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This PDF document outlines a short lesson plan for Pre-K or K students using Owl Babies by Martin Waddell.

The most fascinating thing to do is learning another dialect. It not just helps you take in another language ,but also makes you aware of a new culture associated with the language altogether.

The most fascinating thing to do is learning another dialect. It not just helps you take in another language ,but also makes you aware of a new culture associated with the language altogether.

Haiku Deck is the simple new way to create stunning presentations on your iPad - whether you are pitching an idea, teaching a lesson, telling a story, or igniting a movement, it's fast, fun and simple for anyone to use.

"Out of Print highlights the sea change underway in the multi-billion dollar U.S. K-12 instructional materials market enabled by recent technology and intellectual property rights innovations. With a focus on the ultimate impact on student learning, the report provides examples of lessons learned from recent digital and open (OER) content initiatives by leading states and school districts and offers comprehensive recommendations for government, industry, and educators to ensure that the inevitable shift to digital instructional materials improves student achievement and engagement and efficiently uses scarce resources."

A fantastic resource which I'm using as the basis for my lessons for year 10 on Digital Reputation. The downloadable "Will U friend me" ebook link at the end of this article is very well targeted.

This wiki is intended to be a clearinghouse of applications, lessons and experiences using the iPad in the classroom. The intention is that all apps listed have been tested and recommended by teachers using them.

Dr. Lodge McCammon is a Specialist in Curriculum and Contemporary Media at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation (www.fi.ncsu.edu). His work in education began in 2003 at Wakefield High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he taught Civics and AP Economics. He finished a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 2008 where his work at The Friday Institute continues to bring innovative practices to students, teachers and schools. He developed a teaching and professional development process called FIZZ which encourages and models best practices in implementing user-generated video and online publishing in the classroom to enhance standards-based lessons. He is also a studio composer who writes standards-based songs, with supporting materials, about advanced curriculum for K-12 classrooms. More information, user-generated videos, and songs can be found at Lodge's website (www.iamlodge.com).

110,000 books, 500 teachers, 20 schools, 11 libraries, and only 2 librarians... Try as we might, we can't be everywhere. Want to connect more kids with books through technology? Want to incorporate 21st century tools into your lessons? Need to advocate for your library? Follow our blog and we will teach you on the fly...

This wiki showcases practical ways that librarians can incorporate the ever expanding world of Web 2.0 technology into library related lessons and activities.

Unit and lesson plans and resource lists about Australia's convict past.

Wow! This wiki houses information on one district's iPad program. Excellent resources here including implementation, app purchasing, managing the program, lessons using the iPads, and more.

The Teacher Education Resource Center (TERC), located on Milne Library's Lower Level, offers students a large collection of curriculum resources for preK-12 instruction, including textbooks, videos, puppets, audio and manipulatives, as well as an extensive selection of fiction and non-fiction books for juvenile and young adult readers.

video, film, photos, podcasts from American historical movements of recent centuries

JogNog, a website that provides competitive learning games that motivate students in grades 2-12 to learn, has opened up its library of elementary and middle school content to teachers who want to create games that match their specific lesson plans.

As class sizes keep growing, it becomes harder and harder to find the time to look for new teaching materials, while still giving your kids the personalized attention they need (and deserve!). After all, you can only be pulled in so many directions at once, right? With that in mind, I put together this list of websites for elementary teachers, hoping that you'll finally be able add something fresh and fun to your lesson plan. Now, you don't have to skim the results of hundreds of Google searches to find a handful of useable internet resources-I've already got 101 of 'em!