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This is a collection of educational resources that help teachers leverage the power of technology to engage students and provide opportunities for students to research, synthesize, practice, and present information in a variety of mediums that support the CCSS. FIND AN APP,


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How do you integrate **Common Core State Standards** in the math classroom? How do you engage your students and increase interest in math? //XP Math// features fun and educational math games for **Grades 5-9**. Mental mathematics is a component of the **Common Core Mathematical Practices** and //XP Math Games// makes it easy to support it. //XP Math// allows teachers to differentiate instruction by process and content by providing tools to collect and analyze student data at every stage of their learning. AND THE BEST PART ...The Creator of this site is a NYC middle school lead math teacher.
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__ **Encourage Responsible Digital Citizenship** __


 * Google** has developed an **interactive YouTube curriculum** to support teachers in educating students on how to be safe, engaged model “netizens.” The initiative aims to help students aged 13–17 develop **digital literacy skills** on YouTube that would be applicable across the web. Ten **lessons** have been devised, in which students learn about YouTube’s policies, including how to report content, how to protect their own privacy and how to be responsible YouTube community members and, in the broader picture, digital citizens. The lessons range from five minutes to 50 minutes but can be adapted to fit teachers’ schedules. Each of the lessons includes a teacher’s guide, presentation slides and a list of related videos. There’s also a **YouTube Curriculum channel** where videos related to the project are posted.[|Click Here to Access Free Google Interactive Curriculum][|Click Here to Access Free YouTube Curriculum Channel]

__ **Learn a New Computer Term Every Day** __


 * Webopedia** is a //free// **online dictionary** that includes words, phrases and abbreviations related to **computer** and **Internet technology**. Webopedia provides easy-to-understand definitions in plain language, avoiding the use of heavy jargon so that the site is accessible to users with a wide range of computer knowledge. The entries are compiled by experienced editors who gather information from standards bodies, leading technology companies, universities, professional online technical publications, white papers and professionals working in the field. The sources used are often listed in the links section below the definition if the sources can provide more information than was included in the definition. The definitions evolve and change as technologies change, so the definitions on Webopedia are frequently updated to reflect trends in the field. New terms are added daily, and many of the new terms are suggested by the site’s users. In addition to a definition of the term or phrase, Webopedia also provides links to sources of further information on the topic, where applicable. [|Click Here to Access Free Online Dictionary]


 * Plus**: From top tips and best practice guides to protocols and biometrics, Webopedia’s **Quick Reference** section helps users understand how technology works. Because complicated technology can be intimidating, the Quick Reference articles break down the subject to just the facts and information needed to learn about common computer, Internet and technology topics. [|Click Here to Access Free Quick Reference Articles]

__ **Submit Your Lit** __


 * //YouLit Magazine//** is an online digital arts and literary publication for teens by teens. The magazine features poetry, photography, essays, illustrations and graphic designs created by teens. The first issue of //YouLit// was published in the spring of 2012. The magazine accepts all genres and styles of literary and visual art from high school students from anywhere in the country. This includes poetry, spoken word, lyrics, fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, reviews, graphic design and photography. [|Click Here to Access Guidelines and Submission Form]

__ **Teach History and Culture Through Art** __

The **University of Rochester**’s **Memorial Art Gallery** offers teachers materials that link history and culture to artworks. One of the **lesson plans** is based on Jacob Lawrence’s painting **//The 1920s: The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots//**. Another lesson plan is based on Albert Bierstadt’s paintings of the American West, which gave Americans a spectacular view of their expanding nation. [|Click Here to Access Free Lesson Plans]


 * Plus**: The Memorial Art Gallery’s //free// **//Guidelines for Leading a Guided Looking Process in the Classroom//** helps teachers create their own **visual literacy** lesson plans using any object. [|Click Here to Access Guidelines]

__ **Network to Learn, Collaborate to Innovate** __

This August the **US Department of Education**’s **Office of Educational Technology** (OET) and the **American Institutes for Research** (AIR) will convene the **Connected Educator Month**. During Connected Educator Month, teachers and other school leaders are encouraged to collaborate and innovate online. More than 50 organizations—from the American School Counselor Association and Cisco to the National Association of Elementary School Principals—will participate in the online event. Throughout August, educators will have opportunities to participate in dozens of online activities, including forums, webinars and contests, intended to develop skills and enhance learning. The Connected Educators website also will offer tools and resources to help educators become more connected.[|Click Here for More Information About Connected Educator Month] [|Click Here to Visit Connected Educators Website]

__ **Talk About Scary News with Children** __


 * Talking with Kids About News**, a website sponsored by **PBS Parents**, can help teachers, parents and other caregivers develop strategies for discussing today’s headlines—from war and violence to the latest storms. The site offers age-by-age insights to calm children’s fears, stimulate their minds and encourage them to think about their place in today’s world. [|Click Here to Visit Website]

__ **Interact with Robotic Explorers** __


 * NASA**’s **Jet Propulsion Laboratory** has created an **augmented-reality app** for the **iPhone** and **iPad** called **Spacecraft 3D**. This //free// app lets students learn about and interact with a variety of spacecraft used to explore our solar system, study Earth and observe the universe. Using a printed AR Target and the camera on their mobile device, students can get up close with these robotic explorers, see how they move and learn about the engineering feats used to expand our knowledge and understanding of space. Spacecraft 3D will be updated over time to include more of the amazing spacecraft that act as our robotic eyes on Earth and beyond. [|Click Here to Download Free App]

__**Mobile Learning on the Move**__

**Use Mobile Devices to Move and Learn** Open a magazine or catalog, or take a look at signs in your local grocery store these days and you’re likely to see a **QR** (**Q**uick **R**esponse) **code**. (A QR code is a two-dimensional matrix barcode readable by smartphones with cameras to help users identify a specific URL and other information that a company wants them to access via their mobile device.) QR codes can be used in schools for academic purposes as well. The **QR Treasure Hunt Generator** provides you with everything you need to get started creating your own QR codes and use them in your classroom. To use the QR Treasure Hunt Generator, you simple type a series of questions and answers, generate the QR codes using the tool on the site and then print and display the codes around your classroom or school. [|Click Here to Access QR Code Generator]

Plus: When they’re ready to scan QR codes, students can visit **Kaywa** to get **QR readers** for their smartphones. Alternatively if they have Android phones, they can try the //free// **QR Droid app**, and if they have iPhones, they can try the //free// **NeoReader App**. [|Click Here to Download Kaywa Reader]

__ **Move Beyond Awareness of Bullying** __

The **Stop Bullies app** for **iPad**, **iPhone** and **Android** devices allows students to report incidents of bullying anonymously by sending photos, messages and other information to school administrators, who are alerted in real time. Each message includes a GPS tag that can help adults intervene.[|Click Here for More Information][|Click to Download Demo]


 * Plus**: The **Back Off Bully** (BOB) **app** was created by students and offers similar features, along with resources on bullying and a function that allows students to schedule counseling appointments. BOB is the brainchild of 15 students in a research, design and development class at Metropolitan Business Academy, a magnet high school in New Haven, Connecticut. With the touch of a finger on a cell phone, students can anonymously report a bullying incident to school administration. The app works on any cell phone, tablet or computer with access to the Internet. [|Click Here to Try Out Application]

**STEM Gems**
__ **Bring Scientific Breakthroughs to Life Through Art** __

In a new collaboration, artists are taking the inventions of teenage scientists and turning them into posters. The **SciArt Series** is a collection of art that celebrates the scientific breakthroughs at the **Intel International Science and Engineering Fair** (ISEF). To celebrate innovations that have the potential to solve global problems, Intel paired artists with high school students at ISEF to create original pieces of art based on scientific breakthroughs. Illustrators, graphic designers and sculptors collaborated with high school students from the fair to artistically bring their breakthroughs to life and increase scientific awareness across the globe.[|Click Here to Visit Intel Science and Engineering Fair Website][|Click Here to Visit SciArt Website]

__ **Join a “Cool” Science and Engineering Collaboration** __

The **Massachusetts Institute of Technology** (MIT) and **Khan Academy** have partnered on an initiative called **MIT+K12**. As part of the collaboration, videos produced by MIT students will be available through the academy’s website. MIT students are creating five- to 10-minute videos teaching the basics of engineering and science to K–12 students. The MIT students select the subjects or generate videos on topics requested by instructors, students or others. The videos are then posted on an MIT website and a designated YouTube channel. MIT students have created approximately 75 videos so far, and half can currently be viewed on the **MIT+K12 YouTube channel**. The videos cover topics such as Earth’s rotation, flying robots, basic chemistry, forces on an airplane, heat transfer and pixel engineering. The MIT+K12 program will also connect K–12 students and teachers with the MIT students who created the videos. [|Click Here to Visit Website]

__ **Bring the Joy of “Making” to Students** __


 * SparkTruck** is an educational build-mobile! The project began as SparkLab, a group of Stanford d.school students passionate about making, education and technology. As part of a yearlong thesis project, the Stanford group talked with teachers, students and other experts about hands-on learning. They were shocked to find that due to tight budgets and strict testing requirements, many schools don’t have the flexibility or equipment to support hands-on building. So they decided to do something about it. They ran a campaign to raise some money for a truck and some high-tech maker equipment, such as a laser cutter and 3-D printers. Now they’re driving across the country, spreading the fun of hands-on learning and encouraging youth to find their inner maker. At each stop, their general plan is to host three events: a **hands-on workshop** **for students** (aged 8–12) with tools from the truck (20 students per workshop); a **workshop for local educators** centered around using the hands-on learning approach in the classroom (10 teachers per workshop); and a **community coffee chat**, hanging out in a local gathering spot for a few hours to chat with other members of the community about technology, education, design or just life in general![|Click Here to Visit Website][|Click Here for Road Trip Schedule]

__ **Teach with Popular Culture** __


 * Making Curriculum Pop** (MC POP) is a **resource-sharing community** for educators interested in best practices and teaching with/about pop culture. It’s hard for individual teachers to catch every cool website, video clip, song, study guide or comic, but collectively MC POP is a forum where educators can share resources to reinvent the core curriculum and the larger dialogue on public education. So if you use popular and common cultures to reflect, refract, refocus and reinvent your core curriculum, visit MC POP and join a group or set up one of your own. Groups in the community include Media Education/Literacy, New Media and Technology, Math and Science Educators, Sustainable/Green Educators, Digital Storytelling, Graphic Novels & Comics, Modern Languages & ELL, Adolescent Literature—and more. [|Click Here to Visit Website]

__ **Bring Real Life to Learning** __


 * All Terrain Brain** (ATB) is a multimedia project designed to help students take their brains “off road” and tap into their entrepreneurial spirits. The project includes several components, including 25 **animated music videos**, **interactive ATB website** and //free// **downloadable Team ATB Activity Guide**. Each of these components helps students discover they have the power to do whatever they want in life. The **Educators page**, for teachers and group leaders working with youth aged 8 to 12, has a wealth of resources to help young people develop the **critical** and **creative thinking skills** they need in order to get excited about opportunities and take control of their futures. With brain-twisting group activities, singable animated videos and a series of badge-collecting web experiences, ATB inspires students to discover passions, think creatively, take responsibility, embrace change, persevere, set goals, solve problems and dream big. [|Click Here to Visit Website]

__ **Turn Learning on Its Head** __

Launched in the spring of 2012, the **Flipped Learning Network** (FLN) provides educators with the knowledge, skills and resources to successfully implement the Flipped Learning Ideology. Under the **Schedule of Events** heading is a listing of workshops and other events hosted by FLN, co-hosted with FLN or generally open to the public in regards to Flipped Learning. **//Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day//** (2012) is the first book on flipped learning co-published by **ISTE** and **ASCD**. The book is now available for your eReader. In addition, you can watch hundreds of videos in the **Flipped Learning Education TV channel**, hosted by **JDL Horizon**’s **EduVision**. The videos are sorted by subject area, grade level and presenter. [|Click Here to Visit Website]


 * __Educational Gaming Sites for Elementary Students:__**
 * [|http://www.professorgarfield.org]free delivery of innovative and motivational digital learning content with a primary emphasis on children’s literacy through fun and educationally sound interactive activities and games where kids like to play on the Internet, supplemented with standards-based resources for teachers, parents and mentors. The Professor Garfield Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational collaboration between Paws, Inc., the global headquarters for Garfield the Cat, and Ball State University, a nationally recognized leader in teacher training and digital education.
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