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You may have seen this, but I thought this was great as a way to teach young elementary students internet safety.

Another engaging activity about what to share on-line and protecting your computer from a virus is http://home.disney.com.au/activities/surfswellisland/ Surfs Well Island by Disney. I found the tip that you should never tell an on-line friend the name of your baseball team very interesting.

'The Flamethrowers' (2013), the acclaimed second novel by American writer Rachel Kushner, begins as its young narrator Reno takes an exhilarating motorcycle ride across Nevada and Utah. Most of the novel takes place in the New York art world of...

A good place to glean ideas for your classroom

Fit kids clubhouse has loads of ideas to engage young students in the learning process. The Preschool Science matters blog introduces a great lesson on solids, liquids, and gas using balloons that I could easily adapt to a 2nd grade level. I love that through this lesson a three year old child made the statement, "a solid is heavier than a liquid", brilliant.

So we recently interviewed (I am a dept. chair) candidate for an opening we have. Beyond the many great things one of those interviewed said, she mentioned a website called Donor Choose which even my co-English chair knew about - but apparently not me!

This is a great site to download activities that others have already made on Boardmaker. It works for assistive technology and on computers. You need to have the Boardmaker software at your school though.

Do you know of any sites or blogs that focus on technology specifically to assist special Ed teachers?

Looks like a decent site for newer teachers. Liked the section on interview questions that actually supply some suggested answers - although I haven't read through them all yet.

Science Technology Engineering Math is where it's at! Check this out featuring the President.

This site caught my attention when I saws it listed teacher interview questions and went on from there. May be helpful to new teachers..... Edit-looks like that interview blog didn't post. Not sure why...

this teacher discusses different ways that technology is used in his classroom.

This podcast is all about podcasting in the classroom! It is a great resource for teachers, especially those considering implementing podcasting.

This is a fairly open and comprehensive list. There is at least one other RSS feed aggrigator on here, (I think) and some cool looking personal organization things.

"3 Tips on Integrating Technology in the Classroom Former Gov. Bob Wise discusses Digital Learning Day and how high school teachers can embrace technology. By Laura McMullen Jan. 25, 2012 SHARE Integrating technology into a high school classroom isn't a one-step process. "You can't just slap a netbook [computer] on top of a textbook and say, 'Great, now we have technology," says Bob Wise, former governor of West Virginia and president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, an advocacy organization. Wise says that digital learning starts with teachers, whose performance is enhanced by technology-not the other way around. That's also the idea of Digital Learning Day, which the Alliance is spearheading. The first annual Digital Learning Day falls on February 1 and will celebrate innovative K-12 instructors who successfully bring technology into the classroom by assigning online course content, using adaptive software for students with special needs, and utilizing online student assessments and other digital tools. Educators, as well as parents, students, librarians, and community leaders, can learn about classroom innovations and get new ideas by chiming in during the virtual National Town Hall meeting held on Digital Learning Day. [Learn how a new iPad app is revolutionizing textbooks.] "The whole intention of Digital Learning Day is to really celebrate teachers and good instructional learning practices," says Sarah Hall, director of the Alliance's Center for Secondary School Digital Learning and Policy. And good teaching, especially the kind that involves working with evolving technologies, sometimes requires good advice. Hall and Wise shared the following ideas for effectively using technology in the classroom-not just on Digital Learning Day, but anytime. 1. Plan ahead: There has to be a comprehensive strategy in place to implement technology into the school system, Wise says, and the teachers have to be involved in the planning stages. "When a schoo

Good sight for common core reading strategy ideas

Not necessarily appropriate for students, but very entertaining.

Okay--this is not necessarily appropriate for students, but is valuable for educators who need to handle the demands of the work by acknowledging that sometimes, there is nothing you can do but just laugh. If you run across something worthy of notice among your own classes, you can immortalize your students' writing gems by submitting them to the blog. Educational applications? Well, there are some fine and entertaining mistakes which could provide fodder for exercises in editing, revision, etc. as well as discussion on the importance of choosing the right word. If you check out the site, you'll see what I mean. Enjoy!