Agent SmithChallenging the matrix of traditional, boring education.

• Clorox Power A Bright Future Program – How it Works

  Nominate a program from your school to win $50,000 from Clorox!

  tags: grants education contest

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• Kathy Shrock’s Guide to gadgets in the classroom

  tags: whiteboard resources

• Internet4Classrooms whiteboard resources

  tags: whiteboard resources

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• Discovery Education – Curiosity in the Classroom

  Spark curiosity in the classroom.
  Discovery Education and Intel have teamed up to create Curiosity in the Classroom, a website designed to bring teachers, students and families on a journey through life’s biggest questions.

  tags: education discovery classroom curiosity lessonplans

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• Data Visualization: Journalism’s Voyage West | Rural West Initiative

  This visualization plots over 140,000 newspapers published over three centuries in the United States. The data comes from the Library of Congress’ “Chronicling America” project, which maintains a regularly updated directory of newspapers. 

  tags: newspapers history infographic news data

• Toasted Cheese

  daily writing prompts…

  tags: writing prompts

• QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator from classtools.net

  Create your own treasure hunt which incorporates QR codes! Cool!

  tags: qrcodes treasurehunt web2.0 education technology

• Google Fast Flip

  a visual look at news stories- aggregated, sortable and searchable.

  tags: google news media search Newspapers aggregator

• teachingwithted / FrontPage

  TED talks, organized and coupled with correlating documents and research for use in student lessons.

  tags: TED education resources

• Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better | Video on TED.com

  fascinating talk on how to improve your listening skills…and perhaps those of your students…?

  tags: ted speech listening hearing

• That can be my next tweet

  My Next Tweet analyzes your twitter feed and tries to predict what you might say next! Hilarious results!

  tags: twitter generator fun funny

• Ten Tips for Classroom Management | Edutopia

  Learn how to improve student engagement and build a positive climate for learning and discipline for grades K-12.

  tags: classroom management tips

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• : PBS LearningMedia

  PBS LearningMedia features help you teach outside the box. You’ll make cross-curricular connections every step of the way.

  tags: PBS resources education media lessonplans

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• Virtual Field Trips – UEN

  take or create a virtual field trip

  tags: virtual virtualfieldtrips fieldtrip

• Virtual Field Trips

  A list of Virtual Field Trip ideas

  tags: virtualfieldtrips fieldtrip

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• Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History NMNH

  tags: museum history smithsonian Science

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• Challenge Based Learning

  Students today have instant access to information through technology and the web, manage their own acquisition of knowledge through informal learning, and have progressed beyond consumers of content to become producers and publishers. As a result, traditional teaching and learning methods are becoming less effective at engaging students and motivating them to achieve.

  tags: pbl challengebasedlearning education

  • Students today have instant access to information through technology and the web, manage their own acquisition of knowledge through informal learning, and have progressed beyond consumers of content to become producers and publishers. As a result, traditional teaching and learning methods are becoming less effective at engaging students and motivating them to achieve.

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• MathInTheNews

  Current events, as seen through the prism of mathematics: This is what Math in the News brings every week. We look through stories that make today’s headlines and extract the mathematical story underlying it.

  tags: math news currentevents

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