Math Teachers...the newest set of Stella's Stunners is now available

Set number 13 has just been published. All of the problems can be downloaded, copied and pasted into your formative assessements.  Stella's Stunners is a collection of more than 600 nonroutine mathematics problems. Problems range from simple visual problems, requiring no specific mathematical background, to problems that use the content of pre-algebra up through pre-calculus.

Suggestions for Modifying a Blog to allow for students to post and comment

Download a brief handout that will offer you some suggestions and options.  One thought that is always worthy of considering, is that you have the ability to read any student comment prior to its posting.

Who designed the transatlantic cable?

When you mention the name Samuel Finley Breese Morse to people, they immediately think of the telegraph.  Did you know that in the 1850's he submitted a design for the transatlantic cable? To read Morse's manuscripts (and those of Jefferson, Lincoln and many others), goto the Online Collections of the Manuscripts Division at the Library of Congress. 

Knoema’s World Data Atlas: A Great Online Tool for Social Studies

The Knoema World Data Atlas is a knowledge platform  (pronounced ‘No Ma’) that offers a plethora of social, economic, geographic and political data on every country of the world and connects that data to analytical and presentation tools. It represents a uniformed platform where users can access, present and share data-driven content. You can access data from multiple sources, assemble relevant indicators in one space, visualize figures, apply analytical functions, create a set of dashboards and present your results.

Knoema includes more than 500 interactive data sets! 

The most obvious connection to social studies is with grades 5-8 where students identify, describe, classify and compare regions of the world.

Watch a brief online video about Knoema.

Common Core lessons

All of these lessons have been developed by teachers and submitted to the public domain.

  

Classroom folders for Google Docs

gClassFolders is a free, Google Spreadsheet based add-on for Google Apps for EDU that creates class folders for students and teachers to simplify and streamline their experience of using Google's world class productivity and collaboration tools in the classroom.

Common Core ELA Standards with Technology by Grade Level

Thanks to Jessica Wilson , a tech integrationist at CSSU for putting together the list.