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The top five search tools for finding Flickr images are designed to help teachers and students locate just the right image for use in any subject area and project. Without these tools finding the right image on this image hosting site is often an impossible, or at least a tedious, task. The value of this site is its ability to provide digital pictures which are often impossible for a teacher to obtain any other way. Like everything else on the internet, trying to find something is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. This where the top five search tools become valuable resources for teachers and students trying to find images comes into play. These search engines are specifically designed to search the more than three billion pictures on the Flickr hosting site.

Strategies are provided for taking advantage of Wikis to provide opportunities for students to collaborate with other students, share what they have learned, and become a centralized online resource for educators.

Projects in science are provided which take full advantage of Internet resources to help students develop a better understanding of the world in which they live.

A variety of web resources to help a lot of different kinds of students.

This website has lesson plans, but especially it has tons of web resources. One of the coolest ones I found was http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/, where there are so many resources to use if you were teaching a unit on Japan. That's just one example. There are tons!

Author of "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

A collection of all-star educational websites for each subject. I wish it were divided by recommended grade level though.

As a mobile learning device, the iPod Touch encourages learning anytime, anywhere! Applications available for this digital device support and encourage students to develop a greater understanding of math concepts through the lens of personalized learning.

For those going into Social Studies, this site has many resources and links to lesson plans and helpful history websites.

In contrast to the digital footprint you use for your personal learning network, this focus is on the online digital footprint students' use in your science or math classroom. The power of a well designed digital footprint brings the capacity to transform a classroom into an online learning community. Within this community your students use digital tools to create and develop a personal learning network.

Great example of a perfect class website for our assignment! No leftover stuff from Google!

Funny spoof of the Jabberwocky poem based on social media technologies.

"At first, Twitter can be overwhelming, but think of it as a river of data rushing past that I dip a cup into every once in a while."

"At first, Twitter can be overwhelming, but think of it as a river of data rushing past that I dip a cup into every once in a while."

Interesting article about how schools can be sued for using copyrighted video.

english ning recommended by byu profs

This website is an incredible (free!) resource for English teachers. It has ideas, articles, networking for nearly any subject in English you could dream of! It was recommended to me by one of my English Teaching professors.

Interesting story about how you need to be careful with your info on digital devices.

A dozen activities are presented for using an online education technology tool to engage students in classroom activities to develop a better understanding of concepts.

LiveBinders is a free web 2.0 tool which offers educators the ability to save and organize materials for any class. One advantage of this online service the capability to update a binder anywhere an educator has internet access.

Tutorials from Dr. Graham on doing screen captures

Tutorials from Dr. Graham on doing screen captures