Create and share your work online!

All you need to get started is a Google account.

• Create, edit and upload quickly
  Import your existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, or create new ones from scratch.
• Access and edit from anywhere
  All you need is a Web browser. Your documents are stored securely online.
• Share changes in real time
  Invite people to your documents and make changes together, at the same time.

Thinkfinity.org makes it easy for educators to enhance their classroom instruction with lesson plans, interactive activities, and other online resources.All of Thinkfinity.org’s 55,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools and reference materials are endorsed by the nation’s leading education organizations to ensure that content is accurate, up-to-date, unbiased, and appropriate for students.

Thinkfinity’s Literacy Network delivers free, top-quality online educational resources for literacy instruction and lifelong learning.

At Thinkfinity.org, you’ll find primary source materials, interactive student resources and grade-specific research lists to help you tailor materials to your needs. Start exploring now!

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For all of you iTunes users, FREE podcasts are available to download from the iTunes store, and they play on both Windows and Mac computers. Categories include the arts, education, news and politics, science, technology and more. Simply by clicking “get episode” the selected podcast is immediately downloaded into your “podcast” folder, identifiable by the icon on the left, which then can be burned to CD or DVD.

Video podcasts can be recognized by a small icon (which looks like a tv monitor). For those who like to listen, audio podcasts are also available.

I recently downloaded a series of National Geographic’s Wild Chronicles, which are great for you science teachers. Each clip is approximately 4-5 minutes, and there are over 100 videos to choose from, all free.

Contact me for more information on podcasts.

Millions of internet users are now sharing their ideas using blogs. Whether you choose to create your own blog, or post a comment to other blogs, sharing information or commentaries on any subject matter has become the rage as the new social media. Technorati tracks over 100,000,000 blogs daily, linking online publishers using a simple keyword search.

A free on-line resources for symbol readers, SymbolWorld is a website dedicated to people who use symbols. It has material for all ages and includes personal contributions, stories and learning materials.

Thirteen’s Ed Online features more than 50,000 multimedia components, including educational videos and audio clips, podcasts, mp3’s, lesson plans and student worksheets. Each school has been given a passcode to register. See me for more information.

For a list of the most common keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Windows, go to HP’s Home and Office website. Save time on routine tasks when you’re in the know the secret combination.

Find state by state listings to free wireless access at wififreespot. From airports, parks, hotels and coffee shops….and never a fee.

Do you know what PIR stands for? How about LMIRL? Every educator and parent should become familiar with Net Lingo, the Internet dictionary with thousands of “cyberterms” and acronyms used by online users. Internet safety has become an important issue, and parents and educators need to be savvy when monitoring children’s online activities. Learn more about Internet safety at iSafe.org.