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Some very clever games/comics/activities here on a slick looking interface. Try with your next unit that has a science component.

From the first week of school, the six-year-olds in my classroom begin to create an online presence in the form of a blog and digital portfolio. We use a blogging platform to do this, and include artifacts that show their progress in writing, reading, math, social studies, and science. I am frequently asked why I do this. Even more frequently, I can see in a colleague's eyes that they are thinking "why," even if they don't verbalize their question. The way that those educators have always done portfolios has worked well for them. Their students are learning the things they need to learn and are building a paper portfolio as they do so. Why do I take the extra time to upload those artifacts?

Free flipped learning tool to transform video content into an active learning experience for students through time-embedded formative assessments. Monitoring system helps you answer key questions in a flipped environment such as "Did my students watch the video?" and "What learning objectives did my students struggle with?". A few examples of eduCanon lessons: English as a foreign language (from a music video): goo.gl/Mwgjg1 Biology (from powtoons): goo.gl/fUDEkH Elementary math (from Khan Academy): goo.gl/GYaucZ

Some pretty cool ways to help kids get better at the basics!