This is a free site that helps students, grades 5-12, conceptualize, and write persuasive essays. It is an online, code- based forum, where teachers and students can view and write the papers online. Read more about it here:

Check out this site, which provides you with scholastic management software, and the information neseccary to obtain it. They offer everything, from electronic lesson plans to transcripts, etc.

Project Poster is a great source for students to create projects and write reports online. Students will learn how to include an image to complement their report, as well as include links to other pages if necessary.

ThinkTank is a wonderful program that helps students compile lists of topics for their papers. It generates suggestions, and helps students learn to refine search engines and use the internet more efficiently for research purposes. Click here to read more!

Look here to see where you and your students can access the most up-to-date news in the educational world via video segments.

Although some picks are obvious, this article gives new life to old favorites as well as a few new ones. Check out lifehacker’s 10 Great Web Tools for College Students.

Start off the new year by letting iTunes help you perfect a foreign language. To get there, go to your iTunes Music Store, then click Podcast -> Education -> Language Courses.

Check out Distance-Educator.com, you one-stop website for everything you need to know about distance learning.

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I found a short article about the rising popularity and availability of class lectures for download. It weighs the pros and cons and brings up some interesting points about its benefits that I had not considered. It’s worth a read!