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1. [|http://www.thinkport.org] Thinkport (LA) Maryland department of education web site divided into four major parts; classroom, family and community; technology and career. Contains a large database of lesson plans as well as support for generating lessons. []

2. [|http://www.blabberize.com] (CR) Blabberize Students and teachers can download images from the internet and make them "come to life" using Blabberize. An example I have seen is Abraham Lincoln with a sound clip of the Gettysburg Address. You can make the mouth in the picture move. Makes it more interesting than simply reading it aloud from a textbook!

3. [] LK This website allows students to explore putting food chains together. It also has a lot of neat activities students could do during the life cycles unit.

4. [] LK This website would be a great way to motivate students to write. Students can create, design, and print their own comics.

5. http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/; (DN) This is a great website for Adobe Creative Suite applications. A good resource to learn more about using Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, etc.

6. [] Lesson Plans Page (kj) This website offers a collection of computer based lesson plans using Microsoft Office and KidPix. These lessons are geared mostly toward elementary level students and some upper level. Some lesson plans also integrate specific content areas with computer skills.

7. [] Kindersite MK Kindersite has 1,000's of links to educational games for children ages 7 -12.

8. [|http://www.brainpop.com] (ED) Great interactive website for all subject areas. Has games, activites, and information geared more towards elementary aged students.

9. [] (ANS) This is a free web tool to create "WORD CLOUDS!"

10. [] Google Earth (CN) This website allows students to travel and explore the entire Earth, from an outer space view up to individual people and animals. This allows students to quickly transition from the big picture (say, continents) to small details (say, an antelope running across the Savannah in Africa). It also has features which allow easy identification (labels) of geographical features and political boundaries. In a few minutes, students can visit the Forbidden City in China or their own house. This site is free, but requires the download of software onto your computer to use it.

11. [] Microsoft Education (CN) This website provides many, many lesson plans for all subject areas and grade levels (K-12) to “enhance student learning through technology”. There are also Microsoft Product Tutorials and How-To Articles, all for free.

12. http://www.prometheanplanet.com/ Promethean Planet (CR) This website provides a variety of resources and lesson plans for all grade levels and subjects to use with Promethean Boards. Specifically for this type of technology but plans and resources can be adapted to many different types of computer programs.

13. [] Exploring Maryland’s Roots lets you explore colonial Maryland history through 12 interactive activities filled with text, narration, video, and sound effects. The site requires Macromedia Flash 6 or later.

14. [] Newspaper Generator - LK This website allows students to create a newspaper article and then publish it. It is a great tool to motivate writers!

15. [] KinderArt- MK KinderArt is for school teachers, art educators, after-school program directors, future teachers, college students, artists, homeschoolers and those who want to enrich their children's artistic lives at home.

16. [] ePals: MK ePals is the largest and fastest growing K-12 online community for meaningful learning. More than half a million educators and millions of learners across 200 countries and territories safely connect, collaborate and build community.

Exchanging ideas and questions in a meaningful way with other learners – down the block or around the globe – generates great excitement about learning and builds 21st century digital literacy and learning skills.
 * Schools around the globe use our school-safe email and blog tools.
 * Deep learning is catalyzed through collaborative learning projects and experiences such as [|**In2Books**], ePals' research-based curriculum-aligned eMentoring program.

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17.? (kj) thinkgeek.com This website is not educational in the traditional sense, but neat, up-to-date technology stuff/toys to look at or buy.

(DN) Use this link to create timelines with Excel. "How to" section of this microsoft website is excellent.**
 * 18. http://www.microsoft.com/Education/CreateTimeline.mspx

19. http://lessonplans.btskinner.com/computer.html (DN) Computer based lesson plans. Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Databases, PowerPoint, etc.

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MICCA, which originally stood for 'Maryland Instructional Computers Coordinators Association', is an organization for everyone interested in Technology and Education. MICCA is dedicated to providing leadership for advancing meaningful uses of technology in the educational communities of Maryland. The annual MICCA conference at the Baltimore convention center is a tremendous resource.

21. [|www.mathforum.com]. Math Forum (CR)

This online community includes teachers, students, researchers, parents and educators who have an interest in math and math education. The site includes Ask Dr. Math, Problems of the Week, discussion groups and much more.

22. [] Learning Disabilities On-line (CN)

This is a great quick resource for teachers and parents to learn up-to-date information about a wide range of learning disabilities.

23. [] Autism Speaks (CN)

This is a great resource for teachers and parents to learn about autism.

24. [] LK This is a great site to download powerpoint games. 25. [] DN Dick Blick is an art materials supplier with a useful website with lesson plans for art projects at all levels.

25. [|www.teachersfirst.com] MK TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, [|units], and [|web resources] designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. We offer our own professional and classroom-ready content along with thousands of reviewed web resources, including practical ideas for classroom use and [|safe classroom use of Web 2.0]. Busy teachers, parents, and students can find resources using our [|subject/grade level search], [|keyword search], or extensive menus.

25. [] (KJ) Quia.com is a membership website (free 30-day trial) that allows you to create interactive quizzes and games for your students to use online.

26. [] MK The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies provides leadership in education at the Smithsonian and produces a variety of programs, services, and resources for the education and museum communities. The Center studies education at the Institution and builds consensus on standards for strengthening its educational programs, publications, and websites.

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Teachers find high-quality, affordable professional development opportunities and resources at the BMA, designed to support classroom curricula and enhance student learning across disciplines.

28. [] A great way to bookmark your favorite websites.

29. http://www.peteranswers.com/ Do you need to ask a question? Are you looking for answers? Peter offers you a space to ask anything you want.

30. [] MK Welcome to mouserobics!! Fun game to play using our mouse.

31. [] MK Educational Blogs

32. [] LK Cool blog on web 2.0 tools.

33. [] LK Cool blog of instructional technology being used in schools.

34. http://gettingtrickywithwikis.wikispaces.com/ LK A website that gives cool tips and tools for using wikis.

35. [] CR Picture manipulation can be used to change graphics for any program or project. 36. <span style="color: rgb(0,128,0);">www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K_NQe57C-k DN

37. [|www.atomiclearning.com] (ED) A great website where you can find lots of tutorials for many different types of hardware and software.

38. [] <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Magnetic Poetry (KJ) Online interactive game similar to refrigerator magnets which are used to make sentences or poetry.

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Movie and television theme music in MIDI (.mid) form are some of the sound resources found here.

40. [] Hoagie's Gifted Education Page (CN)

This is the best site for parents and educators about gifted education. It contains information, research, and loads of resources for teaching gifted students. There is a large bank of internet resources, as well as a directory of free on-line courses for many subject areas.

41. [] Reader's Theater (CN)

This is a great source for teachers to get free, downloadable Reader's Theater scripts for Grades K-3.

42. [] Reader's Theater scripts (CN)

This is another site for teachers to get free, printable Reader's Theater scripts.

43. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ PBS Teachers (CR) PBS **Teacher**s provides PreK-12 educational **resources** and activities for educators

44. [] MK A collaborative art space for teachers and students.

45. [] MK A celebration of the rich history and heritage of the diverse communities that make up our world.

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LK - A way to make online timelines.

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LK - a search engine for kids.

48. [] This website has a neatly categorized collection of kid friendly websites.

49. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K_NQe57C- DN <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">comTime lapse **speed painting** in **Photoshop**. 3 hours of work, 5 minutes to watch it.Music from The Island OST by Steve Jablonsky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K_NQe57C-k || 50. [] DN Tutorials and help on how to use moviemaker to create movies.
 * ===[|YouTube - LOST - John Locke - Speed Painting by Nico Di Mattia]=== ||
 * [[image:http://img.youtube.com/vi/8K_NQe57C-k/2.jpg?h=60&w=80&sigh=__qKzu2qvvkXilrbYHTtU0ggBU-Vg= width="80" height="60" link="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D8K_NQe57C-k&ei=eDcwSq_BCaPsNKS58P8J&sa=X&oi=video_result&resnum=1&ct=thumbnail&usg=AFQjCNHWke6dURipZYfM-yYx3mmjrh_y7w"]] [[image:http://www.google.com/images/icons/sectionized_ui/play_a.gif width="20" height="20" link="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D8K_NQe57C-k&ei=eDcwSq_BCaPsNKS58P8J&sa=X&oi=video_result&resnum=1&ct=thumbnail&usg=AFQjCNHWke6dURipZYfM-yYx3mmjrh_y7w"]] || <span style="color: rgb(102,102,102);">6 min - Feb 24, 2007 -

51. (andrea) http://www.glogster.com this is site for the sharing of multimedia

52. [] Carol Gray website (CN) This is the website of Carol Gray, inventor of Social Stories.

53. [] Social Stories (CN) Teachers can download free Social Stories to adapt for their students with ASD.

54. [] Social Stories (CN) More free Social Stories for teachers to download and adapt for their students with ASD.

55. [] The Voice for K-12 computer science education and its educators.The Computer Science Teachers Association is a membership organization that supports and promotes the teaching of computer science and other computing disciplines. CSTA provides opportunities for K-12 teachers and students to better understand the computing disciplines and to more successfully prepare themselves to teach and learn.

56. [] MK Educational resource site that includes lesson plans and a resource section.

57. [] MK GELessons.com - A Free Public Resource - Providing Teachers with the tools needed to enhance their instruction using [|Google Earth®], the free program that brings the world to the classroom! A Website By and For Teachers.

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LK Great website for webquests and lessons using technology.

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60. [] Kids' Games, Animals, Photos, Stories, and More -- National Geographic Kids (CR)

Baltimore County Publis Schools online technology resources. I found a lot of cool lessons here.

61. [|www.primarygames.com] (ED) Great website for fun games for elementary students. Games for all subject areas from science to Language Arts!

62. [] DN Adobe Indesign is part of the Adobe Creative Suite (CS4) and is Adobe's publishing software, comparable to Microsoft Publisher, 63. [] DN Award winning lessons from link on CD from our textbook.