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Great activity for ordering fractions. using recycled bottle caps. We are currently using this activity in a fourth grade classroom and the kids are eager to work on this one.

When going to this website look at the sidebar on your left and click on "Cool Tools for Teaching. Here you will download a pdf that is loaded with information. There are an abundance of websites that can help you in your classroom. Some examples are Jing captures screen shots, Zamzar lets you convert Converts file formats; especially helpful to download YouTube videos (at home) and bring them to school as stand‐alone videos, and Spelling City lets you create games from spelling words.

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Free Math Games for Students

UNI math games to help kids when teachers are busy, or for free time.

educators | Diigo Group This is a great resource for teachers! You will find inspiration for lesson plans, class projects, activities, and many more useful resources. The bookmarks are categorized by subject content and grade level, so it won't take you long to find what you need!

Short Stories, Quotes, Poems, and Ideas that can be used to inspire the creative writing process. This content provides inspiration and guidance to students who are working on digital storytelling projects. Alternatively, this content could serve as narrative script for those working with audio recording/editing software.

The principles of the Vittra School revolve around the breakdown of physical and metaphorical class divisions as a fundamental step to promoting intellectual curiosity, self-confidence, and communally responsible behavior. Therefore, in Vittra's custom-built Stockholm location, spaces are only loosely defined by permeable borders and large, abstract landmarks. As the architects explained, "instead of classical divisions with chairs and tables, a giant iceberg for example serves as cinema, platform, and room for relaxation, and sets the frame for many different types of learning," while "flexible laboratories make it possible to work hands-on with themes and projects."

The Econ Ed Link contains a calendar of important dates in history. It has everything from an interactive calculator to estimate how long it would take someone to become a millionaire, to a variety of other interactive tools for students to use. This website also has a large library of online interactive tools for teaching economics, personal finance and entrepreneurship for grades K-12. The interactive tools include videos and game-like activities that are broken down by subject and grade. This website also maintains a large library of online economic lessons for teachers to access for their students ranging from kindergarten all the way thru 12th grade. The site offers something for educators, students and after school programs. This would be a great resource to use during after school programs to keep the students interested and excited about learning.

This website is great for the thematic unit! It has all sorts of activites geared for all grades. They are very interactive and technological.

This website is great!

"Social Media" "Teaching" "Learning"

Edcucators say some games develop skills

Edcucators say some games develop skills

Why EdTech? our kiddos are tech-savvy, and rote memorization isn't cutting it anymore.

"Today, more and more teachers are looking for ways to integrate their smart phones and iPads (and other tablets) with their physical education and health courses. Below is a list of apps that we've found helpful for Physical Educators."

This is great for Phys Ed Majors

"Efforts to develop an exoskeleton for the workplace are under way, backed by EU funds."

This site appears to be a repository for various useful classroom goodies, such as beginning-of-class activities (i.e. Jeopardy, Whack-a-Mole, etc). Also has a section for lesson plans and lesson resources, which are searchable to subject, grade, or state standard

What inner city kids know about social media, and why we should listen Teenagers know a lot more about privacy than we think, so what are they trying to tell us when they post?

This web page shows different habits that teachers who use technology in the classroom have. It talks about things such as how the teachers are able to adapt to change, they share information in order to collaborate with other teachers so they can optimize their classroom, and how these teachers care. A great article!