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Put on Your Thinking Caps | Math by Design - 0 views

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Math by design is a math simulation where students are part of the TRC Architectural firm.

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Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.</div>

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Practice Math Word Problems | Diigo - 0 views

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This math site was created to help students. It is an on-going work in progress and will be updated periodically. There are a lot of free math worksheets on the site.

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Skype in the classroom (beta) | Skype Education - 0 views

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Skype in the classrom is a free directory for teachers who want to use Skype to bring education to life in their classrooms.

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karen sipe on 07 Mar 11

If you are interested in bring outside experts and guests into your classroom, then Skype in the classroom may be for you.

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http://www.musictheory.net/ - 0 views

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This covers music lessons, exercises and interactive tools to teach music theory.

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Teacher Experience Exchange - 0 views

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This is a video that goes over 5 mindmapping tools: Bubbl.us, mindomo.com wisemap.com, mindmaster.com, mind42.com. All look interesting.

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karen sipe on 07 Mar 11

5 mindmapping tools you and your students can use.

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Stories about time: interactive timeline tools | Instructional Design Fusions - 0 views

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Stories about time: Interactive timeline tools. This is a helpful resource that outlines a variety of timeline tools that could be used educationally.

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karen sipe on 04 Mar 11

This is a cool site to checkout and bookmark the tools that you may be able to use at some point. Timelines are great in that they provide a way for students to organize their thinking about a particular topic. Check out some of the timeline tools outlined in this link.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a cool site to checkout and bookmark the tools that you may be able to use at some point. Timelines are great in that they provide a way for students to organize their thinking about a particular topic. Check out some of the timeline tools outlined in this link.</div>

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bookclubit.com | Start a Online Book Club - 1 views

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Start you own book club. You can invite your friends. Have discussions online or in person. Find other people with similar book interest.

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karen sipe on 04 Mar 11

This is pretty cool. What a great way to share what you are reading with your friends. What a great way for kids to discuss their books. Wouldn't it be cook if a teacher could set up a club and invite their students to it to discuss what they are reading online.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is pretty cool. What a great way to share what you are reading with your friends. What a great way for kids to discuss their books. Wouldn't it be cook if a teacher could set up a club and invite their students to it to discuss what they are reading online.</div>

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American Education in 2030 | Hoover Institution - 0 views

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Education in 2030 developed by the Hoover Institution Stanford University. This is an interesting look at different aspects of education and what it is anticipated education may look like in 2030.

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karen sipe on 04 Mar 11

This information does not surprise me. I thought it was very interesting and 2030 is really not that far in the future.

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ALAS music project | Diigo - 0 views

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Free music downloads. New added every few weeks.

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Map Jigsaw Puzzles - National Geographic - 0 views

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Electronic Puzzles from National Geographic

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Newsmap - 0 views

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Newsmap allows a user to choose countries from around the word and see the latest news in that country.

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45 Interesting Ways to Support Writing in the C... - "Google Docs" - 0 views

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Powerpoint with 45 ways to support writing in the Classroom. This provides lots of ideas that teacher can use to have students write.

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Independent Lens . OFF THE CHARTS . Web Karaoke | PBS - 1 views

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Off the charts Karoke is a PBS site. You can create your own song or poem and music will be put to it and you can sing along.

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Google A-Z - Google Docs - 1 views

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Google A-Z provides links to information about all the google options.

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karen sipe on 23 Feb 11

Good resource for those who are interested in google.

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Thumb War - Online Spreadsheets - EditGrid - 0 views

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Edit Grip allows users to collaborate via the web on a spreadsheet. Works very much like Excel.

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Math video lessons

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DocsTeach - 0 views

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Docs Teach provides ready to use tools for teaching with documents in the classroom.

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Microsoft Mathematics is now available for free « Mathematics and Multimedia - 0 views

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microsoft mathematics is now available for free.

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Classic Short Stories - 0 views

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This is a site compiled of short stories. You can search the stories by author or title or you can go to the bibliography section and use the click here link to go to a listing of the short stories available.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a site compiled of short stories. You can search the stories by author or title or you can go to the bibliography section and use the click here link to go to a listing of the short stories available.</div>

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