Interactive Sites for Education is a collection of K-5 online, interactive games and simulations that can be used on your Smartboard for teaching and learning. This site is my own personal compilation of the best (and advertisement free) online activities for math, ELA, science, social studies, brainteasers, art, music, holidays, world language, and typing (some are still
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New Teacher Survival Central
Whether you’re a newbie feeling IN OVER YOUR HEAD or a veteran teacher IN A RUT, you’ll find ideas and plans to keep you energized. Even if you have everything completely IN CONTROL, be sure to check out the creative ideas and time-saving tips to help keep you on top of your game throughout the
FIZZ
A new licensing agreement with Discovery Education will bring the music and methods of Dr. Lodge McCammon within reach of a million teachers around the world. McCammon, a curriculum and contemporary media specialist in the Friday Institute for Education Innovation, brings 21st century tools into the classroom. He’s a proponent of making classroom videos and
Explore the Blue
Explore the Blue is a new program from the Take Me Fishing™ campaign and Discovery Education, which provides teachers and parents with a set of online tools that promote youth participation in on-the-water activities and reinforce the importance of caring for our environment. Fun and Games You don’t have to be at a lake or
Explore Mouse Mischief
Mouse Mischief can transform teaching and learning in the classroom. Mouse Mischief integrates into Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, letting you create interactive presentations that engage and excite every student in the classroom by inserting questions, polls, and drawing activity slides into your lessons. Students can actively participate in these lessons by
Day in the Life of a Discovery Educator.
Check out the Day in the Life of a Discovery Educator created by Steve Dembo! Is this teacher you? Please share how you use Discovery Education to enhance your students interest in learning. Would you like to be this teacher, but need to learn more about Discovery Education? If so, contact your Technology Integration Specialist
Webinars are Rolling
Webinars to introduce the new Face of Discovery are rolling. Please check on the schedule often and join us. Justin did a great presentation today and the changes are very exciting and thoughtful. I love that the Discovery presenters are so generous with the resources and presentations they create. Check the right sidebar here to
Back to School Tip!
It’s back to school time all around Arizona and back to school means excited kids, enthusiastic teachers, nervous parents and the return to the school filters. For those of you out there that are continually finding videos on blocked sites like YouTube and TeacherTube, there is a fast and easy way to bring the information
A Little Summer Reading…
Darcy White, Arizona STAR DE, has been busy writing this spring. Here is a taste of the introduction to her article published in the Cable in the Classroom Magazine: Today’s audiovisual learners choose interactive, technology-based stimuli on a daily basis. As a result, teachers need to come up with unique ideas to keep students engaged
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