Resources+for+Digital+Classrooms

=__**EXPLORING ACTIVITY**__= Please select **ONE** resource from the **Digital Medi**a  and **ONE** resource from **Digital Lesson Plans, Interactives, Exercises ** sections below that interest you and you want to explore. Find a partner with similar interests and explore your selections together. Please use the following **Google Forms** to guide your exploration and evaluation of 2 different resources:
 * 1) Digital Media Google Form (choose Internet Archive, NYPL, **OR** Smithsonian Channel)
 * 2) Digital Lesson Plans, Interactives, Exercises Google Form (choose Thinkfinity, Curriki, Illuminations **OR** ReadWriteThink)

If you have time, feel free to explore and evaluate another resource, just select the the appropriate Google Form above to guide you. HAVE FUN!

See the results of the collective explorations...what did other folks have to say about the same resource you explored? Learn about what others saw in resources you did not explore. Digital Media Resources Digital Lesson Plans, Interactives, Exercises Resources = =
 * SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE: Resource Evaluation Repository**

=Resources to Assist You in Creating an Interactive 1:1 Classroom= =__ Digital Media __=

**Internet Archive **
The [|Internet Archive] is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. I f someone wants to look at a copy of [|Euclid's Elements] from centuries ago, all they have to do is search the database.

**New York Public Library Digital Gallery **
[|NYPL Digital Gallery] provides free and open access to over 800,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated [|manuscripts], historical [|maps], vintage [|posters], rare [|prints], [|photographs] and [|mor]e.

**Smithsonian Channel **
[|The Smithsonian Channel], a joint venture of the Smithsonian Institution and Showtime explores the history of our planet, life and culture. This websitebrings SCHOOL APPROPRIATE content from the world's leading cultural institution into a media-rich environment.

__**Digital Lesson Plans, Interactives, Exercises**__
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Thinkfinity] offers comprehensive teaching and learning resources across ALL content areas. The resources are grade-specific and are aligned with [|state standards] and CC. Please click HERE for an annotated guide for how to find digital resources aligned with NC CCSS.
 * Thinkfinity **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #be5107; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Curriki** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Curriki], a play on the words 'curriculum' and 'wiki', is a not-for-profit organization that is building the first and only Internet site for Open Source Curriculum (OSC), which will provide universal access to free curricula and instructional materials for grades K-12.

**<span style="color: #be5107; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Illuminations **
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Illuminations] is the comprehensive source for instruction and learning materials based on [|The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics]Principles and Standards for School Mathematics <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">This resource provides engaging, interesting and challenging interactive applets, standards-based lesson plans and other teacher resources.

**ReadWriteThink** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ReadWriteThink] provides educators with best practices and interactive resources for reading and English language arts instruction.

Cool Tools for Schools
====Socrative - <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">free student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through educational exercises via smartphones, laptops, and tablets. ====