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This is a fascinating description of what FMRIs have found about brain function and playing music. We should all out our guitars and tune up the piano.

"The UMBC Assessment Resource Center for History offers sample assessments based on readings from six eras in U.S. history. The assessments include multiple choice question and performance tasks based on close reading exercises. The performance task assessments include scoring rubrics, sample responses from students, and the documents that students need in order to complete the performance tasks." T/H R. Byrne

Math Slicer is like the Ninja Fruit game, so has some kid appeal. You can set speed of problems. For young learners and review. My 8-yr-old grand-daughter enjoys this one.

A surprising journey through the value of teaching literature and the possible promises of future journeys. I have always felt that literature was the best basis for language study. This short video helps explain why.

This blog describes a strategy for teaching reading that involves note-taking and crowdsourcing notes. Has links to the lesson directions and to a detailed discussion of the plan in use with a sociology text.

R. Byrne gives us some good tools to use in class with ideas for use with students. The cultural studies uses are unlimited, but also history and politics play a role. Visualize data sets, build a tour or gallery of images, etc.

Nice teaching about the new food pyramid, but exceptionally dense reading--can be done in small parts

A great resource for reading comprehension practice in the sciences. Sorted by grade level, K-8 (5-13 years old) and Lexile score, with pre-made question sets, and colorful visual illustrations. Lesson plans include Skills, comprehension, and fiction keyed to the Common Core, but of course, valuable for other standards. You must register to use the site, but it is free. A few sample sets are offered for inspection before you register.