Content Literacy

http://inderscience.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&eissn=1746-7268&volume=1&issue=2&spage=159 The purpose of this study is to identify the benefits that mobile technology can provide in education. From a review of the literature and interviews with individuals in the field of education, we developed an activitybased model to associate the uses of mobile technology with their benefits. The model first identifies the general uses of mobile technology in education and the specific activities that they encompass. Then, the benefits from their uses are identified with overarching themes emerging as follows: greater efficiencies and effectiveness in learning, increased individual support and opportunities for personal development, better methods of collaborating and communicating and greater exposure to technology.

Interactive world  map

Simple science demonstrations for middle school science classes. 

Online map that supports the USGS wall map. The site has several different layers, and map perspectives to choose from. 

Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools

Digital library for Earth system education with grade level and content resources. 

Census at School is an international classroom project that engages students in grades 4-12 in statistical problemsolving. Students complete a brief online survey, analyze their class census results, and compare their class with random samples of students in the United States and other countries.

Fun photo morphing site. 

QR Codes and their potential uses in Ed. 

More tips on using Evernote

Great ideas for using Evernote. 

Interesting mapping tool. Allows students to make connections between facts using a mapping tool. 

Online document collaboration tool that is very easy to get started. Great for use in combination with Skype for feedback and interaction. 

A great timeline of the US-Russian Space Station. 

Patrick Ledesma does a nice job outlining how you might give students more choice in developing projects that include technology. Choice doesn't mean do whatever, it means providing frameworks and allowing students the choice to figure out what works best for them to achieve the benchmarks that you lay out within given timeframes. 

Quora is an interesting tool and it looks like it is getting some attention from the journalism community. On Quora, people ask and answer questions, harnessing the power of the internet and scale. 

Nikon's small world competition and site is an amazing array of photos. Cool photos and even cooler scientific connections. Read about everything from snowflakes to cancer to microfibers to mosquito hearts. 

Interesting site that brings students together to study and do homework. If your student population has access might be an interesting tool to throw out there for collaboration. 

Wiggio is an easy way to communicate and work in groups; provides group email, text, and voice messages, host web meetings, conference calls, and chatrooms; keep a shared calendar; store/edit files; poll the group; and keep track of group tasks.