September+2015

Virginia Department of Education Updates Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Teacher Recruitment and Retention Incentive Awards []
 * Supt’s Memos: **

Virginia Junior Academy of Science []

State Funding Allocation for Information Technology Industry Certifications and Related Testing Preparation Resources for School Year (SY) 2015-2016 []

Survey of School Divisions’ Interest in Leasing Technology Equipment []

Google Apps for Education Summit, hosted by Suffolk County Public Schools, October 17 & 18, 2015 []
 * Professional Development: **

Google Apps for Education Summit hosted in Northern Virginia, November 7 & 8, 2015 []

A More Holistic Approach to Planning []
 * Leadership: **

Helping Chief Academic Officers Make the Shift From Managed Instruction To Personalized Learning []

Make Change Stick []

How School Leaders Set the Stage for PBL Success []

Teens, Technology and Friendships (Pew Internet Report) []
 * Digital Citizenship: **

Why I focus on #DigitalLeadership Instead of Cyberbullying []

Televisions Are No Longer the Screen of Choice for Kids: Traditional Television Seen as Punishment; iPads Trump Dessert []

The Unintended Benefits of Online Courses []
 * Technology Trends: **

Criticism of Online Learning Misses Important Questions (blog post) []

Innovation in Libraries Can Lead To Innovation In Schools []

An Obstacle to the Ubiquitous Adoption of OER in US Higher Education (blog post-applicable to K-12) []

District IT Managers Say Software-Defined Networks Help Them Manage Mobility And The Push For Digital Learning []

School WiFi hotspots help close broadband gap []

Comcast Upgrades Internet Essentials (blog post) []

Digital badges find their niche []?

10 myths undermining #education... []
 * Educational Trends: **

The Data Challenge for Schools – What Problem Are You Trying to Solve? []

How to Evaluate Your Web Pages for Accessibility (blog post) []
 * Accessibility: **

Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo And Others Push For Accessibility Development []

PBS Learning Media webinars (for teachers and students) []
 * Professional Development: **

Teachers as Learners: 6 Great Professional Development Ideas []

How is “Connected” Connected? (blog post) []

5 Challenges We Overcame Moving To a Flipped Staff Meeting []

Using Timelines as Digital Portfolios and Reflections on Learning [|http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/01/using-timelines-as-digital-portfolios.html#].
 * Tools: **

The Digital Public Library of America []

EdPuzzle (video creation and editing tool) [] [|http://blog.edpuzzle.com/post/120953293246/how-to-make-e-learning-easier-using-edpuzzle#.VcuRjPlViko] (read about on blog post)

A Teacher’s Guide to Wikipedia []

A Wonderful Free Tool for Creating Interactive Ebooks for Your Class []

2 SIMPLE WAYS TO CREATE DIGITAL TEXTBOOKS FOR THE CLASSROOM []

A Nice Tool for Creating Animated Maps [|http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/07/a-nice-tool-for-creating-animated-maps.html#.VdHsxflVikp]

CK-12 Integrates Its Awesome Educational Resources With Google Classroom []


 * Curriculum Resources: **

A New Model for Coding in Schools []

Spicing Up Student Learning With History and STEM Podcasts []

Economics & Humanities Podcasts to Propel Student Learning []

Intelligence Squared (high school political debates “without all the shouting”) []

The AP Adds 550,000 Old Newsreel Clips To Youtube []

Hemingway Editor Updated in Time for the New School Year [|http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/08/hemingway-editor-updated-in-time-for.html#.Vc0ATPlViko]

10 New Ideas For Creating Literacy Centers []

A Visual Resource For Scale: The Scale of the Universe []

Biggest Bangs: BBC series of videos on chemical interactions []

Biodiversity Heritage Library Launches Crowdsourcing Games []

Some Excellent Web Sites for Finding Educational Android Apps []
 * Lists: **

20 YouTube Channels for Educators []

Some Very Good Youtube Documentary Channels For Teachers []

8 Overlooked Useful YouTube Tools []

Icons for Everything []

All Tech All The Time? []
 * Pedagogy: **

Working Inside the Black Box: Assessment for Learning in the Classroom (article from Phi Delta Kappan, 2004, but very relevant now) []

How To Add Rigor To Anything []

Data-Driven Teaching? The Unit Isn’t Doing You Any Favors []

Hackathons as a New Pedagogy []

Seeing Struggling Math Learners as ‘Sense Makers,’ Not ‘Mistake Makers’ []

Using a Rubric Does NOT Ensure Student Learning []
 * Integrating Technology with Thought-fulness **

Rethinking Rubrics (blog post) []

When Education Leadership Fails You #Edchat (standing up for proper attribution in Twitter) []

Let’s Do Better Than This []

The Pinterest Mentality []

Before We Periscope From Our Schools, Let’s Think For a Moment (blog) []

8 Things Every Teacher Can Do To Create An Innovative Classroom []
 * Teaching Innovatively **

Digital Badges Find Their Niche []?

Innovation In Libraries Can Lead To Innovation In Schools []

The 7 Do’s And Don’ts Of Creating Your Own Oers []?

Leading With Video (blog post) []

5 Posts to Jumpstart Your Classroom Blog [|http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/08/5-posts-to-jumpstart-your-classroom-blog.html#.VdHrk_lVikp]

Build Tech Success with Students’ Help []

'Flipped Museum' Pilot Upends Traditional Field Trip Model []

Starting a School Makerspace from Scratch []

Common Sense Education Resources from ISTE 2015 []
 * Digital Citizenship **

Mozilla Teaching Activities (mainly Digital Citizenship and Literacy) []

Students Help Design School Supplies For Staples: Lets Get Students Involved []
 * What the Kids Are Up To **

Let the Computer Write a Poem for You []
 * Just for Fun **