Content Literacy

Created by Angela Cunningham for the enrichment of Social Studies instruction using technology. Great set of resources and conceptual approaches to embedding technology into instruction. 

Bill McCallum's analysis of the common core standards. Well done!

Nice list of different ways to use QR codes. I still think that QR codes are great for teachers wanting to bridge the digital gap through printed materials in the classroom as well as for homework.

Great site for helping students understand ciruits. Not expensive and not intimidating, but very cool!

Great site with lots of different ways of studying histology, physiology, anatomy. 

Ramsay Musallam's flipped classroom tutorial website. I like his methodology and design. Worth reading. 

Interesting article from Britain regarding computational fluency. I don't disagree that being fluent with computation increases a students future capabilities, but there is not necessarily causal effect that 'traditional' approaches to teaching computation make stronger mathematics students. It's the rigorous approach that I think needs to be emphasized. 

Using Evernote for classroom portfolios. I like this use of a great tool for more than just sharing and capturing your own work. This is a nice systematic use of a tool for multi-purposes. 

Nice click and drag story boarding site. Easy to use to set up characters, setting, etc.

I nice tool to create PPT presentations with audio and to share those presentations. In the development of these PPT sharing tools, this is a nice tool for having students create simple multimedia presentations. 

Great common core math tools site from Bill McCallum's work in Arizona for PARCC

Loved this post on engaging students in higher level thinking/inquiry. Horray for student voices!

Obviously,I'm not a writing expert, but I love how this post describes the writing process this teacher is using at Duke with her students. The peer editing process is tested and this approach uses a screencast (video that can include audio of what is happening on a computer- mouse movements, ability to highlight text while commenting, etc.) I think it's right up our alley and incorporates free technology.

Resource and great uses for digital storytelling from University of Houston shared by Monica Osborne.

Answer questions from desktop, iTouch, iPhone, online clicker system Want to know what your audience/class is thinking right now? How about a quick check for understanding prior to starting the day's lesson? QuickieQ will help you gather a digital show of hands and more, whether the responders are in the same room or across the globe.

From englishcompanion.com

"In this article we introduce the free educational mathematics software GeoGebra. This open source tool extends concepts of dynamic geometry to the fields of algebra and calculus. You can use GeoGebra both as a teaching tool and to create interactive web pages for students from middle school up to college level. Specifically designed for educational purposes, GeoGebra can help you to foster experimental, problem-oriented and discovery learning of mathematics. We will illustrate the basic ideas of the software and some of its versatile possibilities by discussing several interactive examples."

"Preceden lets you make amazing timelines * Create a timeline for almost anything * Add multiple layers to keep events organized * Keep your timelines private or share them with others * Preceden is completely web-based and 100% free"