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===Education World - **This website is a searchable database of educational resources for all content areas and grade levels. There are also links and articles on professional development and current educational issues.** ===

[] @http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/g35.html
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Research Models & Web 2.0 Resources
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Top 10 tools to create digital books
1. **Mixbook**: The best site for creating a book to either share with others digitally or order in the form of hard copy. Also, educators can create student accounts for better management. @http://www.mixbook.com/

2. **BookRix**: One of the best sites for advertising your digital book; very user-friendly, and a nice social environment. @http://www.bookrix.com/

3. **Panraven**: A nice site for creating, sharing, and purchasing your digital book. @http://www.panraven.com/home/homepage.html

4. **Book Builder**: Site for creating digital books. @http://bookbuilder.cast.org/

5. **PDF Flash**: Upload a PDF to create a professional-looking Flash-based digital book. @http://www.pdfflash.com/

6. **MyPublisher**: Free software that allows users to create colorful photo or digital books. @http://www.mypublisher.com/

7. **Tabblo**: Create a user account to make digital books with photos. @http://www.tabblo.com/studio @http://www.tabblo.com/studio/productinfo/cube

8. **SmileBooks**: Create beautiful storybooks online or download their software to store on your hard drive. @http://www.smilebooks.com/

9. **Blurb**: Site for making photo books to order. @http://www.blurb.com/

10. **Lulu**: Create print or ebooks with this user-friendly site. @http://www.lulu.com/ ====Technology training that moves you from “ How do I do that?”  to “  How do I apply that?”   ====

Why use Smartboards?
http://www.techlearning.com/article/28718

Professional Training for IT Certification
http://www.testout.com/

FREEOLOGY
http://freeology.com/ Freeology is a site that provides dozens of printable forms teachers. Freeology offers dozens of free graphic organizer forms, calendars, awards forms, and coloring pages. Teachers can also take advantage of Freeology's free math worksheet creator and free wordsearch generator. All of the forms on Freeology can be downloaded as PDFs.

HOW TO IMPROVE CREDIT SCORE
http://www.yourwealthpuzzle.com/improve-credit-score-report/ ~ useful in a consumer education course

Chalkbored http://www.chalkbored.com/lessons/chemistry-11.htm A good source for hundreds of PowerPoint lessons, labs, worksheets, and activities created by a high school chemistry teacher. Information is free for educators and others.

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper. //- Great resources organized by subject//


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Around the World in 80 Days (video conferencing)
http://vimeo.com/9917168

Tech & Learning
http://www.techlearning.com/

**Directory: 140 tech experts on Twitter (updated for 2010)**
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=3866&tag=nl.e099.dl100310&tag=nl.e099

Read, Write, Think
[] ===Visible Learning : A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement===

by John Hattie -- Available at Amazon.com
@http://www.kids.gov/This a great resource that is divided into age groups K-5, and 6-8. After you select an age group then it is divided into subject areas (and sub-categories). After these selections are made you are given a list of relevant and appropriate links and a description of them. I have found so many great sites from this site. (Thanks Meghan!)

Free Rice. com
For each answer you get right, Free Rice donates 10 grains of Rice through the World Food Programme to help end hunger. [] //WARNING: This game may make you smarter. It may improve your speaking, writing, thinking, grades, job performance//

===** Learning Resources for Kids http://www.kizclub.com/ **===
 * The look/say/cover/write/check game. If you have access to the internet go to the following web site and your child can practice his/her spelling words. **** [] **


 * The game starts out with 10 different words, but you can click on the words to erase them and add your child’s spelling words for the week. It is a fun way to practice spelling words and integrate computer technology. **

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">SCD – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Educational Leadership <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">http://www.ascd.org

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Best Evidence Encyclopedia – Empowering Educators with Evidence on <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Proven Programs <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">http://www.bestevidence.org/? ad=14

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">The Center for Public Education – Practical Information and Analysis <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">about Public Education <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">http://www. centerforpubliceducation.org/ site/c.lvIXIiN0JwE/b.5056861/ k.BDD0/Home.htm

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Doing What Works – Research-Based Education Practices Online <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">@http://www.dww.ed.gov/

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">NCES – National Center for Education Statistics <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">@http://nces.ed.gov/

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Teacher’s Domain - an extensive library of free digital media <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">and professional development. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">http://www.teachersdomain.org

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">What Works Clearinghouse – U.S. Department of Education Institute of <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Education Sciences <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">@http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/

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