Scratch – programming for students
Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create interactive art, stories, simulations, and games – and share those creations online. Scratch ScratchEd from MIT is a learning community...
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ReadWorks.org Find free reading passages and question sets for grades K-8 with 70% of them being non-fiction and 30% fiction. They use Lexile levels to help you find what you need, along with being...
View ArticleBlended Learning 101
Blended instruction involves a combination of traditional, offline instruction with the use of online coursework, digital assignments, and virtual collaboration. A wealth of digital tools for learning...
View ArticleTynker – Teach Programming to Young Students
All of the resources and teaching materials you need to teach Basic Programming are available on this site. Try out Tynker and see how much fun your students have learning to program. Tynker
View ArticleFinding an App that will let my students…
This site is a great place to start when you need an app for a specific purpose. It starts with “I want my students to…” and then provides links to apps for everything from record and edit videos to...
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Word Sense
Word Sense This is a very visual dictionary, thesaurus. It is very easy to use but complicated to explain. In this case, a picture is worth a thousand words (no pun intended). You can see it displays...
View ArticleeQuizShow
eQuizShow Create your own jeopardy-style quiz for instruction or review with eQuizShow. You’ll also find some already made that you can use with your students or they can play on their own in teams or...
View ArticleOpenEd
OpenEd Free resource with more than 250,000 videos and games aligned to the Common Core Standards. Parent and teachers can easily search by standard to find resources for their students.
View ArticleCommon Core Resources – Building Knowledge through the Disciplines
CCR Content Literacy Tools This list is full of high-quality tools and Web sites for: Virtual Field Trips Graphic Organizers Digital Timelines Common Core Lessons and Activities
View ArticleMath at the Core Grades 5-8
Math at the Core PBS Learning has just gotten this collection of 420 videos that focus on critical middle school math concepts. You can search by topic or grade level. Use the links on the left hand...
View ArticleCommon Core Resources from Internet4Classrooms
We’ve mentioned all the awesome resources available from Internet4Classrooms before, but I want to point out the 1000′s of online activities mapped to the various math standards. They are linked...
View ArticleSimple Machines Game
Simple Machines Game Let your students learn about simple machines while playing this online game from the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The main site has other interesting activities you...
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Code Monster
Code Monster is “a gentle and fun introduction to programming concepts.” It uses Javascript to demonstrate how changes in code will change the results. I discovered that it works better in the Mozilla...
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Mission US – a revolutionary way to learn history
http://www.mission-us.org/ “Mission US is a multimedia project that immerses players in U.S. history content through free interactive games.” There are currently 3 missions available involving the...
View ArticleFind History Near You
These 3 sites provide information on historical sites near a given location: A Historical Marker database: http://www.hmdb.org/series.asp Historic Places allows you to search or simply use their...
View ArticleDigital Resources for the 2014 Olympics at Sochi
NBC Official Site Olympic Games Site Team USA Sochi 2014 Site Keep up to date with all that is happening at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
View ArticleMobile Apps from ReadWriteThink
ReadWriteThink is a well-respected site developed by the International Reading Association and the NCTE.It is also part of the Thinkfinity consortium. While they’ve provided wonderful, standards-based...
View ArticleReadWorks.org
If you haven’t already discovered this awesome site, you need to check it out! “ReadWorks is committed to solving the nation’s reading comprehension crisis by giving teachers the research-proven tools...
View ArticleEstimation 180: Building number sense one day at a time
Just ran across this site that you’ll want to check out! It was created by Andrew Stadel, a middle school math teacher in California. He posts a picture each day with a question that in his words, will...
View ArticleExploratorium
Find engaging resources in the 21st Century Learning Lab of the San Francisco Exploratorium Exploratorium
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