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A number of interesting short talks from the Discovery Education Fall Virtcon about 13 Literacies.

Dyslexie font to help with reading for dyslexia. Free for home use/ personal use.

Calendar of Education Events in NJ and NY

A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course. This is free. "We live in a digitally connected world. The way information is generated, shared, processed and distributed is significantly impacting how we learn. If you have a passion for teaching and learning, and want to be an awesome educator now and in the coming decades, this course is for you! We will begin the journey of becoming a dynamic educator for the digital age. Intended Audience: Those who have a passion for teaching  Time to complete the course: 3-4 hours per week  Certificate or digital badge for completing the course: Certificate  Format: Instructor led  "

Free for the moment. I don't know when it will go back to $1.99.

6th-8th Topic Maps and Guidelines for Unit Planning 

Great resource for ELA teachers!

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.

Pick a video and embed questions.

I participate in #catholicedchat from time to time.

This video made me smile and gave a great explanation of Pentecost.

"Students coast to coast will answer the call to keep on reading about the world around them. Newsela's Summer Reading Challenge gives them the chance to earn badges, get newsroom promotions and climb in the standings, all while reading news and feature stories hot off the press."

Free summer math program shared with me by another teacher. I do not have experience with it, but there might be some value in it.

$50,000 grand prize by June 30. Share collaboration w/ IT and 2 other departments written plus 90 second video.

A friend shared: "When some Kindergarten teachers at [his school] asked [me] to find a web tool to help their students create simple drawings and write sentences below them, I searched but found nothing. So, I asked ABCYa's Alan Tortolani (a friend of mine) if he could come up with something. Here's the result. Kids love it! Printed output looks great. Perfect for early writers and artists!

This might be useful for math class. I just came across it.

Must watch!!!

21 fresh educational apps recommended by teachers for the iPad.

Funology -- the science of having fun -- is the premiere online destination for kids. We offer tons of fun, creative activities, games, jokes, trivia, and you might even learn something! It's all here and it's all free!

The typing games on 10FastFingers.com offer you an easy way to improve your typing speed. A quick way to test your typing speed is our 1-minute typing game on this page. The words that are used in this game are the most common words for each language.