Kickboard, a web-based school analytics platform that allows educators and school leaders to capture, analyze and securely share critical student performance data, announced today that it has received $2 million in Series A funding led by New Markets Venture Partners and Two Sigma Ventures, with participation from several angel investors. The new round adds to $800,000 from previous seed and angel rounds, bringing the total amount…

This is a Smartboard Notebook tutorial on how to create an interactive study game board in which students can move game pieces along the board if they answer the questions correctly. This gameboard use tiles that on one side has the answer and on the other side has the question.

Create interactive and informative educational timelinesin an extremely easy manner.  Students will love being given the option of creating a timeline.  Use Timerime for history, art, science, social studies or just about any subject in which they are required to understand the time frame at which events occurred.

Use PrimaryWall to create a virtual cork board/sticky note website that can be used for student interaction with a lesson.  Easy to use and taylored to the K-8 teacher's classroom.  Click here to learn more about uinsg PrimaryWall virtual cork board.

Glogster is an awesome web 2.0 tool that allows you and your students to create dynamic posters, full of awesome text, video, and images.  Click the link to find out how to use it.

Create awesome animated maps. Have your students create a roadmap of places they have been.  Have students add video and pictures of those places and create a timeline on how long it took for the trip.

This is one of the easier and more versatile concept mapping software online. Use online concept mapping software to enhance your students ability to organize and brainstorm their research project.

Click here to read more and see a tutorial.

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Moneyball Trailer

Attempting to tie in to the upcoming movie Moneyball, I used the book/movie as an excuse to do some Excel work with my students.



If you haven't read the book (and you're a stats geek), it's a wonderful recounting of the Oakland A's of the early 2000's, when they made the playoffs and competed with the…

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Making videos doesn't have to hard--you don't even have to have videos to do.  The video above this post was done using Vimeo.  My colleague took photos I…

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In years past, I spent one full day getting my students up to speed on how we use technology in my class. I had them log in, check out my…

While I was at my summer conference last week, I thought about the first day of school and what we would talk about. I've always disliked the…