Saturday, October 23, 2010

Finally, Somebody's Working on a Free Digital Textbook & More

Quick List of 50 Teaching Tips [So You Want To Teach?]

Next Gen Learning Challenges - Have a great idea for improving college readiness with technology?  There's grants of $250,000 to $750,000 available to fund it through this program.

Rhythm Rhyme Results - This company makes educational rap music that's not going to make you want to gouge your eyes out.  They do sell their music, but there's quite a few free resources to download and/or access through their site.

Nonprofit At Work On Free Digital Science Textbook [The Consumerist] - This needs to be done for every subject and grade level, whether it be by a nonprofit or a university.  Perhaps you can tie this to the second link above?

Review: LEGO Mindstorms Education Kit [Wired: GeekDad] - Expensive, but worth every penny.  This should be in math and science classrooms across the country!