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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.

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This important document allows for inspection how Florida complies with the IDEA. As an educator, we are constantly looking for ways to comply with IDEA, as well as see areas that need improvement. This is just one way the Florida Department of Education is helpful for educators, as well as the Federal Department of Education website.

Not have enough time for grading? Want useful measurements on student performance? Need a free solution to help? If so, then Flubaroo can help! Grade online assignments in a single step! Get reporting and analysis on student performance! Email students their scores. Designed by a teacher, for other teachers!

Another free resource for students Teacher bookmark this for your students

Free Online Graph Paper / Grid Paper PDFs Downloadable and very printable, I find these PDFs extremely useful. You can tailor it to your own needs, change the size of the grids and use different patterns such as hexagonal, octagonal, and circular graphs.

Talk. Listen. TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime. Encourage the room to use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to tailor your presentation, sharpen your points, and address audience needs.

A Google search engine geared towards students and teachers.  The teacher tab includes lesson plan searches and a professional development section.

I found the lesson plans tab and the professional development sections to be the most useful for teachers like myself. I would need to do a bit more investigating to decide if the student centered search engine is useful for elementary students.

This website has everything you could possibly need for the classroom. There are tons of resources to incorporate technology in your classroom! This website allows you to select a topic or category used in your classroom. Each topic has additional resources such as websites, lesson plans, tutorials and worksheets.

This is an interesting site that could be used for students to do self-journal assignments. There would no longer be a need for bulky notebooks or binders, as the journal site would replace such. Teachers can set up a class and have administrative access to grade/comment on the student journal entries. I have not used this, but it looks like it could be a great tool.

I just discovered this site! This allows all needed participants to enter times that they would be available for an event. I think it would be great for team meetings or parent conferences. You create an event and then email it to the participants.

This website has all that you need to know about America's funniest elementary school student. It shares activities for teachers and learning games for kids.

USA TODAY newspapers, article collections and curriculum programs effectively support the literacy and cognitive skills needed for success in college and careers by engaging students in real-world news and information. USA TODAY Education creates innovative, interactive, multi-platform learning programs that engage students with real-world information to improve their literacy and critical thinking skills and prepare them for college and career paths.

this website was found through the US. Department of Education. It gives parent helpful practical examples of how they can use everyday task such as shopping at the grocery store to get kids motivated and practicing their math skills. These type of hands on practical approaches are always great to do with young kids because it's a way to capitalize on their free time and to have them practice what they are learning in school without feeling like they are in a classroom.

This is good information, I am sending this to my eye doctors office one lady needs help for her daughter

A safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents. Free. No need to give out your personal number!

I really like it when a seasoned teacher uses their vast knowledge and expertise to help other teachers. So here is a site I have used for years to get PowerPoints, lesson plans, etc. Most of the stuff needs to be tweaked but there is a lot of stuff to share.