BizKids -- same producers as Bill Nye, using media to develop kids into young businessmen and women. Media fosters entrepreneurship and financial responsibility. Interesting conceptual approach to using theories of motivation and engagement.
This is a suite of free online learning games to introduce middle to early high school-age youth to a variety of STEM-based professions -- recently was released at a launch event from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
This group provides free and open source materials for K-12 environments. Customizable and aligned to student/teacher needs. Seems like physical textbooks only have a short time left.
NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS are the science equivalent of Common Core. They are supposed to be released this coming Winter/Spring. Possibly a good opportunity for TIE and other HGSE master's students to get on top of the ed tech game!
Some of you in Dock's Innovation by Design class might be interested in this... drop down towards the end of the article for commentary on students using augmented reality as a a means of narration.