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iPad for Educators

Free Educational Apps for the iPad

A collection of statistical data sets from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.  Perfect for teaching Common Core Standards related to data analysis.   Use the free NCTM data analysis or spreadsheet app to work with the data.   

A collection of FREE mobile apps from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.  Available for IOS and Android.

From the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, a suite of "Core Math Tools," digital tools that can be used by students to model math problems for algebra and functions, geometry and trigonometry, and statistics and probability. These tools can be downloaded and run on any computer, but will not work on mobile devices.

Milam Social Studies Teachers- These lesson plans for teaching geography may be a perfect complement to your Mississippi Social Studies standards in 6th grade.  There are some excellent examples here.

An eight-part professional development workshop on Teaching Geography for teachers from Annenberg Learner.  This is a self-guided interactive workshop perfect for new teachers of geography.  There are model lessons here complete with resources, video narratives, and more.  A wealth of FREE resources.

"If this wasn't a science page, if this happened 3,000 years ago in, say, a Middle Eastern desert, I would call it a Miracle. But it's not. It's just a plain, ordinary moment of "wow!"

vertical alignment of CCSS by strand, highlights changes from one grade to next by anchor standard.

A good list of resources for learning about Google Apps and Chromebooks.

From FreeTech4Teachers.com: "During one of my workshops this afternoon at Carondelet High School some asked for suggestions about using QR codes. Here are some of the uses that I suggested."

A teacher's description of her experience using a reading workshop model with her students in a science lesson. There are some great ideas here.

"Well, it's official, you can now officially cite social media sources in MLA and APA formats. Although this might not seem like a big deal, it is an important step in acknowledging social media as an important source of information for scholarly work"

"Thingdom is a fun and challenging game through which students can learn about genetics. The game, produced by the London Science Museum, asks players to select a "thing" then try to find a make for that "thing" based on various traits." Gamify genetics for your science class.

"If you teach math or science, you will likely find yourself asking your students to take out their rulers, compasses, protractors, thermometers, altimeters, and other measuring devices. Being able to see with a ruler and a protractor how a triangle with two equal sides really does have two equal angles can be powerful. Glenda Stewart-Smith of Surrey School District #36 in Canada put together this collection of iPhone and iPad apps that offer all of these measuring abilities and more."

A really interesting "heat map" visualization showing which birth dates are most common.   What kind of writing could this inspire?  What is the next idea? Could students take another data set and create a map like this based upon birthdates in their own school?  Maybe with local weather data (which days have the most precipitation?) 

Great site to pull test questions or bell ringers!

Good article on BYOD