Helpful Educational Websites

Educators have resources online both infinite, and interesting.

Here is a sampling. 
 

General Education

Edutopia | K-12 Education Tips & Strategies That Work

https://www.google.com/search?q=edutopia+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 

 

MindShift | How we will learn - KQED

 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/

 

TeachThought - Learn better.

http://www.teachthought.com/ 

Ed Tech and STEM

 

Edudemic - Education Technology Tips For Students AndTeachers

 http://www.edudemic.com/

 

eSchool News | Technology News & Innovation in K-12Education

 http://www.eschoolnews.com/

Ed Tech Review

http://edtechreview.in/

  

Special Education 

 

Understood | For Learning and Attention Issues - Understood

https://www.understood.org/en

 

 

Special-Ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights

http://special-ism.com/

Disability Scoop - Developmental Disability News

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/

Sites To See For Educators

First site I discovered online. Very rich, and the folks are most helpful
http://www.edutopia.org/

Big variety of the practical and the theoretical.

http://www.teachhub.com/first-day-school-ideas-teaching-study-skills

The highest, yet clearest, theoretical discussions for real teachers.

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/08/10-ideas-to-get-those-back-to-school-juices-flowing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

mind/shift, teachhub, edu

It's what's happening now in ed tech.

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/08/utahs-stem-action-center-puts-ed-tech-work?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Education Week is information, very journalistic.

http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html

 Reading Rockets-fun and informative. Everything you need to know about reading.
http://www.readingrockets.org/

Learning theory--it's very encouraging.

The Brilliant Blog--Annie Murphy Paul

http://anniemurphypaul.com/blog/

The Educator's Room

 http://theeducatorsroom.com/

 

NPR Education

http://www.npr.org/sections  /education/?ft=1&f=1013

Info for all teachers.

http://www.ncld.org/ 

This is an astoundingly organized, vast amount of Special Needs info. Special Needs Digest.

Special Needs Digest

DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY

 http://www.specialneedsdigest.com

Excellent array of practical and professional articles and info. and just about all Special Needs. A tremendous resource.

Special-ism

http://special-ism.com/#sthash.Ns9ilUwq.dpbs



This last is a well known site for Autism.

Autism Speaks

http://www.autismspeaks.org/


Teachers and parents have many, many more excellent resources. These are the sites I check everyday for my Tweets of the Day. You can get an RSS feed like I have.

Websites for Special Education Interests

1. Special Needs Digest
http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/

2. Special-Ism
 http://special-ism.com/

3. snagglebox
http://www.snagglebox.com/2013/06/how-to-make-group-work-easier-for.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Snagglebox+%28snagglebox%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

4. Autism Speaks
http://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/2013/06/13/legends?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AutismSpeaksBlog+%28Autism+Speaks+|+Official+Blog%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo


5. National Center for Learning Disabilities
http://www.ncld.org/

6.Edutopia: Special Education Discussion
http://www.edutopia.org/search/apachesolr_search/special%20education?filters=im_og_gid%3A6739 

You can get an RSS feed for these sites and receive daily updates.