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This blog has some great lesson ideas for math, language arts, wrting and technology.  Theses ideas take your students into the higher levels of Bloom.

In today's age of big data, words and phrases like "adaptive learning," "personalization" and "differentiation" are getting tossed around with increasing frequency. What exactly do these terms mean and to what extent do they overlap?

"There are as many definitions of gamification as there are books and Ted Talks about it. My working definition (as applied to education) is pretty simple-gamification is the process of taking something students have to do and turning it into something that they get to do. We aren't talking about higher level learning here, but rather a way to take the 'ew' out of 'review.' With this goal in mind, below are four tried-and-true tools to help teachers 'funify' their classroom activities."

This wiki is designed to give you a little more background on the Did You Know? presentation. The wiki also will connect you with some resources to learn more about the shifts that are occurring in our world and their implications for K-12 and higher education.

This is a great geography game for both kids and adults. As fast as you can click as close to the location on the map as possible. The game starts off easy with obvious locations but gets harder as the levels progress. You'll need big scores to be allowed to the higher levels. Good luck

Kathy Schrock wrote this post providing insight on how to use integrate technology while challenging students to think critically.