SimpleK12 is a great website for educational technology in the classroom. They have all sorts of things from free curriculum to professional development to giveaways. Their curriculum includes some great resources for Internet safety and 21st Century classroom skills. In addition they are starting the EdTech UNconference. A year long, online conference to help teachers learn about using technology in an UNintimidating way.
Langwitches Blog, the magic of learning, is a blog about reflections, tips and links from a Technology Integration Facilitator. She has lots of posts on recent tech news as well as what is going on in her school. She also has a second blog that is geared more towards parent information: http://www.mjgds.org/21stcenturylearning/
One of Edutopia’s Technology Integration blog is written by Ben Johnson. He is a technology integration consultant for schools. The blog contains a lot of good insights into all things education. His most recent post discusses the benefit for increasing the capacity and effectiveness of the teacher.
Engadget touts themselves as an online magazine reporting on all things gadget/tech wise. They review, demo and discuss a lot of upcoming technologies. They have a lot of good information and have helped me to see some of the new technology that is coming out so that I could hold off on purchasing technology that would be out of date right after I got it.
The unofficial apple weblog contains tips, news, reviews, and the occasional rumors all related to Apple. They provide a lot of good resources and reviews that I have used to help make decisions on purchases for use in the classroom.
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