General/Multi-Topic

• The Teaching Channel.
  • A professional development website featuring videos on a variety of topics. Browse all videos or filter by grade level, curricular area or topic.
• Library Centers
  • Although this blog posts specifically addresses libraries, I thought some of the ideas would be useful to our classroom teachers and others.
• The Bully Project
  • This is the companion website to the movie Bully.  The creators hope to spark a grassroots effort to take a stand for the silent.  Sign up to pledge to take a stand against bullying.  Educator resources available. I haven’t seen the movie yet, but even the trailer is powerful.
• Wonderopolis
  • A website that peaks your natural curiosity to lead the way to discovery and understanding.  Includes a “Wonder of the Day” page.

Language Arts

• Daily Writing Tips
  • This is a blog which does exactly what it says, delivers a daily tip about grammar, vocabulary, etc.  You can get a free 10 day trial for the daily exercise (some of which are pretty tricky by the way) but you will need to pay to access the exercises after the trial is over.
• Children’s Book a Day Almanac
  • Anita Silvey’s daily book reviews.  She also includes a side-bar with other events for the day.  EHUE will have the print version in the library next year.
• The Watson’s Go to Birmingham Movie
  • Airing Sept. 20th, at 8:00pm on the Hallmark Channel.  Watch the preview here.

Science

• A Rare Spectacular Total Eclipse of the Sun
  • Short Ted_Ed talk explaining the science behind the total eclipse of the sun.  I get a little choked up every time I hear about this.  Read Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass and then mark your calendar, for August 21, 2017.
• Exploring the Universe
  • While you’re at it, check out some of these books about the universe.  Book reivews from School Library Journal.

Information Literacy/Tech

• Celly
  • This website allows school communities to conduct private conversations through text or their website.  No cell numbers are collected.  As always, I’m a bit skeptical, and I’m not quite sure if we’re there yet, but Celly does seem promising.
• Guest Speakers on Skype
  • Ideas and lessons for bringing the experts into your classroom.
• How Coffeechug Uses Evernote
  • This blog post is the first in a series about using Evernote.  Evernote is a website (and app) that allows you to collects ideas and information, view you data across devices and share with others. This post specifically deals with using Evernote to create learning portfolios.
• Twitter Tips and Tricks
  • If you’re a twitter newbie this presentation by James Allen and Christi Unker can help ease your fears.  I’m hoping to be able to offer some Twitter PD for EHUE during upcoming school year.
• The Complete Guide to Twitter Lingo
  • If you’re going to start tweeting you might as well be up on the lingo, right?

I found many of these resources by reading posts from the following: Diane Ravitch’s Blog, @coolcatteacher, Ted_Ed, Free Technology For Teachers, School Library Journal, The View From Here, John Schu (@mrschureads), Joyce Valenza (@joycevalenza)