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The Fractions portion of the AAA Math website is particularly useful because it provides visual representations and easy-to-understand instructions. You can choose from a selection of topics like basic fractions, adding fractions, comparing fractions, converting fractions, reducing fractions, etc.

(iOS iPad) The Daily Newspaper Just for Kids! ***Best App for Teaching and Learning 2013 by AASL*** ***Featured by Apple in the Education section *** ***One of The Best News Sources for Kids - Common Sense Media*** *** kidSAFE® certified *** "Once in a while, an app comes along that makes me breathe a sigh of 'well, finally.' Such is the case with News-O-Matic, an ingenious app that condenses the daily news of the world and delivers it in perfectly kid-digestible form." - Cool Mom Tech

The #1 choice for IT educators worldwide, NetSupport School delivers the tools you need to help maximize the effectiveness of computer-led teaching and now you can utilize the power of NetSupport School in a Google Chromebook education environment. For use in an existing or new NetSupport-managed classroom, the NetSupport School Student app extension can be installed on each student Chromebook running Google Chrome OS. From the teacher's desktop they can then connect to each chromebook system enabling them to monitor the screens and interact with each student quickly and efficiently.

Mathletics is the next generation in learning, helping students enjoy math and improve their results.  It is the essential curriculm-based resource for students at school and home.

We give you a blank wall. You put anything you want on it, anywhere. Simple, yet powerful.

This website is full of free content designed to help educators understand and implement the Common Core State Standards. It includes practical tools designed to help students and teachers see their hard work deliver results. achievethecore.org was created in the spirit of collaboration. Please steal these tools and share them with others.

New research released today by the Pew Internet Project found that technology has made significant inroads among Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers. But it also revealed significant disparities in technology access between upper and lower income schools.

A Chicago elementary school has gone public with its pilot use of a tablet designed specifically for pre-school students. Hayt Elementary in Chicago has been using iStartSmart Mobile devices since October 2012. At least one pre-school teacher said he believes the use of the technology is an effective way to supplement what's going on in the classroom.

It's got a 3.8 inch screen with 4 gazillion pixels! WOW! Oh, but our Z6A chip... well, it blows the competition away! Yeah, yeah, but our wireless services get 16 megabits down and 8 megabits up; incomparable! That type of talk is sure to make a non-techie educator feel sleepy, feel intimidated, feel that technology has no place in his/her classroom.

The conventional wisdom in education is that any school reform--be it curriculum, instruction, assessment, or teacher professionalism--is most likely to take hold in schools that have strong leadership. The same holds true for technology. Any educator will tell you the most successful implementation of technology programs takes place in schools where the principal sees him or herself as a technology leader. 

Copyright law can sometimes get pretty complicated. One thing, however, is clear: the surest way to use a copyrighted work legitimately is to get permission from the copyright holder.

Copyright law can be both the friend and foe of the student media. While the law protects student journalists against the unauthorized use of their stories, drawings or photographs, it also limits their ability to reproduce the works of others. The following guide, which explains the basics of copyright law, should provide student journalists with most of what they need to know to both safeguard and exercise their rights.

"Make poster-sized collages Use your or friends' Facebook photos Use free poster backgrounds or upload your own Get big, high quality posters up to 3 feet tall Free downloads, prints from $7.50 + shipping" Saw it used to create posters of quotes that can be embedded in powerpoints. Great for exhibiting ideas.

"The Verso® Total Shoulder replacement, is a stemless and cementless reverse total shoulder replacement for treatment of patients with severely torn tendons and arthritis in the shoulder. The prosthesis is manufactured and distributed by Innovative Design Orthopaedics and The Reading shoulder Unit. It has been implanted since 2005 with an excellent record of successful patient outcomes."

"Whether you're new to Twitter or have 5,000 LinkedIn connections, one thing's for sure: social media keeps getting more popular and more powerful. If you haven't used it for your own professional development, what are you waiting for? Too overwhelming? We get that. To help you start, we gathered advice from some expert users."

"MyClassText is a fully integrated digital textbook composed of a Learning Management System (LMS) and Collaborative Authoring Tool (CAT) which is completely compatible with Open Educational Resources (OER) available for FREE on the web. MyMathText is completely FREE to teachers and students using it. "

"A digital badge is a validated indicator of accomplishment, skill, quality, or interest that can be earned in many learning environments. Open badging makes it easy for anyone to issue, earn, and display badges across the web-through a shared infrastructure that's free and open to all. "

"SIIA's Innovation Incubator program identifies and supports entrepreneurs in their development and distribution of innovative learning technologies. The program began in 2006 and has provided incubation for dozens of successful products and companies in their efforts to improve education through the use of software, digital content and related technologies. SIIA's Innovation Incubator program is unique in that it both employs a peer review process to identify the most innovative and most likely to succeed products, and those peers - successful industry leaders - provide one-on-one mentorship to support the growth and success of identified innovators."

"TubeChop allows you to easily chop a funny or interesting section from any YouTube video and share it."

"A joint project of nonprofit organizations #iCANHELP and NetFamilyNews Inc., it's a social media helpline for schools. We're piloting the helpline in California during the 2015-'16 school year. If you work for a school or district and want help with a problem that has shown up in social media - harassment, bullying, sexting, reputation issues, etc. - call, email or contact us through the form in this Web site, and we'll help you resolve it.  This pilot is the first step in developing a helpline for schools nationwide. "