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This is an excellent resource for Math teachers in all grade levels and topic areas. Mathalicious helps engage students in the study of math because it uses problems that are related and relevant to students lives. There are some really great ideas in here, along with sample lesson plans, teaching worksheets, and step by step guides. For a great overview of Mathalicious, click the link and watch the short video.

From Education Week: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook/2011/05/karim_kai_ani_founder_mathalicious.html "Mathalicious builds high-quality, standards-based math lessons designed to transform how students learn math, and how teachers teach it." "Mathalicious is rewriting middle school math around real-world topics that students care about, from sports to music to technology. By contextualizing math for their students and making math real, teachers can cover more material in less time, and with better results."

"Our comprehensive Curriculum is designed to empower students to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in our digital world. From lesson plans, videos, student interactives, and assessments, to professional learning and family outreach materials, our turnkey Curriculum provides schools with everything they need to take a whole-community approach to digital citizenship."

From Educreations: "Educreations is a recordable interactive whiteboard that captures your voice and handwriting to produce amazing video lessons that you can share online. Students and colleagues can replay your lessons in any web browser, or from within our app on their iPads. Check out the "Showcase" on our homepage or the "Featured" tab in our iPad app to view some great lessons that other teachers have created with Educreations."

"The absolute wrong way to deal with educational technology is to look at a tool and try to build a lesson around it. Teachers are amazing not because of the technology they have in their classroom, but because of the lessons they create." Informative quick-read article about how to best use technology for learning in the classroom.

The National Archives Digital Classroom: Primary Sources, Activities and Training for Educators and Students (documents are organized by date/time period).

A good article about how one college history professor used WikiSpaces to help his students become more engaged in the study of history and the writing process. With some modification for age/grade appropriateness this might be an interesting project idea for RCS history classes. This might also work well for learning in English classes (classes create Wikis based on novels/books read?). Key selections from the article: "Students did not agree on the merits of the wiki. Some were deeply offended when other students eliminated or modified their contributions. Others found the chance to pick apart other's words and conclusions exhilarating. Regardless, most students seemed to grasp the important lesson I hoped to share: that history is the conversation we have about the past. History is about the authorial choices scholars make. History is about the evidence included and the evidence excluded. By asking students to participate in a joint-writing exercise, they were compelled to pay attention to the language others used, the phrasings and structure employed, the anecdotes emphasized, the facts obscured." "The wiki, while not perfect, may help us change the way our students think about history. It may help them be more attentive to language and argument. Importantly, it may help them value civil discourse as a civic virtue."

"Visit this site to learn all the tips and tricks for using Google Earth as a teaching tool. You can view lesson plans for a variety of grade levels and subjects, discuss Google Earth teaching tactics with fellow educators, see student-created work, and read how other teachers are using Google Earth in the classroom."

"Google Forms allows teachers to collect information quickly and effectively which is what the goal should be for utilizing new technology in the classroom. Rather than illegible entry or exit slips, Google Forms allow teachers to know exactly what their students know at the beginning and end of a lesson."

Google Earth can be used for learning in many ways and in all the subject areas. Check out this guide created by Richard Bryne for helpful tips and lesson/project ideas.

Outstanding YouTube video of Dr. Helen Barrett talking about how and why ePortfolios promote "deep learning" and reflection within students. This is a must watch 20 minute video for anyone interested in using ePortfolios with their students/classes.

Click the link below to access more ePortfolio video resources from Dr. Helen Barrett: https://sites.google.com/site/k12eportfolios/schedule/lesson-1

Apps: Linear Program Plotter, Vernier Physics, DataAnalysis Teacher: Jennie Howell Jennie's used the iPads and several math specific apps with her Algebra 2 classes to graph linear programming models and find the equation of quadratic models. Read her documentation to learn more.

https://docs.google.com/a/riverdale.edu/document/d/1dlyX5YgMqc7ZYglgu5RXdrZ9zYkJX8DODa8TSwDpoLU/edit Click the above link to learn how all the Algebra II teachers are using iPads/apps to teach all sections of this course.

From Explain Everything: "Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design tool that lets you annotate, animate, and narrate explanations and presentations. You can create dynamic interactive lessons, activities, assessments, and tutorials using Explain Everything's flexible and integrated design. Use Explain Everything as an interactive whiteboard using the iPad2 video display. Explain Everything records on-screen drawing, annotation, object movement and captures audio via the iPad microphone. Import Photos, PDF, PPT, and Keynote from Dropbox, Evernote, Email, iPad photo roll and iPad2 camera. Export MP4 movie files, PNG image files, and share the .XPL project file with others for collaboration. Explain Everything has been designed for use in educational, business, and entertainment settings."

From ShowMe: "ShowMe is the easiest way to create and share lessons on iPad. Create beautiful video tutorials with the tap of your finger and share with your students."

From iPad Apps for School: "Doodlecast Pro is an excellent iPad app for creating instructional videos. Doodlecast Pro could be a great iPad app for teachers to use to create instructional videos to use in a flipped classroom setting. Think of each page in a Doodlecast Pro video as a step in a process for solving an equation. Or think of the pages as sections in a short history lesson. Students could also use the app for creating instructional videos or creative short story videos."

Link to Doodlecast review by iPad Apps for School: http://ipadapps4school.com/2013/01/11/doodlecast-pro-makes-it-easy-to-create-flipped-classroom-videos/