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Videoconferencing/broadcasting website. Allows users to broadcast over the Internet with a webcam and microphone. Also allows a split-screen broadcast view to show an interview. Shows can be recorded and hosted on wetoku.com. Neat alternative to Skype - especially if you want to broadcast your interview/conversation or if you don't want to install 3rd party software. Not as mature as ustream, but it has potential!

Updated daily. usually at least 3 sites. Description and link to sites with possible applications for teachers when not obvious. Google search within site archive makes it easy to find specific subjects.

Teachers can use this to introduce a new concept in a movie format. Type in your script and instantly make a movie

website used to post pictures and make a movie

website with educational videos to teach certain educational topics.

Writing workshop ideas. Books that you can use to teach the traits of writing.

One of Dr. Topp's suggested sites, NEWTON gives children the opportunity to connect with real scientists from around the world. If a child is having difficulty finding the answer to a question using traditional methods, he or she can search the archives on this site or ask the question. Depending on its content, a scientist may answer the question.

Nebraskastudies.org is a visual, interactive timeline of significant events in the history of Nebraska and the world. Each image in the visual time line is a link to an article with more information and media to go along with the topic. The site is a joint venture of NET public television, the Nebraska Department of Education, and the Nebraska State Historical Society.

EconEdLink is produced by Thinkfinity. It contains links to hundreds of different lesson plans and resources to help teachers plan lessons for economics from K-12.

At the world fact book a student can do in depth preliminary research on any of the "266 world entities". A student can find a country's flag, birthrate, international disputes, economy, airports, and much more in a relatively easy to use menu.

This site is full of teacher resources. It contains lessons, worksheets, rubrics and many more useful items.

This site is designed to be a resource for parents who have decided to home school their children. The site offers a lot of information and resources for home schooling including: newsletters, discussion forums, curriculum resources, workshops, and scholarship information.

This is a great website. You have to become a member. You can blog chat and create threads. Being a new teacher I have already used this a lot. Everyone on here is helpful with giving ideas. You can get lesson plans. It groups you by grades so if you are a high school teacher you don't have a Kindergarten teacher giving you suggestions and vice versa.

This website has countless activities and games for students to play in order to review and master concepts.

Very cool resources at the bottom of the page. There is a link for Discovery Sheets - great for use on visits!

This a website for anything "gifted." It has links, merchandise and information about all things gifted. The site is appropriate for students, teachers and families.

this is an interactive site that can teach students their multiplication facts in a fun and interactive way. This is interactive with the Promethean Board also

Tagxedo is a website, similar to wordle, that helps students create groups of similar words in shapes. It is a fun way to check for understanding and make sure that students can put like words together.

Hundreds of resources and references for use in the classroom. All tools are categorized by use.