Further resources and helpful sites

Educational:

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EdTechTeacher offers free live webinars throughout the school year aimed at helping educators integrate technology effectively into the classroom.
Breaking News English is an extensive current events resource that uses weekly news articles on world events to generate free interactive English lessons at seven levels, from elementary to advanced.
LearnZillion is a learning platform that combines video lessons, assessments and progress reporting
StoryPlace is a digital library created specifically for children
Virtual Nerd’s extensive library of more than 1,500 instructional mathematics video lessons is available free of charge from Pearson Education

With voice recording, realistic digital ink, photos and text, Educreations Interactive Whiteboard turns an iPad into a recordable whiteboard.
Autodesk 123D is a collection of free apps that take students from photos to modeling to making in 3-D.
Te@chThought’s 100 Ways To Use Facebook In Education By Category
K–12 teachers have taken advantage of Twitter’s

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Safety Tips:

games on cyber safety.

• www.i-safety.org has a cartoon video that explains safety essentials for younger kids.
• For teens (and their parents), www.safeteens.com has excellent tips and explanations. A related site, www.safekids.com, is also worth visiting.
• To report something creepy, contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) at 1-800-843-5678.
• The NCMEC also offers great tips and information at www.cybertipline.com.
• The government offers a help guide for parents at http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/internet/index.html.
• For good gaming information, try www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/learnmore/gamerpareting.mspx
• California Police Officer Steve DeWarns has extensive computer safety tips at his Web site, www.internetchildsafety.net.