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Typer Shark
Typing of the Ghosts
Cup Stacking
Alphattack
TuxTyping
Learn2Type
TyperShark
Bubbles
Baracuda
Arachnid Falls
Spacebar Invaders
Outerspace Fleet Commander
The Frogs are Off Their Diet

Have a site that your kids love? Leave it in the comments!

Edutopia has a great article on how many teachers are finding ways to use web2.0 sites that are often blocked in the classroom. This goes along well with our recent article on how to bring youtube videos to class dispite filters.

YouTube is often blocked at schools due to the inappropriate content that is hosted on the site. However, there is a great wealth of educational content as well that you might wish to show to your classes.
We will be downloading a copy of the video that you can bring into class. You’ll find that while [...]

Note: This is an on going part of a look at six issues that we face in keeping our children and students safe online. We’ll be looking at the issue, discussing some solutions and recommending some free and commercial software that can help protect the children you work with online.
The issue: Spyware

Spyware is software that can be [...]

Note: This is an on going part of a look at six issues that we face in keeping our children and students safe online. We’ll be looking at the issue, discussing some solutions and recommending some free and commercial software that can help protect the children you work with online.
As a parent, one of [...]

Youtube has plenty of educational content, from Photoshop tutorials to great speeches from history, just about ever content area can be found on the site. Unfortunately, a ton of inappropriate content can be found too. How can you keep the good yet protect your students from the bad?
TeacherTube may be the answer. It’s a youtube-like [...]

iLearn Technology -iLearn technology is an edublog dedicated to giving teachers practical tips for integrating technology into the classroom. All of the resources are free to use and simple to implement.
Mango beta is an a great online language learning system that somehow is totally free. I really can’t believe such a great resource is totally free.
Teaching Hacks - [...]

Now that we font some truly awesome fonts in our last episode, now we need to install them.
Installing fonts on a windows XP computer is a fairly simple job. Go to your control panel (Start->Settings->Control Panel) and if you are not in “Classic View”, select the Appearance and Themes category.
Select Fonts
Go to File->Install New Font…
Find [...]

Wikipedia is a great source of all sorts of information. I often go there myself to get a basic understanding of a topic. But wikipedia has been attacked as non-credible and containing false information. We’re going to explore if these claims are true or false and decide what to do with wikipedia. First, we need [...]

As teachers, we create a countless number of documents. Nothing can spice up a boring newsletter, permission form, or even a test or quiz like an eye-catching font. Here’s a few great places to find great (and free fonts).