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Teachers celebrating accomplishments as summer approaches.

Exploration of team teaching and it's challenges.

Blogger Ben Johnson asks, "who is responsible for learning in the classroom - the teacher or the students?"

A great checklist to reflect on your social, emotional, and character development work during the past teaching year.

In this installment, we show you how Mesquite Elementary School developed a teaching strategy that turned their school around in just six months, and that continues to prove out its effectiveness.

What is 21st century literacy and how do we help students become better communicators? Rebecca Alber says: "In today's world, being literate requires much, much more than the traditional literacy of yesterday. According to the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English), twenty-first century readers and writers need to: Gain proficiency with tools of technology Develop relationships with others and confront and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multimedia texts Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments"

Educate, before you integrate.

In these brief video clips, educators and others from around the country give lessons about specific technology and social-media tools you can use with your students.

"How to work with well-meaning but demanding moms and dads."

Edutopia's 2011 survey. Join in!