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This is an interesting article for professional development. It is a different approach to have tech support for teachers. I know some teachers are weary about integrating technology that they are unfamiliar with and having a virtual coach to help is an innovative concept.

This is an interesting article for professional development. It is a different approach to have tech support for teachers. I know some teachers are weary about integrating technology that they are unfamiliar with and having a virtual coach to help is an innovative concept.

This tool is primarily for teachers. The website informs teachers on different projects they can use in the classroom, explains the theory and background knowledge needed to teach project based lessons, and shows them the teaching concepts they can use in order to teach the project based learning lesson.

A great website that contains many informational videos about digital citizenship. One of the videos is about our digital footprint. There are many more videos that can teach us about what to not do on the internet, online talk: what is safe and risky, etc.

Students use games, manipulatives, and computers to learn the advantages of using Boolean terms when searching the Web. The site will help you create a lesson to teach your students over boolean logic. With hand-ons and interactive activities, students will be able to understand the concept of Boolean Logic for when they search the internet.

This activity allows the user to measure angles and explore the concept of "scale" as it pertains to maps, images, and drawings. The scale feature allows the user to define a scale and then using that scale, measure distances or areas on a selected image.

Infographics are great to make data or other difficult concepts much easier to understand!

Pinterest has many great ideas for using a flipped classroom efficiently. Being a new concept a flipped classroom can be intimidating but if you look for other teachers examples there are more than enough out there to help!

Make a word cloud using this generator! This can be used to help teachers display various words to engage students that could be struggling to grasp a certain idea or concept.

This site is a wonderful example of a standards connector webpage. It allows you to compile lesson plans and attach the standards along with the concepts you are teaching. It not only has Common Core (which is what most sites have), but it also has the standards for Non-Common Core sites. This is a great resource.

This article breaks down the difference between assessments and evaluations in the classroom, and further breaks down assessments into the two categories: formative and summative. Together the concepts of assessments and evaluations couple to correctly assess the class for individual identification and group trends.

This website is full of videos created by students; they are working on differnt math concepts. They can create them using their phones, educreation, of video cameras. Teachers need to make sure to write out instructions so students know what s expected for them in each video. 

Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge. In Gold Standard PBL, Essential Project Design Elements include:

This website goes into detail about what Project Based Learning is. This is a great tool other than the textbook to get a complete grasp on the concept. Not only does it describe PBL as "a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge", but it also provides steps to follow when creating an engaging PBL assignment lesson plan. These steps include: Key Knowledge, Challenging Problem, Sustained Inquiry, Authenticity, Student Voice & Choice, Reflection, Critique & Revision, and Public Product. Following this list of steps and making sure the lesson plan provides all of these points will make for an engaging class. Another component this website contains is a blog for educators to post about the Project Based lessons they implemented in the classroom. I believe sharing ideas with other teachers is one of the most helpful ways to improve your own teaching because you receive feedback and encouragement to what you are doing well, and what can be changed for the benefit of the class.

Browse Algebra concepts covering Real Numbers, Linear Equations, Linear Inequalities, Graphs and Functions, Systems of Equations and Inequalities, Polynomials and Factoring, Rational Expressions, Square Roots and Irrational Numbers, Quadratic and Exponential Equations and Functions, Matrices and many more with videos, exercises and flashcards This website is to help find worksheets for different math subjects. This website has many many topics to pick from .

DreamBox combines a highly personalized math learning experience with a rigorous curriculum for deep understanding of math concepts, so students learn to solve real-world math problems. Results are driven by: Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ technology that differentiates content, pace, and lesson sequence in real-time A rigorous K-8 math curriculum aligned to CCSS, TEKS, SOL, WNCP, and Ontario Curriculum A highly motivating learning environment that encourages students to persist and progress Take a look at our K-8 math curriculum

A consortium of 26 states and other science groups created the Next Generation Science Standards. Many states plan on adopting them in the coming years. The standards are organized into three dimensions: disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, and cross cutting concepts.

This helps teachers show how to show students decide what is fairly used and copyrighted.

The content of this site are crucial to understanding the basics of using a resource appropriately and correctly. The legal implications of using information/resources in papers and such is important for developing writers to understand. The webpage defines copyright, copyright infringement, and more related topics. Distinctions between plagiarism and copyrighting are specified, as these are often confusing concepts for students. Properly citing sources simply proves for effective research. Students will continually write papers with borrowed info., reference things, and etc. that deal with using resources, so it is important to express the various components associated with citations. This resource could prompt discussion over the do's and don't's of using resources; for example, "What might you use an outside resource for?"

Ways to promote creativity!

For the Spanish translation click here The concept of teaching creativity has been around for quite some time. Academics such as E. Paul Torrance, dedicated an entire lifetime to the advancement of creativity in education. Torrance faced much opposition in his day about the nature of creativity.

Real real-life examples of inquiry being used In classrooms and schools, as well as some sample "facilitation plans" that you might use in your own classroom.

This video is very useful because it explains the basic concepts of differentiating instruction. It gives a strong overview of the content that will be covered throughout the week.

Free online textbooks and other instructional materials!!!

CK-12 Foundation provides a library of free online textbooks, videos, exercises, flashcards, and real world applications for over 5000 concepts from arithmetic to history