Education+Today

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ASCD Inservice is a valuable blog site for educators. The sites daily blogs cover topics that are at the forefront of education today. One can also view podcasts on the website regarding topics in education, discuss posts with the authors and other colleagues, and engage in discourse with other colleagues from around the world. Some examples of topics covered include: NCLB, professional development for teachers, technology use in the classroom, and assessment. =====

Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org By: The George Lucas Educational Foundation Edutopia.org is a website based on what works in public education. The website has six core concepts including integrated studies, project learning, technology integration, teacher development, social and emotional learning, and assessment. The site focuses on these six core concepts. It provides researched based articles and blogs regarding education in the 21st century. The site also includes a video library, a teacher training section, an online magazine (//Edutopia//) and //Edutopia// webinars. Teachers can use the site to blog about today’s topics in education and explore other teaching strategies and methods. Rating: Content: 4 Layout: 4 Navigation:4 Resource provided by: Shauna Gardner

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 * A Difference**

This blog has been designed by Darren Kuropatwa who is a high school math teacher in Canada. The purpose of Darren's blog is to inform teachers on a spectrum of ways that they can make a difference in their own classroom. This blogs' topics range from integrating technology into the classroom to curriculum alignment.

Content: 4 Layout: 4 Navigation: 4 Resource provided by Erin Allen-Samouelian [] The Teaching Palette - Perfecting the Art of Education This blog is mainly for art educators, but some of the resources can apply to all teachers. The “big three” content specialties include 1) classroom management, 2) music + art integration and 3) teacher-authored product reviews. The founders and primary authors of this blog are Hillary Andrlik and Theresa McGee, who both teach elementary art in the Chicagoland area. Various other art educators also provide content to the site.
 * Classroom Management**

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 * Technology in the Classroom**

This website is the Center for Implementing Technology in Education. It has so many interesting uses of technology that can be utilized in the classroom. It has so many lesson utilizing technology such as digital cameras, and it has so many links to other sites. There are separate links for Teachers, Administrators, Tech Coordinators, and Professional Development Coordinators. Content: 4 Layout: 4 Navigation: 4

www.epals.com
====Epals is a website that is bringing classrooms together from across the globe. You can search for a classroom from anywhere around the world and begin to email with them as well as conduct projects together. The site also has its own blogger and a forum with discussions about projects that are going on.====

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 * Teacher/Librarian
 * This ning allows Teacher/Librarians to keep in touch with others in their field. Within this ning we discuss similiar issues we may be experiencing. It also allows us an opportunity to ask opinions and advise and recieve feedback from all around the globe. The world really is flat!

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