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AskERIC Computer Science Lesson Plans A collection of teacher-submitted lesson plans that integrate computer technology. http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Computer_Science Grade Level(s): K, 1-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 * Rating: 8 Votes: 7 Rate It

Teach Collaborative Revision with Google Docs Revision is a critical piece of the writing process-and of your classroom curriculum. Now, Google Docs has partnered with Weekly Reader's Writing for Teens magazine to help you teach it in a meaningful and practical way.

I found this blog through another blog! Love it!

It is a site for technology, apps and lessons for speech language pathologists.

It is a program site for the association of childhood apraxia. A very good site for information.

You Tube site for schools

An inter-active poetry website for children. It also contains poems by well-known children's poets and a wealth of educational material for teachers

A guide to life after high school

Useful information for any student doing post-high planning. It especially emphasizes the financial aspect.

This article asks the question "Whether it best to have outdated books or no books?" They come to the conclusion that no books is the better option. They also look at books versus technology. They look at funding options that might work for every school.

This website site can help me gets students to write a better biography of historical figures as we learn about them in class. It goes step by step through the process which should make the idea of writing a biography less overwhelming.

I've seen a lot of hubbub lately touting the teaching of reading at an increasingly early age. First, there was a commercial for a program claiming it could teach your baby to read. Then, I saw an ad for a school whose biggest selling point (according to the ad) was that their school can have your child reading before kindergarten.

This would be a fun site to go to when there is extra class time to fill. It can also help students in their study on nouns, adjectives, and verbs. The end result is a silly story that you made up!

Enter the world of Science Bob to try lots of home experiments, watch experiment videos, and get science fair ideas. I found this through my Resources for Teacher's blog. A neat site to help with teaching science. There are questions kids ask that Bob answers, such as how are Pop Rocks candies made. It will also take you to other science websites to learn about other topics such as volcanoes.

I have been subscribed to Education World for 7 years now. I love it! I receive their weekly newsletter. There are always so many intriguing articles and entertaining activities of every topic to keep my students happy and learning. I learn something new with every newsletter. This URL is to subscribe so their newsletters.

I love the scholastic website, especially for elementary teaching. It offers so many great ideas, activities, and worksheets for nearly everything I teach! Some things are free, while others are subscribed to/paid for. And you can't forget the Book Clubs!

This is an article about how to use Moodle in your school. This two part article shares 1) district use tips and 2) practical tips for enhancing Moodle for K-12 district use. Sounds very interesting if you can get everyone to use it.

EducationWorld is pleased to share these stress-fighting tactics from HeartMath , widely recognized for its science-based stress solutions. According to the new MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Challenges for School Leadership, 51 percent of teachers report that they feel great stress in their job at least several days a week.

This blog has great ideas to use with various books. This is the link to the Eric Carle list.