PicLits

"PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture."

WordSift - Visualize Text

"WordSift is a tool that was created primarily for teachers. Mainly, think of it playfully - as a toy in a linguistic playground that is available to instantly capture and display the vocabulary structure of texts, and to help create an opportunity to talk and play with language.
For teachers, the tool offers a quick way of assessing the text that he or she is using for instruction. Teachers assess students, and the most successful teachers use this information to guide their teaching. So why not assess the text as well? By using WordSift, teachers get a heads up on key vocabulary appearing in the text, and can line instruction up with what might be challenging for students"

First Grade Virtual Field Trip

The first attempt at Union House for interactive video conferencing. The first grade classes of Mrs. Aldag and Mrs. Pressey "visited" Crystal Cove State Park.

ReadWriteThink

"ReadWriteThink, established in April of 2002, is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the Verizon Foundation.
NCTE and IRA are working together to provide educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content."

SlideShare

Looking for a certain PowerPoint presentation? "SlideShare is the best way to share and find presentations.

JeopardyLabs - Online Jeopardy

"JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. Building your own jeopardy template is a piece of cake."

Educational Technology Clearinghouse

Pretty apparent from this website that Florida spends the money to provide it's teachers with great tech resources! For those teachers who have general "how-to" tech questions, check out the Tech-Ease link