Hurricane Sandy  lesson plans; many cross-curricular ideas!

Article about heroes written by a senior at the University of Illilnois

Great resource for advancing students' ability to think critically.

Interesting ideas for using QR codes in the classroom

Create a brochure. Free for educational uses. Account required.

Excellent example of how one teacher had students create their own online portfolios.

Numerous downloadable resources!

Ice breaker ideas

A useful science resource about many ocean habitats and the adaptions fish have to survive there. Design your fish to thrive in the habitat & have the computer check its survival rate.

This is a wonderful Video conferencing site which works across many types of devices. There is no sign up or login required. Just start a room and share the link to invite others. You can have five video participates at once. You can watch videos together from YouTube and other sites. There is a collaborative notepad, text chat, file sharing and you can even share your screen with other 'room mates.' You can sign in for free to customize rooms and schedule sessions. A great resource for staff meetings, training and distance teaching.

Students "run" a coffee shop. They must purchase inventory according to their budget, then determine the recipe & cost of the coffee. At the end of the day, they receive results of how much profit/loss they experienced as well as feed back on how well their coffee was liked.