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The President is looking for feedback from students on STEM and to pitch an idea too http://tinyurl.com/rcanstemshare Thank you Mary-Alice for posting this on Edmodo!

The link shares standards as well as link to order the standards ebook.

A method of immersing students in learning through an "escape" type game.

Free books for kids. Teachers can set up free classes and student accounts.

Week 6 recommended resources video "District and school leaders emphasize the importance of collaborative leadership, the role of the principals, and the challenges of educators keeping up with the students" from MOOC-Ed

A presentation by a 21st Century Curriculum Coach at the start of the 2013 school year.

Video of student showing the Kindergarten daily routine in video.

Please Share ReadWorks with your colleagues and friends. It's free. The non-profit ReadWorks is committed to solving the nation's reading comprehension crisis by giving teachers the research-proven tools and support they need to improve the academic achievement of their students. ReadWorks provides research-based units, lessons, and authentic, leveled non-fiction and literary passages directly to educators online, for free, to be shared broadly. The ReadWorks curriculum is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and the standards of all 50 states. Most importantly, ReadWorks is faithful to the most effective research-proven instructional practices in reading comprehension.

A great puzzle idea for a 3D printer. Going beyond "isn't it cool."

Summer reading challenge with a chance for student to win iPad mini or $50 gift cards.

Students learn how to stay safe in the digital world with this web-based activity. Appropriate for Grades 2-5

A site with lessons to support student understanding of algebra.

Easy to navigate picture dictionary, biology, physical sciences, geography/history categories for student research.

Assists students in automaticity of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Free

Student created story in StoryBird.

This website lists webinars, onsite and online training opportunities for technology. Most are free or low cost.

Provides links to free webinars, online courses, and free/inexpensive off-site training. Sweepstakes and grant opportunity links as well as student opportunities for collaborative projects.

A wide variety of primary source documents for students and teacher use from the Library of Congress

Explore paper blocks that can assembled by teacher or student to learn about 36 elements.

Free iBooks with primary source documents for four six areas of study

This looks interesting. It is a summer online Minecraft camp for students (parents can join too). There is also a programming Minecraft camp. Take a look.