Learning.com Innovator Community

Have you heard the news?

The Learning.com Innovator Community has a link to join on your teacher Home page after you log in to www.learning.com. Visit your Learning.com account today and join the community.

 

What:    Learning.com Innovator Community (free to join)

Where: Online for resources and best practices related to integrating technology into your classroom.

Face to face events for sharing ideas and collaborating.

Webinars for monthly tips and new ideas.

Quarterly newsletter to keep you in the know.

When: The Learning.com Innovator Community will offer a variety of events. Registration is open at any time.

Why:     Collaboration and communication with other educators for best practices around integrating digital resources into the classroom.

                Web-based and face to face community events

                Resources created for and by Learning.com Innovators

                3 membership types based on how you want to be involved

                (You may be involved in all 3 areas.)

How:     You can either log in to your Learning.com account and join from there or click this link and go directly to the registration page.

I look forward to seeing you in the Learning.com Innovator Community.

Learning.com Marketplace Update

So I am a bit behind on sharing some great updates to the Learning.com Marketplace. I am hoping that you stumbled on these digital resources without me. There are always new and exciting resources (free and for fee) that appear in the Marketplace to assist you in integrating technology into core curriculum subjects. Next time you log in to Learning.com, take a look at what is new by visiting the Marketplace.
 

 



 

Started in 2009, DOGO Media reaches thousands of students and teachers around the world to engage them with current events, books and more. DOGO offers DOGO News and DOGO Books, both for K-12 students. These are free products. DOGO News allows teachers and students to link to easy-to-read articles geared towards kids on current events, science, sports, and more! With DOGO Book, students can check out book reviews written by kids for thousands of kids books.

 

 

 

Although this one is a for fee resource, StudyDog is one that you don't want to miss.

StudyDog Learning provides scientifically-based interactive reading programs specially designed for emergent and early readers in PK–1st Grade. The Adventures in Reading series is used to supplement core curriculum and assist in reading interventions in over 3,000 schools nationwide. Lessons in each program were developed from the ground up to meet early learning standards and the guidelines of the National Reading Panel.



 

Vocabulary Spelling City has free spelling, vocabulary and writing games. This is a great way to practice word study and prepare for weekly spelling quizzes and even the spelling bee. These activities are geared K-12th grade.

ZisBoomBah.com is an interactive healthy adventure game where kids are the hero. ZBB makes healthy living a reality by weaving real life activities into the fun interactive elements of gaming. By placing kids in the center & making them the hero – they help take the pain out of getting kids to eat healthy by making eating healthy the kids idea! For teachers, ZisBoomBah offers lesson plans, printables and games that integrate nutrition, health and fitness education into math, reading and writing lessons for K-5. Created by teacher for teachers, the lesson plans follow the National Common Core Standards and Heath Standards. In addition, parents motivated to make a change will find everything they need at ZisBoomBah from a supportive community to expert advice that addresses a family’s specific needs. This is a free product.

Curriculum Matrix connects teachers with thousands of curriculum resources aligned to their state standards. It provides access to grade-specific, standards-aligned resources with an emphasis on Common Core resources. For Grades K-12. These for fee resources can be purchased for as low as $12.95 per user per year.

Dedicated to assisting teachers and helping all students achieve their full potentials, Walch Education is a leading publisher of middle school, high school and adult educational materials. Curricula is targeted, user-friendly, flexible, and cost-effective; ensuring the items are easy to implement for greater success in your classroom. This for fee resource starts as low as $5 per teacher.

 

The Marketplace is full of fantastic digital resources for integrating technology into your classroom, so don't miss out. Log in to your Learning.com account and see what you have been missing.

Web Tools for Teaching and Learning.

Sometimes it is nice to revisit creations from the past. Today I was looking at some of the Glogs that I have created using Glogster EDU and I found one that I thought was worth sharing...again and in a new place. Hope you find the information included as useful as it has been to me in the past. Integrating technology into the classroom can be easy and fun with these resources.

Learning.com Marketplace Update October 2012

The Marketplace has some exciting things going on right now. Be sure to visit www.learning.com and log in to your account. Visit the marketplace to find these great resources for engaging students in your classroom.


Halloween is upon us...

There is a Halloween themed promotion featuring Scary Good Writing, Math Drills Halloween worksheets, Zulama’s Horror Fiction Writing course, and My Vocabulary’s Halloween themed activities.

Our friends at My Vocabulary have added their first fee-based product: Halloween vocabulary lessons for just $.25 per user. Teachers can add spooky word puzzles and activities to their classroom routine and develop more articulate students while celebrating this popular day.

I love a good deal...

 

 

Exploriments is now on limited time special for $24 ($120 regular price). This is a great resource for encouraging learners to actively participate in the learning process, instead of being passive recipients. Exploriments are simulation-based interactive learning units for enhancing conceptual understanding in Science and Math in an experiential manner. Useful for students and teachers alike, Exploriments provide a highly interactive, exploratory, and engaging experience.

Is it Election Day?

Not yet, but it is close. If you need some resources related to Election 2012, don't forget to visit the Marketplace to find digitally engaging Election related content. There are free and for fee resources available.

Rock n Roll Hall of Fame FREE Live Streaming Event

 

Event: LIVE STREAM “Reelin’ and Rockin”: Chuck Berry and the Birth of Rock and Roll

Date: Monday, October 22, 2012

Time: 12:00-1:00 pm EST

Cost: FREE

Want to Participate? This special event will be streamed LIVE on the Rock Hall’s website atwww.rockhall.com/education

Suggested Grade Level: 7-12

Full Description:

On Monday, October 22, the Education Department of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will celebrate 2012 American Music Master, Chuck Berry,by connecting to students around the world via the award-winning distance learning programOn the Road.

Rock Hall Educators will demonstrate how Chuck Berry drew from blues, country, and jazz to create the guitar style that came to define rock and roll. Students will also examine how Berry created a new lyric vocabulary in his songs that spoke directly to young people and to the integrated rock and roll audiences of the 1950s.

Students will have the opportunity to email questions to Rock Hall Educators during the live stream.

If you have specific questions about the content of this class, please contact the education staff at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum ateducation@rockhall.org. To find out more about 2012 American Music Masters events, visithttp://rockhall.com/events/american-music-masters/.

New to the Learning.com Marketplace

 

Exciting things are always happening in the Learning.com Marketplace. This week is no exception. If you haven't visited the Marketplace since returning from the Summer, now is the time. Not only is there a special deal going on with 20 digital resources under $20, but look at some of the latest providers that have been added.

 

Cubert’s Cube

Created with input from teachers, Cubert's Cube is an online writing environment designed to make your life easier and to inspire your students to want to write. Our technology is user-friendly and easy to navigate. Children in grades 2-5 are excited to see their writing take shape as they refine their skills, add creative touches with illustrations, collaborate with peers and publish their work in an online classroom library. You are able to tailor the skills you'd like to highlight and view each student's work in one easily accessible place. No more piles of papers to lug home. No more groans when it's time to write. You know how eager they are to use the computers, and with Cubert's Cube, writing is fun!

Cubert's Cube is designed to align with the Common Core Standards in writing and meets most technology standards as well. It's your secret weapon to help students take their writing to a whole new level.

Learn 360

We have indexed Learn 360’s content on our platform.  Learn 360 licensed users can now access Learn 360 content via Learning.com!  You won’t find them in the Marketplace drop-down menu yet, but in a few weeks, we’ll have listed Learn 360 so that educators can easily see that they can access Learn 360 via Learning.com.  For instance, if a school or district has a license to use Learn 360, they will be able to access Learn 360 via Learning.com—very much like our relationship with Discovery Education.

 Learn360 is an interactive, media-on-demand digital delivery service for the K-12 education market. With 24/7 access from any internet-enabled device, teachers, students and parents can stream and download high quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, research articles, teacher resources and more. Content is provided by top educational publishers, including A&E, History, Biography, National Geographic, Reading Rainbow, Weston Woods and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia…over 60 in all! Videos are correlated to Common Core Standards, State Standards and 21^st Century Learning Initiatives.

Professor Garfield

In collaboration with Ball State University, Professor Garfield offers free delivery of innovative and motivational digital learning content with a primary emphasis on children’s literacy.  We’ve added three free products to the Marketplace.  They are: Reading Ring, Orson’s Farm, G-Cubed.  Each of these games can be used in grades K-12.  Professor Garfield will soon be adding more content—both free content and fee-based content.

Animoto - Refer-a-Pro Summer Special

Animoto - Refer-a-Pro Summer Special: Create Hollywood quality videos from your photos and video clips with Animoto to share with your friends and family. Animoto is one of my favorite resources for creating videos. If you haven't tried it yet, you should. It is easy to use and provides music for you with the credits at the end. Saves you time and energy. Plus the end result looks great.