Plan now to participate in Microsoft's annual Skype -a-Thon: November 13th-14th. A cool way to engage students and expose them to different cultures, values, and perspectives in a fun innovative way! For ideas and tips on how to get started and participate visit: https://education.microsoft.com/skypeathon?ocid=Q2FY19_soc_pmc_edu_fb_NHS&fbclid=IwAR0Rs1jfWU4FHYOchKHDmZmqlMlw68yGf4yJ7Y3x6jvOi8Uqvgoruc_5MmA

Inspire students to question, analyze, and participate in hands on science activities. STEM inspired lessons that combine videos, discussion, and hands on activities. FREE membership for 1 year. Aligned to standards for science. Easy to integrate with current technology in your school. A fun and interactive way to enhance content area or broaden knowledge base of students and challenge them to be critical thinkers! Visit: https://mysteryscience.com/r1 to sign up

Google does it again....Introduce computer science to kids. Easy to implement and free! Free full computer science curriculum for ages 9-14. From programing, graphic design, animation, coding, and more. Students explore, learn, produce, and create quality work! Full lesson plans to accommodate each module that can modified if needed. Aligns to standards and has teacher resources pages....don't be scared if you think you don't know enough-this walks you and the kids

Unlock the power of Google with free ready to go online lessons for middle schoolers thru adult learners (think professional development); which can be modified or adapted as needed. Each lesson contains lesson plans, discussion topics, example project, rubrics, step by step videos, integrates the google platform, and also aligns with state standards. It includes a variety of lesson topics from research, to technology and ethics, budgeting, interactive adventure stories, a

Keeping parents informed is essential and why not make your life easier as a teacher by sharing classroom newsletters electronically. Check out the link below for some great tips and save some time with the FREE templates! http://www.edtechupdate.com/edition/daily-learning-technology-2018-09-23?open-article-id=8960305&article-title=how-to-quickly-create--send----translate-a-parent-newsletter&blog-domain=shellyterrell.com&blog-title=teacher-reboot-camp