Agent SmithChallenging the matrix of traditional, boring education.

• The Peanut Gallery

  Add your own words to silent films using your microphone!

  tags: funny movie apps

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• Free Online Kids Learning Games | Online Kids Games | Cool Math Games for Kids | Reading and Writing Skill for ESL/EFL Learner

  tags: Games math fun learning

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• Fantastic Contraption

  OMG i am addicted to this game!!! LOVE the puzzle solving aspect, and it ties in well with my third graders’ study of simple machines.

  tags: build puzzle game thinking simplemachines

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• What’s the Big Idea? | Teaching Philosophy through feature film clips

  Introducing middle school students to philosophy through film

  tags: philosophy film teaching

• Teaching Children Philosophy

  This website is dedicated to helping adults conduct philosophical discussion with and among elementary school children.
  Contrary to what many people think, young children are both interested in and good at discussing philosophical questions. Picture books are a great way to initiate a philosophical discussion with young children and this site will help you get started.

  tags: philosophy children education teaching books kids reading

• CoderDojo

  Coderdojo is…
  a global collaboration providing free and open learning to young people, especially in programming technology.

  tags: programming education howto

• Explore MIT App Inventor | Explore MIT App Inventor

  Creating an App Inventor App begins in your browser where you design how the app will look. Then, like fitting together puzzle pieces, you set your app’s behavior. All the while, through a live connection between your computer and your phone, your app appears on your phone.

  tags: android programming apps

• Smithsonian Quests

  From the art world to the zoo, from underwater to outer space, from current problems to future solutions, your students will have the freedom to explore their interests and make connections across subjects. They’ll develop skills and enhance their learning through discovery, while earning digital badges as credentials along the way.

  tags: pbl smithsonian discovery resources badges

• ImageQuiz: Create new quiz

  Create quizzes where students click on part of an image to indicate the correct answer.  I can see this applied to geography quizzes easily, and i’m sure there are plenty more ways to use it!!

  tags: quiz images generator geography

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