English

• Literature-Map – The tourist map of literature: Find authors similar to the ones you already like
• Nik’s Daily English Activities: Nic Peachy’s blog
• Free Technology for Teachers: Holiday Edition: 5 Alternatives to Traditional Book Reports

  Free Technology for Teachers: A Follow-Up to Five Alternatives to Traditional Book Reports: 5 alternatives to traditional book reports – follow up

• A Media Specialist’s Guide to the Internet: Sparknotes Videos Illustrate the ClassicsEnglish
• Language and Your Brain [INFOGRAPHIC] | Voxy Blog

History and Geography

• Social Studies Web Sites for Teachers: Resources for History and Geography teachers
• Top Websites for Social Studies Teachers
• URList makes sharing links a snap « History Tech
• Free Technology for Teachers: Video – The Difference Between the UK, Great Britain, and England Explained: How to differentiate between the names of England
• HIstory-of-Spice-Infographic.png (1018×1947): History of Spices

Video

• NikPeachey’s Channel – YouTube: Nic Peachy’s Youtube channel
• the best educational videos | Utubersity.com: categorising videos
• Nik’s QuickShout: Create Online Social Interaction Around Videos: Using videos in the classroom 
• Viewbix Easily Add Captions and Titles to Your Videos
• Video: Social Media in Education – Teaching Digital Natives in 2011 | iGeneration – 21st Century Education | Scoop.it | EdTechConf | Scoop.it: Scoop.it articles
• Video: Social Media in Education – Teaching Digital Natives in 2011 | iGeneration – 21st Century Education | Scoop.it: Scoop-it summaries

Web 2.0

• Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers: web2 tools for teachers
• Camtasia Studio Alternative: Jing Project, Totally Free!alternative to camtasia
• Jing Alternatives and Similar Software – AlternativeTo.net
• A Media Specialist’s Guide to the Internet: All About Podcasting: 82 Sites Which Will Show You Everything You Need to Know: Podcasting
• An Alternative to Slide.com: alternative to slide
• Cool Ways to Make Meaning with Tag Clouds #teaching: working with wordle
• Wordle Resources · nikpeachey · Storify: Storify in action. This is a tool one could use for creating online courses
• Restaurant Nutrition Information – LiveBinder: Nutrition
• The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You | Edudemic

Ipads and mobile devices in education

• iPads in Schools – LiveBinder: Ipad livebinders
• Elementary School iPad Apps
• Classroom Ideas for Learning with an iPad – iPads for Learning – Department of Education and Early Childhood Development: Ideas for using Ipads for learning
• Technology and Education | Box of Tricks: Ipad use
• iPad goes to school | iPad in Schools: Ipad in schools – great blog
• Are We Wired For Mobile Learning? [INFOGRAPHIC] | Voxy Blog: infographic on mobile learning
• How will iPad picture books affect young reader’s literacy? | The Digital Media Diet
• iPad – Steven Anderson on Diigo | Just iPadding Along | Scoop.it: Karen’s Ipad links
• iPad Teachers | The future of learning and teaching is here!: Ipad blog
• EDUCATION: Today’s mobile devices are tomorrow’s textbooks | Luke Test Subsection – The Press-Enterprise: Mobile devices
• Low-Cost Tablet Runs on Three Watts of Power – Technology Review
• Free Technology for Teachers: What You Want to Know About iPads in Education

Cell phones

• Schools Learn to Work With Cellphones in Class| The Committed Sardine: cell phones in school

 Lesson plans

• Promethean Planet – Interactive Teacher Community, Interactive Whiteboard Lessons and Resources, Online Lesson Plans, Teaching Resources – Promethean Planet: Interactive whiteboard resources
• Teaching Ideas and Resources – Site Home – MSDN Blogs: Microsoft blog

Blogs

• 50 Best Blogs for Brand New Teachers | Online Classesblogs – best of

Resources

• The Plagiarism Checker in Education
• Why Digital Learning will Liberate Teachers : Education Next
• awesome Gmail Tips : Gmail as you have never known it before
• Bloom’s Taxonomy: The 21st Century Version: Blooms taxony modernised
• Google Announced Great Improvements to its Apps
• 50 Great Ways to Grow Your Personal Learning Network | Online College Tips – Online Colleges
• 3 Key Business Lessons From Steve Jobs: Intuition, Reinvention, Focus: Lessons from Steve Jobs
• Wolfram|Alpha for Educators | EdTechConf | Scoop.it

Technology integration

• eFront Learning: How would you go about converting a face to face course to an eLearning format? Convert traditional to e-learning
• Life in a Technology Embedded Classroom: Science | Powerful Learning Practice: Science

Games

• Educating Teachers in Game-Based Learning « Game-Based Learning Talk
• Kinect for Xbox 360 Redefines Learning for Kids With Interactive TV, Storybooks and Games:
• Xbox 360 teams up with Sesame Workshop, Nat Geo WILD and Disney.

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