To Meet the Demands of a New Age...

Big Universe is out of this world!

Big universe.com is a great online community where kids, parents, and teachers can explore a variety of online children's books. Big universe also offers a self-publishing tool where you can create and publish your own children's books all online!

reBlog from google.com: Teach42

I found this fascinating quote today:

The reality is, ‘old school’ communications are still the most effective for dealing with the masses. Email and newsletters still carry quite a bit of weight, and from my own experience tend to reach much farther than a tweet or blog post.google.com, Teach42

You should read the whole article.

A Toolbox for Learning Professionals

25 Tools: A Toolbox for Learning Professionals 2009

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DeviantArt--Buy and Sell Your Artwork!

For art lovers DeviantArt is a free community site where you can buy and sell artwork! I thought this was handy find...you never know when you may need it!
Computer hardware poster 1.7 by ~Sonic840 on deviantART

iSchool of the Future?

Imagination Cubed!

Imagination cubed is a cool drawing site with stamp, lines, color, and shape tools that can be used in a click that can be recorded and replayed for students to review and/or sent to others to share!

Ideas to Inspire

Wow! What an awesome repertoire of resources! Today I came across the Ideas to Inspire site and I don't know where to begin. This site offers curriculum ideas for every subject area including ideas for the Early Years, Music, pocket video and tons more! It seems that this site's success is a result of a collaborative effort from other teachers using Google Docs. The related blog 25 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom also gives a good overview of how teachers are using Twitter. This great find is truly worth your time!

Create Your Own Super Hero!

Google Reader at work.... Thanks to NCS-Tech blog, during my morning news feeds reads I came across this fun site that kids will love! This interactive site The Hero Factory allows students to create their own superhero. A bit of caution due to the selection of weaponry, but the final product allows you to download or print for keeps!

Fun Interactive Geographic Puzzles

Looking for a fun way to brush up on those geography skills? I received this great activity idea from Mr.Byrne's Free Technology For Teacher's blog who shared this National Geographic puzzle site as a fun way to challenge students to sharpen their geography skills. I found myself captivated in the first few minutes...enjoy!



Here are some other great geography ideas that Mr. Byrne also recommended:

• 101 Ways to Teach Geography


• Geography Links You May Have Missed


• MapTrot-Easily Share and Create Maps