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Create an online course that will engage and delight students around the world using OpenLearning. Whether you have 8 students or 8,000, OpenLearning has the scale, experience and flexibility to enable you to create and run a course for students worldwide.

Study by Candace Lacey, Glenda Gunter, and Jennifer Reeves on the implementation of mobile tech at two universities and in a pre-K classroom.

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference brings together a huge cross section of educators who share a common belief that technology in the classroom can make learning more relevant, engaging and fun for kids.

Cool way of using video-based questioning to keep kids engaged.

Google Forms as a classroom tool

There is a great deal of enthusiasm for the use of games in formal educational contexts; however, there is a notable and problematic lack of studies that make use of replicable study designs to empirically link games to learning (Young, et al., 2012). This paper documents the iterative design and development of an educationally focused game, Compareware in Flash and for the iPad. We also report on a corresponding pilot study of 146 Grades 1 and 2 students playing the game, a paper and pencil related activity and completing a pre- and post-test. The paper outlines preliminary findings from the play testing, which included high levels of student engagement, an approaching statistical improvement from pre- to post-test, and a discussion of the improvements that needed to be made to the game following the pilot study.

To engage the leaders of tomorrow, teachers need access to the right materials today. These materials need to be easily obtainable, affordable and reflect the academic standards that bring real-world scenarios into the classroom. Microsoft has created Hacking STEM, a monthly resource devoted to helping teachers modernize their current STEM curriculum through inquiry and project-based lesson plans, aligned to middle-school academic standards.

A perfect search engince created for students ages 6-12. Safe and fun way for young learners to engage in research.

Search engine sorted by disciplines.

This website can help you improve performance at all levels. You'll be able to streamline processes, automate tasks, empower teachers, boost parental involvement, and engage every student with personalized learning experiences on the devices they love with "Blackboard".

This is a wonderful program used by Florida Virtual School which enables teachers to have either realtime or taped interactive virtual classroom lessons.

This is a program used by Florida Virtual School which enables teachers to have either realtime or taped interactive virtual classroom lessons.

Wonderful website for space videos, lesson plans, space clips and more. Fun, engaging, factual and just down right outstanding. I love this site!

Direct link to teacing videos, lesson plans and activities for the classroom. The activities are fun and some are very easy to do.

Educational website that is able to be downloaded as an App. The games and interactive lesson on range from K-5. Fun and engaging for students. Great for home-school support, Tier 1 and Tier 2 students.

Whole Brain Teaching is fun, free and powerfully engages challenging students... Whole Brain Teachers of America is one of the fastest growing education reform movements in the United States. Whole Brain Teachers of America Improving student reading speed, of all serious educational problems, is one of the easiest to solve. LOVE THIS SITE!!

Wow great site, I love that they have an area that will help you with challenging students. I am going to keep searching to see if they have anything on ESOL students, if not it would be a great addition to the site. The site is GREAT!! Thank you!

My fourth graders love this site. The practices match their text for the most part. They are currently working on place value and fractions. They are excited when they see their points accumulate. A very engaging site for kids to practice standards based skills.

Ron Peck (@Ron_Peck on Twitter) teaches social studies at North Valley High School in Medford, OR. A self-proclaimed history and tech geek, he's the co-creator and co-moderator of #SSChat and #APChat on Twitter. Visit his blog at http://historygeek29.blogspot.com/. How many times have you thought to yourself, "In what way can I spice up this unit and make it student-centered?"

This brief article is an early work by Dr. Ian Bogost related to what he would later refer to as "procedural rhetoric." In this piece Dr. Bogost draws parallels between various processes essential to being "literate" at different points in history. With what "processes" do we need to become literate as educators in the 21st century? How can we help others become literate?

This sounds a lot like learning by doing. If students can't experience battle re-enactments, or visit musuems and historical sites, or travel to parks, or act out a story, technology might afford those luxuries. Computers, iPads, even smart phones can provide virtual field trips and experiences. Students can further share these experiences through social networking. As an older generation, I feel it necessary to keep learning how today's youth are communicating so I will be able to connect with them and bridge that gap in their education.

Not a fan of Diamond, but I did like Guns, Germs, and Steel. As it relates to learning, I do agree that there is great benefit in constructing your learning. I imagine a day when we will be able to choose from a vast assortment of resources that will allow us to illustrate specific terms or concepts and from those resources we can build knowledge, sort of like a Lego model.

Looking for a way to get your students more engaged? Mixbook is proud to present Mixbook for Educators, a program that allows educators even easier access to the most powerful suite of digital storytelling tools on the web. Check out the stories below to hear how Mixbook can help YOU.

Mixbook Education Program gives Educators and Students the power to learn in a new and exciting way.

This site provides many applications for pictures or video such as edit, download, add, and design. The site also offers lessons for students to acquire skills. This is useful when the student is using the site to design and add three-dimensional effects of the classroom that help students visualize the environment and their effects through the image to develop the sensory side of the student. The student can also download images on the site and engage with other students, teachers, and parents.

Educators who work in low-income schools understand technology could help them understand student needs better and create more engaging learning experiences. But tight budgets make some of the more ambitious schemes, like one-to-one computer access a distant dream. Yet it's precisely the schools with under-served student populations that stand to gain the most from technology.