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A number of interesting short talks from the Discovery Education Fall Virtcon about 13 Literacies.

Teachers play such an influential and important role in the life a child. The last thing a teacher wants, but so often gets, is a rude child. Teachers will usually try to address the behavior themselves, but they need the support of those at home to help create a lasting change.

What does a summer vacation with required reading look like? For 16-year-old Heather Smith, every Friday last summer meant making sure her reading assignment was done. A junior at Golden West High School in Visalia, CA, Smith had to read Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms and write weekly journal entries.* Make those choices student friendly.. Super advice

Summer reading programs: help children and teens retain and enhance their reading skills over the summer; provide a haven and a community for readers; and are a valuable outreach tool for libraries. And now that schools are implementing the Common Core Curriculum, which embeds literacy in all parts of the curriculum, reading is becoming an even more essential skill for our children and teens. Great Perspective.

A friend shared: "When some Kindergarten teachers at [his school] asked [me] to find a web tool to help their students create simple drawings and write sentences below them, I searched but found nothing. So, I asked ABCYa's Alan Tortolani (a friend of mine) if he could come up with something. Here's the result. Kids love it! Printed output looks great. Perfect for early writers and artists!

Armed with striking new graphics and the mantra Energizing Every Child to Learn, Love and Live Math™, representatives from First In Math® Online Program spent four days at the National Council of Supervisors/Teachers of Mathematics (NCSM/NCTM) annual convention meeting new friends and connecting with current fans.

A scout troop visits the First In Math headquarters!

Research on what's happening in the brain when jazz musicians improvise is helping shed light on the neuroscience behind creativity.

New Tech Network, which was founded 15 years ago, is taking its school-wide project-based model to national scale. The organization, which offers a paid program

New research shows that teenagers' brains aren't fully insulated, so the signals travel slowly when they need to make decisions. Neuroscientist Frances Jensen,

The Education Week Spotlight on Algebra is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors for their insights on: New research suggests that word problems might be easier to grasp and more beneficial at the beginning, rather than the end, of a math lesson.

Studies have found that summer break, if not actively managed, can be a period of learning loss that almost invariably accumulates over time. This is a webinar, although tomorrow, you can still access it at a later date.

Aaron E. Carroll answered readers' questions about this article in a follow-up here. When I was a kid, my parents refused to let me drink coffee because they believed it would "stunt my growth." It turns out, of course, that this is a myth.

Fun ideas for fall, specifically pumpkins! I know it's just becoming summer, but fall is my favorite! This has a lot of interdisciplinary ideas using pumpkins.

$50,000 grand prize by June 30. Share collaboration w/ IT and 2 other departments written plus 90 second video.

Free summer math program shared with me by another teacher. I do not have experience with it, but there might be some value in it.

Dyslexie font to help with reading for dyslexia. Free for home use/ personal use.

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A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course. This is free. "We live in a digitally connected world. The way information is generated, shared, processed and distributed is significantly impacting how we learn. If you have a passion for teaching and learning, and want to be an awesome educator now and in the coming decades, this course is for you! We will begin the journey of becoming a dynamic educator for the digital age. Intended Audience: Those who have a passion for teaching  Time to complete the course: 3-4 hours per week  Certificate or digital badge for completing the course: Certificate  Format: Instructor led  "