Terminix has launched an educational website with insect lessons. The website is built around the character Harry, a praying mantis who guides visitors through resources for teachers and students. The educator center provides teachers with curriculum guides and lesson plans, created by entomologists at Audubon Insectarium and Terminix, that correlate with National Science Teacher Association standards.

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Free google apps training.

Google Apps Education Training Center is a new online learning environment designed for educators and students who want to effectively use Google Apps in an educational context. The site offers six modules, including Google Apps Education Edition, apps Mail, Calendar, Docs, Sites, and other tools. The training will cover customizing apps for individual schools; organizing e-mail effectively; creating shared calendars; collaborating with others online; using documents, presentations, and spreadsheets; delivering and collecting surveys, quizzes, and feedback; developing media-rich websites; and setting up internal video portals for schools.

Online classifieds service designed for schools, teachers, and homeschoolers. it allows customers to buy and sell school supplies, books, furniture, and other education-related items. The site has a mix of used items from individuals and new items from vendors and distributers. The search function allows users to search by category, item, grade level, or state.

Interesting.

scribblemaps lets users create custome maps and share them. Users don't need a login to create a map. Students can add text and pictures to the information boxes, and they can see their project in map view, satellite view, hybrid view, and night sky. They can zoom in and out and find a particular area using the search box. The maps can be saved with a code and shared.

Free scribble maps tool. Allows for sharing. No account needed.

The National Academy of the Sciences has launched this new website that gives an overview of the U.S. energy system. It covers 4 main topics: energy uses, sources of energy, the cost of energy (in terms of the environment, national security, and sustainability), and energy efficiency. The site has easy to navigate content and links to source material, and it includes n energy quiz, a glossary, and a source library. The site's producers are also developing curriculum-based materials for high school and middle school classrooms. Two special features--Our Energy System and Understasnding Efficiency--are designed to actively engage visitors and enhance their understanding of energy, including what it is, h ow we use it, and ways to conserve it.

Business Education Simulations. There are free trials.

Free site that looks like it would be fun for kids.

NBC Learn has launched this website called Finishing the Dream. It chronicles the h istory of the civil rights movement. It includes more then 100 stories from NBC News archives. Materials include documentaries on significan events over the course of 60 years, including the Montgomery bus boycott; the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.; the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas; the Freedom Riders; and more. The content provides the opportunity for community leaders, teachers, and students to discuss the impact of the civil rights movement and to consider related modern issues that affect people today.

A new public television show designed to teach children basic financial literacy. It covers personal finance topics, such as credit, saving, budgeting, investing, and charity. Free lesson plans are available online for each show. The program will air on public television stations around the United States.

Looks interesting and a possible way to teach personal finance literacy to all ages.

This site is a new multimedia project featuring free interactive adventure games set throughout U.S. history. The first game, Mission 1: For Crown or Coloni? puts players in the shoes of Nat Wheeler, a 14 year old printer's apprentice in 1770 Boston. As players complete tasks throughout the city, they meet everyone from merchants to soldiers, sailors to poets, Patriots to Loyalists. The game reveals rising tensions threatening to come to a head, and, ultimately, players must choose where their loyalties lie. Teachers can use the website to manage classes and track student progress.

Free site that looks like it would be fun for kids.

Looks interesting.

Maps 101 appears to not be free but has a trial version. ti appears to be K-12. It includes materials for Spanish language educators and those teaching students with limited English. I couldn't find information on the purchase but I did see that you can request an extension on the trial version.

This site looks interesting and would be a good one to try with the free trial version.

this network is a consortium in Philadelphia that runs high-quality networks (Internet2). Programming is free for members but fee-based for nonmembers. It's free to join the listserv.

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This Ning group is for educators interested in videoconferencing.

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This link takes you to the Delicious book marks of Linda McDermon the author of the article Bring the World into Your Classroom.

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Join free and sign up for Read Aroudn the Planet. You can post your own projects to find partners or join a project posted by someone else.

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This site offers a list of resources and providers. There is a charge for out=of=state users. Join the listserv to find out about available programing. Sometimes programs are free.

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This blog has interesting ed tech content.

I will be sharing sites I found in an article called Bring the Word into Your Classroom.

This site posts videoconference projects.

More sites for videoconferencing

Thisnetworking site, sponsored by Magpi, lists individuals involved with internet2 from around the world. It's a good place to learn and meet experienced people in vodeoconferencing.

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This site is based in England and lists mostly UK contacts. You can visit UK museums and historical sites and match up with classrooms.

I will be sharing sites I found in an article called Bring the Word into Your Classroom.

This free software works on a computer that is connected to a digital video camera. The information provided said it takes some skill and troubleshooting, but it is worth the effort.

I will be sharing sites I found in an article called Bring the Word into Your Classroom.