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SMILE is an online collection of math and science activities available to anyone, free of charge. We are also a community of educators who contribute, use, and comment on activities at howtosmile.org. SMILE stands for Science and Math Informal Learning Educators; we are a pathway (an audience-specific branch) of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL.org).

SMILE spotlights hands-on and interactive activities, both physical and virtual, that involve doing and learning.

Activities take many forms, from downloadable lesson plans to how-to videos to online interactive games.

This is a continuing series on Web2.0 and other web-based tools for educators. This information is specific to math educators, but there is some crossover into ccience

 Integration is the seamless merging of technology and instruction in a way that leads to higher student enagagement and therefore, higher achievement

  CTAP's Integration Table of Contents Info Lit and Cybersafety LinksPodcasting and Digital StorytellingGrammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Grammar PodcastsVisual Literacy, Learning: Teaching through audio, imagery, video, simulation and text - visit these sites to see how!Want to use Google Earth to teach? This is a great start: Use You Tube to Accelerate Learning!! 8 p•ARTS - Learning Grammar with PicturesSentence p•ARTS Teaching Sentences and Punctuation with Constructivism2,200 FREE Learning Tools - Online and OfflineWhen they self teach, kids choose to learn by TEXT text last. WHY?Use COMMERCIALS TO TEACH - over 220,000 available @ YouTube, right now!STOP MAKING POWERPOINTS! use Google Advanced SearchAll right, all you STEM teachersFREE Math Podcasts at iTunesPicasa Video TutorialUse Slideshare.net to Embed and Share your PowerpointsDon't Pay For Typing Tutor SoftwareEverything you need to know about EDUCATIONAL WIKIS