Websites can be such a handy source of ideas, inspiration, solutions, and information.

As you see one or I find one, let's share the info and make it readily and easily available to everyone!

INTERNET SAFETY

from Department of Homeland Security:

http://www.dhs.gov/files/events/stop-think-connect.shtm

First National Digital Learning Day - Feb 1, 2012 - Resources - HERE

COMMON CORE RESOURCES:

VIDEO PRESENTATIONS FOR TEACHERS FROM THE CREATORS OF THE NEW NAT'L COMMON CORE: HERE

The National PTA has colorful PDF files for parents that give

a brief overview of the Nat'l Common Core by grade level for Math & ELA - HERE

For Everything - "All purpose" types of websites:

free.ed.gov - loaded with resources for education that were developed by governmental organizations. All free!

Free Educational Videos - http://www.watchknowlearn.org/default.aspx

GOOGLE   FOR   EDUCATION   POSTERS - http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html

MUSIC:

Educational Rap Music : http://www.educationalrap.com/song/poetry-for-life.html

Math:

IXL - http://www.ixl.com/ Math

http://www.thatquiz.org/

Religion:

FindingGod.org This is created by Loyola Press - religion textbook publisher. Click on the tab for teachers and explore or add the daily "finding God retreat" to your email inbox!

Science:

nsta.org - National Science Teachers Association
Molecular Workbench - http://mw.concord.org/modeler/

Edufy - http://www.edufy.org/

Social Studies:

Geography Awareness Week - Nov 15 - http://mywonderfulworld.org/gaw.html

Constitution Day for Middle School - See c-span page fordetailed info. Has video clips - for middle school.

Constitution Day for Elementary Grades - from Education World. this site has many resources of different types and levels. Education World is a great web site.

Constitution Day for Everyone - simple to do activities - The Holiday Zone

THANKSGIVING click HERE

Honoring and Remembering Sept. 11, 2001

Education World offers book lists, ideas for compassion and tolerance.

Scholastic offers grade specific ideas.

Prayers for remembering Sept. 11.

visualgeography.com - organized by continent

WorldHistory for Us All.sdsu.edu - covers the 9 "big eras"

Social Studies Textbook - Glencoe The American Revolution Volume 1(for ABMV) - HERE

READING

Free audio books - http://freeclassicaudiobooks.com/

Free Audio books and print books.

Huge set of resources!Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Online Books - another huge resource. Online print and audio. Also has Social Studies resources for the South.

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/authors.html

Skype an Author Network - most listed offer a 20 minute free Skype Q & A

http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/

INFORMATIONAL TEXT SOURCES -

"Article of the Week" by Kelly Gallagher - http://kellygallagher.org/resources/articles.html

WRITING

Students could make a comic....of an imagined conversation between characters in a Literature piece

or write sentences incorporating the grammar concept of the day or collaborate on writing literary elements or.....

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

Wiki & blog HOW  TO on glogster - watch the videos! HERE

BRAIN   TRAINING

- IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY! memory games

IWB

www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=540ab24a0a1c0ef76efd">http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=540ab24a0a1c0ef76efd

Smart Table

and

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=db848fdbe9c6649502f3

HUGE list of resources for use with an IWB:

http://www.ettcnsc.org/Instructional_resources/other/interactive_whiteboard_links.htm

Stickman! http://www.drawastickman.com/

Singing Horses for beginners http://svt.se/hogafflahage/hogafflaHage_site/Kor/hestekor.swf


iPads in Education

text to speech:

iPhone Baldi: http://www.animatedspeech.com/iphonebaldi.html

Speak it: http://www.future-apps.net/main/Future_Apps.html

Cautionary Notes: http://learninginhand.com/blog/ipad-iphone-ipod-touch-issues-for-schools.html

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