This article says that to improve the culture in your classroom you should try gratitude. One of the most important lessons in life is to have a positive attitude, especially during challenging situations in your life. Positive draws positive. Negative draws negative. Let's be positive. * Do you think gratitude and positive attitudes improve the lives of students and adults? * Would you consider having your students keep a 'gratitude journal' in your class? * What are some ways you could draw positive energy into your classroom? Laurie Hoepner

How do we get students invested in the learning material? This article gives us some ideas. A list of ideas include: use technology, personalize lessons, and make your lessons social (collaborate) or use social networking to share and access information. * Should social networking be included in the lesson plan? * Should all of our lessons be personalized to each student in our class? *How much technology should I incorporate into lessons? Could the whole lesson be taught and assessed using only technology? Laurie Hoepner

This site talks about the steps to take to find useful and safe games for game-based learning (GBL) as a way to engage students in the curriculum.

This site shows different ways a teacher can incorporate technology in the classroom. It's aimed at teachers who are not tech savvy. Ideas include: using Webquest, creating a Class Webpage, having the students create Podcasts, having the students create blogs or wikis, having students do an email exchange and more ideas are discussed.