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 * This website is dedicated to providing a place for networking and sharing ideas by people of the same vision, which is to integrate technology in the classroom and prepare students for living in the 21st century. Michael Gorman is the author of this website and has an impressive educational background and a wealth of experience related to integrating technology with core standards and 21st century skills. He regularly presents at workshops and conferences.
 * There is a plethora of resources and links available on this site that direct the user toward sites that support project based learning communities and global connections. The focus for the last couple of months has been project based learning, however, the focus of future posts involve STEM and Flipping the Classroom.
 * The links are up-to-date and provide a brief description of each resource. Past posts contribute to the list of sites that enhance technology in the classroom and project based learning, however, it is not liimited to that.
 * This is a very usable site because it provides so many links and information on how to use them. One negative aspect is that it may be too much information.

Contributed by Lauri O.

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 * This blog is part of the Fun Music Company, a company that sells products designed for music teachers.
 * The blog itself is separate from the commercial part of the website, and is designed for teachers to submit lesson plan ideas, The lesson plans do not seem to endorse using the company's products.
 * Typical entries are individual lesson plans or ideas for lesson plans that can be modified for anyone's use.
 * A search bar is on the site to help with finding lesson plans, and there is a topic bar to try to categorize ideas, but they are not categorized efficiently and in many cases the topics are redundant. Nevertheless, there are many good ideas for music teachers looking for new ways to teach the subject.

Contributed by Dave

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 * This is a teacher based community board where teachers can go to get and share ideas.
 * This can be used for grades PreK-12, ANY SUBJECT.
 * There are boards, threads, posts, chat, messages, you can even have an avatar!
 * This site also is planning on offering private messages and personal pages.
 * This site offers resources for teachers who may be stuck or looking for help with a subject, topic, lesson or unit.
 * PT was founded in 1999
 * This site is easy to navigate and “person friendly

Contributed by Pru L.

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 * This blog is powered by the nationally recognized New York Times and geared toward today's educators
 * This site contains many pages that are useful for teachers of many disciplines. Blogs contain information on history, technology, goverment action, and even contains words of the the day.
 * Resources are plentiful on this blog. It can be used as a daily stop for educators and students alike for pure entertainment or enrichment. The numerous suggestions for lesson plans can be utilized to enhance the classroom expirience.
 * The site is very simple to use. The are posts updated daily and remain current and for those who didn't get a chance to read a post they saw a few days ago an archive section allows for easy viewing of older posts. Another useful feature is the right side of the blog that updates the most current comments to blogs within the site. The final feature that teachers can utilize is the section that catagorizes the lesson plans by subject matter. Teachers can simply click their discipline and browse potential lesson ideas.

Contributed by Cole W.

[|www.edwize.org]

 * The site is maintained by the United Federation of Teachers, the New York affiliate of American Federation of Teachers.
 * The site contains many posts that deal with matters from standardized testing to the current debates on teacher pay. This is a great site for teachers to stay current on issues involving education. As teachers it is important to keep caught up on such information, so that we can make informed decisions about the direction our careers are heading. Edwize is a perfect site to stay current. Daily posts even focus on what a nice job we do, when we often face negative comments from those outside the profession. This site is a nice supplement for educators.
 * The website is very easy to you. Daily posts on various topics means that there is something for everyone in education. Tabs are easily found and each blog post has a link that readers can tweet from. Overall, Edwize.com is a nice resource that warrants a closer look.

Contributed by Cole W.