Jim Fay and David Funk's positive behavior management program. Adults provide students with limits in a caring way. Treat students with dignity, they will learn to be responsible and gain self-confidence.

Open Wikis for teachers to use as resources

I saw a teacher use images of butterflies from this website for a first grade lesson on symmetry; they were printed in black and white and the students were asked to color them in using symmetrical colors--they were beautiful!!

Actually here is the link for the already gray-scale and black-and-white butterflies that are used for coloring: http://www.butterflyutopia.com/butterfly_coloring_page.html

Social Studies + Science games about Virginia regions

In 1606, some 105 adventurers set off from England to try and establish the first permanent English colony in the New World. They settled in what is now the state of Virginia and called their colony first James Fort, and then James Towne, in honor of James I, the King of England.

Weather simulations...gaming class Tip Of The Day: If you are carving your pumpkin already, then here's a good tip. You can cover any exposed surface with Vaseline. It will help stop the pumpkin from rotting before Halloween.

The PowerPoint game is simple to setup. The teacher types a vocabulary word on each slide in the subtitle textbox. Then press F5 on the keyboard to start the game. Setup directions are found on slide 2. Download Password Game

Art Babble is a site with videos about art; this page is the "For Kids" channel

video from Asian Art Museum 4th gr. field trip: learn about and create Chinese watercolors

Fabulous resource for Asian art collection, education resources and program information. Great for units about China, Japan, India, and other cultures. "On-line home of one of the largest museums in the western world devoted exclusively to Asian art and culture"

The kids love this option! Rotate groups to the computers to read and respond to kids' blogs, explore nonfiction topics

An interesting commentary on what digital natives are doing with technology. It seems a little too optimistic, however, but the possibilities for positive enrichment for kids and teens with technology is compelling.

Hails the uses for Flickr in the classroom. Also talks about the Creative Commons licensing options for photos on Flickr.