Cybraryman Twitter Chat Hashtag - I bookmarked this as a part of a conversation about educational chats via Twitter during the Essex County April workshop.
Things you love are Made with Code. Code your first creative project and meet music producers, fashion designers, humanitarians, and animators who are coding the world they want to see.
This Marketing video for a high school outside of Boston really hits home. This school is located outside of Boston and truly shows the lighter side in advertising.
Kodable is an app that prepares kids for their future in the digital world. It is designed to provide everything you need to teach the fundamentals of programming.
When I saw Kim Fiore's bookmark for Freeplay music, it made me think of Incompetech. There are so many different music styles. I used this almost exclusively with students. My son uses it for video games he creates and says he hears it in so many different games he downloads.
A Maths Dictionary for Kids is an animated, interactive online math dictionary for students which explains over 600 common mathematical terms and math words
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!
Storybird is a great free website. You can create a class account and student accounts. The students have to be creative because there are limited, but beautiful images to support the student writing.
Play fun kids games online at Sprout! Featuring TV characters like Caillou, Chica, Thomas, Barney, Tree Fu Tom, Zerby Derby, Astroblast and more!
Good for preschool and early elementary.
Kids play free online educational games, test skills and knowledge about books, try out a writing activity, and express opinions in The Stacks.
Great if students buy from scholastic with school.