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One of the most powerful uses of an LMS like Haiku is the ability to easily conduct online discussions with your students.   This article provides excellent tips for establishing "norms" for online discussion to establish and maintain a safe space for conversation online.

DOL made easy!

List of various experiments. Some commonly used ones and some that were new to me! Enjoy!

This is a collection of free web-based tools like a random name picker and a timer. These are simple to use and may help with classroom management.

Large collection of educational videos available via district subscription. organized by subject, state standards and common core. Teachers may create playlists to use in teaching and even download clips to share if needed. Contact Kenneth Griswold or your administrator for access if you do not have an account.

Take a virtual field trip to art museums around the world. Get "up close and personal" with works of art. High-resolution images allow users to zoom in to see individual brush strokes. Rich information is included. An education section includes lesson plans and ideas for how to use the site in the classroom.

Love this! This is one of my favorites. Perfect for the interactive whiteboard.

Convert cluttered web pages into easy to read, intuitively formatted text. This is excellent as a productivity tool or as a means for using online text in lessons and activities.

Collection of interactive math tools and lessons organized by math domain and grade level. These "virtual manipulatives" can be used on interactive whiteboards, ipads, or computers as part of classroom instruction.

Article about course designed using web 2.0 tools.

MindMup is a free mind mapping tool that can be used online, with Google Drive, and on your desktop. MindMup works like most mind mapping tools in that you can create a central idea and add child and sibling nodes all over a blank canvas. MindMup ...

Snap! is a drag and drop programming interface designed to help students learn to program. Snap! uses a visual interface that works in your browser on your laptop as well as on your iPad. To design a program in Snap! drag commands into a sequence ...

What is this thing, this periodic table? It's a crucial part of chemistry, and millions of students encounter this fine and elegant visualization of substances every year. Professor Norman Herr has created this helpful trove of resources and links that can be used by both teachers and students. The items here are divided into four sections: Online Periodic Tables, Tables for Printing, Periodic Table Powerpoint Presentations, and Classroom and Laboratory Activities to Build Understanding of the Periodic Table. The first section here offers five great dynamic versions of the periodic tables, complete with helpful links to outside resources and related materials. Also, the Classroom and Laboratory Activities area includes two fun activities, one presents the colors of the periodic table and the other is a chapter from the b ook "Hands-on Chemistry." From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2013. https://www.scout.wisc.edu/

Classroom collections are ideal for teachers to use in helping students understand concepts. Each resource set includes an outstanding selection of interactives, games, videos and learning tools. via Feedly

In a press release on Monday, August 19, PARCC, the assessment consortium developing the CCSS tests, announced the release of additional paper-based sample test items in ELA and math. This is great news for us as we work to implement CCSS and PARCC-like assessment in our classrooms. On the PARCC website, you will see a list of links for each grade level and subject in the left sidebar. Visiting each link brings you to a page with a table describing the kinds of tasks that will appear on the PARCC assessment. Links to the sample items are within this table. Let us know if you have any questions!

Navigating Text Complexity. The Council of Chief State School Officers provides a wonderful set of resources for understanding how text complexity is defined in the Common Core State Standards and a set of tools for analyzing text and using texts effectively in the classroom. Check it out!

In this video from the Teaching Channel, you will see teachers demonstrating the strategies they use to help student engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others'€™ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

6 Days and 78 Resources for Digital Literacy Internet Safety There are links to great examples of resources that can be used to teach kids how to stay safe online and develop digital literacy

Visit the wiki site for Mrs. Carnazzo's class. She is an award winning 2nd grade teacher whose students use ipads to complete some really interesting projects. Take a look at the lessons and activities she features as well as the student work.

From TechChef4u blogger and Appel distinguished educator, Lisa Johnson. This is a great collection of ideas and resources for using mobile devices, especially ipads and ipod touches in the early grades. I love the embedded presentation from Ms. Carzanno's class as well.