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=Dr. Fowler's Finds at FETC=

Discovery Learning--This site is provided free to all Alabama teachers. It contains lesson plans and many more teaching aids that go with thousands of videos. Here is an example of the videos available on the site.

[|Google Lit Sites]--this site links Google Earth and Maps with Literature by having students (or teachers) create trips using the Google tools.

[|Google Tools for the Classroom] This was a paid session with Tammy Worcester. We learned about lots of ways to use Google tools in the classroom like Documents, Maps, Images, and more.

[|Teaching with Video]--this was a great session with Steven Katz. He has wonderful tips for creating videos with students. His web site includes his book and links to student handouts for creating videos.

Second Life is an online virtual world where lots of universities and other educational entities are creating an online community in 3-D for people to get together for class assignments and for professional development opportunities. Second Life is a download you must have on your computer, but you can learn more about it [|here].