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FreeRice is a practice website where students can go to practice different skills they have learned in various subjects.

This is a blog of ideas and practices on assessment

This is a blog of ideas and practices on assessment

This is a blog of ideas and practices on assessment

Buzzmath is the best way to practice your middle school math skills. It's fun, it has immediate detailed feedback and examples that allow you to progress at your own pace. This website helps students practice with math and gives them immediate feedback on their work.

This website is devoted to home school ideas an art projects. It is for kids of all ages who are home schooled. This website also includes information about playing, learning, food, holiday it is chalk full of ideas.

Create comic stories at pixton.com

Common Sense Graphite is a site by teachers, for teachers that helps you find the best educational technology resources and learn the best practices for implementing them in your classroom. Brought to you by Common Sense Media: Empowering kids to thrive in a world of media and technology. I really liked this website because it organizes applications by subject, grades, and skills. This gives teachers the opportunity to strategically pick applications to engage their students based on where they are individually.

Common Sense Graphite is a site by teachers, for teachers that helps you find the best educational technology resources and learn the best practices for implementing them in your classroom. Brought to you by Common Sense Media: Empowering kids to thrive in a world of media and technology.

This article discusses assessment practices and how to make them fair for every student

This article discusses assessment practices and how to make them fair for every student

151 Practical Ed Tech Tips - quick How-To videos from Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers)

I thought this was some of the best practical advice for classroom teachers.

I thought this was some of the best practical advice for classroom teachers.

Wiggio lets students, teachers, and coaches, communicate by managing their meetings, practices, deadlines, and more. It is applicable for anyone in a club, academic group, sports team, or all other kinds of groups to simply connect with each other.

A terrific way to find standard based lesson plans written and reviewed by educators using current research and the best instructional practice.

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.

Common Sense Graphite is a site by teachers, for teachers that helps you find the best educational technology resources and learn the best practices for implementing them in your classroom. Brought to you by Common Sense Media: Empowering kids to thrive in a world of media and technology.

The main focus of this infographic to prove how twitter can improve students grades in the classroom through class discussion, asking questions, and assignments. 

This is a position statement listing Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) for ages birth to eight. Terrific for developing lesson plans and activities combined with the ISTE-T Standards.

This web site offers tools and resources for blended learning, grouped into five functional sub-menus: Process, Model Courses, Effective Practices, Evaluation Resources, and a Faculty Development section

The Smithsonian Science Education Center presents: Good Thinking! a new original series and professional development resource for science educators. Join dedicated science teacher Isabella Reyes as she explores the inner workings of her students' minds, identifies common pitfalls in the teaching of complex scientific topics, and learns new techniques for effective classroom practices grounded in the latest education research. "

English teacher and instructional technology coach Brianna Crowley offers practical advice on creating professional learning networks built on intersecting layers of relationships. I chose this article because it showed step by step what we need to do to build those connections.

This site provides information on how to create your own Professional Learning Network including how to get started, how to find other professionals, and how to use it to communicate effectively. It is great to join PLNs but it's great to learn how to create one!

I chose this resource because it gives a brief explanation of what a PLN is. Then it give three specific steps on how to build your PLN and goes into detail about each step.

How to manage using laptops and iPads in the classroom for teachers. Information on time management, physical space, etc.

This is a video of deconstructing the common core standards. While i know that we are using the ISTE-S in class, many of my classmates will go on to use the CCSS in their careers so I thought it would be useful for them to practice and learn deconstructing standards using Common Core.