Thanks to the Internet, teachers and students have access to an unprecedented number of high quality learning resources. Each day I post the best that I find thanks to the people I follow in Twitter. Some of the best from this year are available as part of this post. By far, my best source for this material is Richard Byrne who tweets as @rmbyrne. I suggest you consider subscribing to his blog at freetech4teachers.com. Also, be sure to share post this with any teachers you know and thanks again for your support.
11/26 Learn algebra in 42 minutes with video games. @locotech @Forbes
11/23 Thirty apps that have promise in the classroom – Have your students check them out and report back. @Edudemic
11/22 How pain works. Is is a good short lesson [4:04] for upper elementary on up. @TED_ED @rmbyrne
11/18 Changing the teaching of history one byte at a time – Just because you find in on the Internet doesn’t mean it happened. @mcleod @edutopia
11/15 What Project-Based Learning Looks Like in Math – @posickj
11/14 What parents need to know about distance learning – @onlinecourse
11/12 Ten Online Activities for Geography Awareness Week – @rmbyrne
11/11 The Magic of Fibonacci Numbers [6:25] – Arthur Benjamin @tedtalks
11/11 Fifteen Lesson Plans For Making Students Better Online Researchers – Most teachers can probably learn something from these lessons. @Edudemic
11/11 Five Rules of Story Telling – Teachers should consider printing this and putting it where students can read it. Better yet, give each student a copy for their wall at home. @colonelb
11/10 Music lessons are shown to give your brain a boost. @bbcnews @DrEscotet
11/10 A graphic that features the importance of music in education – @DrSpikeCook
11/8 Periods 101 – This is good sex education for young men and even younger women. High school boys should read this along with girls before they have one. @howaboutwe
11/6 Eight Videos That Prove Math is Awesome – @ccscharger
11/1 Project-Based Learning Activities for Geometry From @Curriki – They are free and look interesting. @rmbyrne
10/30 Why Children Should Learn How to Program – @Independent @SchoolsImprove
10/28 Five excellent short videos to teach your students about digital citizenship – These are very good. Principals should figure out which classes should show them. @s_bearden
10/27 Figure This: Math challenges for the family from the National Counsel of Mathematics Teachers – These look like fun. @rmbyrne
10/24 How much can Minecraft Steve bench press? This is an interesting physics lesson using the popular game. More to come.
10/22 Keeping Fit Helps Academic Success. @TheScotsman @SchoolsImprove
10/18 Five Research-Driven Educational Trends in Use in the Classroom – @MindShiftKQED
10/16 Math Live features animated math lessons and activities. @rmbyrne
12/2 Kids Like to Learn Algebra, if It Comes in the Right App. @wired
12/4 The Chemistry of Cookies – This is good for middle school on up. [4:50] @TED_ED @digg
12/5 Twenty things you need to know to financially smart – This includes activities sorted by age for kids from 3 to 18. @rmbyrne @BethKobliner
12/6 Why Students Need to Fail – @UA_magazine @zecool
12/9 Six Ideas for Practical Math Lessons – @GuardianEdu
12/11 The Physics and History of skiing. @rmbyrne
12/12 What causes the lowest temperatures on Earth? animation [1:00] Share with any science teachers/students you know. @digg
12/13 Fifteen Ways of Teaching Kids to Code – This is a key skill for the 21st century. @coolcatteacher @Edutopia
12/17 An Interactive Map of the Odyssey – I wish I had this when I read the book. @rmbyrne
12/22 Biology Pop offers many kinds of resources for teachers and students. @rmbyrne
12/23 Five tools to help students plan story writing @rmbyrne
12/25 Online Fitness Courses – See if you can try some of these with your students/kids. @onlinecourse
