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 website is a great internet safety resource for students, parents and educators. There are videos and lesson ideas available. There is also information about cyberbullying. This website is a great classroom tool because it offers engaging activities for students, including virtual games, to teach them about internet safety.
Empowering and connecting teachers, administrators, and parents with innovative solutions and resources to better education. Join the conversation today!
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Good article on the need to develop/ sustain an interest in "how technology works," through technology education targeted at early high school students. The Australian Computer Society, mentioned in the article, "strives for ICT to be recognised as a driver of innovation in our society . . . ." Link shared by Tony Richards from Diigo group, Ed Tech Crew.
This is a great website for teachers to use. They are able to send text messages to parents to remind them of events that are coming up without using your actual phone number.
A new educational software program being implemented this year in our schools' extended day program is Kids College. This program is through a company named Learning Through Sports.
LTD helps students with literacy, math and science. It is an adaptive program that works at each students level. Teachers do not always have the time to differentiate instruction. This program adapts to the students level and works on the gaps in their knowledge.
The way the program works is that it motivates the students using their competitive nature. Student chose a team and the sport they want to play. The level they are working on is independent of their contribution to the success of the team. The team succeeds as long as the student succeeds. After answering questions they move through the levels by participating in the sport of their choice. The sports they students can play are: basketball, snowboard, golf, foosball, hockey, rugby or baseball. The video games have wonderful graphics which are attractive to the players.
The program is aligned with the state standards and the common core standards. It provides reports of students success for teachers, students and parents.
This is a free on line learning program. Students can practice math and reading. Teachers can keep track of students progress, communicate with students on the program and provide homework Parents can also monitor students progress and communicate with the teacher.
A fantastic resource for supporting the use of productivity software (mainly Microsoft tools) with step-by-step instructions customized for each operating system and in multiple languages. Great for helping students and parents, especially in ESL contexts.
Cool math.com @ http://www.coolmath.com/ is a wonderful website for finding lesson plans for any age student. This website is designed for students, parents, and teachers. It has games, lesson plans, teaching strategies, teaching segments, and different types of calculators. This website also provides a large variety of math problems in areas such as: adding, subtracting, dividing, decimals, algebra and geometry.
This is site was started by a professor at UCF. It describes how to create a digital book talk with students, compares them to video trailers. Teachers, parent, students can all sign on and view book digital book talks to promote reading.
SCPS has developed a digital learning plan for their schools. This web page was listed under the "Parents" section on their website. The purpose of this document/website is to inform parents of their plan for digital learning.
Parents can access resources to help support their child at home. The Orange County Public School website, has made it accessible for parents to locate their child's grade and use a variety of resources right at their fingertips!
Palm Beach County School District provides links to various online learning tools for student use at home. In addition, information for families are presented on this page such as bus and lunch information.
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