Wilson Grad Class

"The Center for Safe and Rsponsible Internet Use has developed a new framewsork for addressing these issues under the overall concept of Cyber Savvy Schools." This site has some good materials and teaching resources for teaching cyber safety. I noticed that there are resources all the way to Kindergarten and more coming.

This site has a variety ofmaterials to teach about cyber safety.

Differentiated Instruction

Information on Differentiated Instruction.

From A-Z classroom strategies for Teachers

Lots of resources for teachers.

Web 2.0 sites organized by categories.

Here is Web 2.0 Top 1,000 list. It is organized by categories which helps in looking for a particular tool for a specific purpose.

Lovely provides a hot-linked list organized into live journeys, "interactive environments," travelogues, e-museums, building and place tours, map-based visits, and read-along visits.

Here is a collection of virtual field trip sites.

17 Free YouTube Tools Every Teacher should know about.

If you use Youtube you will definitely want to check out some of the tools that make it more friendly with regard to eliminating the junk around the video.

This site shares a variety of ways that wordles can be used in the elemeentary classroom.

Teacher training videos

This site has tons of great tools to share with you. Each is presented through a quick screencast. Definitely one you will want to bookmark.

Here are a number of sites in one location. Not sure if this came through the first time so I am sending it again.

Memorize.com is a new learning website that allows users to create their own study guides and then share them on the web. The free site assembles user-generated content in three formats -- flash cards, multiple choice, and visual learning diagrams. The topics range from traditional school subjects, such as history, languages, and geography, to less academic categories, such as food, billiards, and television. Users can follow other users and their pages and edit other users' pages to craete their own unique page.

Fee and can be used in a variety of content areas.

Shmoop, a publisher of digital educational resources, has added pre-algebra to its list of free learning guides. The online Pre-Algebra Learning guides contain hundreds of topics with succinct explanations, diagrams, interactive examples, practice problems, and real-world applications. Pre algebra is Shmoop's first foray beyond its core humanities offerings. At the home page click on the pre algebra tab

Free

Terminix has launched an educational website with insect lessons. The website is built around the character Harry, a praying mantis who guides visitors through resources for teachers and students. The educator center provides teachers with curriculum guides and lesson plans, created by entomologists at Audubon Insectarium and Terminix, that correlate with National Science Teacher Association standards.

Free

Google Apps Education Training Center is a new online learning environment designed for educators and students who want to effectively use Google Apps in an educational context. The site offers six modules, including Google Apps Education Edition, apps Mail, Calendar, Docs, Sites, and other tools. The training will cover customizing apps for individual schools; organizing e-mail effectively; creating shared calendars; collaborating with others online; using documents, presentations, and spreadsheets; delivering and collecting surveys, quizzes, and feedback; developing media-rich websites; and setting up internal video portals for schools.

What appears to be free training on google apps.

"Today's kids connect, create, and collaborate through media. But who helps them reflect on the implications of their actions? Who empowers them to make responsible, respectful, and safe choices about how they use the powerful digital tools at their command? Our Common Sense Parent Media Education Program and our Digital Citizenship Curriculum give educators, administrators, and parents the tools and curricula they need to guide a generation in becoming responsible digital citizens."

Free materials on Internet safety, cyberbulling, digital citizenship, parent materials also included.

NBC Learn has launched this website called Finishing the Dream. It chronicles the h istory of the civil rights movement. It includes more then 100 stories from NBC News archives. Materials include documentaries on significan events over the course of 60 years, including the Montgomery bus boycott; the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.; the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas; the Freedom Riders; and more. The content provides the opportunity for community leaders, teachers, and students to discuss the impact of the civil rights movement and to consider related modern issues that affect people today.

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.

50 interesting ways to use Wordle in the classroom is cool. I love seeing the many different ways Wordle can be connected to teaching and learning.

cool ways to use Wordle

Google reading level feature. Allows users to limit search results to specific reading levels.

Thought this might be of interest to you.

80+ google forms is a collection of forms and ways to use them with google.

Sexting Quiz for middle and high school students. Use to generate discussion about appropriate behavior on a mobile device.

Youtube video that talks about Digital Dossier describing all the digital records that accumulate about a typical person from conception to death. Use this to make students aware that all mobile messages, media uses, and calls are part of their permanent record.