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This is a very easy to use, ready-made curriculum for teaching coding. There are lots of different lessons using familiar characters, like Star Wars, Minecraft, Frozen, Angry Birds, etc.

Learn to code/teach your students to code. Learn computer science and computational thinking and teach your students. Create an account and take an online course. Self-paced coursework for students. Learn how to teach computer science using Code.org's Computer Science Fundamentals with a free, self-paced online course.

Our school is currently working on a book study. This site of information will be very helpful to the staff on the Whole Brain Teaching Book Study Group. This site offers resources and advice with implementing Whole Brain Teaching classroom management skills.

Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Filed by on The American Association of School Libraries (AASL) is a division of the American Library Association. This is the sixth annual Best Websites for Teaching & Learning list. Sites named as Best Websites for Teaching & Learning foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation and collaboration.

A unit recommended for gr. 5-8 to teach genetic concepts such as how hereditary information is passed from one generation to the next based on the single-gene inheritance model.

Ck-12 offers "FlexBook" textbooks and other OER for teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). I will use this resource for teaching in our STEM lab at the Intermediate School, and as an excellent source for PD when teachers are learning about new technology tools at their fingertips.

This is a free resource available to teach coding. Is it beneficial? Is it easy to implement?

Article discusses teaching coding to students even without a computer.

"Be Internet Awesome is a collaboration between Google and the Internet Keep Safe Coalition (iKeepSafe.org). It is "a multifaceted program designed to teach kids the skills they need to be safe and smart online." The resource includes a game called, Interland, that can be a stand alone tool as well as a full curriculum that enables teachers to teach digital citizenship fundamentals. The lesson plans are geared toward grades 3 to 5." It think this is a great free tool from Google that I had not heard about that allows teachers to gameify Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship. I played the game a bit and I wonder if maybe teachers should take it, as we had a phishing spam a few years ago where teachers gave personal information online to an email that looked like it came from our local credit union.

I really like to teach adults using similar or the same resources that I use for secondary students because it provides an 'entry-level' peak at the topic at hand (in this instance, Copyright) as well as a resource that they can use to direct-teach. I really like how BrainPop explains copyright in a very user-friendly manner.

This site contains curated resources related to teaching digital literacy and digital fluency. Grade levels 7-12 Includes Material Type: Game, Interactive, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Textbook, Unit of Study

This is a unit that I could either teach collaboratively with the regular classroom teachers or use it to reinforce what the students are learning in reading and math

This is a unit that I could either teach collaboratively with the regular classroom teachers or use it to reinforce what the students are learning in reading and math

Images and information about Ford's Theater, President Lincoln and his assassination. Use as a virtual field trip to teach about Lincoln's assassination.

Images and information about Ford's Theater, President Lincoln and his assassination. Use as a virtual field trip to teach about Lincoln's assassination.

MERLOT is a free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services contributed and used by an international education community. Our middle school is going 1:1 this year and the teachers are encouraged to try blended learning. This site would be helpful for them to help set up their courses.

MERLOT is a free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services contributed and used by an international education community. Our middle school is going 1:1 this year and the teachers are encouraged to try blended learning. This site would be helpful for them to help set up their courses.

Images showing Auschwitz during the Holocaust and again decades after. While teaching a unit on World War II this would help students have a visual of what the Holocaust was like.

Images showing Auschwitz during the Holocaust and again decades after. While teaching a unit on World War II this would help students have a visual of what the Holocaust was like.

This game can be used to teach middle school students about the judicial system.

This game can be used to teach middle school students about the judicial system.

Lessons and resources for educators teaching K-12 and also professional development resources for teachers, This is to help kids, teachers and other adults understand the copyright laws.

An Opportunity to Teach Students About Plagiarism and Paraphrasing

Web-based learning has made learning content much more freely and instantaneously available to students who can download course notes and readings with a single mouse click. Facebook is one of many Web 2.0 tools - wikis, delicious, YouTube, podcasts - that are listed as having potential applications for teaching and learning.