A free online platform for K-12 students, teachers, and parents to find high-quality digital content that supports the Common Core standards.

The Smarter Balanced Practice Tests provide an early look at sets of assessment questions aligned to the Common Core for grades 3-8 and 11 in both English language arts/literacy and mathematics. 

Graphite, a free service from Common Sense Media, helps teachers find, understand, and share the best digital learning products available.

Edcamps strive to provide space for teachers to learn from each other. They give everyone a voice and a forum to explore new ideas and strategies.

Our Mythology Encyclopedia features over 3,700 weird and wonderful Supreme Beings, Demons, Spirits and Fabulous Beasts from all over the world. Explore ancient legends and folklore, and discover Gods of everything from Fertility to Fluff with Godchecker...

Provides conferences, membership, PD, Links & Sources

Offers toolkits, ideas, research, briefs, and webinars

Teachers list their favorite sites

Twitter chats are a great resource for learning and networking, allowing academics from all over the world to come together on a regular basis to talk about what's important in education. They're also ideal for gaining authority and visibility in your field. Better yet, they're happening all the time. Check out our list to find 50 of the best Twitter chats in academia (shared in no particular ranking), offering a great way to get connected and stay informed in the world of education.

MapMaker Kits offer K-12 students the opportunity to work with key mapping concepts at a variety of scales and to see the world in new ways. Unique large-scale maps allow students to immerse themselves in the exploration of dynamic environmental and cultural aspects of the world. MapMaker Kit activities engage students in the manipulation and analysis of a variety of geographic information sets, helping them build skills in critical thinking, the representation of data, and mental mapping. Each kit enables the user to download, print, and assemble maps of the world, individual continents, and the United States in a variety of sizes. Mega maps occupy a large wall, or can be used on the floor; projector maps give you some flexibility about sizing; the tabletop map is good for small group work, and the one-page outline maps are perfect for individual work.

"On April 28, participants engaged with a leading author and architect of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), David Coleman, to understand how the Core Standards for College and Career Readiness build on the work New York State has done in developing a standards-based system and their specific implications for teachers and instructional leaders state wide."

Introduction, overview and examples of exemplary teaching techniques.

Animated conversation between administrator and teacher addressing key information and potential concerns.

You know it's coming to New York. Walk through these simple steps to learn the basics and get ready to make the Common Core work for your students.

A free sticky and canvas service that allows users to easily post notes, pictures, video and documents.

Categories: Elementary, Middle School, High School

Exhaustive list of Web 2.0 websites listed alphabetically.

These Curriculum-at-a-Glance documents, based on the new Tennessee Department of Education Pacing Guide , and Power Standards will map instruction and provide the blueprint for benchmark assessments. Instructional resources are listed on the Resources Portals. Links to these portals are also embedded within the Curriculum-at-a-Glance documents."

"Learn it in 5 is a powerful library of how-to videos, produced by technology teachers, for the purpose of helping teachers and students create classroom strategies for today's 21st century's digital classroom. These step-by-step how-to videos walk teachers through Web 2.0 technology, demonstrating how to use Web 2.0 applications like blogs, social networks, podcasts, interactive videos, wikis, slide sharing and much more."