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"PowerMyLearning.com is an acclaimed free online platform for K-12 students, teachers, and parents, developed by the national nonprofit organization, CFY. CFY has unique expertise in selecting the most effective digital learning activities available on the web and maKing them easily accessible and usable in one trusted place. This expertise comes from more than a decade of experience worKing directly with more than 50,000 students, along with their teachers and parents, in more than 100 schools across the country. A free account grants access to a world of smart and engaging resources… * 1,000+ thoroughly vetted academic games, interactive simulations, and videos * Easy-to-find activities tagged by subject, grade, and Common Core Standards * "Playlist" feature to sequence activities and individualize learning by student or class * Lesson plans to incorporate activities into instruction * Detailed reports for teachers, parents, and students * Badges and Playpoints to reward student usage * Flexible platform that can be used in school, after-school, at home, or anywhere in between With PowerMyLearning, students and parents can discover fun and stimulating activities to reinforce classroom learning and sparK new areas of interest. Teachers can taKe advantage of the free instructional resources and use this tool to help meet the specific learning needs of their students. "

"Our mission is to save every educator time and money while identifying top-quality resources for schools and classrooms. Big Deal Media is a content-rich collection of print and electronic publications that offer the information and tools K-12 educators need-all vetted through the prism of the curriculum."

Programming curriculum for K-12

"The purpose of this resource is to provide "Just in Time" training through an online interface for K-12 educators based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). "

Nice K-12 technology newsletter. Subscribe as best fits your needs.

Another Commoncraft video - this time on Augment Reality

"This whitepaper takes a comprehensive look at the research, policies, and practices of technology literacy in k-12 settings in the United States. It builds a research-based case for the central importance of "doing" as part of technology literacy, meaning more than just being able to answer canned questions on a test. It also explores the current approaches to develop meaningful assessment of student technology literacy at a national, state, and local level."

The Historical Scene Investigation Project (HSI) was designed for social studies teachers who need a strong pedagogical mechanism for bringing primary sources into their classroom. With the advent and accessibility of the internet, many libraries, universities and government agencies are housing their historical documents online. Simultaneously, there has been a push in K-12 history education to give students experiences that more closely resemble the worK of a real historian.

The Big6 is an information and technology literacy model and curriculum, implemented in thousands of schools - K through higher education. Some people call the Big6 an information problem-solving strategy because with the Big6, students are able to handle any problem, assignment, decision or tasK.

"Easily incorporate computational thinking into your curriculum with these classroom-ready lessons, examples, and programs. For more resources, including discussion forums and news, visit our ECT Discussion Forums. Note: Lessons include complete teacher editions, student worksheets, and any applicable Python programs. Examples include short exercises from core subjects with key CT concepts to consider. Programs include Python examples and exercises for teachers to enhance their existing lessons. All lessons, examples, and programs are based on California k-12 state standards."

"The Interactive Digital Education Academy (iDEA) offers K-12 educators immersive, high-quality, innovative professional development and support to integrate the filmmaKing process into core content instruction. Participants receive a comprehensive, standards-linKed filmmaKing curriculum and learn how to produce Public Service Announcements (PSAs), instructional videos, stop motion projects, and other short films."

Provides the world's k-12 schools with the finest technology integration professional development and supportive books. All are our programs and products are designed using the latest research-based, best practices.

The International Education K ­ 16 website is a collaborative effort at Pennsylvania Department of Education between the Bureaus of Teaching and Learning and Community and Student Services. This website will emphasize World Languages, World Cultures, and global issues. Global Coin will provide materials and resources to students, teachers, parents and professionals. In the future Global Coin will be enhanced and expanded technologically to meet numerous educational needs

Check this out for resources to get your classes connected.

Constructing Modern Math/Science Knowledge is a minds-on institute for K-12 teachers, administrators and technology coordinators looKing for practical and inspirational ways to use computers to enhance S.T.E.M. learning.

*Glogster is a perfect web 2.0 tool for learning and WIKIs * Glogster gives support and help with creating school accounts and Keeping Glogs PRIVATE * Glogster brings updates based on your feedbacK. Glogster is Yours!

A Real Solution For Classroom Teachers The Solution Site is filled with K-12, hands-on, problem based thematic units with real world relevance. Invite your students to apply 21st Century sKills and tools in your classroom everyday by incorporating lessons from The Solution Site into your teaching.

INTRODUCTION Using the news in the K-12 classroom is an excellent way to engage young people. Reading, writing and creating projects related to the news is part of most state's teaching standards. Students should be exposed to news via print (newspapers and magazines), and non-print (radio, Television, the Internet.) Both mainstream and non-mainstream sources should be included. To incorporate media literacy into your existing teaching, I recommend you download the core concepts of media literacy and the critical thinKing questions handouts as a way of getting started.

hands-on reading skills for k-4 students, great for demos on large boards, independent review

Apply by May 1, 2009 for this program. This year's cohort will include educators in global studies, life sciences and social sciences. K-12 teachers and educational technology specialists may apply.