background preloader

Symbaloo - Your Bookmarks and favorites in the cloud

Symbaloo - Your Bookmarks and favorites in the cloud

http://edu.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13eP70iRVf

Related:  sities

56 great math websites for students of any age Below you will find 56 of the best math resource websites available. Parents and teachers of children 3 to 23 who are looking for videos, games, worksheets, printables, lessons, tutorials, calculators, worksheet generators, activities or interactives will likely find what they are looking for. Teach Mathematics Teach Mathematics is a cool site for math teachers and students with lessons and activities aimed at helping students to improve their math skills. The math levels on this site seem targeted to 3rd grade to high school level learners.Whether you are teaching fractions, algebra, geometry, or statistics, then there are lessons and tools for you. 50 Important Links for Common Core Educators Educators across the nation are working hard this summer to begin developing updated curricula that will fit into the new Common Core State Standards, which will be fully applied in 45 U.S. states (Texas, Alaska, Nebraska, Virginia, and Minnesota have opted out of statewide participation) by 2015. Yet despite the hubbub about the new standards, which were created as a means of better equipping students with the knowledge they need to be competitive in the modern world, many teachers still have a lot of unanswered questions about what Common Core will mean for them, their students, and their schools. Luckily, the Internet abounds with helpful resources that can explain the intricacies of Common Core, offer resources for curriculum development, and even let teachers keep up with the latest news on the subject. We’ve collected just a few of those great resources here, which are essential reads for any K-12 educator in a Common Core-adopting state.

Collaborate, Note Taking with Titanpad I have spent several days this summer doing webinars via SimpleK12 and learned they subscribe to a site that they use for the backchannel of the webinar. I immediately started asking them questions about the site and learned it is free to use. That was the key to me. 385 Free Online Courses from Top Universities Advertisment Take online courses from the world’s top universities for free. Below, you will find 1,700 free online courses from universities like Yale, MIT, Harvard, Oxford and more. Our site also features collections of Online Certificate Programs and Online Degree & Mini-Degree Programs. Note: This page includes a lot of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

Atalanta - Famous Woman Runner and Heroine Swift-Footed Atalanta: An ancient Greek hero might expect a bit of help from a female, whether goddess, witch, or princess/queen, but he wouldn't ordinarily expect to have to share the glory with a woman. Although goddesses and Amazons might be powerful, ancient Greek women typically weren't, so it takes a truly exceptional woman to earn a main stage place in the performance of the main heroic events. The other heroes treat her as an equal, although her beauty prevents them from forgetting her gender. Atalanta and the Argonauts:

New Common Core and Essential Standards Align Teaching and Learning to Career and College Readiness As North Carolina public school students return to school for the 2012-13 year, teachers are preparing new lessons and new teaching strategies to match new teaching and learning standards in every grade and every subject. This is the first time that North Carolina has implemented a completely revised Standard Course of Study in all areas and grades at once. North Carolina teachers and students in kindergarten through 12th grade will follow Common Core state standards in mathematics and language arts. In other subjects, the state's own revised Essential Standards will be their guide. All of the new standards are available online at the K-12 Curriculum and Instruction/NC Standard Course of Study website.

Facebook and YouTube Offer Guidelines to Help Schools and Parents Culture Flickr:Dan Taylor By Matt Levinson Online social giants YouTube and Facebook have taken big steps to attempt to provide guidance on digital citizenship for kids online. Google (which owns YouTube) just launched its ten-step online program for smart and safe YouTube use, with a series of instructional videos that hit on topics from cyberbullying to privacy.

Top 10 Greek Heroes of Myth and Legend 8. Orpheus Known more for his music than his fighting ability, Orpheus is a hero for two reasons: He was an Argonaut in Jason's Golden Fleece quest, and he survived a quest that even Theseus failed. Number Sense - ChildrensPictureBooks.Info Bears Odd, Bears Even by Harriet Ziefert An easy-to-read mathematics book teaches the concept of odd and even through an amusing and colorful tale of bears playing a game of basketball. Even Steven and Odd Todd by Kathryn Cristaldi The arrival of Cousin Odd Todd greatly upsets Even Steven who likes everything to come in even numbers, his pets, his library books, and even his pancakes. Includes an activities and games section.

Lino.it for collaboration If you are a teacher and are looking for some tools to use to collaborate in the classroom, investigate Lino.it. I was told about the site last semester because I was using Wallwisher and had some problems with the overall site. Upgrades or something were frustrating me and I needed a quick way for the students to share what they know. I tried it and the concept went very well. First of all, lino is a site that allows you and collaborators to insert sticky notes onto a wall, or a canvas as lino calls them. You can custom design the canvas you want to use (special images for backgrounds, etc.) and you can customize your sticky notes.

Lord Byron - Romantic poetry Lord Byron William Wordsworth - Poems (English) Robert Browning - Poems (English) S.T. Coleridge - Kubla Khan (English) Common Core State Standards Register | Lost Password Skip to Content Follow us on Facebook How to: find ANYTHING on the Internet Photo by Dullhunk Tips, tricks and resources to help you find that digital needle in the huge cyber-haystack. Learning to navigate the World Wide Web effectively is an important skill, and there are lots of different ways for you to find the information you are looking for. Whilst the following list of tips and websites is by no means exhaustive – and we’ve missed out on some massive topics except travel, which deserve a post in their own right – they should be enough to get you started. Using Google Operator Hacks

Related:  scuolaantoniotodarolas uLiteracy ToolkitMore Visually Appealing BookmarkingEducational TechnologyThe Networked Teacher