- 7 Misconceptions about How Students Learn
- The 10 Best Things We've Done All Year
- 10 Brain-Based Learning Strategies from Elementary Matters (blog)
- 30 Techniques to Quiet a Noisy Class
- 19Pencils
- 21k12: Exploring & Celebrating 21st-Century K-12 Education (blog)
- 42 eXplore: Thematic Pathfinders for All Ages
- ABC Teach: Printables, Worksheets, Forms, and Labels
- About.com Education
- Academic Benchmarks: Free K-12 Academic Standards Digital Library
- AIMS Education Foundation: Math and Science Activities
- Alphabet Soup
- Annenberg Learner: Professional Development and Classroom Resources
- Answer Garden
- The Answer Sheet (The Washington Post education blog)
- The Art of Education (blog)
- Authentic Education
- Barbara Branch's Public Library (links)
- BBC Educational Resources
- Beacon Learning Center (lesson plans, resources, articles)
- Becoming a Better Teacher: Eight Ideas That Work (eBook)
- Better Lesson Share
- Best Professional Development Websites and PLNs for Teachers
- Big Ideas Fest
- Big Ideas: From the Desk of Grant Wiggins
- Birmingham Grid for Learning
- Blogg-Ed (blog)
- Boxcars and One-Eyed Jacks: Workshops and Resources
- BrainPOP (subscription)
- BrainPOP Jr. (for grades K-3) (subscription)
- The Busy Educator: Source for Classroom Management and Student Success
- California Learning Resource
- California Learning Resource Network
- California Teachers Summit
- Carol Baldwin's Reading and Writing Blog
- Case Studies for Use in the Classroom
- Center for Teacher Quality
- Certificate Street (free certificates)
- Char Shryock's Public Library (teacher resources)
- Children's University of Manchester
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- CK-12 Teaching Resources
- Class Dojo
- ClassMarker: Online Testing
- Classroom Champions
- Clear Summit: K-12 Resources
- CNN's Schools of Thought (blog)
- The Collected Academic Works of Jesse Broussard
- Common Core Standards (Mapping)
- Common Sense Media (free digital learning and citizenship curriculum)
- Community and Cultures Worksheets and Printables
- Concept to Classroom: A Series of Workshops
- Conferences and Report Cards
- Cool Cat Teacher Blog
- Coursera
- Create Free Charts
- Creative Educator
- Curriculum 21
- Curriki: A K-12 Open Curricula Community
- The Dana Foundation (brain research)
- Delicious (Never lose a link again)
- Design Your Educational Philosophy
- Designing Curriculum for Our Students' Futures (Ann Johnson)
- Differentiation Daily
- The Digigogy Collaborative
- Digital Bloom's Taxonomy
- Digital Vaults
- Disneyscience
- Discovery Education
- Dositey Free Activities (grades K-8)
- Dr. B's Online Lessons and Resources
- The Dunham School Quest Center Wiki
- The Dunham School Resource Page for Elementary Teachers
- Dynamic Earth Pop-Up Book
- Easel.ly (create and share visual ideas)
- edHelper (lesson plans and activities)
- Edublogs
- Edudemic
- Education Nation
- Education Place Activity List
- Education Revolution
- Education Smart Blogs
- Education Week
- Education World
- Educational Development Center
- Educational Leadership (ASCD)
- Educational Options
- Educational Videos and Games
- Educators' News: Free Stuff for Teachers
- The Educator's Reference Desk
- eduScapes
- Edutopia: The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- edX (Online education from top universities)
- Eggtimer
- Ellison Education Lesson Ideas
- eMINTS Online Resources
- Engrade: Free Online Grade Book
- ePals
- equizzer
- ERIC Digests (educational articles)
- EuroNews: Learning World
- eWorkshop: Online Resources for Teachers
- Exploring and Celebrating a 21st Century K-12 Education (blog)
- Eye on Education
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
- Federal Trade Commission Publications
- Filamentality (develop online lessons)
- Flashcards Online
- Flipped Learning Network
- Flipped Class Tools
- Foldables
- For Teachers Education and Outreach
- Fourth-Grade Teachers Social Network
- Free Educational Posters
- Free Internet Resources
- Free Resources for the Primary Classroom
- Free School Stuff Directory
- Free Stuff for Educators
- Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
- Funding Factory Lesson Planner
- Game Classroom: Math and Language Arts Games and Worksheets for Grades K-6
- Game It
- Games That Teach
- Gapminder
- The Gateway to 21st Century Skills
- Get Fit
- Get Your Game On! Games in the Classroom
- Getting to Know Students
- Global Classroom: Global Partnership of Schools
- Global School Net
- Google A-Z
- Googol Learning Free Resource Center
- Graphic Organizers
- Graphite
- Grooveshark (download music)
- Habits of Mind Teachers Network
- Haiku Learning Management System
- Harvard Education Letter
- HippoCampus
- Hot Potatoes (create interactive online exercises)
- I Teach Bay (blog)
- Ideas to Inspire (curriculum presentations)
- Igniting Innovation: Sparking Conversation about Learning in the Digital Age (blog)
- Independent School Bloggers
- INFOhio: The Information Network for Ohio's Schools
- The Innovative Educator
- Inspiring Teachers
- InstraGrok
- Instructor Web
- Intel Education
- Interactive Online Tests (grades 3 and up)
- International Edubloggers Directory
- Internet 4 Classrooms
- Internet Magic: Free Stuff for Teachers
- Irish Gifted Eduction Blog
- K-12 Education Blog
- Khan Academy (online video lessons)
- Kid Source: K-12 Activities
- Langwitches
- Lastfm (music)
- LEGO Education
- Learning 2030 (blog)
- Learning Forward
- Learning in Open Spaces (blog)
- Learning Inventories
- Learning Is Life (blog)
- The Learning Network: Teaching and Learning with The New York Times
- Learning Styles Questionnaire
- Lemonade Learning
- Lesson Planet: The Search Engine for Teachers
- Lesson Planner
- Lesson Plans
- The Lesson Plans Page
- Lesson PlanZ
- The Library of Congress: Teachers' Page
- Life in the Renaissance: Thoughts on Education, Technology, Cognition (blog)
- Link Library
- Links to School Bloggers
- Live Binders for Education
- Lorri's Blog: Learning and Sharing Every Chance I Get
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting: Education
- Making Curriculum Pop (integrating pop culture in the curriculum)
- Mapping the Global Classroom of the Future
- Match Education
- Media Literacy Clearinghouse
- The Mentoring Leadership & Resource Network
- Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy
- Middle School.net (resources for middle-school teachers and students)
- Middle Web: All About the Middle Grades (grades 4-8)
- Mind Mapping
- The Mindfulness in Education Network
- Mind/Shift: How We Will Learn
- Moglue- Create, Play, Share
- Mrs. Sirolli's Challenge Webpage
- Ms. Naugle's Classroom Blog
- Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
- My Hero Project
- Nanoogo (Create)
- National Punctuation Day
- The National Teaching and Learning Forum
- National Teachers Hall of Fame
- NBC Learn
- NC Wise Owl
- Nerdy Teacher
- New Classrooms
- New York Public Library Tools for Teaching
- Next Chapter: The Future of Learning
- Nicenet Internet Classroom Assistant
- NOBLE Education Resources
- Not Your Father's School (21st-Century Learning blog)
- Ohio Department of Education Teacher Page
- Ohio Resource Center
- One Note
- Online Education
- Online Learning
- Online Stopwatch
- OpenStax College (free textbooks)
- Origami Diagrams for Download
- Paperli (paper for gifted)
- Parent Teacher Conference
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- PBS Classroom Teacher Resources
- PBS Teacher Line
- Peace Support Network
- PedagoNet
- Personal Glyphs
- Personalized Learning Environments (PLEs)
- The Plagiarism Checker
- Post-It Activities
- PowerPoint Games
- Pre-AP Program
- Printable Paper
- Problem-Based Learning Network
- Professional Development Directory
- Professional Portfolio Development
- Project-Based Learning
- Project-Based Learning: Do It Yourself
- Projects by Jen: Creative Projects for the PK-6 Classroom
- Project Happiness
- Project Learning Tree
- ProQuest K-12
- Promethean (teaching resources)
- Quia (Worksheets, test, etc.)
- Random Name Selector
- Raventech Reveals: TLC in Education (blog)
- Rcampus (online educational management system)
- Rdio (Download music)
- Reach Every Child
- Ready-Made Games and Game Boards
- Reflect & Refine (blog)
- Relax. No, Really (blog)
- Remind 101 (Text to students and parents)
- Rhapsody (Download Music)
- Rubrics
- Rubric Maker
- Rubrician: Rubric Generator
- RubiStar (design rubrics)
- Rubrics and Evaluation
- STEM Rubics Nevada
- Scholastic
- Back-to-School Free Printables
- Class Homepage Builder
- Free Bookplates, Bookmarks and more
- Teacher Resource Page
- Teacher Share Lesson Plan Page
- Thinkfinity
- School and Education Cartoons
- The School Bell: Resources for Teachers
- School Library Journal
- Screen Capture
- Scribble Maps
- Share My Lesson: By Teachers, for Teachers
- Shirley Farrell's Bookmarks
- Shirley Farrell's LiveBinders
- Shout: Connecting Classrooms/Global Issues
- Simbaloo EDU
- Simple Free Learning Tools
- Slideshare (share presentations and documents online)
- Smart Blog on Education
- Smithsonian Education
- Socrative (student response system)
- Soft Schools: PK-8 Worksheets
- Songza (music)
- Spotify (Download Music)
- Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud (blog)
- Steve Hargadon
- Students Can Learn on Their Own: Independent Study Materials
- Substitute Teacher Resources
- Super Duper Handy Handouts
- Super Teacher Worksheets
- Symbaloo (organize and share with students)
- Teach Hub
- Te@ch Thought
- Teachability (advice and classroom ideas)
- Teacher Created Resources
- Teacher Leaders Network
- Teacher Leaders Network: Teacher Voices (blog)
- The Teacher Tap: Professional Development Resources
- Teacher Tube (educational You Tube videos)
- Teacher Vision: Lesson Plans and Printables
- Teachers Count
- Teachers' Domain: Digital Media for the Classroom and Professional Development
- Teachers First
- Teachers for Tomorrow: Implementing 21st Century Skills (blog)
- The Teacher's Guide
- Teachers Network
- Teachers Pay Teachers: An Open Marketplace for Educators
- Teachers.net Educational Resources
- Teaching and Learning Resources from Federal Agencies
- Teaching Channel
- Teaching Climate
- Teaching Ideas for the Primary Classroom
- Teaching Tolerance
- Learning
- Lisa Nielsen (blog)
- Teachnology
- Techy Teacher's Techno Treehouse
- TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
- The Tempered Radical (blog)
- Thinkfinity: Free Lesson Plans and Educational Resources
- This Week in Education (blog)
- To Keep Things Whole (blog)
- To This Day Project
- The Traveling Teacher (blog)
- Udacity
- Understanding by Design Exchange
- Universal Design for Learning
- Central for Applied Special Technology
- National Center on Universal Design for Learning
- Tech Tool Kit
- Universal Design for Learning Guidelines/Learning Wheel
- U.S. Department of Education
- Vermillion Parish Schools Comprehensive Curriculum Database Project
- Vermillion Parish Schools eHomework Pad
- Virtual Field Trips (using webcams)
- The Virtual Schoolhouse
- Watch. Know. Learn. (educational videos)
- Watch Out for Gifted (blog)
- We Are Teachers
- Welcome to the World of Jan Brett
- What Is 21st Century Education?
- Whole Child Education
- Worksheet Works
Sunday, November 21, 2010
General Resources for Teachers
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Visual and Performing Arts
- The Applied and Interactive Theater Guide
- Art Cycopedia
- The Art of George Rodrigue
- The Art of the Self-Portrait
- Arts and Activities Magazine
- Arts Edge: The Kennedy Center
- ARTstor
- The British Theater Guide
- Exhibits Collection: Cinema
- Free Art Lessons
- The Getty Museum
- Google Art Project (explore museum art from around the world)
- Grooveshark: Free Online Music
- Historic American Sheet Music
- Homestyler (free home design software)
- Internet Resources for Music, Theater and Dance
- Internet Theater Database
- Iriet Peshkess, Artist
- JamStudio: The Online Music Factory
- KinderArt: Art Lessons
- Lessons That Integrate the Arts
- LooLeDo (craft activities)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Louvre
- Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia
- Museum of Bad Art
- Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music
- Musings of an Artist's Wife by Wendy Rodrigue
- National Gallery of Art Kids Page
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Sing-Along Songs
- NEA Jazz in the Schools
- Noteflight (Make music)
- Open Culture: Free Cultural and Educational Media
- Pandora: Free Online Music
- Reader's Theater
- Reel Spirit
- Scholar Art Resource Center
- The Sheet Music Archive
- Smart History: A Multimedia Web-book about Art and Art History
- Songzilla: Stream and Download Songs and Lyrics for Free
- The Spolin Center (theater games)
- Spotify: Online Music Site
- STEAM Not STEM
- STEM to STEAM
- Stock Photo Site
- Theater Group
- Trish Falin, Huntington Beach Artist
- Tux Paint (drawing)
- Visual Effects in Movies
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Programs for Students
- Advanced Academy of Georgia (grades 9-11)
- Andrew's Leap (computer science at Carnegie Mellon University; high school and talented middle school students)
- Bard College at Simon's Rock (early entrance to college)
- Brigham Young University Online Courses (middle school, high school, university)
- Camp Kennedy Space Center (grades 2-9)
- Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary and Secondary Students (C-MITES) (grades K-9)
- Carnegie Mellon University's Pre-College Program (summer; entering grades 11-12)
- Carolina Journalism Institute at the University of South Carolina (junior high and high school)
- Center for Talent Development (Northwestern University) Summer Program (grades PK-12)
- Chi Alpha Mu Math Club (middle school)
- The Clarkson School (early entrance to college)
- CTY's Links of Competitions and Programs
- Davidson Institute for Talent Development
- Disney Youth Education Series
- Duke University Youth Programs
- Duolingo (Learn a new language)
- Educational Programs for Gifted Youth (EPGY) (online and summer classes)
- Game It
- Graphite
- HippoCampus
- High School Journalism Institute at Indiana University (summer)
- Hoagies Gifted Education Page: Weekend and Summer Programs
- IB Middle Years Program
- Institute for Educational Advancement Apprenticeship Program (summer; high school)
- Junior State of America (high school)
- Kohl's Kids Who Care Scholarship Program
- Lehigh University Engineering Camp (summer; middle school girls)
- The Marine Science Consortium
- Math Zoom Academy
- Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society (high school)
- National Computer Camps
- The National High School Institute at Northwestern University (summer; high school)
- National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society
- People to People Student Ambassadors (grades 5-12)
- Program for the Exceptionally Gifted at Mary Baldwin College (ages 13-16; girls)
- Progam in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS) at Boston University (summer; high school)
- Project Happiness
- Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for High School Journalists
- Reynolds Writing Workshop at Denison University (high school; summer)
- Robotics Academy at Carnegie Mellon University
- The Ross Mathematics Program at Ohio State University (ages 14-18)
- Simple Free Learning
- Space Camp / Space Academy (ages 9-18)
- SPARK Science Program (grades 7-8)
- Summer Institute for the Gifted (ages 4-17)
- Summer Scholar Program at University of California Irvine (high school)
- University of Missouri Online High School
- University Scholars Program at Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School
- Vanderbilt Programs for Talented Youth (K-12)
Meeting Individual Student Needs / Differentiation and Intervention
- 10 Essential Strategies for Teaching Boys Effectively
- Bloom's Digital Taxonomy
- Center for the Study of Boys' and Girls' Lives
- Differentiation
- Carol Ann Tomlinson
- A Different Place (differentiated lesson plans)
- Differentiated Instruction and Resources
- Differentiated Instruction Blog
- Differentiation Central
- Differentiation for High-Ability Learners
- Differentiation Starter Kit
- The Differentiator
- Printable Worksheets, Lessons, and Tests for the Differentiated Classroom
- Susan Winebrenner
- Using Differentiated Instruction to Teach Differentiated Instruction
- EdGate: Special Education and Gifted Center
- Everything ESL
- Intervention Central
- Kelley King: Boy-Friendly Schools
- Layered Curriculum
- LD Online: Learning Disabilities and ADHD
- The Learning Toolbox (for students with learning difficulties)
- Multiple Intelligences Site
- nRich Consulting Workshop Handouts
- Renzulli Learning
- Responsive Teaching
- RTI
- School Speciality: Leadership Strategies for Ensuring RTI Success
- See Jane Win: The Rimm Report on How 1,000 Girls Became Successful Women
- Smart Boys, Bad Grades
- Smart Kids with LD
- Successfully Teaching Boys
- Visual-Spatial Learners
- What's Your Learning Style?
- Whole Child Education
Critical and Creative Thinking / Logic Puzzles
- Answer Garden
- Brain Bashers
- Brain Pickings
- Braingle: Brain Teasers, Riddles, and More
- Brainteasers, Optical Illusions, and Logic Puzzles
- Brainy Kids' Games
- BridgeBuilder-Game
- Center for Creative Learning
- Chess.com
- CR Puzzles (online puzzle magazine)
- The Creative Problem Solving Group
- The Creativity Post
- Cyber Kids: Brain Teasers
- The Daily Sudoku
- Dave Rusin's Games Page
- Factory Balls (game)
- Fido Puzzle
- Foundation for Critical Thinking
- Gift of Logic
- How Fast Are Your Reactions? (game)
- IQ Tests, Brain Teasers, and Puzzles
- Jim Loy's Puzzle Page
- Lure of the Labyrinth (game)
- Math.com: Puzzles, Games, and Contests
- Math and Logic Problems
- OmniSkills: Creative Problem Solving
- Papunet Games
- Piece of Mind Brain Games
- PMI: Plus-Minus-Interesting Decision-Making Process
- Preparing Creative and Critical Thinkers (article)
- Puzzle Soup
- Questioning and Understaning to Improve Learning and Thinking (QUILT)
- Rebus Puzzle Brainteasers
- Rebus Puzzles
- Rebus Puzzles (X-Word)
- Sir Ken Robinson: Do Schools Kill Creativity?
- SOMA Cubes
- Teaching for Creativity: Two Dozen Tips
- Tinker CAD
- Toothpick Puzzles
- Toothpick World (toothpick puzzles)
- VIEW Problem-Solving Assessment
Counseling, Guidance, and Student Health & Well-Being
- 2-1-1 Call Center
- Amend Psychological Services, PSC
- Bullying
- Anti-Bullying Downloadables
- Bully-Proof Your Child
- Ohio Department of Education Bullying Prevention Resources
- School Bully Online
- Stomp Out Bullying
- Stop Bullying
- Stop Bullying Before It Starts
- Stop Bullying Comic Challenge
- Stop Bullying Now!
- Stop Cyberbullying
- Character Counts!
- Children and Grief
- Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
- Concussions
- Emergency Compliment
- Family Achievement Clinic, Dr. Sylvia Rimm
- From the Desk of Annie Fox
- Get Fit
- Gifted Chatter
- No Bully
- Northern County Pyschiatric Associates
- Operation Respect: Creating Compassionate, Safe, Respectful Environments
- Psych Central
- Psychology Today
- School Tube
- STOP!T
- Stress Free Kids
- Teaching Tolerance
- To This Day Project
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Professional Organizations
- American Library Association
- American Mathematical Society
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Associaton
- ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
- Association for Childhood Education International
- Association for Experiential Education
- Association for the Education of Gifted Underachieving Students
- Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
- Association for Middle Level Education
- Association for Mindfulness in Education
- California Science Teachers' Association
- Computer-Using Educators (CUE) [California]
- Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences
- Council for Advancement and Support of Education
- Ed Tech Action Network
- Independent School Association of the Central States
- The International Dyslexia Association
- International Boys' Schools Coalition
- International Reading Association
- International Society for Technology in Education
- Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS)
- Louisiana Association of Computer-Using Educators
- National Afterschool Association
- National Association for Gifted Children
- National Association for Gifted Children Affiliates
- California Association for the Gifted
- Central Cities (California) Gifted Children's Association
- Orange County Council for Gifted and Talented Education (OCC GATE)
- Connecticut Association for the Gifted
- Kansas Association for the Gifted, Talented, and Creative
- New Jersey Association for Gifted Children
- Ohio Association for Gifted Children
- Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education (PAGE)
- Rhode Island Advocates for Gifted Education
- South Carolina Consortium for Gifted Children
- Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented
- National Association for Independent Schools
- California Association for Independent Schools
- Ohio Association of Independent Schools
- Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools
- National Association of Elementary School Principals
- National Association of School Psychologists
- National Association of Secondary School Principals
- The National Coalition of Girls' Schools
- National Council for Geographic Education
- National Council for the Social Studies
- National Council of Teachers of English
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- National Earth Science Teachers Association
- National Partnership for Educational Access
- National Science Teachers Association
- National Society for the Gifted and Talented
- Ohio Mathematics Education Leadership Council
- The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Reading Recovery Council of North America
General Resources for Students
- 19Pencils
- 200 Free Online Classes for Learning Anything
- 365 TV-Free Kid Activities
- ABCya! Educational Computer Games and Activities
- Academic Earth: Online Courses from the World's Top Scholars
- Academic Skill Builder (educational games)
- Across the Ocean: Transatlantic Children's Radio
- The Advantages of Distance Learning
- Ask Kids (search engine)
- Atlantis Remixed
- Awesome Library
- BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
- Boundless Textbooks and Study Help
- Brain Nook (online games in multiple subjects)
- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
- Build Your Wild Self
- California Learning Resource
- California Learning Resource Network
- Carnegie Mellon University Open Learning Initiative
- Championship Chess
- CIA: Kids' Page
- Citizendium: Online Articles in Academic Subjects
- CK-12 Foundation/Free Online Textbooks, Flashcards
- Collaboration Center
- Cosmo Learning (free courses and videos)
- Coursera (free online courses)
- Crickweb: Resources, Games, and Activities for Children Ages 4-11
- CSI The Experience
- Cyber Kids
- Cyber Sleuth (search engine)
- Dictionary
- Digital Vaults
- Don't Know Much About...
- DIY Projects
- Dynamic Earth Pop-Up Book
- Edublogs
- EDSITEment: The Best Humanities on the Web
- edX Online Courses
- Encyclopedia
- Fact Hound (online research)
- Fact Monster: Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help
- FBI: Kids' Page
- FEMA for Kids
- Finding Dulcinea: Librarian of the Internet
- Flashcards (Quizlet)
- Flatworld Project: Free Online Textbooks
- Free Online Courses and Video Lectures
- Free Online Encyclopedia
- Free Rice (multiple subjects)
- Fun Things to Do: Websites for Kids
- Funbrain (multiple subjects)
- Funschool: Fun and Educational Games
- Google A-Z
- Graphic Organizers
- Great Websites for Kids
- Greta's Game Station (multiple subjects)
- Grooveshark (download music)
- Harvard @ Home
- HippoCampus (free educational resources for grades 6 and up)
- Homework Spot
- Hotlist Index (multiple subjects)
- How Stuff Works
- InfoMine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
- Interactive Games and Activities
- Internet Public Library
- Information Literacy
- InstraGrok
- It's My Life (issues kids face)
- iTunes U
- Jefferson Lab Games and Puzzles
- Just for Fun: Games for Elementary School Students
- Khan Academy (videos on numerous topics)
- Kid Info (multiple subjects)
- Kids Click (kid-friendly search engine)
- Kids Games
- Kindersite Educational Games
- Lastfm (music)
- Lemonade Learning
- Life Magazine Photos
- The Library of Congress Research Tools
- MagPortal (magazine search engine)
- Make Your Own Calendar
- Math and Reading Help for Kids
- MI Kids: Games and Activities
- MIT
- Moglue-Create, Play, Share
- Mr. Anker's Tests (multiple subjects)
- My Hero Project
- Nanoogo (create)
- National Geographic Play Geography Games
- National Geographic Kids
- National Punctuation Day
- Newspaper Map (links to newspapers throughout the world in a variety of languages)
- Niles Public Library Kids' Corner
- One Note
- Online Education Database (reviews of online colleges and additional online resources)
- Origami Diagrams for Download
- P2PU: Peer 2 Peer University
- PBS Kids
- The Pocket Mod (free recyclable personal organizer)
- Pottermore (Harry Potter)
- Primary Games (multiple subjects)
- Problem-Attic (sample standardizes test questions)
- Project Learning Tree
- Quest Atlantis
- Quiz Hub (educational games)
- Quizlet (flashcards and study site)
- Ready-Made Games and Game Boards
- Rdio (download music)
- Rhapsody (download music)
- Scholarship Checklist (Monster.com)
- Scholarship Search (Monster.com)
- Scholastic Student Page
- Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
- Screen Capture
- Scribble Maps
- SearchEdu (academic search engine)
- Secret Messages for Kids Only
- Sheppard Software: Free Online Games
- Show Me: Games and Fun from the UK's Museums
- Skill Builder Games
- Slader: Homework Help
- Smore (advertising on-line)
- Songza (music)
- Spotify (download music)
- State Library of Louisiana
- Study Blue (online flashcards and notes)
- Study Guides and Strategies
- Teacher Gift Guide
- Test Prep
- ACT Test Prep
- AP Courses and Exams
- Number 2 (free SAT, ACT, and GRE prep)
- SAT and GRE Vocabulary Preparation
- SAT Preparation
- SAT Question of the Day
- SAT Vocab
- SAT Word Lists
- That Quiz: Math, Vocabulary, Science, and Geography
- Thesaurus
- The Top 10 Free Online Tutoring Tools
- The Toymaker: Folding Paper Toys That You Can Make Yourself
- Translato
- UC Berkeley Webcasts
- UK Museum Games and Fun
- University of Reddit (free courses)
- Varsity Tutors Practice Tests
- Whyville (games)
- Wikijunior (nonfiction books)
- WolframAlpha: Computational Search Engine
- Wonderopolis
- World Education Games
- Yale University Open Learning
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Contests
- Academic Competitions (links)
- Academic Games League of America (grades 4-12)
- American Computer Science League (grades 7-12)
- The American Library of Poetry Student Poetry Contest (grades 3-12)
- The American Math Challenge (grades K-12)
- American Mathematics Competitions (grades 7-12)
- Best Buy Teach15 (ages 13-18)
- BEST Robotics (grades 6-12)
- Blue Man Group Invent an Instrument (grades 5-9)
- Book Club Reading and Writing Contests
- The Book Jam Digital Book Report Contest (grades 5-12)
- Botball Robotics Competition (grades 6-12)
- Breaking Barriers Essay Contest (grades 4-8)
- CalcuSolve (mathematical problem-solving)
- Christopher Columbus Awards (middle school)
- Citizen Writer Contest (grades K-12)
- Continental Math League (grades 2-12; includes math, language arts, social studies, and science contests)
- Destination Imagination (grades K-12)
- Digital Book Report Contest (grades 5-12)
- Disney's Planet Challenge (grades 3-8)
- Doodle 4 Google (grades K-12)
- EduContest (grades 3-8; math)
- ExploraVision (grades K-12)
- FIRST Robotics Programs (ages 6-18)
- Future City (grades 6-8)
- Future Problem Solving Competition (grades 4-12)
- Google Science Fair (ages 13-18)
- Great Lakes Scholars (grades 3-8; Midwest)
- Great Thrill Ride Build Off (grades 6-12)
- Hands-On Explorer Challenge (ages 9-15)
- High-School Physics Photo Contest (high school)
- Hoagies Gifted Education Page: Contests and Awards
- How to Hold an Invention Convention
- The Hub Create a Story Contest (grades K-5)
- Imagining Tomorrow: Alternate Energy Futures (high school; Massachusetts)
- Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (high school)
- Intel Science Talent Search (grade 12)
- International Brain Bee (high school)
- International Physics Olympiad (high school)
- Invent America (grades K-8)
- Junior Engineering Technical Society (middle and high school)
- Kids Are Authors (grades K-8)
- The Kids' Science Challenge (grades 3-6)
- Knowledge Master Open (grades 5-12)
- Kohl's Cares Scholarship Program (ages 6-18)
- Life Smarts: The Ultimate Consumer Challenge (grades 7-12)
- Math Contests and Competitions Directory (elementary through college)
- Math COUNTS (middle school)
- Math Olympiad for Elementary and Middle Schools (MOEMS) (grades 4-8)
- Mathematical Modeling (high school)
- Mathematics Pentathlon (grades K-7)
- Medusa Mythology Exam (grades 6-12)
- Microfinance
- Mock Trial (high school; Pennsylvania)
- Moody's Mega Math Challenge (high school)
- National Academic Quiz Tournament (middle school, high school, college)
- National Geographic Bee (grades 4-8)
- National History Day Contest (middle and high school)
- The National Latin Exam
- National Science Bowl (high school)
- National STEM Video Game Challenge (middle school, high school, college)
- National Young Game Inventors Contest (ages 5-12)
- News Bowl (grades 3-9)
- Noetic Learning Math Contest (grades 2-5)
- The Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair (grades 7-12)
- Odyssey of the Mind (grades K-12)
- Ole Miss Math Challenge (elementary through algebra)
- Online Math League (grades 2-8)
- Phaedrus Latin Composition Contest (ages 13-18)
- Physics Bowl
- Power of the Pen (writing; grades 7-8; Ohio)
- Profiles in Courage Essay Contest (high school)
- Project Citizen (grades 6+)
- Questions Unlimited (middle and high school)
- Science Olympiad (grades K-12)
- Scripps National Spelling Bee (8th grade or younger)
- Siemens Competition: Math, Science, and Technology (high school)
- Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge (grades K-12)
- The Solar Car Challenge (grades 9-12)
- The Stock Market Game (grades 4-12)
- Stock Market Game of Ohio (grades 4-12)
- Southwestern Pennsylvania Forensics League
- The Synergy Challenge
- Teacher Recipe Contest (teachers)
- Team America Rocketry Challenge (grades 7-12)
- Think Quest
- U Games Summer Challenge (grades 3-8)
- U.S. Academic Decathlon (high school)
- U.S. Academic Triathalon (grades 5-8)
- USA Mathematical Talent Search (middle and high school)
- USA Memory Championship (ages 12 and up)
- Wall Street Survivor: Stock Trading Game
- Word Girl Definition Competition (grades 1-3)
- Word Masters (analogies; grades 3-12)
- Wouldn't It Be Cool If... (ages 10-15)
- Write On! Writers' Contest (grades K-3)
- Young Scientist Challenge (grades 5-8)
- Zaner-Bloser Handwriting Contest (grades 1-8)
General Resources for Parents
- 50 Essential Links for Parents of Gifted Children
- 365 TV-Free Kid Activities
- All 4 My Child: Collaborative Tools and Technologies (blog)
- The Answer Sheet: A School Survival Guide for Parents (and Everybody Else)
- AskME (blog of parent and award-winning teacher Mary Ellen Courville)
- Avant Parenting: Keeping Up with the Kids
- Boundless Textbooks and Study Help
- Brainy Child: All About Child Brain Development
- Bringing out the Best in You and Your Kids
- Career Preparation Resources for Parents and Mentors
- Edublogs
- Ethics 4 a Digital World
- Facebook for Parents
- Google A-Z
- Graphite
- Guide to Financial Aid
- Homework NYC for Parents: Your Tweens, Teens, and Social Networking
- If This Is Motherhood
- Learning Point Associates: Family and Community
- My Hero Project
- National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
- NetSmartz Workshop (parenting wired kids)
- Parent 4 Success
- Parenting Central
- Parent Encouragement Program
- Parent Teacher Conference
- Parenting in a Cyber World
- Spatulatta (Cooking)
- Teaching My Baby To Read
- Teacher Gift Guide
- Thank Goodness It's Almost Monday: A Middle School Survival Guide for Parents
- Understanding and Raising Boys
Computers, Technology, and Web 2.0
- 4Teachers: Teaching with Technology
- The 7 Golden Rules of Using Technology in Schools
- The 8 Blog
- 20 Tech Tools
- 60 Sites in 60 Minutes
- 80 Educational Alternatives to YouTube
- 101 Uses for Handheld Devices in the Classroom
- The ABCs of Website Evaluation
- actDEN (Digital Education Network): Software Tutorials and Online Courses
- Adobe Photo Shop Lightroom
- Adobe Premiere Pro (video editing software)
- The Advantages of Online Learning
- AirSets (clouds)
- Alice (free download; computer programming)
- Adventures in Alice Programming
- Adventures with Alice Programming
- Alice in Middle School
- Amusement Park Ride Alice Models
- Battleship for Alice 2.2
- Computer Programming through Animation with Alice (2008)
- Computer Programming through Animation with Alice (2009)
- Duke University: Repository for Alice Materials
- Intro to IT: Alice Hall of Fame
- Introduction to Programming Using Alice
- Learning to Program with Alice
- Selected Alice Tutorials
- Tutorial
- Andrew Sams's Public Library
- Animated GIFs
- Animoto (video creation)
- Apple
- Apple in Education: Apps
- Dragon Dictation (app)
- iPads
- iPads in the Classroom: Are We Getting Results?
- iPads in Schools
- iTunes Podcasts
- iTunes U
- Audacity (free sound editor and recorder)
- Aviary (photo editor)
- Aviary Tools (online arts tools, including graphic design and audio editing)
- Back to School with Web 2.0
- Balanced Filtering in Schools
- Becoming a Professional Development Superhero with Web 2.0
- Best in Tech Today (blog)
- Big Huge Labs (Do fun stuff with your photos)
- Big Marker (video conferencing)
- Blabberize (add sounds to pictures)
- Blogger (create your own blog)
- Blogs, Wikis, and Docs
- Booify (research search engine)
- Brainshark (upload presentations)
- Brenda's Blog
- Brian Housand
- Building Schoolwide Literacy Using Web 2.0 Tools (TeachersFirst)
- bubbl.us (online brainstorming)
- Camtasia (screen recording and video editing software)
- CAPspace: Collaborations Across the Planet (educational videoconferencing between schools)
- Capzles (online sharing/social storytelling)
- Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Summer Workshops for High-School Teachers
- Challenging Regional Educators to Advance Technology in Education (CREATE)
- Chatzy: Free Private Chats
- Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration
- Cindy Sheets: Presentations and Resources
- Citrify (online photo editor)
- Class Blogmeister
- Class Chatter: Free Web Logs for the Classroom
- Class Website Design
- ClassPager (use students' handheld devices as clickers)
- Classroom 2.0 (social network for teachers using Web 2.0)
- Clip Art Gallery
- Codecademy
- Collaborize Classroom: Free Online Learning Platform
- Cool Tools for School Wiki
- Common Sense Digital Media Education Programs
- Computer Science Unplugged
- Create a Free Class Homepage
- Creativity in the Digital Age
- Crocodoc: Document Embedding
- Dangerously Irrelevant: Technology, Leadership, and the Future of Schools
- Delicious (social bookmarking)
- Digital Learning Day
- Digital Project Policy
- Digital Storytelling
- 50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story
- Digital Story Examples
- Digital Storytelling and Visual Literacy
- Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
- Little Bird Tales
- Storybird: Artful Storytelling
- TechnoTales: Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
- Zooburst (create 3-D pop-up books)
- Diigo (data collection and organization)
- Diipo (classroom social network)
- Didgital Citizenship for teachers
- Dipity (Digital Time Lines)
- Discovery Education Speakers Bureau
- Domo Animate
- Doodle: Easy Scheduling
- Doppel Me (avatars)
- Dr. Howie DiBlasi - A Digital Journey (tech resources)
- Dropbox (online document sharing/storage)
- DropMind (mapping tool)
- Dublin City Schools' Wiki: Web Content and iPads
- Duke University Computer Science Assessments
- Earth Cam (webcams from around the world)
- Ed Tech Emu (blog)
- Ed Tech Savvy (blog)
- Ed Tech Workshop (blog)
- Edmodo: Secure Social Learning Network for Teachers and Students
- The Edublogger: Tips, Tricks, and Help for Educators and Bloggers Using Technology
- Edublogs (educational blogging service)
- The Education Podcast Network
- Educational Origami: 21st Century Skills Blog
- Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
- Educreations (video discussions)
- Edudemic: Connecting Education & Technology
- ePals: K-12 Learning Network
- Epistemic Games
- eSchool News: Technology News
- eTech Ohio
- EtherPad: Online Word Processor
- Evernote (clouds)
- Eyejot (video mail)
- Fakebook (create fake Facebook pages for educational purposes)
- Flash Kit: Flash Tutorials and Links
- Flat Classroom Project
- FlipSnack (convert PDFs into digital flipbooks)
- Flip Video Cameras
- FLV to MP3 converter
- Free GIF Animations
- Free Online Logo Design
- Free Technology for Teachers (blog)
- Game Maker
- Geocaching
- Geocaching Kids
- GE.TT (online file sharing)
- Gliffy (flowcharts and diagrams)
- Global Leap: Videoconferencing in the Classroom
- Glogster (digital posters)
- Go! Animate
- Go Know: Global Learning
- 10 Google Forms for the Classroom
- Advice to Students
- Alerts
- Apps for Education
- Books
- Calendar
- Chat
- Doodle 4 Google
- Drive (formerly Google Docs)
- Earth
- Educators
- Googlios (ePortfolios)
- Groups
- Inside Search
- Lit Trips
- Maps
- Nonprofits
- Patents
- Picasa (photo editor)
- Reader
- Scholar
- Search Stories
- Sites
- Sketch Up
- URL Shortener
- Voice (phone number)
- Graph Words (visualize words)
- Greenshot (free screenshot tool)
- Guidelines for Educators Using Social and Educational Networking Sites
- Hack Education: The History of the Future of Educational Technology
- The History of Computers
- Homework NYC: Web 2.0 Classroom Resources
- How and Why to Use Social Networks in the Classroom
- HTML Goodies
- iEARN: Collaboration Center
- iKeep Bookmarks (keep and manage bookmarks online)
- iLearn Technology (blog about integrating technology in the classroom)
- I-lighter (virtual highlighter)
- The Incredible Internet
- Instructional Technology Integration Program
- Inspiration.com
- Internet 101
- Internet Archive: Free Books, Music, and Movies
- Internet for Classrooms: Using the Internet Effectively
- Intro to IT: Archives
- ITSCO Technology Leadership Symposium
- Jay Cut: Free Online Video Editor
- Jeopardy! Labs: Jeopardy! Templates without PowerPoint
- Jing: Instant Screenshots and Screencasts
- Jog the Web
- Julie D. Ramsey
- Collaborating in Class and Online: Self-Motivated Learners
- Empowering Students with Web 2.0 and Social Media
- Integrating and Innovating in the Classroom
- Just Another iPad Blog
- K-12 Online Conference
- Kassblog: Teaching, Learning and Technology
- KeepVid (download streaming video)
- Kerpoof (make movies, cards, pictures, and drawings or tell a story)
- Kid Blog (blogs for teachers and students)
- KompoZer (create your own website)
- Koowy (video chat)
- Learning in Hand (mobile technology)
- Level UP: Lessons That Incorporate Video Game Design
- Louisiana Assistive Technology Initiative Wiki
- Make a Wee Mee (avatars)
- Make Beliefs Comix (create your own comic strip)
- Media Awareness Network
- Media Cloud (see flow of media)
- Megormi: Online Resources for Teachers
- Meeting of Minds: Technology Tools to Access Shared Thinking and Strengthen Collaborations
- Meeting Words (real-time text editor)
- Mentimeter: Free Audience Response System
- Microsoft
- Mind Mapping (brainstorming)
- Mind Mapping.com
- Mind/Shift (blog)
- Moodle
- Movie Maker Workshop Resources
- Moving at the Speed of Creativity
- Mrs. Creasy's Site
- Museum Box (create virtual box)
- Multimedia Rubric
- My eCoach
- My Mobiler (Windows Mobile)
- MyStickies: Sticky Notes for the Web
- National Educational Technology Standards Wiki
- Neat Chat (online chat room)
- New Albany-Plain Local Schools Educational Technology Page
- New Things New Ways: Technology in the Classroom (blog)
- Ning: Create Your Own Custom Social Network
- Nonprofit Technology News
- November Learning
- NS Teens (Internet safety)
- Nvu Web Authoring Software (create your own website)
- Ohio Ed Techs
- Ohio Educational Technology (grants, professional development, and resources)
- Online Converter (Media)
- Online Creative Outlets (Scratch and Web 2.0)
- Online Education Database
- Online Learning
- Open Culture: The Best Free Cultural and Educational Media
- Open Tok: Free Group Video Chat
- Page Breeze (free HTML editor)
- Pear Duck
- Pearltrees (collect, organize, and share your interests)
- Photocube
- Photos
- Big Huge Labs (photo editor)
- Bookr (photo books)
- Compfight (photo search)
- Every Stock Photo (photo search)
- Flickr (photo sharing)
- Fotobabble
- FreeFoto (free photos)
- Image*After (free images, textures, and photos)
- Image Base (free photos)
- Mixbook (photo books and photo cards)
- morgueFile (free photos)
- One True Media (free photo and video sharing)
- Open Photo (photo sharing)
- Photo Bucket (free photo and video storing)
- Photo Peach (slideshows)
- PhotoFunia (photo effects)
- PhotoStage (slideshow maker)
- Pixlr (photo editing)
- Splashup (photo editor)
- stock.xchng (free stock photos)
- Pics 4 Learning (online pictures)
- Pinterest (online pinboard)
- Pixton (comic-making software)
- Plasq (comic life)
- Plurk (social journal)
- Poll Everywhere (surveying)
- Popplet (online idea posting)
- The Power of Educational Technology (blog)
- PowerPoint
- Converting a PowerPoint into a Video
- PowerPoint 2000 Basics
- PowerPoint in School
- PowerPoint in the Classroom
- PowerPoint Templates
- Resources for Teachers
- Tutorials
- Unleashing the Power of PowerPoint
- PowToon (free business presentations)
- Prezi (web presentations)
- Primary Pad (collaborative word processing)
- Quandary (create web-based action mazes)
- Qwiki: One Tap Storytelling
- The Rapid eLearning Blog
- Read Write Think Comic Creator
- Ready, Set, Engage: Teaching with Multimedia
- reQall (online organizer)
- Rex Hammock's Weblog
- The Robot Hall of Fame
- Safe Assign Sharing Forum
- SAM Animation (free animation software)
- School Spreadsheet Safari
- Scratch (computer programming)
- PicoBoard (sensor board that works with Scratch)
- Screencast-O-Matic (free online screen recording)
- Screenr (instant screencasts)
- Scribble Maps
- Scribd: Reading and Publishing Evolved
- Searchy Pants (search engine)
- SERP Institute: Collaborator Workspaces and Works in Progress
- Serving the Whole Educator in a Brave New Online World
- Sharing Your Chomps
- Shelfari (social network for booklovers)
- Skype
- 16 Apps for Recording Skype Conversations
- Around the World with 80 Schools
- The Complete Educator's Guide to Using Skype Effectively in the Classroom
- Skype in Education
- Skype in the Classroom
- Skype Projects for the Classroom
- Slide Rocket (presentations)
- Slide Share (share presentations, documents, and videos)
- Smilebox (scrapbooking, ecards, and greetings)
- Social Media Blog
- Socrative (student response system)
- Sounds
- Movie Sounds Central
- MovieWavs: Movie Sound Waves
- Online Audio Database
- Partners in Rhyme: Free Sound Effects
- Simply the Best Sounds
- Sound Bible: Free Sound Clips
- Software for Screen Recording and Video Editing
- Sqworl (organize bookmarks)
- St. Marys City Schools Mobile Learning Technology
- Stixy (online collaboration and creation)
- Storify: Find the Best of Social Media
- Story Bird (Artful storytelling)
- Stretch Your Digital Dollar (blog)
- Stupeflix (video production)
- SuperLame! (captions and word balloons for photos)
- Survey Monkey (online surveys)
- Sweet Search (search engine)
- Synchtube (synchronize media across the web)
- Tagul (tag clouds)
- Tagxedo (word clouds)
- Talk with Media
- Talking Tech with Robin (blog)
- Taming the Wild Wiki
- Teach Digital
- Teacher's Guide to Making Student Movies
- Teach Using Technology (blog)
- Teaching with Your iPad
- Tech4Learning Educational Software
- Technology for Kids Wiki
- Technology Integration Matrix
- Text 2 Mind Map
- THE (Technological Horizons in Education) Journal
- Technology Tidbits
- Technology Tutorial
- Technology Untangled
- Ten Advantages of Online Learning
- Thinkfinity
- Tinker CAD
- TimeToast (create and publish virtual timelines)
- Tiny Chat: Free Video Chat
- Tiny URL (shorten URLs)
- tinyThom.as (shorten URLs)
- TitanPad (document sharing)
- To Wiki or Not to Wiki
- TodaysMeet (video conferencing)
- The Tool Factory
- ToonDoo (create cartoons)
- Trip Advisor: Create a Vacation Slideshow
- Tumblr (blogging/online publishing)
- Tux Paint (free drawing software)
- Twiducate: Social Networking for Schools
- Two-Way Interactive Connections in Education
- Using the Web for Grades K-8
- USTREAM (video streaming)
- ViewPure (watch YouTube videos without comments)
- Vimeo (video sharing)
- Virtual Author Visits
- Visual Understanding Environment (graphic organizers)
- Voice Thread (group communication)
- Voki (speaking avatar)
- Vuvox (media creation and sharing)
- Wallwisher (online notice board)
- Watchitoo (video conferencing)
- Web 2.0 Backpack: Web Apps for Students
- Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools
- Web20Guru.com
- WebQuests
- Weebly (free website and blog)
- Western Reserve Public Media Event List
- Wetoku (online broadcasting)
- What a Character! (online animation)
- What Is Social Networking?
- Whiteboards
- Dabbleboard (online whiteboard)
- GroupZap (online whiteboard)
- IDroo (whiteboard for Skype)
- Imagination Cubed (online white board)
- Interactive Whiteboard and SMART Board Resources
- Interactive Whiteboard Games
- Interactive Whiteboard Resources
- Promethean Planet: The World's Largest Interactive Whiteboard Community
- Scribblar
- Skrbl
- SMART Board
- SMART Exchange (lessons and teacher forum)
- Web Whiteboard
- Wiffiti (messaging)
- Wiggio (free video messaging and conference calls)
- Wikispaces
- Windows Movie Maker
- Wired Safety
- WiZiQ Online Classroom
- Wolfram Alpha (computational knowledge engine)
- Word Web Wizard
- Wordle (word clouds)
- Wordpress
- WordSift (visualize text)
- Xtranormal (make and watch movies)
- Yahoo Avatars
- Yammer: The Enterprise Social Network
- You Be the Producer (lesson plan)
- You Send It (send files, store documents, electronic signatures)
- YouTube Downloader
- YouTube to MP3 Converter
- YouTube Video: Using Technology in the Classroom
- ViewPure (watch YouTube without ads)
- Zamar: Data Conversion Software
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