Subject Matter: Free k-12 education sites covering various subjects
Grades: Primary, secondary or K-12
For the New Year
I seem to be uncovering lots of new websites. Yes, I’m still reviewing, in fact my desk is stacked with books, music software, etc. Yet if I come across these sites, I better post them, or I’ll forget.
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Subject Matter: Acting, Debate, Drama, Writing, Storytelling
Grades: Kindergarten to High School
Bringing Cool to the School
Final Draft provides K-12 teachers a thorough workbook to utilize Final Draft and provide examples of hands-on, project based activities. And this workbook and Final Draft have been approved by the California Learning Resource Network as certified curriculum tools for [...]

Subject Matter: Astronomy
Grades: Elementary to Middle School (meets Canadian & U.S. National Science Standards)
Stars, Mars and Beyond
For several years, I’ve been teaching astronomy and writing curriculum, so every time I review astronomy software, I ask this question. Would a motivated parent, student or teacher new to this field understand and enjoy using this program?  For [...]

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 Matter: Incorporating Technology with Curriculum
Grades: Elementary & Above, Administrative

Innovative Lesson Plans
I interviewed two teachers who have used various Adobe products in their classroom. Both teachers are Adobe Education Leaders.  Adobe has an interesting approach to incorporating technology into a teacher’s curriculum. Instead of offering lesson plans that teach instructors how to use their software, [...]