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When learning vocabulary, or to study for a quiz, one of the most common practices has been to make flashcards. This is done in foreign language classes, English classes, and other classes where learning vocabulary is necessary. Some teachers require their students to make flashcards.

Interactive games for very basic percent

This is a way to turn the class into a game.

Here is a great math game my students have really enjoyed and helps them learn about adding fraction with and without like denominators

This is a great blog on activating prior knowledge, so important when expecting full comprehension and engagement from students! It is amazing that the simplest things can make the biggest difference in the classroom, each student has something unique and valid to offer, we as teachers need to make sure we give them the opportunity to share what they know and discuss what they are learning.

I found this while reading through Tony Baldasaro's blog post about online schools. I haven't screened over the whole site yet, but it seems to worth a (second) look.

TenMarks is an excellent resource to use for Math. This website is aligned with the Common Core Standards and provides students with excellent practice and understanding of each standard. The classroom teacher can sign her class up on the site and provide each student with a username and password. From there she can assign different problems for the class to solve based on the skills they are learning or have already learned. Each question has a video lesson and hints to support the students if they are struggling. TenMarks also automatically provides the students with an intervention or a re-teaching video if they continue to struggle with a concept. It also provides the teacher with reports on the progress of each student. This is something that my fifth grade colleagues and I started this year and it has been great!

This had a major impact in my teaching. If the process he describes is what is innate in children, how does our teaching now help or hinder that effect? I think technology is a great way to bring students natural inclination for learning to the fore.

Great website to learn about trending technology in education

In this website teacher can find almost all of the essential tools In technology that could contribute to the students learning.

With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations - and share your creations with others in the online community. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively - essential skills for life in the 21st century.

This website gives teachers useful ideas to implement educational video games to make learning more enjoyable for the students.

Eye Can Learn is a website offering students with visual problems eye exercises that can help students Visual Process Skills. Some of the areas that are covered are: Perception, Tracking, Focusing and Eye Teaming.

I am always looking for different ways to present numbers. It's hard to believe that September is just around the corner and I will be teaching kindergarteners who have no concept of numbers. I found this site via Pinterest.

Children get to record their voice over an interactive story about the cartoon dog of their choosing! Great way for young students to learn the parts of a story and practice their storytelling skills.

A logophone's dream. While I would love to possess a revered hard copy in my classroom learning center, I would definitely have this site bookmarked.

This link to the Oxford English Dictionary is an invaluable resource for Middle School ELA and Secondary Ed English teachers. I can see it as a frequent "go-to" site for Student Researchers, providing more interesting content than a standard online dictionary. Because the OED is concerned with word origins, I believe it would be helpful in creating bridges with ELL students as well, giving them a chance to see the linguistic contributions their language has made to ours. Check out the link in the lower center column for teachers and students (resources and lesson plans).

This site--English pedagogy guru Jim Burke's ning--is a treasure trove for middle school and secondary English instructors. Joining requires verification of your relationship to a learning institution. The site is well organized, allowing me to browse by general topics and within forums. It's a virtual teacher's lounge, allowing for quick takes on strategies for teaching any number of things, or in depth discussion on the viability of Literature Circles for Shakespeare study. I could easily get lost in the forest of great ideas here.

This article gives me a new perspective on Project Based Learning, and one teacher incorporates a lot of interesting technology to expand her anatomy class.