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App that drops you in to a location and you use clues/technology and research to guess where...

Florida Association for the Gifted

Example of art & technology projects

Example of art & technology projects

Word Cloud apps for iPad

We've all been told that we should recycle plastic bottles and containers. But what actually happens to the plastic if we just throw it away? Emma Bryce traces the life cycles of three different pl...

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

This article offers a list of app for the children to use in the classroom or at home. What I liked most about the list was there were several apps for special needs children and apps that could be customized by parents/teachers for individual learning.

Smart, Take-it or Leave-It, or I Don't Care" - blog entry about VARK learning styles and how technology can be used in all areas.

Great article on customizing distance learning and online education in post-secondary (colleges/universities)... I also specifically like this article because it gives some depth to my argument on legitimizing degrees earned through online programs at reputable schools.

This article explores and discusses research in faculty's literacy of technology and their aptness to incorporate technology in their curriculum - Very relevant to this week's WAR2 assignment on technology and pedagogy!

May , 2014 One of the wonderful video resources I have been recommending for teachers and students is TED Ed video library on YouTube. This library features a wide variety of educational videos curated specifically for education community. These TED Ed videos are explanatory tutorials and animations that cover a given topic .

Parent Benefits Positive parent-school communications benefit parents. The manner in which schools communicate and interact with parents affects the extent and quality of parents' home involvement with their children's learning. For example, schools that communicate bad news about student performance more often than recognizing students' excellence will discourage parent involvement by making parents feel they cannot effectively help their children.

This article was written by UCF professors Dr. Tony Grajeda and Jay Beck discussing the importance of "sound studies" on the discipline of humanity, specifically, but also across academic disciplines.

Found through twitter, this tweet shared by twitter-user "Nimfetta" links to an article on busyteacher.org regarding some amazing tips on writing successful lesson plans. How to Write a Lesson Plan: 5 Secrets of Writing Great Lesson Plans http://busyteacher.org/3753-how-to-write-a-lesson-plan-5-secrets.html ... via @busyteacher_org

This link provides parents with students enrolled in Manatee County schools with numerous resources including school choice forms, information about before and after school care, volunteering information, and information on SAC and SIP.

This link is a resource for current and prospective Florida teachers and is extremely valuable in keeping up with the latest additions and changes to the necessary teaching certificates required to become an instructor.

Since I am a "new" teacher to the whole iPad classroom, I found this site useful and the Pedagogy Wheel has many apps that as useful.

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

Physicist Werner Heisenberg said, "When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: why relativity? And why turbulence? I really believe he will have an answer for the first." As difficult as ...