Research

Thinkfinity The article I found was from a teacher who teaches a middle school health class. The teacher was impressed with Thinkfinity because the site does not only apply to content classes, but to a health and physical education class. The teacher also said it helped with classroom management because it kept the students engaged in the activity they were doing. Normally, the students are not interested at all in health, but Thinkfinity gave the students a different outlook on the class. []

Elmo

This article tells all of the benefits of using an Elmo. At the bottom of the page, it has different users of Elmo’s tell their experiences. []

Best Practices in Technology I found a website through the state of Michigan which has lesson plans developed by teachers and "kid-tested" in the classroom. The lesson include technology integration. They are broken down by grade level (elementary, middle and high school) and by subject. Although this was developed in Michigan, I am sure there are lessons which can be used in any other state. []

Teachersfirst.com

This is a website I found for teachers to utilize either for themselves or colleagues who may be thinking of starting a wiki. It can be utilized for a collaborative (colleague) wiki or for student (classroom) wiki. It gave a lot of rationale on how and why to use a wiki. I found it very informative. [|http://www.teachersfirst.com] [|/content/wiki]

Discovery Education

The two different websites I wanted to share about discovery education included [|http://www.discoveryeducation.com] and another that discusses using video streaming in the classroom. On the initial discovery education website, those who do have access are able to browse around and check out what the site has to offer. It allows you to look at several of the free resources available for administrators, teachers, parents, and students. The other website included insights of what video streaming could bring to the classroom as well as how it could make planning easier. I found this article to be very imforative about the different aspects of video streaming and discovery education. []

Edhelper

The article I found about edhelper is a review for a teacher. It discusses her experience with this site both before she subscibed to the resources and when she was simply using it for the free resources. This site can help a teacher quickly find additional information or resources to use in the classroom by typing in exactly what you want. Although most of what this educator says in her review is information I already knew, I found it interesting that she seems to use i for the similar reasons I have in the past. []