"Thinking Blocks is a nice site for elementary and middle school mathematics teachers. Thinking Blocks provides interactive templates in which students use brightly colored blocks to model and solve problems. As students work through the problems they are provided with feedback as to whether or not they are using the correct sequence to solve each problem. There are templates and problems for addition, multiplication, fractions, and ratios. You can also develop your own problems using the modeling tool."
"Hopscotch is a free app created specifically for the iPad that introduces students to programming using a visual touch interface and drag-n-drop code blocks. With bright colors, friendly characters and a library of different functions and programming statements, Hopscotch is an excellent way to introduce the logical concepts of programming to learners."
"Google Keep, Google's easy to use note taking app, is a great resource for students and teachers. Here are some of the features:
* Easily, quickly, Create notes, lists, and audio notes
* Add photos to any note
* Hide and show checkboxes to turn notes into checkable lists
* View and create notes from homescreen and lockscreen widgets
* Selectable color for notes
* Safely sync notes to Google Drive and other devices
* Notes can also be used from http://drive.google.com/keep"
"Here's one way to get kids excited about programming: a "robot garden" with dozens of fast-changing LED lights and more than 100 origami robots that can crawl, swim and blossom like flowers.
A team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and the Department of Mechanical Engineering has developed a tablet-operated system that illustrates their cutting-edge research on distributed algorithms via robotic sheep, origami flowers that can open and change colors and robotic ducks that fold into shape by being heated in an oven."
"This article has been making its rounds in social media. I tend to agree with the idea that heavily-decorated, cutesy classrooms are distracting. I've never been a fan of a barrage of brightly-colored signs, Garfield posters and motivational phrases.
However, I also see a real danger in district-mandated use of wall space. Here, the issue is less about bright and cutesy and more about things like word walls and anchor charts designed to create visual cues for learning. I see the point to it, but often this creates a text dump that students have to navigate (rather than having a simple notebook or website with tutorials they can access). It starts to feel like an encyclopedia had vomited on the walls.
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"Anyone who has spent time with 3- or 4-year-olds knows it can be exhausting. They're talkative, mobile, and independent, with a penchant for asking questions about everything. But well-structured pre-kindergarten classrooms are designed to harness that unbridled energy into enthusiasm learning. Colorful posters on the walls and stations set up for small group work ensure that kids are engaged in the new concepts and skills they learn."
"Your wallet and your phone are probably the two items you carry around with you the most. What if you can combine the two together and carry just one item?
Now you can with the new Q Card Case for the iPhone 5 by CM4.
The Q Card Case is a 2-in-1 device that functions both as a protective casing for your iPhone5 as well as a wallet.
It has space to comfortably fit 3 credit card sized cards plus cash. The case is made from a special patent pending soft-touch rubber and premium fabric. It also has a cut out slots for quick access to the cards as well for accessing all the buttons on your iPhone.
It even has a big cut out at the bottom of the case to allow for in-case charging as well as fully compatible with Apple's Lightning port to 30-pin port adapter.
The Q Card Case is available in 4 colors - Black Onyx, Mahogany Brown, Pacific Green and Red Rouge."
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"Looking for a pair of wireless headphones to complement your super tight jeans? JayBird's SB2 Sportsband headphones should serve as the perfect tech-cessory for your 80′s inspired hipster wardrobe thanks to their wide headband and small collection of colors ranging from subtle to almost neon.
But what's that you say? You embrace the 80′s except when it comes to technology? Well you'll be happy to know that in addition to Bluetooth A2DP support, the headphones also support the newer apt-X Bluetooth audio codec, which is apparently included in Apple's new Mac Mini. However, if you wanted to take advantage of its CD-quality wireless sound with other gear like the iPhone. The iSport (pictured above) which is compatible with the iPhone and other iDevices, or the uSport which connects to the headphone jack of pretty much any other audio source.
like with most Bluetooth headphones they include buttons on the side for controlling your music, as well as an integrated mic for making calls."
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Windows 8 is very different from its previous versions. It has colorful as well as smooth modern interface to entertain Ultra books and other touch-screen devices. By customizing the Windows 8 Start-screen, you can have easy access to favorite apps. This Techvedic tutorial is all about customizing Windows 8 Start Screen.
Microsoft Word processor offers a range of tools and features to customize your documents. You can modify fonts on all possible verticals including size, look, style, color, alignment, etc.
"Like Apple and Microsoft, Google also wants a place in your classroom.
Google Apps for Education is a free suite of cloud-based tools created by Google to use in your classroom. You probably knew that part, and likely have a vague awareness of what's available (Google Drive, Google Form, etc.) But Sylvia Duckworth has gone a step further, giving you an extended metaphor (a train), a graphic (with color), and a brief description of each "stop" of the Google Apps for Education train."
"Using technology for learning makes sense. Technology creates access, transparency, and opportunity. Any smartphone or tablet is media incarnate-video, animation, eBooks, essays, blog posts, messages, music, games. The modalities of light, color, and sound all arranged just so to communicate a message or create an experience.
But there is a difference, claims this graphic from teachbytes, between using technology and integrating it deeply into the learning experiences of students. This is, of course, what models like the SAMR model are based on-that idea of mere use to automate, to redefining what's possible."
"On this episode we'll be taking a look at the incredibly popular craft that everyone is into! No, not Minecraft... Papercraft! I'll be showing you how to make three perfect papercraft projects for beginners: A 3D folded Minecraft avatar, colorful swirly paper, and hopping origami paper froggies! Lets go!"
"LDraw™ is an open standard for LEGO CAD programs that allow the user to create virtual LEGO models and scenes. You can use it to document models you have physically built, create building instructions just like LEGO, render 3D photo realistic images of your virtual models and even make animations. The possibilities are endless. Unlike real LEGO bricks where you are limited by the number of parts and colors, in LDraw nothing is impossible."