for their classrooms. So when you get an iPad (or iPads) for your classroom, what do you do now?

thanks jan this is great!

Thanks Terri. I really like Diigo a lot as it is such a great way to spread the word about wonderful resources like these. I also like the weekly blog/digest that is sent it. I find it very helpful.

Great resource site for web 2.0 tools to integrate 21st Century Skills into the classroom. They include links for everything from differentiated instruction and digital citizenship to digital story telling and evaluation & assessment.

Pick a "Thing" and get started with training on using FREE web tools to integrate technology into your classroom! The purpose of 21things4teachers is to provide "Just in Time" training through an...

Crossing the Digital Divide: Bridges and Barriers to Digital Inclusion by Sara Bernard (2011) Now that we've reached the second decade of the new millennium, how is digital access changing, and what are the implications for schools?

Capture what is on your screen and add to your courses to make them more interactive.

The Digizen website provides information for educators, parents, carers, and young people. It is used to strengthen their awareness and understanding of what digital citizenship is and encourages users of technology to be and become responsible DIGItal citiZENS. It shares specific advice and resources on issues such as social networking and cyberbullying and how these relate to and affect their own and other people's online experiences and behaviours.

Innovation and technology allow education to have access to new ways of doing things in the 21st Century. We welcome you to our virtual community, an all inclusive environment for educators, students and parents.

Pupils from Robin Hood primary school, Birmingham, worked with a film crew from the National College for School Leadership to express their desire to use their favourite technologies for learning in school.

The Concord Consortium is a nonprofit educational research and development organization based in Concord, Massachusetts. We create interactive materials that exploit the power of information technologies.