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Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) attempts to identify the nature of knowledge required by teachers for technology integration in their teaching, while addressing the complex, multifaceted and situated nature of teacher knowledge. At the heart of the TPACK framework, is the complex interplay of three primary forms of knowledge: Content (CK), Pedagogy (PK), and Technology (TK).

WolframAlpha's new Educators site.

Great post explaining the similarities and differences between Bloom's Taxonomy and Webb's Depth of Knowledge. 

Geo Challenge takes you on a tour around the world as you put your geography knowledge to the test!

A reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. Focuses on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Watch the engaging 15-minute videos and try the online interactive activities. "Behind the Lesson" provides teachers with information and teaching resources for each strategy. Watch the 10-minute professional development videos, and explore the Web site for lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more.

very cool activities that will build knowledge and understanding of habitats; finalize it by making an avatar.

Elementary students created animated stories using GoAnimate.

Many classroom uses! Create a custom image without any technical knowledge or advanced tools. Modify text in a variety of image templates to create professional quality images with your own personal touch.

Science accounts for more of the texts surviving from antiquity than any other sort of writing, and yet is rarely studied or even read because the texts are relatively hard to find in translation.\n\nMr. Keyser, with Georgia L. Irby-Massie, wrote the science source book: Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era: A Sourcebook w/ updated translations

This would be a valuable library resource for education majors; an especially valuable personal resource for science/math/history teachers interested in the real story of the sophisticated level of knowledge in "ancient" times".