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DOGONews is an online newspaper and web guide for children. "DOGO" (not Do-Go), means young or small in Swahili. Our goal is to provide a fun, safe and interactive environment for children to read and learn about interesting current events. Our news articles are short, simple and include photos/videos in order to keep children focused and interested. We also augment our content with an integrated dictionary for challenging words and maps for geographical context.

Current event articles written by kids for kids.

Current events articles with great photos, has a social networking component as well.

"A week's worth of news, rapped. New every Friday."

Sustainable School Project; must sign up, but lots of free amazing resources!

" Newsela is an innovative way for students to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news. It's easy and amazing. Register now or learn more about the impact Newsela can have on your classroom.

Science Friday is your trusted source for news and entertaining stories about science. We started as a radio show, created in 1991 by host and executive producer Ira Flatow. Since then, we've grown into much more: We produce award-winning digital videos and publish original web content covering everything from octopus camouflage to cooking on Mars. SciFri is brain fun, for curious people.

identifying and using a new teacher's strengths to improve instruction/solve problems of practice

The Maker-infused Curriculum - Making as essential to all learning "Making in education and the community is already underway in many different forms. Educators have found that students and people who have not developed confidence and identity in STEAM subjects through traditional courses have a different relationship to STEAM learning when embraced through the process of Making. Making encourages experimentation - students can make mistakes and still have confidence and a strong sense of identity to pursue their interests."- New York Hall of Science.

Free printable certificates and certificate templates for kids, with an online certificate maker to make certificates of appreciation, completion, merit, and more - from   123 Certificates   Use this certificate maker to print rewards for students, friends, employees, anybody. With 200+ new templates for 2013! 

students need lots of practice thinking critically while exploring primary sources... there are some great new sets to use at LOC

Writing resources for online writing assessment on 2013 SOL standards (from VADOE).  Includes pdfs of checklists, sample lessons, videos and other linked resources aligned with instruction in mind for the new standards.

This is the National Park Service's site for kids of all ages. If you love our National Parks, Monuments and Historic Sites, this site is for you. If you are new to our National Parks, we hope this site helps you experience how wonderful they can be.

BackStory is a brand-new public radio program that brings historical perspective to the events happening around us today. ...

new (and mostly free or low-cost!) tech tools recently that enable teachers to take favorite clips and make them more valuable for educational use"

Beyond the Bubble unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create a new generation of history assessments. Developed by the Stanford History Education Group (http://sheg.stanford.edu), Beyond the Bubble is the cornerstone of SHEG's membership in the Library of Congress's Teaching with Primary Sources Educational Consortium. We "go beyond the bubble" by offering easy-to-use assessments that capture students' knowledge in action - rather than their recall of discrete facts.

exploring new words!

"find images tagged with that are free to use [and modify] [commercially] e.g. eagle, rain, beetle, san francisco fog, smile, sunflower, mercedes, polar bear, skyscraper New free tool! Safeguard your use of free images with ImageStamper "

"Figment is a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. Whatever you're into, from sonnets to mysteries, from sci-fi stories to cell phone novels, you can find it all here."

Twenty Tips for Creating a Safe Learning Environment I visit a lot of classrooms. And I'm always fascinated by the variety of ways teachers launch the new school year and also by how they "run their rooms" on a daily basis. From these visits and my own experiences as an instructor, I'd like to offer my top 20 suggestions for keeping your classroom a safe, open, and inviting place to learn. by Rebecca Alber, UCLA

DBonham's website and new venture to abolish cancer!