I recently ran across an interview with Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt. In the interview he discussed how the Internet and technology will change in the next five years. Here are some of the points he made, and I've highlighted those that will have the greatest impact on education, in my opinion.

Arcademic Skill Buildersare offer an innovative approach to teaching basic academic skills. They incorporate features of arcade games and educational practices into fun online games that will engage, motivate, and teach your students.  Elementary site:  http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/

I found this site when I kept getting asked to convert Pub to PDF's and I don't have publisher on my computer. Convert Microsoft Office, Open Office, Lotus, images, web pages and other formats to PDF. This free PDF converter and PDF creator is quick and reliable.  It will also convert PDF's to Word/Excel.

Example: you need to convert a Microsoft Word document to PDF document. Use the "Browse" button to locate the Word file on your computer, select it and click the "Convert Your File" button. Done!

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Learning games, videos, ebooks, teacher resources, printables and more.  Quite impressed with Science videos featuring Bill Nye and it is FREE!  SqoolTube K-12 check it out.

I've reading a lot of technology journals, blogs, and articles lately about the future of technology, especially in how it relates to what we all do. One of the most noteworthy is an article in Newsweek about the release of a new product from Apple Computers. Known for their innovative products, and recently for re-writing the rules on cel phones with the iPhone, the next "big" release will be an Apple Tablet. Sometimes called the "iTablet" this product is expected to be announced after the New Year, and then actually available in Mary or June of 2010. A great article on why this is noteworthy can be found at: 

Classroom Tools & Templates has numerous tools for the classroom from podcasting, graphic organizers, digital imaging tools, picasa, math printables, puzzle makers, lesson planning templates, and many more to numerous to mention.

Outstanding site for Blog Connections!

Just reading an article on Skype and now you can get screen sharing in Skype!

This site captured my attention immediately!   I know there are a few 5th and 6th Graders who are still working on the 8 different levels, have fun!