Digital Learning Day and Pi Day in the Same Week!

This Friday the 13th is Digital Learning Day!

What happens on Digital Learning Day?  Hopefully a whole lot of Digital Learning!  Check out this Great Website that is tracking and listing different Digital activities being taught across the world.  You can browse other teachers' activities to get some ideas for your class, or add your own awesome activity for others to browse.  The goal is to get teachers and students online and learning!

I have my own personal favorite online sources of course.

Open Ed has always been a favorite source of mine.  They have the world's largest collection of videos aligned to the Common Core and other standards.  Many of these videos are also matched with assessments to measure student mastery.  Check it out and perhaps set something up for this Friday.

PBS Learning Media is another incredible source of lessons, activities, interactives, and videos.  Think your Kindergarteners are too young for Digital Learning?  Check out the site link for a direct link to a Kindergartener Digital Lesson Model.  Click the "Browse by Option" button to find lessons and resources directly related to your grade or subject area.


Saturday the 14th is Pi Day!

Pi Day is not just a celebration of that never ending set of digits, but a celebration of Math in general.  This year's Pi Day is especially epic in that the date, 3/14/15, represents the exact first 5 digits of Pi!  Oh my!

The NEA has put together some activities for teachers who would like to build some excitement and interest in this Mathematical Phenomena.  Check it out here.

National Pi Day.org also has some great resources, videos and activities related to Pi.