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Week 1 Additional suggested reading: ["Each year, NMC analyzes the potential of emerging technologies for K-12 education and predicts, for each type of technology (e.g., tablet computing, game-based learning, augmented reality), the time-to-adoption horizon, ranging from one to five years. These are very valuable reports for keeping up with emerging technologies. A link to a short video summary is provided in the video resources section above" from MOOC Ed]

Great website for 4th to 8th graders to design their own games. Teachers can create logins for a list of students and monitor their progress. Approved on Common Sense Media with 5/5 stars. I usually introduce this to my grade 5 students.

Free right now - Learn who invented what in this interactive quiz game.

Educational games and activities by grade and parenting topics such as homework, reading and math help; Internet safety, discipline.

Possible site to share with grammar school parents.

Assessment when every student has a device in a timed game format.

Fremium - free with ads and subscription - Free Games, Math Apps and Worksheets

Free with ads - Math Games, Books, and Videos for Kids

Free with ads - Fun Kids Online Math Games

Interactive way to call on students. You can click the floppy disk icon to save the list as a .htm file in downloads. It can be renamed and clicked on to open the site with the student list intact.

Just another supplemental website about Elementary Math. PROS: Free; Includes Basic Math, Advanced Math, and Pre-Algebra; comes with lessons and games. CONS: too "text-y" for students; ads

Countdown timer from Classtools.net.

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.

With technology moving out of the lab and into the classroom, it's becoming a challenge for some teachers to infuse their teaching with tech tools such as websites, educational games, simulations, iPads, Chromebooks, GAFE, and other geeky devices that used to be the purview of a select group of nerdy teachers.

Thanks I saved this for myself. I like the ideas. They are something we should all have in mind as we work with teachers.

Students answer multiple choice questions. Teacher and students can view live results. Instruction can be modified on the spot based on results.

IXL is the Web's most comprehensive K-12 practice site. Widely used by schools and families, IXL provides unlimited practice in more than 4,000 math and English topics. An adaptive learning system features games and awards, inspiring students to achieve.

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The best free educational games for kids aged 6-11.

Parents need to know that Discovery Kids is an educational site that encourages discovering all the world has to offer. Articles cover topics about natural disasters, growing up, machines, continents, space, and much more. An activities page provides interactive ideas for recipes, making crafts, designing clothes, and experimenting with science. Games are age appropriate, challenging, and educational, and the online puzzles are fun and entertaining. I introduced my 3rd - 8th graders to this website with the provision that if they found it boring, they could go to BrainPop. Not a peep out of anyone for the full 40 minutes. They loved it!