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From the MacArthur Foundation site announcement (12.3.09): "The report, "Meeting of the Minds," (PDF) is the result of a series of cross-generational online dialogues about digital ethics involving more than 250 adults and teens around the world. Participants discussed how to behave in a digital world, from illegal downloading and the creativity associated with remixing,to the factors that go into deciding whether to meet an online connection face-to-face".

This is an excellent site for free Online Lectures from Professors of some of the best Universities in the world.

The official Department of Education website offers a plan for the integration of technology in the classroom. The mission of the OET is also described: providing leadership for maximizing technology's contribution to improving education at all levels. The website offers teaching resources as well as other online services and support.

This is a popular site for online educational games for kids of all ages. Features all subjects: math, grammar, spelling, science, and history.

Large collection of online books and etexts all for free

It's obviously cheap to use this free online site to make your own rubrics, but it's helpful as a springboard to make your own.

This site has ideas for practicing and resources to aide in vocabulary words, grammar, writing, research, free online books, public libraries, literature guides, and poetry.

These are online activities that middle school students can go to themselves to get extra help with their grammar and punctuation.

A great online resource that not only provides free lesson plans for teachers, but also offers teachers daily news and trivia, blogs on current issues, and information on new technological tools, all relating to education today.

Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device.

It has free online texts. I personally use it to search for relevant quotes for papers.

This blog offers a variety of insights from the point of view of a current educator. I found her writing style to be entertaining yet at the same time intensely thought provoking. Her site also provides links to educational resources!

Google just added a feature where you can view ancient texts online. This may be interesting for your students so they can get an idea of what the most primitive of the texts they are reading look like, and they can possibly develop a better feel for the work.

This is an interactive online "poster" that teachers can use to make their lessons more fun and interactive. It can be used for a wide range of subjects, and is easy to use.

This is a website that offers resources, lesson plans, and ideas for teaching reading and writing up to a middle school classroom. This is important in teaching the basics of these skills

This website will particularly be beneficial to my own lesson plan creation and professional development. The website offers a multitude of activities and strategies for teachers to use. In addition, it offers online professional growth training.

I know you can probably just google online flashcards, but I stumbled upon this site that seemed a little more advanced and possibly helpful for teachers.

We've all heard of blogs, but this site has twisted blogs to make them a little more creative and fun and coined them glogs. They are basically kind of like an online bulletin board where you can upload videos, images, text, etc. It is a great alternative teaching method for teachers and can be a new way for kids to learn/post information, too.

I personally wasn't aware of this website until it was mentioned in class last Friday. I was surprised that so many texts were available online. While many texts are not provided in their full, I feel that it could still be very beneficial to take specific chapters and sections from books.

This is a resource for teachers who teach English. There is an online lesson library, links to other resources, worksheets, activity ideas, and tips on lesson prep.