Subject Matter: Wacom Bamboo Pen Tablet
Grades: Middle Elementary & Above, Businesses, Marketing, NonProfit
Good Advice From a Teacher:
A couple weeks ago, I received an email from a math tutor asking advice on the Wacom Bamboo Pen Tablet.
“I want to be able to write the equations on the tablet and then somehow embed them in [...]

Subject Matter: Education Website
Grades: All grades
Ruminate on Education I’m probably not the only educator that has stumbled onto this site. It’s hosted by Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D. Dr. McCleod is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Administration program at Iowa State University. He also is the Director of the [...]

Subject Matter: Animation & Media, Graphic Art
Grades: Middle School to College

Multi-Technique Animation Software for Beginners & Hobbyists
Toon Boom has a wide selection of animation software for home users, school and professional users. I’ve reviewed other animation software programs, and it’s impressive the variety of animation software ToonBoom offers. No matter what level of [...]

Subject Matter: Art, Drawing, Media, Illustration
Grades: PreK to Elementary, maybe Middle School and High School

Drawing Fun for the Little Ones
A teacher mentioned Kerpoof in a Twitter. Hmm…what’s Kerpoof? There’s not many free, quality offerings for PreK to early elementary students, but Kerpoof fits the bill. Kerpoof is a free, colorful, online application [...]

Subject Material: Art, Drawing, Animation, Media
Grades: Elementary & above
You Get What You Pay For
When it comes to drawing stylus, I found it’s best to pay for brand name products.

Grades: Elementary school
Subject Matter: Astronomy, Geography, Weather
Fun With the Sun
Last November, I picked up the Eye in the Sky brochure at the Portland NSTA conference. This organization is associated with Project First, and is supported by NASA, the California Space Institute, and UC Berkeley.
Naturally, after teaching Astronomy for six years at an elementary school, I [...]

Grades: Elementary, middle to high school
Subject Matter: Arts & Music, Health, English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Technology
Brainpop offers numerous creative videos that explain a wide range of subjects for 3rd to 12th grade students. Two animated characters, Tim and Moby, help explain simple to difficult subject matter, from art history, algebra to chemical equations. [...]