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Scientists are continually on a mission to learn more about the world around them, and thus the information available is continually changing as the knowledge grows. Good science teachers understand the importance of staying up-to-date with the latest happenings in the world of science. A great way to do so is by following blogs. Not only can teachers stay abreast of what is happening, but many of these blogs serve as an excellent resource for students, as well.

5 Incredible Tips on How to Write Blog Posts

Tips on how to write blog posts.

"This Classroom Learning 2.0 blog has been set-up as part of the CSLA School Library Learning 2.0 program to encourage all of us to experiment and learn about the new and emerging technologies that are reshaping the context of information on the Internet today."

This is a really organized blog set up for learning about 2.0. Please share with anyone you think might be interested.

Blog about 5 writing activities. 1. Dialogues, 2. Instant Message Peotry, 3. Chain Instant Message Poetry 4. Mobile Phone Compositions, 5. Questionnaires with Urtak.

Interesting ideas.

New Glogster Widget in Wikispaces.

New widget for those who like wikispaces and glogster.

This is a wikispace tool kit covering a number of tools. Glogster is a really cool tool for teacher and for students to create and organize information. Here is a wikispace with a page all about glogster. This wikispace also covers blogs, copyright & Fair Use, filmmaking, google docs, podcasts, voicethread and wikis

This is a tip from Alma Rows blog.

Great site, that offers a Book of the Month. It offers sample questions, test, blogs, etc. For various ages. I shared this site with parents and have gotten terrific feed back!

This site has links that provide information about various technology tools: PowerPoint, CPS clickers, document cameras, wikis, blogs, social networking, social Bookmarking, Podcasting, Vodcasting, Online calendars, event management.

Great site with lots of information on various technology tools.

This blog shares a variety of resources that can be used to do academic research. Tools include resources to researc, curate data, save and organize data, read and review data, synthesize and take notes, and cite data

Create free educational games, quizzes, activities and diagrams in seconds! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!

Check out all the free tools. I liked the diagrams.

Really cool resource with lots of examples and idea for how technology can be integrated into a classroom.

Online scrapbooking

Top 50 Brain Teasers and Games that people have enjoyed the most in our blog. It is always good to learn about our brains and to exercise them!.

Here is a fun site for those who like to do brain teasers. Lots of people including students like to exercise their brain.

Cool Blog site, check out the typing practice link on the right side.

Web Worker is a subscribable blog. This link is to 10 Simple Google Search Tricks.

For those who like using google, this RSS may be one you will want to subscribe to.

Top 5 ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom is an article that shares the educational value of Twitter.

This is interesting.

This blog post shares 10 forms that can be used by teachers with their class.

Kathy Schrocks Katch of theMonth shares the Flip Flop strategy and how to integrate this with technology using two possible tools - padlet and today's meet.

One of the wonders of the Internet is that it can bring the world to you instead of your needing to find the time and money to explore the traditional way. The following virtual tours bring opportunities to explore cities, famous landmarks and buildings, museums, college campuses, and even outer space. You can learn how things are made, explore the human body or that of a life-sized whale, and visit ball parks and theme parks. There is even a section of incredible virtual tours that Google Earth has compiled that shares the world in a whole new way.