This post reviews a digital resources that could be used to assess students prior to or during a lesson.  

This periodic table provides links to graphic organizers that can be used for visual representations for ordering ideas, organizing information and planning assignments.

A shared slideshow that showcases the many uses for Google Apps in education, not just as a teaching tool, but to support productivity as well. It has great suggestions and practice for different level users

A virtual tour and history behind the Anne Frank house and the family that hid there. This site is information rich and highly engaging, It would make a wonderful supplement to the study of this period in history.

Here is another useful resource for planning and successful integration of technology in the classroom.

This matrix/rubric demonstrates the levels of technology integration. This is a nice self-evaluation tool, and it also allows teachers to set benchmarks for growth.

Some useful strategies for creating effective presentations.  While the audience this writer is addressing is creating presentations for adult professionals, there are many useful strategies that can be integrated by any teacher. This post covers not just how to create the presentation, but also strategies for delivery as well.  It could be useful for helping teachers learn how to overcome the "traditional" Powerpointless presentation.

Google Tools tutorials

This blog discusses the importance of PLNs and counters the PD argument that so often arises when teachers are asked to learn a new skill. It also provides concrete examples of how to use Twitter.

apps for special needs/ classroom use sorted by type. A great resource!

A discussion of "disruptive innovations" and how online learning can be used in brick and mortar schools to engage students in richer, more complex learning experience and increase student/teacher interactions.

Discussing how the videos used by The Khan Academy have allowed teachers to "flip" their classroom, providing more time for teacher/student interaction and allowing students to learn concepts at their own pace.