New Padagogy Wheel Helps You Integrate Technology Using SAMR Model - Edudemic - Edudemic via Best content in Diigo In Education | Diigo - Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation

New Padagogy Wheel Helps You Integrate Technology Using SAMR Model - Edudemic - Edudemic via Best content in Diigo In Education | Diigo - Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation

This is a great idea for a simple anchor chart to prompt students to find alternative answers to "I don't know"

48 Common Core Standards-Aligned Teaching Tools From edshelf http://t.co/aOakpS41ls via @TeachThought

48 Common Core Standards-Aligned Teaching Tools From edshelf http://t.co/aOakpS41ls via @TeachThought

Practical advice in this blog entry from Edutopia.  Teachers could implement these suggestions immediately without much difficulty.   

Haiku users can enable SMS text notifications in Haiku. If students enable this, they will be able to receive a text message when a teachers he's an announcement in the class.

This brand new FREE service provides excellent news-style current event articles on a variety of topics that are written at multiple levels of text complexity. You can adjust the Lexile level of the text with a few clicks! Teachers can create student accounts and assign texts. Each text has a built in quiz linked to CCSS standards. This tool should be very valuable for any teacher trying to meet CCSS standards for informational texts while addressing differentiated reading needs among her students. Take a look and let me know what you think. Here's looking at you TPSD 6-12 teachers!

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!

This presentation has a number of good ideas and examples for how to use Google Apps for Education. A nice introduction with plenty of "goodies" for more experienced users.

From Richard Byrne at FreeTech4Teachers.com: "Science 360 is an educational video site hosted by the National Science Foundation. Visitors to Science 360 can search for videos according to topic. Science 360"

Project-based learning is becoming increasingly popular as teachers look for a way to make lessons stick in the minds of their students. This is a nice list of some of the best resources on the internet for PBL. From TeachThought

A Nice review of apps and ideas for using the iPad in the music classroom. via Edudemic

TED Education is the education site for the TED organization. TED has short videos showcasing some of the most interesting and inspiring thinkers, innovators, scientists, and artists on the web. In this case, James Watson, one of the discoverers of DNA explains the circumstances of his discovery. TED Education lessons provide lesson plans to help students think and write critically about the media, an important skill in CCSS.

RADCAB - Steps for Online Information Evaluation "RADCAB" ™ A mnemonic acronym for information evaluation Created by Karen M. Christensson, M.S. Library Media Education via Feedly

A nice site and resources for helping students (of any age) evaluate information sources. This is critical for CCSS and information literacy.

An excellent collection of resources and ideas on this topic, updated for the digital age.

A great tip from Richard Byrne. Read his blog at http://www.freetech4teachers.com

Via Edudemic

Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital Laboratory - YouTube A fascinating tour of the International Space station