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Wouldn't it be just awesome if all teachers had a "Magic Eight Ball" that we could turn to every time we had a question about instructional practice, technology or learning theory? It would provide resources, anecdotal experiences, practical application, and much more. Through the connective and collaborative power of online technologies we have access to a vast and vibrant network of educators that are infinitely more qualified than a Magic Eight Ball to provide ongoing, timely support and encouragement. Learn to Power Up your professional learning network with customized and interactive Web 2.0 applications.

A GREAT resource for elementary teachers with videos about animals & pets, cartoons & movies, green, history, people & places, science & space, time-lapse, weird & wacky, and videos in spanish

Today, the web has made it possible for anyone to create and edit professional-looking content without having to purchase any special equipment or software. Creating video content is a great way to get students engaged in projects through which they can demonstrate their learning. The following are six free, web-based, resources students can use to create their own videos.

ACTFL National Foreign Teacher of the Year Toni Theisen's Wikispace.  Chocked FULL of resources and great stuff for language learning.

"Summer has officially started for many of you! I know that you will probably be relaxing for the first few days, but eventually you may feel the need to be inspired and motivated for the upcoming school year! Social media provides us with incredible opportunities to choose the way we want to develop professionally. You can choose the topic, the medium, and who you want to learn from. You can choose the way you like to learn, because social media provides us with several multimedia experiences, such as webinars, LMS, live video, and more. The experience is usually dynamic and motivating because you are learning with others around the world! Additionally, you will be developing your Personal/ Passionate Learning Network (PLN)."

Notebook Lessons, Tips and Tricks, Web Resources, and Tutorials for the SMART Board.

Looking for ideas and strategies about classroom management, lesson planning or discipline? This topic is full of professional development resources.

An AWESOME! resource for everything web 2.0 created by PA teachers and coaches.

Wiki created and maintained by educators, used for collaboration, resources, and networking

It is the intent of this web page to help you, the teacher, manage your classroom while students are busy creating multimedia projects.  A variety of strategies will be presented.  Choose the ones that work best into your current classroom management system.

" The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Coalition works to support STEM programs for teachers and students at the U. S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and other agencies that offer STEM related programs"

Focus on K-12 strives to solve a problem or fulfill a dream using technology. The magazine is for administrators, teachers, technology instructors, technology coordinators and technology managers at individual schools and school districts across the United States. EdTech highlights areas such as one-to-one, tablet PCs, professional development, 21st Century classrooms and lesson plans.

What simple activities or readings could advance a teacher's understanding of education (technology included) given that the teacher has 15 minutes of time a week for personal professional development?

Welcome to Access, Analyze, Act: A Blueprint for 21st Century Civic Engagement. This curriculum is designed to help you discover the power of social media for teaching media and information literacy, critical thinking, communication, collaboration and technology skills while developing students' understanding of the political, social and economic issues facing our country at election time.

Website for Math and Science teachers for Comic Life integration.

Integrating 21st Century Tools into Your Teaching Technology Tutorials for Teachers. Tutorials for Delicious, Diigo, Flickr, Gmail, Google: Docs, Presentations, Spreadsheets, Ning, VoiceThred and Wikispaces

FUN projects you can use in your classroom, using FREE Google Sketchup software.

Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells as illustrated below.