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Pope Francis celebrated mass in Benedict's honour on Thursday morning, saying he hopes God "supports him and gives him much joy and happiness".

This is a great website for nutrition and healthy living and eating. Pre-K 3 loves the game "Smash Your Food"! We use this to talk about healthy foods vs. "sometimes foods" and why. There are some really great games and activities that allow kids to plan out healthy meals in a fun way (like "Blast Off"). The printable materials are excellent, too ("10 Tips"). :-)

A good way to introduce Earth Day Activities

The Pope will be visiting the United States in September. Many schools are sharing photographs of themselves with Flat Francis. This is the website with the printable. Take a look at the #FlatFrancis hashtag on Twitter.

This is a Google sheet with two tabs. The RCAN tab is the Diigo id for local technology integration specialists. Column E has an x if the individual has more than 10 public links. The Outside RCAN tab is for people I follow in DIigo around the world. You may want to add them to your network.

This article has some pretty neat ideas to try in the classroom.

Gives alternate perspectives on everyday situations. Maybe even some insight as to where others are coming from.

This document contains links to the seven sessions I attended at the 2015 NCEA convention with many links.

Great article! I really like the students' perspective of groups.

Very interesting article. Amongst several points mentioned I agree with and practice job assignments to group members to ensure ALL members of the group are working!

Suggestions and advice from renowned Harry and Rosemary Wong on managing your classroom.

Tech-ing Wisely in K-2 Classrooms

This is an OpEd article from the New York Times. Thought you would all enjoy this read.

These 6 questions determine if you're technology rich, innovation poor img.postavatar {height: 45px; width: auto;} By Alan November January 13th, 2015 Transformational Six 1. Did the assignment build capacity for critical thinking on the web? 2. Did the assignment develop new lines of inquiry? 3. Are there opportunities for students to make their thinking visible? 4. Are there opportunities to broaden the perspective of the conversation with authentic audiences from around the world? 5. Is there an opportunity for students to create a contribution (purposeful work)? 6. Does the assignment demo "best in the world" examples of content and skill?

Diigolet Diigolet is not as feature-rich as the Diigo toolbar, but it can be set-up by simple drag-and-drop - no download or installation needed, and it works for all major browsers. Much more powerful than bookmarklets offered by other social bookmarking sites, Diigolet is a "super bookmarklet" that allows you to highlight and add sticky-notes, in addition to simple bookmarking. You can get started by watching a tutorial video.

This Marketing video for a high school outside of Boston really hits home. This school is located outside of Boston and truly shows the lighter side in advertising.

Survey Looks at the Steps Involved in Choosing a Private School February 2, 2015 -- What prompts parents to consider enrolling their children in a private school? What factors move them to settle on one particular school over another? And what do they think about the way they are treated during the application and admission process? A comprehensive survey of over 2,300 parents who recently experienced that very process yields some fascinating and valuable results for private school officials in charge of recruiting students and families.

Kodable is an app that prepares kids for their future in the digital world. It is designed to provide everything you need to teach the fundamentals of programming.