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National Education Technology Plan 2016 - Part 1 Learning page.

I have no experience with 3D printing. Someone pointed this out to me this morning. It is $685 assembled and $499 unassembled. I don't know what the discount would be. "A 3D Printer in every school. We're excited to announce our new Ambassador Program for schools. Our goal is to introduce 3D printing to students and teachers in the hope that you see the benefit and value of choosing Deltaprintr as your primary source for 3D printing technology."

ISTE Article: "When I explain the DLC program model to others, people have a two-part reaction: The initial excitement and curiosity about what sounds like "ideal" teaching practices, followed by speculation and doubt. If every student has access to technology and projects replace tests, what are the students actually learning?"

Hear the world like never before. Nature soundscapes and wildlife sounds from all over the planet.

Now that you have iPads in the classroom

Week 2 Core video

Week 4/5 Resources

Week 4/5 Expert Panel.

Interactive whiteboard lesson with PreK child finding their name and greeting a friend.

The Pope will be visiting the United States in September. Many schools are sharing photographs of themselves with Flat Francis. This is the website with the printable. Take a look at the #FlatFrancis hashtag on Twitter.

The movie geek and tech nerd squealed with joy with this info.

I'm bookmarking a NY Times article about it too. Geeky fun!

Personalized Printed Cards Delivered At Your Desk, Instantly! There's just something about a paper greeting card that never loses its charm for some of us. We like to hold the greeting in our hands, feel the crisp paper, run our fingers over the words and pictures- as if we were trying to absorb the essence of the message.

Ann spoke with me about this. It really sounds like an easy option to use with students.

While I've attempted to categorize these, many cross over multiple categories. Clicking on the links will give a longer description that will include images and sometimes an introductory video. Chrome Apps and Extensions along with Google Drive Add-ons and Apps can provide valuable support for readers.

Two free apps: "Students can use them to unleash their creativity and delve into a world of imagination creating scenes, designing characters, animating cartoons and telling their own stories through beautifully recorded shows."

I know I already posted abcya.com, but I found this very basic way of teaching coding today - used it with the 4th graders and they loved it! Lightbot is a educational game for kids that introduces several principles of programming.

Online Kids Educational Games - Taking Learning to a Whole New Level! At Turtle Diary, our mission is simple - to make learning fun for the little ones! Grade Pre-K to 5th Grade

Play educational kids games, computer games, printable worksheets and learning games online at turtlediary.com. Learn and play Free Games for Kids Online! This is a free website for toddler to 5th grade. It includes online practice, worksheets, video, lessons, etc. Teachers set up their class and students login to access the activities and view their progress.

I think this program is excellent because it provides training grounds to teach students how to use the internet for research. I love that it ranks sources by reading level! The video on the home screen is self explanatory.

Thanks. I have to play with this. It looks like it has a lot of potential!

An online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145,000 words that you explore using an interactive map. It's a tool for people who think visually. The most fun you've ever had with words. The Visual Thesaurus was built using Thinkmap, a data visualization technology.

A few people talked about ways to charge multiple iPads or tablets. This is EVO's charge 10 solution