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Seeing this in action in my school is really awesome. A traditional classroom would never allow students to have this much creativity. Think about it, would you want to sit in an uncomfortable chair for 6 hours a day? #eme5050

This goes right along with our course. I loved that they included Gamification and the 3-D Printing. #eme5050  . 

This is a link to the full-text research article authored by Glenda A. Gunter, Robert F. Kenny and Erik H. Vick. The title is "Taking educational games seriously: using the RETAIN model to design endogenous fantasy into standalone educational games". The authors argue that for educational games to be effective, a new design paradigm needs to be utilized. They recommend the RETAIN design and evaluation model. The article is published in Education Tech Research Dev (2008) 56:511-537 and the DOI is 10.1007/s11423-007-9073-2.

The "7 Things You Should Know About..." series provide quick reads with concise information about emerging technologies and practices. The Campus-Wide IT section addresses professional challenges in higher education, while the Learning Technology section discusses individual technologies or practices. I could bookmark at least a dozen of these relevant articles (microlectures, social content curation, educational design research, e-readers, cloud computing, and so on), which is why I'm saving the main page instead.

Research proves digital tools improve academic performance.

This research article provides an overview of how transformative learning experiences can be created through instructional design.  The aim is to use instruction to make learning more experiential, personally relevant and transformative to students.  The authors explain a framework for providing transformative learning experiences, including several indicators that fall into the categories of developing personal meaning, competence with the subject and relationships.  The authors also present guidelines for designing these experiences, including applying design fundamentals, crafting the learning experience and teaching and facilitating to inspire learning. A quick, but worth while read! Wilson, B. G., & Parrish, P. (2011). Transformative learning experience: Aim higher, gain more. Educational Technology, 51 (2), 10-15.

"The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning is a refereed, open access e-journal that disseminates original research, theory, and best practice in open and distance learning worldwide."

All standards information for Arizona on edtech for all grade levels

The Office of Educational Technology is involved in a variety of projects and initiatives that leverage technology to improve teaching and learning and create opportunities for innovation.

Great link to research, report, and grants through the Office of Educational Technology

A great read about technology integration in the classroom and using technology in general.

A great research document that compares research with online learning and face-to-face learning.

Great way to embed links to articles for kids to do research

One, two, three, four - give your algebra class a hip hop beat score! Researchers have been studying the link between music and learning for decades, and recent research suggests that listening to music does indeed enhance the brain's ability to absorb new information.

Teacher videos, resources and lesson plans. Discover great ideas and strategies to use as a teacher with this collection of videos covering Math, Science, English, History and more.

This is the Teaching Channel's website filled with educator resources.  I have found several Science lab ideas from this site.  Many resources are standards based and grounded in STEM research, but there are resources for all subject areas.  There are also videos available that show lessons in practice.  

Interesting article on a well researched program now under fire

A great article regarding apps and BYOD in the elementary classroom. This article also links to other resources and research.

"Best Evidence Encyclopedia is a free web site created by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education to give educators and researchers fair and useful information about the strength of the evidence supporting a variety of programs available for students in grades K-12."

Easily organize your papers, read & annotate your PDFs, collaborate in private or open groups, and securely access your research from everywhere.

This page contains presidential sites and apps to gather facts, biographies, speeches, photos, audio & video files, election results, color pages, interactive games and much more