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A blog post about the Shadow Puppet Edu iTunes app. It is free and you can create videos with up to 100 images and up to 30 minutes long.

A scout troop visits the First In Math headquarters!

Armed with striking new graphics and the mantra Energizing Every Child to Learn, Love and Live Math™, representatives from First In Math® Online Program spent four days at the National Council of Supervisors/Teachers of Mathematics (NCSM/NCTM) annual convention meeting new friends and connecting with current fans.

Further to my last post, please see another more recent article of June 2, 2014 printed in the Science Section of The New York Times asking the question, "Does handwriting matter?" Please note the interesting points raised here as well as the further coverage of psychologist Karin Harmin-James's 2012 Study on children's brain scans and their handwriting...

Although this article was printed on April 12, 2012, it raises some amazingly valid research points in favor of the necessity of Cursive Handwriting Instruction in schools in spite of the increase in key-boarding. I feel the most impressive points are Indiana Univ. Karin Harmin-James's MRI brain-scans of children and Neuroscientist Norman Doidge's book which discusses how the brain changes and develops neuropathways in relation to habit changes and repeated actions. Further, Doidge's research describes how handwriting and keyboarding require different actions and affect the brain in different ways.

Tech-ing Wisely in K-2 Classrooms

These are interesting links to try in your classroom. Enjoy!

This Marketing video for a high school outside of Boston really hits home. This school is located outside of Boston and truly shows the lighter side in advertising.

Sphero is the world's first app-controlled robotic ball and a sophisticated companion for your smartphone or tablet. Learn, play, and explore with this awesome new robot. - See more at: http://store.gosphero.com/products/sphero-2-0#sthash.DgtBjIpy.dpuf

Easily create & run thousands of blogs and web sites Have complete control of privacy, users and content Includes your own domain, designs and branding

This is a great tool to help students learn about civic processes in the United States.

Think Tank Search is a custom Google search of more than 575 think tank websites. For the purposes of this search, think tanks are defined as institutions affiliated with universities, governments, advocacy groups, foundations, non-governmental organizations, and businesses that generate public policy research, analysis, and activity. Inclusion is based upon the relevancy of subject area to HKS coursework and scholarship, the availability of the think tank's research in full-text on the website, and the think tank's reputation and influence upon policy making. The list represents a mixture of partisan and non-partisan think tanks.

Kodable is an app that prepares kids for their future in the digital world. It is designed to provide everything you need to teach the fundamentals of programming.

The Pope will be visiting the United States in September. Many schools are sharing photographs of themselves with Flat Francis. This is the website with the printable. Take a look at the #FlatFrancis hashtag on Twitter.

This document contains links to the seven sessions I attended at the 2015 NCEA convention with many links.

The outline for the EdTech Challenge. It is a way for teachers to think about collaboration tools, content management systems, personal learning networks, formative response tools, open educational tools, and electronic portfolios.

A retired teacher, Bob Greenberg, has been going around the country over the last year interviewing some of the important thought leaders, as well as local teachers and students, about education topics.