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An article about QR codes and their use in the classroom.

Socrative lets teachers engage and assess their students with educational activities on tablets, laptops and smartphones. Through the use of real time questioning, instant result aggregation and visualization, teachers can gauge the whole class' current level of understanding. Socrative saves teachers time so the class can further collaborate, discuss, extend and grow as a community of learners.

Kidblog | Safe and simple blogs for your students. No email address required (class code). Allows for threaded discussions. Teacher can monitor all blogs and posts.

Audio, visual, and interactive components all reinforce the educational objectives identified by teachers at SAS Curriculum Pathways. SAS offers interactive learning tools in all core disciplines, mapped to state standards, for grades 6-12. SAS is also a provider of free apps that thousands of educators, traditional students and life-long learners are using. Example: I checked out the 'Strategies for Reading Nonfiction' interactive component. It allowed me to select a piece of nonfiction (I choose a biography of William Shakespeare). I then was directed through a few activities. I was told to scan the article and write my initial thoughts. Then I was told to read it carefully and respond to a few more questions. After reading the article, I was instructed to work with the information (making categories of facts, etc.). Finally, I had to draw conclusions about what I had read/learned. Students can then save, print, or email their completed work.