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A good site if you teach a class that deals with global issues. If you bookmarked the other link I posted for this site, please use this one instead.  This one will take you to whatever the daily chart is, but the other one will only take you to a specific date.  Sorry about the confusion.

Student news daily. Great for latest stories and comprehension quizzes.

I took a close look at this material -- it definitely tilts conservative. Take a look at the examples of media bias, for example.

"Only one in 30 children does the recommended amount of daily physical activity, new research suggests. Guidelines from the Chief Medical Officer say people aged five to 18 should do at least 60 minutes of "moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity" every day. Previous research has often used less than seven days of data on children's activity and created an average based on that."

This is a great YouTube channel with a range of recorded maths lessons aimed at 11-18 year olds. Watch as lessons expertly presented about areas of sectors, probability, simultaneous equations and much more. Check out @mathschallenge for daily maths questions to try out in your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

Create online drawings with Sketch Toy that can be shared. Great infographics shared daily.

VocabularySpellingCity has a new summer word study program that allows children to sharpen academic skills as they play. These simple assignments are a daily workout for the brain, building literacy skills such as vocabulary, spelling, and writing.

See the front page of over 800 newspapers daily! Coub is a site that will make GIF files obsolete. Both sites have great potential for educators.

Make regular content more ubiquitous with hosted/packaged browser apps and/or Chrome extensions. RSS feeds, Google Forms for daily journals, flip video...whatever you can think of!

Teamwork and why it doesn't happen

PD idea for administrators

This is a daily quiz from National Geography where users answer 10 questions about geography and more. There are two levels of difficulty and each question is multiple choice. It's a fun way to improve your children's knowledge of the world. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

Autism Spectrum Social Stories

The day's front pages of newspapers from around the world. Might be interesting to compare daily news or see what's happening in another state or country.

Mastering the art of teaching appears to be easier for some colleagues than others. Some teachers just seem to have a presence, gaining respect and credibility from students, colleagues and parents alike. Did they undergo some mysterious, magical training that wasn't covered during your teacher training course?  Well, no. They just have mastered how to manage their working relationships, using their personalities to generate rapport, which is respected by students of all age. It's not rocket science - it's far more complicated than that. Personality and behaviour clashes in classrooms are inevitable, but looking at all the different elements of daily interactions can help you gain respect from students and colleagues alike...

"A new report, published today by King's College London, shows the findings of four projects that for the first time in the UK placed Nursery, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 children in their local museum for extended residencies. The groups undertook many of their daily lessons and activities at their local museums for a period of between two weeks and up to a full term."

The general population is an eclectic mix of individuals. No two people are the same, and the challenges of one person will ultimately be outweighed by the challenges of another person. For those who fall outside the 'norms' of society, the challenges of everyday life are even more profound, unable to access the daily privileges that most people take for granted...