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Cheat sheets have a bad rap as a way for students to succeed on tests without actually knowing the information, but now it's time for them to have a more positive place in education. Cheat sheets can offer a succinct way for students to study their lessons and provide an excellent boost to what you are already teaching them in class. Cheat sheets can provide helpful information for teachers too.

A new public television show designed to teach children basic financial literacy. It covers personal finance topics, such as credit, saving, budgeting, investing, and charity. Free lesson plans are available online for each show. The program will air on public television stations around the United States.

Looks interesting and a possible way to teach personal finance literacy to all ages.

This site is intended to be a place where teachers and view and share educational videos that can be used in the classroom. Whilst you can browse Youtube, Vimeo or Google Video to find a wide range of videos, Teaching Videos allows you to see videos which other teachers have recommended as suitable for education. You can also register and add videos to the database yourself! (Registration coming soon).

Technology Tutorials and Science Teaching Ideas

Technology Tutorials and Science Teaching Ideas

"I am passionate about Reader's Workshop and use picture books in every mini lesson. Along with teaching comprehension strategies (activating prior knowledge, making connections, visualizing, etc.) I integrate the use of them with story elements (character, plot, setting, and theme.) Below is my top 10. "

Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.

History matters is a database of coursework, guides, and primary-source documetns on topics in American history, History Matters was produced by two academic programs at the City Unviersity of New York and George Mason University. The site is most useful for high school history teachers and studetns, and educators can use it as a professional-development resource. The Digital Blackboard page offersr curriculum guides with links to third-party reference sites. Another page hosts a series of Q & A interviews with history teachers, who reveal the secrets behind teaching a successful history course. The Students as Historians page links to web-based projects created by high school and college students. And don't forget to check out the primary-source search engine, located on the Many Pasts page. The search enging links to more than a thousand images, audio, and text-based documenets from American history sites across the Internet.

Teaching with Documents is designed to help teachers and students make sense of the vast amount of source material available over the Internet, and effectively bring these resources to their work as historians. It provides easy access to analytic tools, instructional strategies, and links to source material and sample assessments.

Using the Smartboard to Teach Engaging Lessons (With a 6-12 Math Emphasis)

Free software for creating and teaching with geometry and physics diagrams. Lot's of documentation included to get started.

Free mathematics software for learning and teaching * Interactive graphics, algebra and spreadsheet * From elementary school to university level * Free learning materials

"This self-paced, online course is intended for anyone - of any technical skill level - hoping to use Google's educational tools in the classroom. Through videos, use-cases, and examples you'll get ideas about how to bring Google for Education (including Google Apps for Education with classroom, Google Maps and more) into your teaching."

"Looking for Quality Election Education Material? Check out our Free OLE Election 2012 Activity Pack that's filled with lessons, videos, activities and all you need for teaching the 2012 election."

"Confused about the jargon and terms associated with teaching the Common Core State Standards? We've developed a glossary for you full of helpful terms."

From the site: Does your school or district receive E-rate funding? This free toolkit will help you meet the educational requirements outlined in the Children's Internet Protection Act. Use the robust lessons and helpful documentation templates to demonstrate your commitment to teaching kids how to use technology safely. Your toolkit provides: * A short toolkit intro video * An implementation guide * Documents to track activity * Links to valuable E-rate info Thanks to Karen Sheely for sharing the link with me.

Learn What You Want, Teach What You Love - Create a Playlist of your own! Organize any video, article, or web site into a playlist.

"Wkipedia is a great educational resource for both teachers and students. Its articles appear almost always in the first four links of the search results. I know there are some issues with the use of this resource in education such as : plagiarism, trusted content and many more but still instead of excluding it all together we better learn and teach our students the best ways to use it."

"Beyond the Bubble unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create a new generation of history assessments. Developed by the Stanford History Education Group (http://sheg.stanford.edu), Beyond the Bubble is the cornerstone of SHEG's membership in the Library of Congress's Teaching with Primary Sources Educational Consortium. We "go beyond the bubble" by offering easy-to-use assessments that capture students' knowledge in action - rather than their recall of discrete facts."