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Great teacher site- Why Integrate Technology

This site has a lot of information about technology integration.

This video series goes inside the classrooms of educators who use technology tools in their lessons every day. Learn from their challenges, celebrate their successes, and share their resources in every episode.

Effective mathematics teaching is required to improve mathematics education. The experience that the teachers provide shape the students' understanding and their ability to use mathematics in their daily lives. This research study was carried out by a few UCF faculty members, as well as some from other colleges and universities. It focused on pre-service elementary school teachers and their ability to contextualize and decontextualize fraction subtraction problems by both writing problems and choosing problems that support given expressions.

This article by Dr. David Boote and Dr. Penny Beile (UCF) describes the characteristics of a sophisticated literature review for dissertations, which is also applicable for any literature review done, and also provides a rubric. (Use your NID to log in to UCF's Federated Id for access to library services and more).

Teacher pay teacher is a wonderful site of both free and paid resources for teachers. Easy to use and current on the Florida standards

TeachersPayTeachers.com -- 1,700,000+ free and priced teaching resources created by teachers for instant download including lesson plans, interactive

TeachersPayTeachers.com -- 1,900,000+ free and priced teaching resources created by teachers for instant download

As I move in to a role where I will be working with other colleagues on a more formal basis when it comes to e-learning, I have been reflecting upon different Apps. I was thinking about SAMR and which Apps can have transformative learning linked to them, if used properly.

Access your bookmarks and online favorites with Symbaloo. A free social bookmarking service in the cloud. Pro versions available for business & education

A framework that was designed to provide districts and schools a step-by-step process to use in developing and implementing school counseling programs.

Current Employees External Applicants Employment Opportunities Instructional Jobs include classroom teachers, resource teachers, instructional coaches, guidance counselors, and tutors. Click here to learn why it's great to be a teacher at Lake. Non-Instructional Jobs include IT support, custodians, clerical staff, bus driver, nurse, food service, teacher assistants, and maintenance positions.

"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.

Well-organized resource for printable, supplemental materials for classroom use. It's easy to navigate and covers a variety of topics relevant to curriculum and just for fun.

FREE resources, lesson plans, worksheets, printables, rubrics, etc. for teachers! An AMAZING site!

Teach-nology.com offers teachers FREE access to thousands of teacher resources, lesson plans, and rubrics.

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When most of us hear the word A simple picture book such as Similarly, economics, we think of either our present precarious financial circumstances, or of world financial issues far beyond our own understanding, let alone the understanding of our students.

Web-based resources powered through Symbaloo (an online bookmarking tool) that support and enhance instruction for teachers, staff, and administrators.

Bibliotherapy refers to using written material to help individuals process difficult situations or changes in their lives. Bibliotherapy has roots back to the 1930s when librarians created lists of written material to assist individuals to cope with life's situations. The assumption of bibliotherapy is that during reading, the individual will identify with the characters and their situations.

This website provides resources for teaching reading that are founded in research. Information about Common Core and other information can be used to inform reading instruction.

Recent college grads and current students can showcase on-campus achievements on the social network.

In the earlier 20th century, educators had very few tools to use to accomplish their goal of educating students. Pens, pencils, markers, blackboards, notebooks, and construction paper were staples in every classroom. Eventually, technology evolved and better teaching tools emerged: overhead projectors, record players, filmstrips, movies, VCRs, tape recorders, Xerox printers, and four-function calculators.

Google is often NOT the best choice for kids! Did you know that if you type "dogs" into Google, you get nearly 5 million hits? The Library Patch has put together a list of eight different search engines that you can use with elementary students. Your student search results will be SOO much better!