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Created by an expert tutor and a designer, Virtual Nerd gives students a new option to turn to when they need help. For a fraction of the cost of private tutoring, students gain access to hundreds of interactive step-by-step video tutorials that match up with the practice problems in their textbook. Virtual Nerd's patent-pending e-Learning system anticipates students' questions, so they can easily drill down to related tutorials if they get confused. The innovative design makes it easy for students to stay focused. Plus, unique reporting features mean parents and teachers can stay involved with students' progress.

Marzano research on effectiveness of Promethean boards.

"At Mathalicious, we believe that math isn't something to learn, but a tool to learn about other things. Our mission is to help transform the way math is taught by providing you with the best, most meaningful and most relevant math content available. Our lessons are aligned to traditional state standards but, unlike most content, emphasize conceptual understanding through engaging real-world applications." A nod towards developing number sense in a relevant way is useful for our students who nowadays struggle with certain basic concepts. Develop a homework assignment for the Calc student that struggles with graphing the equation of a line.

nice jeopardy game that keeps all the teams score easily.

Create awesome jeopardy games

"Through this innovative program, students and citizens will gain a deeper appreciation of our country's history and character through the study and understanding of its' art."

Watch the video at the bottom. Evernote also syncs with your online account to work on your pc or smartphone. Great productivity tool if it fits your world. Free plenty of ideas for teaching & Learning. T&L

Still don't think the iPad is good for Teaching & Learning (T&L)... these tools can be implemented into our world seamlessly, and more importantly, more intuitively. BTW - I'm going to use T&L anymore instead of education... too stuffy for me. ;)

"Education 2.0 social network for your class"

Google Books Court Ruling

This has videos of rich math tasks being used in classrooms, and takes you through the preplanning, launch-explore-summarize of the lesson, and the reflection after the lesson. Student work samples from the actual videos are also available.   It's a great resource for coaches and teachers for professional development.

Lots of Scratch lessons

Informative diagram worksheet that guides you along the path to creating your Scratch program. 

A printable storyboard template for students to use to plan or design their Scratch programming.

Directions for sharing Scratch projects by embedding them into any HTML page.

"Are you using BigHugeLabs in the classroom? Sign up for a free Educator account and get the following benefits: * Pre-register your students so they can sign in without requiring an email address. * View and download content created by your students. * Use the site advertising-free. * Ready to print ID cards for your students"

Educator accounts!