Do you want to learn a new technology trick to use in your teaching?  You are already a motivated learner. TeachersFirst can help you learn new technology tools quickly and easily, when you are ready for them. If you cannot find what you need below, please ask us and other teachers on the First Stop blog in the Teachers Share area.

Been there, done that: Time-Tested Tips for Technology-based Lessons

Blogs: What are they and how do I use them in my teaching?

Downloading a short-term, offline copy of a web site to use when the Internet is unavailable.

How to… tutorials for specific software: Find a tutorial to teach you basics or more advanced features for Microsoft Office programs and other software, including Inspiration, SMART Notebook, and more.

Interactive Whiteboards (also known as IWB, including SMARTboard, Promethean, and other brands): See ideas and examples of ways to use your interactive whiteboard within TeachersFirst's thousands of resource reviews. Use our keyword search, entering whiteboard AND [term] to find resources suitable for use with your IWB. You can narrow the grade range, too. Ex whiteboard AND math or whiteboard AND poetry. Yes, you need to include the word AND.

Online tools: Time-saving web-based tools to make flashcards, calendars, word searches, and other teaching materials

Plug-ins: What are they and how do I get them?

TeachersFirst Edge: TeachersFirst Edge features "tools on the edge,” new web 2.0 tools that share ideas and rely on user input. TF Edge offers ideas for using these tools safely and effectively as yet another approach to teaching. This is the world your students already know. Try teaching in their vernacular.

Webquest 101: What is a webquest, how do I make or find one,  and how do I use them in my teaching?

Webquest Resources: More ideas and examples of this popular instructional format

Web 2.0: What is it and how do I use it in my teaching? TeachersFirst Edge offers definitions, examples of web 2.0 tools, and ideas for how to use them. For more adventurous or curious technology users. Your students will be able to help with these, for sure.

Wikis: What are they and how do I use them in my teaching?