by Mike Agostinelli | Jun 3, 2014 | Announcements, Curriculum, Professional Development, Professional Learning Networks
Supplement Your Stretched Budget GetEdFunding is a free and fresh website sponsored by CDW•G to help educators and institutions find the funds they need in order to supplement their already stretched budgets. GetEdFunding hosts a collection of more than 2,400 (and...
by Mike Agostinelli | Apr 28, 2014 | Announcements, Common Core State Standards, Curriculum
NCCE is offering FREE Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources workshops in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington this summer. Two options are available – a Level I session for people who have never participated and Level II session for those of you...
by Mike Agostinelli | Mar 4, 2014 | Announcements, Conferences, Curriculum, NCCE 2014 in Seattle, Professional Development, Upcoming Trainings
Building on the success of last years summits, NCCE and the Washington Office of Public Instruction are offering a FREE summit focusing on Open Education Resources. The use of (OER) has exploded in the K-20 sector over the past few years and this summit will look at...
by Mike Agostinelli | Feb 18, 2014 | Curriculum, Website Reviews
Students understand very little about nutrition. This may or may not be a surprise to you, but I was completely shocked. I see 135 students everyday and maybe 3 have a working understanding of nutrition. I am troubled by this because it is obvious to me that...
by Mike Agostinelli | Feb 4, 2014 | Announcements, Curriculum, How-To
Many teachers have heard of Khan Academy related to Math instruction, but did you know that Khan has a course completely dedicated to learning coding? The Computer Programming course is broken down into 13 units with an average of 5 lessons per section. The units...
by Mike Agostinelli | Jan 15, 2014 | Curriculum, Website Reviews
I came across a great site to use with elementary or middle school students in all curricular areas. Teach Kids News is the brain child of Jonathan and Karen Tilley and Joyce Grant. Jon and Karen would present news stories to their son’s class and decided to...
