The Teachers' Tech Lounge Exploring the wise use of tech to increase student achievement 

Making Numbers Interesting is a great article from the eLearning Coach blog.

PBL: What Does It Take for a Project to Be \”Authentic\”? is an article from Edutopia on project based learning.

How Do You Spark a Love for Math in Kids? is a good article from Mind Shift for any teacher trying to establish positive math attitudes.

Powerful Learning Practices Network

Ongoing, job-embedded professional development for 21st Century educators

Built around social media and Web 2.0 tools – to keep you up to speed with the changing technology and what your students are using every day

Made up of intensive, organic, learner-directed, collaborative communities of practice and purposeful network connections

Focused on leveraging emerging technologies as tools for deep learning and principled change – this works whether you participate as an individual, in small teams, or as a school.

Edutopia Article on Project Based Learning

40 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners is a helpful post on the “TWEEN TEACHER” blog.  Many of these strategies work equally well with other struggling learners.

The Teaching Channel

Teaching Channel is a video showcase—on the Internet and TV—of inspiring and effective teaching practices in America’s schools. They have a rapidly growing community of more than 25,000 registered members who trade ideas and share inspiration from each other.

This video library offers educators a wide range of subjects for grades K-12. The videos also include information on alignment with Common Core State Standards and ancillary material for teachers to use in their own classrooms.

Teaching Channel Presents, a weekly one-hour program featuring Tch videos, airs on PBS stations in nearly 75 million homes across the United States.

 The Teenage Brain – Article from National Geographic 

Moody. Impulsive. Maddening. Why do teenagers act the way they do? Viewed through the eyes of evolution, their most exasperating traits may be the key to success as adults.

How to Thrive & Survive the Last Days of School

It may be a little early to start counting the days, but it’s never too early to prepare for those crucial last days of school.  This is a good article from Edudemic.

  Video Tutorials and How Tos for Using Wikispaces

Twitter for Professional Learning Livebinder is a great resource from Technology Specialist Sandy Kendell.  Very well organized and answers all your questions.

Kathy Schrock\’s Guide to Everything is true to title and has information on everything from authentic learning to Twitter.  You will want to bookmark this site and check back often!

20 Education Administrator Blogs You Should Start Following Right Now is a nice list of leading educators who reflect and write about current education topics.

19 Pencils Educator Sharing Site 

   Web 2.0 Advent Calendar from iLearn Technology  is a great way to provide professional development during the holidays.  Just click on the day of the week to learn a new tool for  your classroom.  Thanks to Kelly Tenkely for her creation.

Educause 7 Things You Should Know Series is a set of informative articles on technology in the classroom.  Browse online or scroll through the PDF list of 7 THINGS.

  Examples and NonExamples from eLearning Coach has six concrete ideas for using this Learning Focused strategy in your classroom.

TeacherCast.Net

At TeacherCast, you will find Screencasts demonstrating software, websites, and little tricks that will become essential for you in your classroom.  We record Audio Podcasts featuring interviews with great professional educators. Finally, we will also maintain a great collection of links to some great apps, websites, and journals where we will feature the latest gadget reviews and how they can be best used in the classroom.

 http://edudemic.com/2011/10/twitter-hashtag-dictionary/  This is a great place to find resources for lesson plans, trending education topics, or just to connect with other like educators. 

Web Tools That Educators Should Have in the Bag from Ozge Karaoglu’s Blog is a thorough list of free tools to help you be more productive in your classroom.  While you are on this post, check out the other great ideas on this blog.

Learn it in 5 Video Tutorials is a site from a technology teacher with short videos on dozens of Web 2.0 tools.  So, if time is an issue for you, choose a topic and “learn it in 5.”

Think Tutorial.Com is a site you can go to for free video tutorials on Technology topics.  Just click on one of the index tabs (blogs, Adobe, browsers, education, games, Microsoft Office, Smartphones, social media) or search for an area where you want to learn more.

Applying Blooms Taxonomy in the Classroom

has a nice grid of sample questions and potential activities and products for students to show mastery.

The Whiteboard Blog Guides for Promethean & SMART

has tutorials and written guides you can print off to help you get started or hone your skills with IWB.

Brain Pop Webinars

This is the place to go to find out about upcoming Brain Pop webinars.  In case you missed one, there is also a listing of archived webinars that can be accessed at any time.