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"From engaging, standards-aligned rich media to interactive digital textbooks, our world-class content takes students beyond the classroom. Extensive professional development opportunities and a passionate educator network support teachers in transforming the classroom experience. Measure results and accelerate student achievement with digital curriculum that engages today's students."

Discovery Education has terrific resources that is linked to the current textbook that your county may be using for it's curriculum. User friendly and the United streaming is also helpful when planning lessons with the library of video segments. 

Problems Worth Solving Discovery Education accelerates school districts' digital transition through comprehensive standards-based content, professional development, formative assessment, and community engagement proven to positively impact student achievement. A digital textbook series, built from scratch for today's learners and current standards, engages students with dynamic, multimodal content and an inquiry approach.

Implemented by Vail School District in Arizona, this approach removed textbooks from their classrooms and replaced them with technology and teacher teams supporting each other in areas of expertise. Interesting concepts and resources.

I loved this can this be implemented in Orange County Fl This would be tremendous help here. Wow love it

Discovery Education Techbook™ is a digital textbook replacement that provides unrivaled content that helps teachers transition to the exciting world of digital resources. Techbook™ ignites curiosity and enhances learning via a powerful, simple-to-use program that substantially lowers district costs and can be used across any device or platform.

Free web-based textbooks created from online educational content. Boundless provides an interactive notebook, flash cards, quizzes, study guides, notes, etc...

The world's largest library of audio textbooks to make it easier for your child to read, comprehend and learn.

There is a proposal for all Florida schools to do away with textbooks and use digital devices such as ipad, kindles, etc... Clearwater High School and several other high schools around the State are currently experimenting with this new innovative concept.

I think this is a good and bad idea, I love the fact that students can use the technology, but what about students in areas that can't take advantage of these tablets. Also sometimes it is a bother to try and explain why we only have enough for one group and not the other. Now if we can get enough for everyone in all areas, then I am for it. Bottom line great! post, its really something to look forward to.

Using the iPad in the classroom - this article discusses History specifically, but could definitely be modified for any subject. Also, provides links for digital textbooks, which are most likely the wave of the future classroom.  

This article highlights several free online resources that can be used to enhance project-based learning for students. Resources such as Google Docs and Dropbox may be widely known already in this class, but others include LiveMinutes, ShowMe, and GimmeBar. I found this on Education World via the publisher companion site to our textbook.

In The National Geographic Kids Blog, a group of kids selected by the National Geographic staff share their thoughts and experiences. This is a great blog for kids to follow and be able to read about things that interest them and what other kids think. Teachers can use this as a resource to introduce kids to safe and educational places on the internet that are interesting to them as well. I found this in the "Online Safety" section of Kids.gov, accessed via the publisher companion site of our textbook.

Thanks for the website! It's a great resource for students to use. Im saving it to my Diigo account too. -Lisa

This lesson plan from Interface Magazine suggests ways to incorporate Twitter in your class. They seem so easy and practical but I never would have thought of some of these methods, and I was even an early Twitter adopter. Make sure to watch the video under "The Twitter Experiment"! I found this in the "Featured Resources" section of The Gateway to Educational Materials, accessed via the publisher's companion site to our textbook.

Help your students learn to study by encouraging them to create their own flashcards based on textbook materials.

Short summary of the adoption of digital textbook materials in FL.

Great resource for teachers, parents, and students. It's a search database that categorizes math topic by grade level and it explains concepts in plain step by step terms. This type of website would be awesome for parents that are not math savvy to use to brush up on their math skills or to relearn math concepts while trying to help their children.Great for teachers to refer to as a secondary way to explain a concept beyond their knowledge and the textbook being used.

Free app on iTunes. Ideal for children's picture books, photo books, art books, cook books, manuals, textbooks, and more.

iPads are making waves in education all over the nation, even in college classrooms, where they're replacing laptops, textbooks, and notebooks. Some colleges have even gone so far as to hand out iPads to new students, helping students and faculty all work with the same technology for learning.

As a teacher I know Social Studies is sometime pushed to the wayside. I can appreciate a website with ready resources.

Great apps! I love the Vocabulary Slides. My students for it easy to use as well.

this would be great modified into a digital means Students create a variety of content types for their journals -- from written reflections to maps and diagrams -- in response to teacher prompts and open-ended questions. Below are the essential elements of the journal project: Blank journals: At the beginning of each module, teachers hand out a blank journal to each student.

This website offers an almost unlimited amount of resources that could be beneficial to all teachers including exceptional student educators.

Free teacher resources for different subjects, grades, and topics.

Discovery education is a great resource for teachers at any level. Their website offers a multitude of free resources for all grade levels and subjects. It also includes lesson plans and worksheets for teachers, and homework help for students and teachers.