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Tablet computing and mobile devices promise to have a dramatic impact on education. A growing number of schools across the world are jumping on the digital bus and embracing  iPads (less often, other tablet products) as the latest tool to teach literature in multimedia, history through games and simulations, and math with step-by-step animation of problems. Not surprisingly, student scores improve when they use iPads and their interest in school soars. I say not surprisingly because students love digital toys and in my experience work harder and longer if given the opportunity to do so with any of the digital offerings (ipods, laptops included).

games, flash cards, web books, and puzzles in math, reading, and writing for grades K to 8

No more wading through endless search results for content for your students. With 19Pencils you can easily discover, save, and manage educational based web content, quizzes and more! Easily discover content that teachers just like you are already using in their class, saving hours and hours throughout the school year. Make the most of computer lab sessions for your K-8 class by creating a collection of web resources perfect for your students. 

There are 8 steps to planning a lesson plan. Each step provides bulletin points to make them more detailed. In addition, there is an approximate time option to allow the teacher to stay within the time frame.

8 reading strategies, and how to use them in teaching.

article on 8 aspect of digital literacy

As prescribed by federal law, the typical Arkansas CNA certificate program lasts approximately 8 to 13 weeks to gain 75 accredited hours of CNA course work ...

a free, new interactive adventure game series designed to improve the understanding of American history by students in grades 5 through 8

Virtual science labs at Howard Huges Medical Institute: neuroscience, cardiology, etc.

TryEngineering.org is a resource for students (ages 8-18), their parents, their teachers and their school counselors. This is a portal about engineering and engineering careers, and we hope it will help young people understand better what engineering means, and how an engineering career can be made part of their future.

more than 2,000 pre-K-12 resources, including: * math, ELA, science and social studies for grades pre-K-8; * resources designed to promote middle school literacy; * Regents-aligned resources in Global History and Geography, U.S. History, Living Environment, Earth Science, Physics and Chemistry; * tools that let you save and organize resources to share with students and colleagues.

These self-paced classroom activities are designed to enhance the literacy skills of struggling readers in grades 5-8. Each uses videos, interactive activities, note-taking, reading, and writing to present students with an engaging science or history topic. Each activity addresses a range of specific literacy strategies. All 15 activities promote monitoring comprehension, synthesizing, asking questions, developing vocabulary, connecting prior knowledge to new learning, and developing a topic in writing.

SAS free curriculum and activities, plus links to 4,000 other resources, for grades 8-12

Nine (now 8) Planets gives you an in-depth "tour" of the solar system. It provides information on the sun, all the planets, and much more. It even shows satellite pictures taken of a variety of clusters and nebulae.

"Digital games have the potential to transform K-12 education as we know it. But what has been the real experience among teachers who use games in the classroom?  In 2013, the Games and Learning Publishing Council conducted a national survey among nearly 700 K-8 teachers."

BestMyTest is an Online TOEFL iBT Listening Practice in Canada. This section consists of 192 TOEFL listening practice tests including academic lecture tests and conversation tests. Each test contains 5 ~ 8 multiple choice questions similar to the TOEFL exam. 

Digital Safety game for grades 3-8