Educational Technology: Technology Resources

Has wonderful collections of music (both sound files and sheet music) that can help your music department contribute to a study American History.

Allows students to contact class or individual partners, work on writing skills, exchange weather information, compare communities, and make new friends around the world via e-mail.

Offers many activities that can be used to help students develop higher level thinking skills.

Check the daily weather for the weather in states or countries students are studying in social studies; add a math connection by using a graphing program to chart temperatures, precipitation, or storms, and then compare the results to weather in your area.

Can be used by teachers and students alike to develop crossword puzzles, word searches, mazes, cryptograms, and more based on curriculum vocabulary and concepts.

Makes simple learning tools, such as flashcards and games, that let you study anything. All for free.

Has links to newspapers, listed by state and country. Foreign language classes can access online news articles in the language being studied. Also has a Site of the Day section and an archive. Other useful sections of the site include a Thought of the Day, Word of the Day, and Current Events.

Reading, writing, science, and vocabulary products for PreK-6 kids.

Recommended resources from Education World.

Assists educators in finding and using quality digital content. Teachers can use the site to organize and assign work and to communicate.

One-stop shop for all the teaching resources with more than 22,000 examples of lesson plans, printable worksheets and teaching strategies. Offers guides on classroom management, and ideas for games to enhance classroom interaction. Search by subject, grade or theme to build a comprehensive plan.

Recommendations from Educational Technology and Mobile Learning.