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Active Listening

PBS Active Listening
Active Listening Sites

http://www.pbs4549.org/testquest/listen.htm
About.com
Active Listening Sites

http://712educators.about.com/cs/activelistening/a/activelistening.htm
University of Florida
Active Listening Techniques

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HE361
MindTools
Active Listening Techniques

http://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/ActiveListening.htm
Success For All
Listening Strategies

http://successforall.com/

Bibliography and Citation Sites

Landmark for Schools
A collection of Tools and Information for Citing Sources

http://landmark-project.com/
Noodletools Home
Bibliography Maker

http://www.noodletools.com/login.php

Classroom Management and Computers

Internet 4 Classsrooms
Various Strategies for managing computer use in the classroom

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/classroom_organization.htm#one

Cloud Computing

Thinking About Cloud Computing

http://un-gaid.ning.com/profiles/blogs/thinking-about-cloud-computing
How to use cloud computing in schools

http://www.smartschools.ph/SmartSchools/SmartTools/CloudComputingInSchools.htm
Cloud Computing

http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/649749:BlogPost:182439
6B-Fun and Cloud Computing

http://netgened.wikispaces.com/6B+Fun+and+Cloud+Computing
Cloud Computing: Possibilities and Practice

http://www.educause.edu/Resources/CloudComputingPossibilitiesand/163881
more on cloud computing, from EDUCAUSE

http://lib.typepad.com/up2date/2009/03/more-on-cloud-computing-from-educause.html
NetGeneration

http://netgened.wikispaces.com/6B+Fun+and+Cloud+Computing
Learning in the Cloud

http://google-au.blogspot.com/2009/03/learning-in-cloud.html
Bring Cloud Computing and Virtualization to the Classroom

http://ttcshelbyville.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/bring-cloud-computing-and-virtualization-to-the-classroom/
Harvesting the Web with Cloud Computing

http://www.slideshare.net/kinghuang/harvesting-the-web-with-cloud-computing

Collaborative Sites

Google Groups
Google Collaborative Site

http://groups.google.com/
Google Docs
Google Docs

http://docs.google.com
Google Apps

http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/index.html

Content Resources

Teacher's Domain
Science Media and Content

http://www.teachersdomain.org
Thinkfinity
Verizon Foundation\\\'s Thinkfinity site

http://www.Thinkfinity.org
Annenberg
Annenberg online content for Life Science

http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/envsci/index.html

Graphics and Picture Sources

Pics4Learning
Free Pictures that are copyright safe for Educators

http://www.pics4learning.com
EduHound Awesome Clipart
Awesome Clipart for Educators

http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/
Microsoft Office Online

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx

IceBreakers

Online Draw a Pig Page
Online Draw a Pig Personality Test

http://drawapig.desktopcreatures.com/
Offline Draw A Pig Page
Offline Draw a Pig Personality Test

http://web.singnet.com.sg/~tangs/Test/test8.html
About .com
Iceabreaker Collection

http://adulted.about.com/od/icebreakers/Educational_Icebreakers.htm
Results Through Traing
Free PD materials

http://www.rttworks.com/index/free_resources/activities_%26_exercises
Shambles.net
Collection of Icebreakers

http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/icebreaker/
Wilderdom.com
Collection of Icebreakers

http://wilderdom.com/games/Icebreakers.html

Instructional Strategies for Integrating Technology

ASCD
Technology + Instructional Strategies

http://manila.esu6.org/instructionalstrategies/
NETC
Focus on Effectiveness

http://www.netc.org/focus/
Blooms and Tech

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/

Instructional Technology E-Zines

EduHound

http://www.eduhound.com/

Intel

Intel Education

http://www.intel.com/education

Intel Teaching Resources

Assessing Projects
Intel\\\'s K-12 Resource Tool for AssessingProjects

http://www.intel.com/education/AssessingProjects
Designing Projects

http://www.intel.com/education/designprojects/index.htm
K-12 Resources

http://www.intel.com/education/resources/index.htm?iid=ed_nav+k12resources

Interactive Learning Environments

EnGauge
Descriptions and Articles on Learning Environments

http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/framewk/efp/environ/efpenvin.htm
New Horizons for Learning
Descriptions and Articles on Learning Environments

http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/learning_environments/front_lrnenvironments.htm
NRC: How People Learn
Online Text Book Chapter on Learning Environments

http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ch6.html
Sloodle
A place for educators to learn about, discuss and try out Virtual Learning Environments

http://www.sloodle.org/

Learning with the Internet

Information Literacy

November Learning
Information Literacy Resources

http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=5&id=27&Itemid=93

Internet Responsibility

Internet Responsibility
A primer on using the Internet responsibly

http://saintmary.mvn.net/Copyright/index.htm

Multiple Learning Styles

iPride
Multiple Learning Styles Assessments

http://www.ldpride.net/learning_style.html

Scaffolding Strategies

CEC
Scaffolding and Differentiation

http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Scaffolding&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=24&ContentID=4703
CUNY
Scaffolding Website

http://condor.admin.ccny.cuny.edu/~group4/
Instructional Strategies Online
Instructional Strategies

http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/index.html
NETC
Integrating Technology into Learning Strategies

http://www.netc.org/focus/

Cooperative Learning

Cues

Non-Linguistic Representation

Note Taking

Search Tools

NoodleTools Best Search

http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
Kartoo
MetaSearch Engine

http://www.kartoo.com
Vivisimo
MetaSearch Engine

http://www.vivisimo.com
CactiSearch
MetaSearch Engine

http://www.cactisearch.com

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Tool Tutorials

E-Learning Blog
A Blog to learn how to create effective blogs

http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/
Teacher\'s First Wiki Walk Through
Wiki Walk Through

http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/
Wiki Tutorial
A wiki tutorial

http://www.susanbcline.com/eduwikitorial/

Web 2.0 Tools

Exploratree
Interactive Graphic Organizer Site

http://www.exploratree.org.uk/
Opinion Power Survey Maker
Survey Maker for use as Assessment

http://www.opinionpower.com/
Librivox
Public Domain Recordings

http://librivox.org/
Web 2.o for K-12

http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/5936-Web-2-0-for-the-K-12-Classroom

Blogs

Bloglines

http://www.bloglines.com
Blogger
Google's Blog

http://www.blogger.com
WordPress

http://wordpress.org
Easy Journal

http://easyjournal.com/hom
21classes
Made for Education

http://www.21classes.com

Collaborative Sites

Tagging Sites

Wikis

Peanut Butter Wiki
Easy to Use Free Wiki site

http://www.pbwiki.com
WikiSpaces
Easy to use

http://www.wikispaces.com
Wiki Matrix
Compare Various Wikis

http://www.wikimatrix.org/

Web 3.0

How To Define Web 3.0

http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/how-to-define-web-30-2/
Web 3.0 or Not, There's Something Different About 2009

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/something_new_in_2009.php
Web 3.0 Concepts Explained in Plain English (Presentations)

http://www.labnol.org/internet/web-3-concepts-explained/8908/
Web 3.0: Basic Concepts

http://evolvingtrends.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/why-p2p-ai-will-kill-google/
Embracing Web 3.0

http://www.mindswap.org/papers/2007/90-93.pdf
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/web3point0

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/web3point0
How Web 3.0 Will Work

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-30.htm
The Future Internet Video: Service Web 3.0

http://www.serviceweb30.eu/cms/index.php/service-web-3-0-the-future-internet
Web 3.0 Tools and the Semantic Web

http://www.thinkingshop.com/2009/04/01/web-30-tools-and-the-semantic-web/
web 3.0

http://www.classroomblogging.com/web-30.html
What Would Web 3.0 Look Like?

http://www.tutzone.org/2009/04/what-would-web-30-look-like.html
Flat Classroom Project

http://flatclassroomconference.ning.com/forum
Using Wolfram Alpha for Web 3.0

http://www.thinkingshop.com/2009/04/01/web-30-tools-and-the-semantic-web/
Did we miss the arrival of Web 3.0?

http://www.thinkingshop.com/2009/04/01/web-30-tools-and-the-semantic-web/