Memorial Day is one week from today. Here are a couple of quick resources that you may want to include in a lesson about Memorial Day. The Meaning of Memorial Day is a two minute video covering the origins of the holiday in the United States. [Read More...] 
If you're trying to learn a new language too, here are some free sites and apps that could help you. Duolingo is a free language learning service and app through which you can learn Spanish, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese. [Read More...] 
Shakespeare Uncovered is a collection of videos and lesson plans hosted on PBS Learning Media. The collection is organized into twenty-one smaller, thematically collections. Some of the themes are Shakespeare and History, The Use of Soliloquy, and Gender Roles in Shakespeare. [Read More...] 
Study Jams is a Scholastic website designed to help elementary school students learn and review math and science information through songs and videos. To use Study Jams students search for a topic in the math or science category. Each Study Jam offers a short tutorial on that topic in the form of a video, slideshow, or song. [Read More...] 
SketchLot is an interesting free website that allows teachers and students to share whiteboard sketches made on their tablet computers. The application provides teachers and students with an online environment in which they can create sketches on their tablets easily and then share them with one another. The system works through a browser, so can be used on any web-enabled device. It doesn’t use Flash, so works fine on an iPad. [Read More...] 
Discovery Education and 3M have partnered to bring the science of everyday life into your classroom. This fantastic collection of resources is for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. On the site you will find videos and interactives that help kids learn about the science around them and make connections to what they are learning in school. [Read More...] 
I’ve compiled several “The Best…” lists that share sites where you can learn about the geography, data, languages, and holidays of different countries around the world. Those resources are important, but I think it’s like learning the words, but not the music, of a song. So I thought I’d develop a separate list just focused on helping students learn about the cultures of different countries, and would love to hear additional suggestions. [Read More...] 
Summertime isn't all about relaxing in the sun. It's the time you have to catch up on professional development. Fortunately, INFOhio offers a deep pool of no-cost and low-cost online professional development options you can complete as your schedule allows. [Read more...] 
Untamed Science and Pearson OLE recently published a new video about bird migrations. Physics of Bird Migration provides some short explanations of why birds fly in V formations, how they navigate thousands of miles and return to the same places every year, and how they prepare for a long migration. [Read More...] 
GeoGuessr shows you an image from Google Street View, along with a map of the world. You click on the map indicating where you think the photo might be from, and then you’re shown the actual location. You’re given points based on how close your guess was to the original location. [Read More...] 
