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Instructables is a web-based documentation platform where passionate people share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and collaborate with others. The seeds of Instructables germinated at the MIT Media Lab as the future founders of Squid Labs built places to share their projects and help others.

"Purpose: The units and related materials linked below are available for any elementary teacher or library media specialist to use, share, or adapt in order to integrate information literacy skills with the instruction of classroom content. As part of the flexibly-scheduled information literacy curriculum at Ephrata Area, integrated units should exhibit the following characteristics. 1. Development of the unit is collaboratively planned by a classroom teacher and a librarian. 2. Instruction is shared by the teacher and librarian. 3. Assessment both of the products and the process of research is shared by the teacher and librarian. 4. Students learn both classroom subject content along with imbedded information literacy skills. 5. Grades become part of the student's grade for the subject area being studied and are recorded by the teacher. The following units have been submitted by the elementary school library media specialists of the Ephrata Area School District. "

A website full of animated movies, interactive tutorials and instructional videos, all free for you to view and to embed in your website. Simply select an animated explanation and follow the instructions to integrate it in your site.

Teachbook.com is a professional, online community for teachers. When you join Teachbook, you can communicate with your colleagues in a secure, professional online environment. You can create, share, and search a database of lesson plans and instructional videos created by other teachers, as well as find online courses, instructional modules, and other education resources. Managing your classroom and communications with parents and studetns is easy with Teachbook.

"Grand Island Public Schools recognizes the critical role that technology plays in educating children for the future. In order to be productive citizens in society, students must possess the skills to be contributing members in an information-rich technology environment. In accordance with state and national instructional technology standards, Grand Island Public Schools learners will be provided the skills and implementation opportunities which will enable them to: 1. use a variety of information technologies and applications. 2. develop positive attitudes toward the social impact of technology and apply ethical and legal principles to the use of information technologies. 3. develop strategies to utilize information technologies to search for, locate, and access information. 4. use a variety of media to communicate, collaborate, publish, and interact with experts, peers, and other audiences. 5. organize, prepare and present ideas and information utilizing information technologies. 6. solve problems utilizing a variety of information technologies "

The goal of this document is to provide the information that teachers and other colleagues in school need to implement an integrated and comprehensive approach to vocabulary instruction. Free 33 page document.

InfuseLearning provides a platform by which teachers can seamlessly engage every student on any device. Make informed decisions at the point of instruction with real-time, student feedback.

Fabulous library of instructional videos on Google Apps

Love this graphic - captures everything we try to accomplish in instructional technology!

free software that lets users easily record instructional videos and add things like annotations, screenshots and other media to them. The resulting videos are produced in .WMV format and known as Qlippits. It's an all in one package where you can add your narration, images and drawings, and then quickly share it via email right from the app.

"Can you do any better than the real colonists? You will have a copy of the London Company's Instructions to help guide you. Also, you can ask your fellow colonists and the Native Americans for advice. Be careful, though, because some advice is better than others! "

Thousands of educators participated in efforts to refresh the NETS. ISTE thought it would be valuable to tap that enthusiasm, experience, and knowledge again to develop implementation resources for the NETS*S! This page is dedicated to educators who want to develop and share exemplary lesson plans. ISTE is posting pdfs of the lesson plans that you submit by grade level. Please use the navigation bar to view submitted lesson plans. NEW! Educators are beginning to submit NETS-aligned lesson plans. They are pdfs in the Grade Level pages. See below for instructions for submitting your own lessons!

The Foundation and Center for Critical Thinking aim to improve education in colleges, universities and primary through secondary schools. We present publications, conferences, workshops and professional development programs, emphasizing instructional strategies, Socratic questioning, critical reading and writing, higher order thinking, assessment, research, quality enhancement, and competency standards.

from eSchoolNews.com

copyright free gallery of over 50,000 high quality images, video clips, and audio files for the educational community. View the gallery online and download free files, without having to register or create an account. Registration is necessary for the uploading of files. Moderators review all content on the site before posting. Registered users can store content in separate online albums. Search the site's resources by keyword, subject, instructional age, or phrase.

"Welcome to a global collaborative videoconferencing community! This wiki is a collection of educator-created templates and projects for collaborative videoconferences. Start by browsing the projects. Then follow these instructions to add your own projects! You may also use the lesson template and the sample agendas."

"Skype is a great way of calling people from all over the world. However, it lacks the call-record feature. One way to utilize this feature is to use the MP3 Skype Recorder program. This software can automatically record all your incoming and outgoing Skype calls. The output audio's format is MP3, so it's easy for you to listen and share the recorded call. You can use it as a podcast or as an instructional audio."

A video instructional series on Western civilization for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 52 half-hour video programs and coordinated books

"Complex issues of academic language (e.g. vocabulary, syntax, grammar, semantics) impact the choices teachers must make about literacy instruction. Increasing evidence suggests that academic language is today's "hidden curriculum" - rarely explicitly taught, but essential to success in the academic world. This has enormous implications for all educators, from pre-kindergarten to college. The following websites support inquiry into this complex topic."