Needing Funds for a Classroom Project? Wanting to Donate to a Teacher?

DonorsChoose.Org 

... is an online charity where 

public school teachers can request donations 

for a specific project and donors can donate 

to all or some of your project.

Tools to Teach Kids Money Management Skills

This website has MANY resources 

to use with your students to teach them how to be 

"money smart!"

Wordia

Wordia is a free visual, video dictionary

Convert Scanned Images Into Editable Text

"Easily convert scanned documents, faxes, screenshots and photos into editable and searchable text, such as DOC, TXT or PDF.”

This tool is free, easy to use, and you don't need to have an account to use it!

LIVE... The "39 Clues" Authors & 6 Traits of Writing Webinar

Explore the 6 Traits of Writing  - For 3^rd-6^th grade

“Featuring educator and writing expert Ruth Culham along with bestselling 

THE 39 Clues authors Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Linda Sue Park, and Jude Watson, with a video featuring Rick Riordan.”

Live Webinar sponsored by Scholastic

Click here for more information and to register.

Edutopia - A Great Teacher Resource

Edutopia is an online newsletter that I have found to be a great resource for using technology for teaching and learning.                            

Check it out...Edutopia

and if you like it, Subscribe here!

It's Free!

(Be patient, it takes time to load)

Social Bookmarking Sites

If you want to be able to access your bookmarks from any computer, anytime, I suggest you use one of the web-based social bookmarking tools.  They are called "social" because you can share your bookmarks with others, but you have the option of keeping them private.

Two popular sites are Diigo  and Delicious.

Another option:
If you have your own iGoogle Homepage, I would suggest adding the Google Bookmarks Gadget.  If you had problems loading this one in the past, try opening your iGoogle Homepage in Firefox or Google Chrome. 

Comics Make For Colorful Learning

"Teachers have begun to accept comic books as a tool for teaching literacy through group projects."
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