Maker Movement

All those teachers, students, and parents interested in making new things should subscribe to Makezine. Especially with Halloween quickly approaching, they have numerous ideas on creating costumes and decorations. Also, you can follow them on twitter: @make. Check them out!

Documentaries

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning released a post about how to find FREE educational documentaries. They recommend three sites: Top Documentary Films, Documentary Heaven, and Free Documentaries. Any sites you would add to this list?

ISTE Conference 2016

The ISTE (International Society of Technology in Education) conference is back in Denver from June 26-29, 2016. It's an exceptional conference where there are numerous presenters to learn from. Every teacher should try to go. Here are important dates to remember about the conference. Registrations begins Nov 2.

FREE Literary Works

Educational Tech and Mobile Learning recently posted about 7 ways to find literary works for FREE. I've used Open Library and Project Gutenberg to find ebooks but am looking forward to see what I can find with the other websites. Would you add any websites to this list?

Lesson Plans & Common Core

Here's an interesting new tool for teachers to use to plan lessons: Achieve the Core. It makes sure teachers are aligning each lesson with a Common Core State Standard. Seems to be a very helpful tool.

My Youtube Channel

Here's my youtube channel:
 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt3fZcXjVwVXb6ZHbz-wJJw

It has numerous helpful videos I've created to show users how to use Weebly to create free websites, how to use DPS Google, and how to use Prezi (an online presentation tool. I created them for students, but hopefully, you find them helpful as well.

Creative Literacy

Daniel Weinstein is a English teacher from New York who emphasizes creativity in his classroom. He keeps a website and blog, The Creativity Core, where he outlines how he teaches creativity in writing and reading. He specializes in K-12 education and is a great resource for any Literacy/English teacher. Also, for all you Twitter users, his handle is @WeinsteinDaniel.