Discover one teacher's efforts to improve in-class transitions and help students to remain engaged and on-point during class. You'll begin by viewing a sample lesson in a special education classroom with follow-up commentary...

The use of interactive, hands-on learning games in the classroom is the focus of an interview with Dan White of Filament Games.  White models how the "thing that you are doing in the game is the thing that we want you to learn."

Micah Ridgon, of Funds for Learning, suggests schools are not getting the most out of the federal E-Rate program, the program that offers discounts to schools for their broadband and telecommunication services. His company is...

Here's a free app that makes the preparation of presentations a whole lot easier. Using open source images, the narrators model how to create and share amazing presentations.

Linda Edwards reveals how she uses technology to support her grade school writing club. Club members use Pages, a production presentation program, to create a newsletter that is sent to parents and iMovie to create video newscasts.

Support learners with special needs with an app designed to help pupils make choices and follow routines. Jennifer and Rich walk you through how to create a profile and use the main features of this customizable app.

Build a foundation in intermediate coding with the various levels offered in this app. Jennifer and Rich introduce the app and show one of the easy level logic tasks so that you can get an idea of what Cargo-Bot is all about.

Users of Microsoft Office can now access, as well as edit, and create new documents from their mobile devices with the Microsoft Office Mobile app. The video narrators not only model how to use the app, but also discuss various classroom...

More than a search engine, Bing in the Classroom, also known as Bing for Education, is a teaching tool, providing lesson plans, professional development, and community discussions. The narrators model how to access the various features...

Save hours creating and updating your list of contacts with an app that automatically captures, saves and updates names, e-mail, mailing addresses, and phone numbers.

An iPad, a free app, or a free website are all kids need to create comic strips that tell stories, recount events, or express feelings. Rich and Jennifer discuss the strengths and weakness of the app, as well as model how to use this...

Jennifer and Rich model how to use and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of an app designed to assist special needs instructors write IEP goals and objectives for all kids in their caseload.

Imagine taping a lecture once rather than repeating yourself six times a day. Such an approach is one of the benefits of the flipped classroom approach to learning. Lee Graves provides a clear and concise explanation of this...

Young musicians, using both acoustic and digital instruments, hook up with young poets to produce their own songs through a program imagined by Michael Medvinsky.

When navigating through the "sea of resources" that technology provides us today, how can educators ensure that they are using technology to support the success of their students in the most effective way possible? Listen as the...

Interested in taking your students into the world of blogging, but worried about the inherent risks that entails? Rich and Jennifer have just the resource for you. Watch as they examine Kidblog, a safe and easy-to-use website that allows...

Looking for a way to use technology to engage students during classroom discussions? Then Rich and Jennifer have the tool for you. Watch as they explore this free online service that allows learners to share and respond to each others'...

Need a way to organize digital resources and make them easily accessible to students? Jennifer and Rich have you covered. Taking a look at a free virtual bulletin board service called Padlet, they explore how this tool...

I'm sure you've heard that there are something like 20 tablespoons of sugar in a can of regular soda. It seems unbelievable, doesn't it? This demonstration really does show how much sugar is present in a can of soda. First, Spangler...

In one of the more memorable Spangler episodes, Spangler has a large terrarium filled with sulfur-hexafluoride gas, which is six times heavier than the air we breathe! It has some amazing properties, one of which it doesn't allow...

Here is one of the better Spangler episodes. Two young girls perform an experiment that results in the creation of a lava lamp! Water, oil, Alka Seltzer, and food coloring are combined in test tubes to create this effect. There is a lot...

Make a hovercraft out of a compact disc, a balloon, and a few other materials. This is an activity that every physical science learner in your class can make if they bring a sports drink pop-top bottle to class. It will help them...

Here is a very important demonstration on why it's so important to wear helmets when doing any kind of high speed activity. A third grader's science fair project tested four different types of helmet: football, ski, skateboard, and...

Part two in this video series on dairy farming in Florida is here for you. More details on the processes involved in getting milk from the cows, and the process of pasteurization are presented in great detail. These two videos, in...