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"Smories are free original stories for kids, read by kids. 50 added every month."

Create an online ebook and get it published. Very much like Mixbook. You can choose from story templates and topics or create your ebook from scratch. If you choose a to use a\ntemplate students can complete a simple form to customize their story chara

"ALA Graphics is pleased to present the READ® image generator. This tool allows you to create small, web-based READ images for nonprofit use in online applications such as avatars, blogs and web buttons. "

"Welcome to Photo-notes.com ...a fun way to share your photos! A free service for generating PolaroidTM-like images and emailing them to family and friends!"

Great examples of project ideas. This is a 1st grade class in PA.

"In this video segment from NOVA, string theorist Brian Greene explains how, for more than 200 years, Isaac Newton's theory of gravity remained unchallenged despite the fact Newton himself had no idea how gravity actually worked. Albert Einstein eventually proved that Newton was mistaken about gravity, at least as it applied to the most massive stellar objects. To illustrate a key difference in their two theories, animations depict a cosmic catastrophe: the destruction of the Sun and the effects on the orbiting planets. "

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.

The goal of this site is to give a nice cross section of short stories in the hope that these short stories will excite these people into rediscovering this excellent source of entertainment.

Rubric creator for digital projects. Click on radio buttons to select project type, descriptions, categories.

How to use technology to teach. Technique of questioning before class. Uses read, write, and reflect.

"In these essays, members of the Hoover Institution's Task Force on K-12 education, joined by several keen-eyed observers, blend prediction with prescription to paint a vivid picture of American primary and secondary education in 2030. What follows is necessarily speculative, and readers may judge portions to be wishful thinking or politically naïve. But none of it is fanciful-we're not writing fiction here-and all of it, in the authors' views, is desirable. That is to say, the changes outlined here would yield a more responsive, efficient, effective, nimble, and productive K-12 education system than we have today."

Various videos expressing opinions about where education will be in 2030.

Smithsonian website that houses more than 200,000 images of animals in the wild. The pictures on the site were captured using camera traps.

A beautiful collection of digital children's books for primary students in kindergarten through second grade. Each story includes charming illustrations, animation and professional narration with music and sound effects.

a MUST SEE!

Stop now. Go here and do this!

"Teaching Channel is a video showcase -- on the Internet and TV -- of inspiring and effective teaching practices in America's schools."

This wiki contains a webinar series for Digital Citizenship webinars for Administrators, but the resources are available.

"Footnote helps you find and share historic documents. We are able to bring you many never-before-seen historic documents through our unique partnerships with The National Archives, the Library of Congress and other institutions."