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This article is published by Reading Rockets, an organization that helps teach students to read. The article gives an overview of some of the key elements of a warm, supportive, and engaging classroom. The Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) grades a room and then encourages teachers to make some changes for student success.

Great Article, Arianna.

This is a great article that describes using technology to extend the learning of our students in a social studies classroom. Emphasis is placed on the importance of using technology to make our teaching better and that teachers must be involved in a constant and consistent training program. The article highlights some great web-based sources for social studies teachers such as the Virginia Center for Digital History.

Stephanie: I like how this article doesn't leave the content behind. It was a wonderful "reinforcement" of the idea that technology needs to help and support the learning in a new way. Great find.

The Khan Academy is a leading online education tool. Founder Salman Khan started the company after tutoring his niece who was struggling with middle school math. He has written a book called 'The One World Schoolhouse' about how the traditional classroom models no longer work and that using technology in the classroom can bridge the education gaps.

Great, Megan. Khan Academy is a great way to support flipped classrooms, too.

This article is about a 5th grade classroom School in Texas that uses cell phones. This project was initiated by the teacher and is supported by corporate sponsors. Verizon provides the service; HTC donates the cell phones; and Microsoft Mobile is helping with software issues. I think this teacher is on to something!

Such a smart use of businesses! Impressive. Great article.

I have been looking for some good ideas on how to incorporate technology in the classroom to help stimulate discussion on the election. I love Mary Beth's idea of having the kids take an on-line poll where they choose which side of an issue they agree with, then learn which candidate supports that side. She also adds a couple extra sites as resources for teachers to use during this election cycle.

I bookmarked this to elaborate on 2 other articles I found because it is a very nice and visual tool describing the concept of a "flipped classroom." As a homework hater this concept is very exciting to me that the student come to class ready to engage rather than expecting the student to carry on enthusiasm at home AFTER the lecture. There are diagrams and drawings which really help me comprehend and remember an article. There are also useful links at the end. I will revisit this site for more articles that are as visually pleasing.

I love Infographics. I'm glad you included one. We'll be talking about them in week three!

This article discusses the future possibility of taking classroom exams on tablets. Tablet manufacturers are slowly providing the necessary security that would be needed to support this change. As with all advance in technology, there are pros and cons that need to be weighed and considered. There is even mention of a future possibility of BYOTD (bring your own testing device).

Great source for this article. As schools begin to move to more devices like the Tablets, this will definitely impact testing. I enjoyed reading about "locking down the device" as more and more tests are taken online.