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“Welcome to the California Learns Instructional Resource Portal that provides single sign-on access to both subscription-based services and free educational web sites. These portal resources have been selected to help teachers meet state standards and help students achieve. We’re helping districts by leveraging the buying power of over 150,000 students in Northern California!

As a part of our regional services for the 2011-12 school year, we will be providing the California Learns Instructional Resource Portal at no cost to any public school in Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties. Call 916-228-2748 to register your school for teacher and student access to the portal for the current school year.

WatchKnowLearn “Free educational videos delivered over the Internet. Viewed any time, from anywhere. We believe that everyone should have the same opportunity to learn. The best way to make this possible, we believe, is to organize into one, super directory the hundreds of thousands of good videos currently available on the Internet. To make this a reality, we invite teachers, instructors and educators to suggest videos for inclusion into our directory, and then to review, approve, and assign those videos into appropriate categories using a wiki framework and philosophy. The videos are the highest quality found on the World Wide Web, cover all major educational topics from elementary to secondary schools (or age range 1 – 18), and are Kid Safe!”

PBS LearningMedia “is a dynamic platform offering the best of public media content and produced specifically for PreK-16 teachers. With free access to over 14,000 high-quality resources tied to national standards, teachers can download, save and share exactly what they need for an inspired classroom experience”

Roy - A Singing Zebra

Roy – Tale of a Singing Zebra

“Reading website for emerging readers. Free reading games, ideal for interactive whiteboards. Online guided reading stories and teaching resources with lesson plans.”

Thinkfinity is an enormous resource for teachers, students and parents.

Teachers can search the site in many different ways including by California State Standards.

Shout invites educators and students to take an active role in global environmental issues. Connect online with experts in the field, share ideas, and collaborate with people around the world committed to solving environmental challenges.

DocsTeach is a new National Archives website that will

Edutopia article on Technology Integration for elementary students.

The Ultimate Guide To Wordle is located at

Edgalaxy,  an awesome blog.

Click on the links to check out some great resources for use in the classroom.

Brokers of Expertise – California

Learn NC – North Carolina

Thinkport – Maryland

Utah Educator Network