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Great blog post on how to manage and monitor a BYOD classroom

Check out these fun writing games for kids. Enjoy a range of free activities, resources and practice exercises related to writing letters, stories, newspapers, debates, advertising and instructions.

This demonstrates how using Blendspace is ideal for flipping the classroom. It reiterates how efficient blendspace lessons are in delivering instruction online outside of class.

This prezi shows how one can use twitter for a professional development. 

Here is a fun little prezi on the importance of deconstructing standards and how to use them to create a lesson plan.

These evaluation questions will help you provide better instruction by organizing and utilizing ipads in a classroom setting.

This Website is a great resource when looking for lesson plans swayed to a certain topic or grade level.

Below is a complete list and summary of each of the activity ideas that are featured in Playing to Learn. The full book descriptions for these activities include: 1) introductory information that sets up the context of each activity; 2) step-by-step instructions on leading each activity in class; and 3) extension and modification ideas for adapting each activity.

This seminar will discuss a few critical components of putting the power of the Internet to work in the classroom. These include simple searching techniques, information literacy skills, and strategies to develop Internet-safe lessons. As a teacher and lifelong learner, one of the most powerful and rewarding instructional tools at your fingertips is the Internet.

This video is stimulating because it starts out with a cartoon and it also contains the proper content for this chapter.

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

I chose this webpage for personal instruction. I was concerned about how, as a pre-service elementary teacher, I could incorporate this into my future classroom. This page highlights how I could go about doing that.

This website shows teachers how to use Blendspace within the classroom, focusing specifically on elementary age teachers and lessons. Two different boards are taught: curriculum-based and recreational-based lesson boards

I think this site is perfect for chapter 8 because it is an excellent resource for finding iPad apps suitable for all age groups and subject areas. It even has apps for Bloom's Taxonomy!

This is a great website that talks about different apps for teachers and students, it is categorized into many groups for easy access.

Get recommended app lists, webcasts and resources selected by Apple Distinguished Educators. Our recommended apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies and classroom settings. We are what we app! I chose this resource for chapter 8 because it has recommended apps for numerous grade levels and subjects along with apps for special education students and teachers. This is a reliable source that can be useful with searching for educational apps.