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This is an article describing how to raise student interest in reading for fun or leisure.

Despite schools focus on reading, many students still are not reading independently or for pleasure. A program developed by a college professor stresses hooking students on reading by introducing them to challenging subject matter that interests them. Included: A description of a comprehensive reading program.

Fact Monster is a free reference site for students, teachers, and parents. Get homework help and find facts on thousands of subjects, including sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education, and health.

Fact Monster is a free reference site for students, teachers, and parents. Get homework help and find facts on thousands of subjects, including sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education, and health. This is another website to help you find useful information to share with students on topics you may be teaching.

ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn.

A fun website for elementary students---just click on your grade level to begin. I use the kindergarten level for my 4 & 5 year olds.

"Webster's defines kaffeeklatsch as "an informal gathering to drink coffee and chat." I feel it is a perfect analogy for a blog! (And you are welcome even if you don't drink coffee!) I will be posting thoughts, discoveries, and ideas here as I discover them, primarily on educational technology topics, and I invite you to do the same! "

Short reviews of new technologies!

This a blog by Kathy Schrock.  It has some great insight on the education world today.

Your guide to the best sites for kids on the web.

Your guide to the best sites for kids on the web.

eSchool News covers the intersection of technology and innovation in education, focusing on how technology helps improve learning and transform schools.

eSchool News covers the intersection of technology and innovation in education, focusing on how technology helps improve learning and transform schools.

Interesting psychology facts The fact which many people believe that 'psychology is a common sense' is actually a misnomer. Students embarking on the discipline of psychology know that it is a scientific field that understands human behavior based on empirical research. The field of psychology understands functioning of human mind based on facts and realities of experiments and research.

Grade 6-8 9-12 Brief Description Students view photographs of migrant families during the Great Depression, try to interpret the photos to answer questions about the subject's life, and then write a cinquain poem based on their interpretations. Objectives Students willGain understanding of the personal struggles faced during the Great Depression Learn to interpret information from a visual medium (photograph) and express that knowledge in written form (poem).

Blog by a Rapid City teacher

Geoff Sheehy, a Language Arts Teacher at Central High School in Rapid City, SD writes about life, literature, & learning!

Education World has links to news stories for teachers to share and discuss with students. News stories are based on their timelines and interest to students. I feel this would be a great website to implement in the classroom and use to teach students how to five the five w's (who, what, where, when, why) when reading a news article.

Interesting article on choosing seat mates for the plane

Display ipad on projector

Website 2 for Unit 5

Lesson on the farm, Digraphic with technology, videos on phonics, reading and writing activities. Art projects with writing in Biology.

Tammy gives great tips each week on something technological that is good to try or use in the classroom. This is a great resource.

An adult female orange tip butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines. Only the adult males possess the orange tips to the wings that give this species its common name. If you've found an insect and you don't know what it is then you can use the on-line Key below to find out what order your insect belongs to.

Great introduction to the elements...gives short videos on what the element is and what it looks like.

Advice on creating yearbook for middle school

This article has a list of some amusing and ridiculous sites posing as legitimate sites. They can be used to help students evaluate content on the Internet.

You can find many good links on this site that deal with things you would discuss in either a health class or physical education class.