Curie Elementary

"You look outside the classroom window and see yet another in a long string of gloomy days. Inside the classroom, restless students seem mired in malaise. It must be time for a field trip! No money, you say, for buses or admission fees? No time for travel? Then why not a virtual field trip? The Web provides the resources; you provide the fun. Every day is a beautiful day for a virtual field trip! Included: Tips for creating your own virtual field trips"

Keynote speaker from CUE Conference. Includes some great information on how CCS and technology go hand in hand.

This article has a great chart that shows the difference between using technology and truly integrating technology in the classroom.

Where do your iPad apps fall in Bloom Taxonomy?

BIO Classroom provides free educational materials designed to encourage the use of biography in the classroom and help students explore the lives of those who have made an impact on our world.

"Information for teachers and parents on teaching and assessing reading, writing, and literacy, and information on Timothy Shanahan's upcoming professional appearances and publications."

Who needs a real field trip! Take your students on a virtual field trip. This site lists many different kinds of trips. You can even create your own virtual field trip.

Get started with blogging.

Free educational videos

"Guest blogger Emily Stewart, M.Ed., is a third grade teacher at Murch Elementary, a public school in Washington, DC. During the 2012-2013 school year, Emily will be sharing the real-world strategies, challenges, and successes of implementing ELA Common Core standards in her classroom."

NetSmartz Workshop NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline. The program is designed for children ages 5-17, parents and guardians, educators, and law enforcement. With resources such as videos, games, activity cards, and presentations, NetSmartz entertains while it educates.

"This comprehensive virtual tour allows visitors using a desktop computer (Windows, Mac, Linux) or a mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Android) to take a virtual, self-guided, room-by-room walking tour of the whole museum. You can even browse a list of past exhibits, which is included on the ground floor map (see upper right map buttons). The visitor can navigate from room to room by clicking map locations or by following blue arrow links on the floor that connect the rooms. The desktop version includes camera icons to indicate hotspots where the visitor can get a close-up view of a particular object or exhibit panel. "

Pretty cool

"Digital Media - New Learners Of The 21st Century Full Show Digital Media takes viewers to the frontlines of an education revolution."

This website was shared with me at a recent training and I think that it may be helpful in looking at what's to come with the Common Core Standards.