Kenken is a logic puzzle game similar to Sudoku, but players are given + - x or ÷ questions to solve the area and complete the grid. This site has a range puzzles at various complexities and difficulty levels. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Speak Up, an online research project facilitated by Project Tomorrow, is an annual survey of K-12 students, teachers, parents, and school administrators about key educational issues.
Shaping a Culture of Conversation: The Discussion Board and Beyond | Academic Commons
excellent tips for helping students claim the discussion space as real learning space.
jenniferbarnett - My Web Wardrobe
High School teacher Jennifer Barnett uses the metaphor for a closet to identify the role of her tech tools as well as organize them for reference.
Infotopia--A Google Alternative Safe Search Engine for Students
Described as an academic search engine that points to trusted resources as sites have been selected by educators.
Creative Spirits - Aboriginal Australia, Photography and Poems
iNACOL Guide to K-12 Online Learning
Starting an online learning program is a daunting task which often can be overwhelming. If you have come to this web site, you probably already know this. The information and resources provided here have been compiled and organized to help you feel less overwhelmed.
e-Learning Acupuncture: 5(+1) Biggest Mistakes in Online Education
Guillermo Ramirez from Politecnico Grancolombiano in Bogota Columbia has shared a provocative presentation on SlideShare that attempts to bring us back to the basics of what education is and what education is not.
A fun dinosaur archaeologist themed coordinates game. Find the correct coordinates to uncover the dinosaur bones. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
How Holly Mortimer Took Her Teaching Career Online | Edutopia
It takes a certain kind of educator to thrive as a full-time online teacher. Holly Mortimer describes how skills like responsiveness and flexibility are critical to create the best online learning experiences for students.
Teacher Dashboard for Google Apps « Hapara – Google Enterprise Solutions
A fabulous site for creating and finding online children's books. Design your 'bestseller' by uploading images and using the bank of media to drag and drop your story to perfection. Then share with a link. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
TechSmith Product Help, Snagit Tutorials and Training, Camtasia Tutorials and Training
Integrating Culture into Foreign Language Projects - Calico Spanish
Planboard — Lesson planning made easy for teachers and educators
"Planboard helps you easily plan and view your academic year. It's quick and easy to add items for each class. Need a synopsis on weekly schedules? Just hit the week button. Have a lot on your plate? An overview of your day is just a click away."
Give your phone an email address with MailBliss
"MailBliss is a free email service that allows you to get an email address for your phone. Any emails sent to your new mailbliss email address will be forwarded to your phone as a text message."
Peer-to-Peer Learning Handbook | Peeragogy.org
collaborative project with many useful ideas.
Embedding Voki, YouTube or ANYthing Embeddable
Multimedia embedding on a variety of sites and platforms
National Repository of Online Courses (NROC)
The National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) is a growing library of high-quality online course content for students and faculty in higher education, high school and Advanced Placement
Innosight Institute » Classifying K-12 blended learning
As blended learning continues to expand across the K-12 sector, definitions are important to help people talk about the new phenomena. This white paper refines our previous work in helping to create a shared language for the emerging field so that innovators can build upon each other’s ideas, rather than talk past each other.
10 Fun Tools To Easily Make Your Own Infographics - Edudemic
Teachers’ Standards effective from 1 September 2012 - Schools
30 Goals 2012 : Teacher Reboot Camp
Opportunity to join and accomplish short term goals related to education. Shelly Terrell resource
Tioki — Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Connected.
Social network just for educators that claims to be like LinkedIn, but with the pieces LinkedIn is missing for education.
Livescribe :: Never Miss A Word
You can write with this pen and it will post the notes to evernote automatically. Really cool.
Takes a video link from YouTube or Vimeo and creates a zip drive iBooks widget to easily put a video into an iBook
10 Steps to a Successful School iPad Program - iPads in Education
A successful school iPad program should consider the steps in this article
Diigo: A Cautionary Tale about Pinterest | Garth Nichols
Some thoughts about using Diigo and Pinterest in education...
Nearly 40% of parents with children aged 2-to-13 who read ebooks plan to purchase a new e-reading device for their children this holiday season
10 Innovative Ways to Use ThingLink in the Classroom - Edudemic
10 Innovative Ways to Use ThingLink in the Classroom http://t.co/8IvYZrpL via @edudemic #techcoach #spedchat #eslchat #ccss
Digital Humanities Pedagogy: Practices, Principles, and Politics
Wellesley College Project on Social Computing: How to E-mail Your Professor
useful tips for students in e-mailing professors, but also useful for people who for in officies, or for employees to supervisors.
20 Tips for Creating a Professional Learning Network | Classroom Aid
Great suggestions that we all can use
Raspberry Pi and Custard for Schools » DesignSpark
This post makes a solid point about the seemingly lost practice of coding with the proliferation of more ubiquitous technology. While these advances have connected billions, what does this mean for future job markets, innovation, etc. Get the kids coding! I ordered my Raspberry Pi today and look forward to the day when I can get my (now 3-year old) son into coding.
23 Microsoft Free Teaching Tools for Educators
Are you interested in a list of 23 free teaching tools that you can use on your classroom? From helping students learn through interactive 3D experiences to transform ordinary classroom experiences into extraordinary immersive education and much more…
Can Computers Be Funny? - NYTimes.com
Teaching computers humor - it helps us learn more about what sets us apart as humans.
Free Technology for Teachers: Handy New Diigo Browser Extension Features
F. Scott Fitzgerald In Drag: Vintage Photo Of Author In Women's Costume Surfaces
Elizabeth English: Why So Many Schools Remain Penitentiaries of Boredom
Teacher's Invention Won't Stop Shootings but Can Keep Students Safer
Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Free and Simple Timers for Teachers
StudentsFirst Issues Low Ratings on School Policies - NYTimes.com
Idaho's rating
St. Kate's Ask the Expert Presents: - Tackk
Free CEU online opportunity to learn about best practices for success with girls in STEM disciplines.
Add an Image Dictionary to Chrome
Image Dictionary is a Chrome extension that enables users to right-click on a word and quickly find an image that is representative of that word.
Social Media Video 2013 | Did you know 2013 - YouTube
video about our world and the power of social media.
video of seminar with computer science/education scholar Beverly Park Woolf
Digital Globes, a New Way to View the World - NYTimes.com
Something to amaze. What a great tool this would be.
Free Assets from the E-Learning Community » The Rapid eLearning Blog
If you have any students registered blind or issues with motor skills or dyslexia then this site provides electronic bookms for them tyo listen to. Fantastic!
Tech Learning : There’s an App for That
Apps that match up with the Common Core.
Heather Wolpert-G... | Edutopia blog posts on PBL and student engagement
What measures the best teacher? More than scores, study shows - 1450 WHTC Holland's Hometown Station
"(Reuters) - Effective teachers can be identified by observing them at work, measuring their students' progress on standardized tests - and asking those students directly what goes on in the classroom, according to a comprehensive study released Tuesday."
MARQUET - Scouts, Community, Camping…& Social Media
So how does each of the words in the blog post title - scouts, community, camping and social media - relate to each other? Let me tell you the connection.
Meograph – 4 Dimensional Story Telling Web 2.0 Style
blogpost reviewing Meograph, a digital storytelling web tool linking maps, timelines, images/video, and narration.
Technology Integration for Math Engagement » Creating Equation iBooks with Book Creator
Learning Never Stops: World War II Posters and the Statue of Liberty
Digital copies of World War II poster that can be downloaded and printed! Plus, an excellent photo blog about the Statue of Liberty.
Deconstructing Nonfiction | On Common Core | School Library Journal
Award & Grant Opportunities « National Center for Family Literacy
Understanding The Human Element of Blended Learning
Much has been written about this disruptive innovation changing public education called Blended Learning. By now we know the basic tenants of blended learning leverages technology to create a more student-centered educational experience.
McGraw-Hill upgrades digital textbook with new SmartBook
"McGraw-Hill, one of the more prominent textbook publishers, is looking to take digital textbooks to another level, announcing its new SmartBook for college students."
Create your own quiz show -- entirely online, no need to download anything or upload files.
Learning Never Stops: American History, Rights, Jazz and Rain
Great American history resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute plus an excellent printable poster about the Bill of Rights.
Sabormediterraneo.com. Diccionario de cocina y gastronomia. Letra A
Dictionary of terms most commonly used when dealing with gastronomy. Excellent reference!
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Brief descriptions for adolescents or young adults regarding many aspects of life in Spain
Educators Evaluating Quality Instructional Products | Achieve
Using a common definition of quality, EQuIP teams are learning how to use tools and processes to review the quality of materials (tasks, lesson, units, modules) that states will contribute for the purpose of receiving critical feedback for improvement.
To help states, districts, teachers, and other users determine the degree of alignment of Open Educational Resources (OERs) to the Common Core State Standards, and to determine aspects of quality of OERs, Achieve has developed eight rubrics in collaboration with leaders from the OER community.
Partnership for Collaborative Curriculum & Innovative Instruction
The Partnership for Innovative Instruction is a project of the MN Learning Commons. Our goal is to leverage the power of collaboration and digital resources to launch teachers and students into new learning frontiers.
The Problem of Student Engagement | Wright'sRoom
. So you can see why a boring environment having a more powerful thinning effect on the brain cortex than an exciting or enriched environment has on cortex thickening is a big deal.
Technology Integration for Math Engagement » Creating Equation iBooks with Book Creator
Learning Never Stops: Education, Civil War, and Vintage Modern Ads
Great Civil War site featuring modern battlefield pictures and vintage photos from the time period. Also, check out Tioki, a great new online educational community.
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Woodland, J. (2011) Psychology for the classroom: E-Learning. Oxon: Routledge
Learning Never Stops: News, Sports, and 10 second videos
See the front page of over 800 newspapers daily! Coub is a site that will make GIF files obsolete. Both sites have great potential for educators.
New arrangements for teacher appraisal and capability introduced from September 2012 - Schools
Apps in Education: Can you really use Twitter in your Classroom?
How can we use twitter in the classroom?
'Big Sur' Movie Trailer: Kerouac Returns To Theaters In 2013
Also a review of "On the Road."
Tales of a 6th Grade Classroom: 5 Ways Common Core Will Change Your Classroom
Posted from Diigo. The rest of Diigo In Education group favorite links are here.
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