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The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning honors websites, tools, and resources of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the American Association of School Librarians' Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.

The internationally recognized WorldImages database provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It contains almost 75,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. WorldImages is accessible anywhere and its images may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes. The images can be located using many search techniques, and for convenience they are organized into over 800 portfolios which are then organized into subject groupings.

Screen capturing tools do what the basic tool don't. What these tools could do varies, including the ability to include sketches and text, instantly upload image online, audio capturing, dimension-specific capturing and more. Make your screen capture and sharing experience more interesting, here's a showcase of 40+ Free Screen Capturing Tools and Related Techniques.

Under the Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000, any school or library that uses federal funds to buy computers is required to install Internet filters. Such legislation may score political points, but it isn't safeguarding students from online hazards. More often, filters hamstring teachers' efforts to develop lessons that effectively prepare students for 21st-century challenges.

Since its launch in May 2007, Scratch has attracted an enthusiastic community of educators around the world. ScratchEd was designed to better support the activities of educators, like you.

It's simple: Markup ideas on embeddable "slates" and collaborate in real-time. Signup absolutely FREE and build yours today.

This site is brought to you by Google - especially for Google Apps educators and students. Come join and help us build it!

The ultimate Children's Digital Library. Stories and activities for children young and old.

Five categories of instructional strategies and explanation of these five categories can be found within this site.

Free online-only issue of Educational Leadership magazine on Revisiting Social Responsibility.

Analyze learning activities against Bloom's in a spreadsheet setup.

Activities for getting groups going.

There are basically two ways by which we can embed YouTube clips in PowerPoint presentations.

Find educators for your subject area or job title. This list includes all areas, including counselors and administrators.