WSD eToolBox

"The report found that the use of Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, and comics-creating software can heighten students' engagement and enhance their writing and thinking skills in all grade levels and across all subjects."

"Google Earth offers the means to display geographic data from a wide variety of sources together in a geospatial context. This data includes imagery for the entire globe at varying resolutions that contains a great deal of interpretable visual information. Students can use it to find their homes, schools, and other locations that are familiar to them. They can make inferences by comparing familiar places to other locations. In addition, students can learn about the world through rich layers of mappable data offered by Google's server and a great deal of third-party content. They can also create and display their own data. "

A nice group of international online news outlets.

National Geographic News

Online news from PBS for middle and high school students

A great group of resources for using newspapers in education.

A great way to browse the news from different websites by "flipping" through the front pages.

A nice wiki of ipad apps suggestions and reviews for all levels and subjects.  Nice place to start with ipads in education.

Glogster EDU wants to make this year's Back to School season exciting and useful! One of the many new features we bring is the new integration with to give you a simple tool to embed all of your favorite Glogs in your personal & school wikis!

A great group of kid-friendly resources for doing research.  

A nice group of resources for digital storytelling from Joyce Valenza.

A nice group of websites used for writing and publishing online.. good for all levels. 

A great list of kid-friendly search engines from Joyce Valenza

"Our intention is to enable children to enjoy inner peace and communicate in a more effective way."

"What does it mean to be a successful science or math teacher? The definition of success is an elusive thing and measured in many ways. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines success as - resulting in or gaining a favorable outcome. This, without a doubt, is your and every other teacher's goal for their students."

"Welcome to the Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd)! CITEd identifies evidence-based practices for integrating instructional technology to support the achievement of all students. "

Strategies for Using LiveBinders The following are 5 reasons or strategies for using LiveBinders in your science or math class.

In this workshop she was presenting an idea to help elementary teachers develop science fair project-a mini-science fair poster. This idea involved the used of a trifolded piece of 11″ x 17″ paper. The teachers were inputting their "required" science fair heading with post-it notes. Revision was a breeze. The teachers learned the importance of brevity with completion. They added graphs and images by gluing their graph to a small post-it. It was all so tidy, so elegant, so inviting, I probably stared a little long, struck dumb by the simplicity of the mini-poster. Once I came to my senses I realized that the mini-poster was my answer-a way to incorporate authentic peer review, formative assessment in my science classes.

DrillFly allows anyone to create and share their own math drilling program for children around the world. Each program may contain multiple levels focusing on specific topics and patterns to help kids with their understanding of various math concepts. Drilling topics include arithmetic, comparisons, sequences, money, and time. Each program includes a personalized assesment feature so your student starts at an appropriate level.

We all know that Google offers a great search program, and you might even use other apps like Gmail or Google Calendar, but have you realized what Google has to offer for educators and students? Using Sites, Google Earth, Wave, and more, you can turn your classroom into a place where you can share, collaborate, and publish on the world wide web. Read on to find out how you can put Google to work for your class.