Splash allows, for free, users to create an event. Users can track RSVP in real-time. Splash can be connected to the hosts' twitter feed to pull in relevant #conversations to bring your page to life.
This tools makes monitoring student behavior easy. Teachers can set up their class and monitor and make notes on behavior with their mobile device as they move around the room.
the World Food Programme's website
offers students a large selection of educational online games and activities.
The games are categorized by age group. Some of the games, like Food Force, are about world hunger while
other games are more general in nature.
Studyblue is a free tool that allows users to create flashcards, quizzes, and lecture notes and share them with others. Teachers can set up a "class" and give students a code, and everyone with the code can create collaborative study materials. There are mobile phone apps that the students can use to take their flashcards and notes anywhere. They can access their files offline. StudyBlue also sends helpful test and study reminders via email and text message.
Sophia is a first of its kind online social teaching and learnign platform that provides free academic content to educators. in beta testing since March, 2011, the site lets educators supplement their teaching methods with Web 2.0 tools to craete public or private learning environments
PBS Teachers is a wonderful site with lots of resources and supplemental material for teachers to use with students. This particular link will take you directly to the STEM education resource center: Professional Development and the focus on this page is Global Climate Change Modules from PBS and NASA. However, if you look at the top of the page you can choose a specific grade band and then within that there are various content areas that can be chosen. Looks like a very interesting site with lots of resources to select from.
Weebly for Education allows teachers to create a classroom website & Blog, manage students accounts, accept homework online and keep parents up to date.
This site provides a variety of ready to use lesson plans on a variety of topics. The lessons have an essential question as well as an outline of strategies and activities that can be used to teach them. In addition, if appropriate, graphic organizers will be provided for use with the lessons. When you get to the site use the Find a Lesson Plan search feature to easily see if there is a lesson that aligns to your curriculum.
The company has released its latest version of Mathematics as a free download. The upgrade includes ink handwriting support and a full-featured grqphic calculator. It is designed to help middle and high school students learn to solve equations step by step while it provides an overview of fundamental STEM concepts.
"Arcademic Skill Builders are free research-based and standards-aligned educational games! Engage and motivate students with our multiplayer and single-player games."