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TOEFL Network is an online TOEFL e-learning website offering ibt TOEFL practice test and teaching study materials for students to prepare for TOEFL test.

This site is a fantastic learning tool for my Pre-K class. Students learn valuable reading skills as they 'play'!

eSchool News covers the intersection of technology and innovation in education, focusing on how technology helps improve learning and transform schools.

eSchool News covers the intersection of technology and innovation in education, focusing on how technology helps improve learning and transform schools.

TOEFL Network is an online TOEFL e-learning website offering ibt TOEFL practices and teaching materials for students to prepare for TOEFL test.

There are methods and models for implementing blended learning -- from the flipped classroom, to the flex model. All of them are on the continuum of just how much time is spent online and in the online classroom.

Great site to go when you have questions with AutoCAD. Great tutorials to explore and learn.

Literature is alive with iconic characters known around the world for their incredible exploits and heroic actions. James Bond and Sherlock Holmes are such characters. Less well known are the life stories of some of the authors of famous fiction. Many of these authors had real-life adventures that rivaled those of the fictional characters they created. Use the following discussion guide to explore with students how biographical information can influence fiction. Grade Level: 9-12 Student learning objectives: Students will be able to see how real-life experiences help an author to shape a fictional character he or she is creating. These experiences often form the basis for many of the plots involving these characters.

Grade 6-8 9-12 Brief Description Students view photographs of migrant families during the Great Depression, try to interpret the photos to answer questions about the subject's life, and then write a cinquain poem based on their interpretations. Objectives Students willGain understanding of the personal struggles faced during the Great Depression Learn to interpret information from a visual medium (photograph) and express that knowledge in written form (poem).

Blog by a Rapid City teacher

Geoff Sheehy, a Language Arts Teacher at Central High School in Rapid City, SD writes about life, literature, & learning!

a middle school class learning about social studies -travel and food

This is a good site to help kids learn basic music theory. The site has been updated since I started using it, and offers apps for mobile phones.

Behavior Management Tips: Keeping Students Attentive - Ways to engage students in learning activites and capture their attention

A project based learning method is a comprehensive approach to instruction. Your students participate in projects and practice an interdisciplinary array of skills from math, language arts, fine arts, geography, science, and technology. "The collaborative nature of the investigation enhances all of these valuable experiences ...

This site creates a rubric/checklist for a student project.

ot every lesson needs technology. While there may be opportunities to attach technology to many activities, teachers must consider lesson goals before deciding to use technology. If computers enrich, extend or facilitate learning, they should be used. If not, they shouldn't.

Nothing captures young children's attention more than music and motion, and an approach called Reading In Motion lets youngsters exercise their creativity (and their bodies) as well as their minds as they learn to read. Included: A description of Reading In Motion.