The whole world is excited about the Olympics this week, but many concerns have been raised about Rio's readiness for the event. Ready or Not, Let the Games Begin is a story map that overlays cultural, political, and geographic information over maps of Brazil and other related areas to give students a more rounded view [...]
With more and more students using technology for education both in and out of the classroom, digital citizenship training is more important than ever. But many teachers received their initial training before the personal computing explosion and don't necessarily have the resources to teach students about this new and very important subject. The teachers at [...]
Fun English Games provides a way for your students to practice basic language arts skills in a way that doesn't feel like work. Games cover topics from descriptive writing to prefixes and suffixes to following written directions. There are also word searches, crossword puzzles, and hangman games for students to play as well. Fun English Games also [...]
Usually only college professors get to take sabbaticals, but Montana's 2016 teacher of the year, Jessica Anderson, thinks that K-12 teachers should have the same opportunities. She argues that a break from the classroom can help teachers develop new skills, improve their teaching abilities, and provide them with a fresh outlook on K-12 education. You [...]
Continuing the science theme from last week (can you guess what my favorite subject was?) is Science Bits. Science Bits is designed to be a complete standalone science curriculum for middle schoolers that aligns with state science standards. Lessons are a combination of videos, virtual experiments, interactives, and texts that allow students to learn the [...]
Every classroom has some variation of the laminated cards that all begin with "The student will be able to..." or "The student can..." Often these standards are written in confusing language that can be hard for students to understand and apply to what they are learning. Sargy Letuchy found this problem compounded by the fact [...]
Anatomy Arcade provides students with a great resource to learn about the various systems of the body. Two big games, Whack a Bone and Poke a Muscle, allow students to practice very in-depth labeling of the skeletal and muscular systems (because accuracy is important and some bones and muscles can be small, it is best [...]
All this talk about Amazon Inspire has gotten us thinking at MXN. What are your favorite places to look for OERs? What do you wish you could find more of? Are there improvements you would make to your favorite OER aggregator?
If you have fond memories of playing with magnetic poetry but not so fond memories of cleaning it up later, online magnetic poetry is the tool for you. The people behind those magnetized parts of speech have created an online application that allows you to drag and drop combinations of words into various types of [...]
Teachers and administrators are realizing that allowing students to take their Chromebooks home is creating a whole host of privacy and security related concerns. Peter Martini, a cyber-security expert, has recommended a few things that parents and teachers can do to keep kids safe while using school-provided devices at home. Using the ePortal system removes [...]