Wonderopolis is an exciting site where the 'Wonders of the Day' will help teachers and students find learning moments in everyday life. 

This multi-discipinary approach to content aligns well to the STEM Educational Framework and Bloom's Digital Taxonomy. 

The Daily Wonders can be used as a springboard or stimulus for creative thinking. There is a collection of wonders that relates to specific themes and interests. 
Teachers can search by subject matter or year level. 

This resource is well worth  a look!  
Wonderopolis   http://wonderopolis.org/wonders/ 

For example, search 'wonders' about animals 

Embedded example:  Do Animals Play Hide and Seek?
#342 WONDER OF THE DAY

Integrating technology in the classroom and engaging students in higher order thinking creates the ultimate learning experience for students. Bloom’s Taxonomy and digital tools creates an innovative learning environment where students are engaged in their assignments.

The following is a list of digital tools as it relates to Bloom’s Taxonomy.
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Also worth a visit is Kathy Schrock's resources on Bloom's Taxonomy

BYOD classrooms can address a number of issues. It can solve the problem of not having enough (or any) devices for your classroom. It can enable students to do web-based work when they might not have otherwise been able to. It can allow them to do work on the same device at home and at school. But it doesn’t come without issue.

One of the issues that we’ve heard about from many teachers is that since students come in with different devices that run on different platforms, finding apps and tools that work across a wide array of devices is a necessary evil. The handy symbaloo below takes a look at a bunch of different apps that work across a variety of devices – perfect for the BYOD classroom. A listing of the apps is below, or you can click on the link above to use the interactive Symbaloo to reach each site.

Great Apps For BYOD Classrooms...    read more

How do you use technology to enhance teaching and learning? 

The SAMR Model provides a useful framework within which to consider how you are using ICT. 
Are you using it simply to substitute an old way of doing a task with a new way - without any functional change?
Does the ICT add some value or extra features? 
Does it significantly change the task or even redifine what learning looks like?

Here are some useful starting points to understand and begin using the SAMR Model 

When I visit a digital age classroom where students are actively using technology tools for inquiry and creating new products to show their learning, I see a similarity to an ecosystem. The students and teacher interact within the classroom environment in an organic way to construct learning experiences. What are the components of this digital age learning ecosystem?..

A Sense of Community
Teachers intentionally nurture a community in the digital age learning ecosystem. They know the interests, strengths, and challenges of their students, and they are eager to learn alongside them. Rather than viewing themselves as content experts with the primary purpose of directing instruction, teachers in the digital age learning
ecosystem relish the roles of learner and explorer. Digital citizenship is ingrained throughout the practices of the classroom. Because students have typically developed their own norms and practices for how they should co-exist with technology, teachers in the digital age learning ecosystem must encourage appropriate netiquette and the responsible use of technology tools and resources.

 Essential Questions
Teachers should design lessons or  units of study within the digital age learning ecosystem by posing essential,  open-ended questions.

read article by Tim Clark ... 
in Digital Age Learning posted on July 6, 2014