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Web-based resources powered through Symbaloo (an online bookmarking tool) that support and enhance instruction for teachers, staff, and administrators.

Distance education, as once described by a colleague, is sitting in the back row of a three hundred-seat auditorium. It has traditionally been thought that to successfully teach a large class, you needed to herd students into an auditorium, and proceed to lecture them for several hours.

Bibliotherapy refers to using written material to help individuals process difficult situations or changes in their lives. Bibliotherapy has roots back to the 1930s when librarians created lists of written material to assist individuals to cope with life's situations. The assumption of bibliotherapy is that during reading, the individual will identify with the characters and their situations.

OPTIMUS PRIME wants YOU to showcase your NASA knowledge in a Glog! Your Mission: Search for Spinoffs in your Environment Spinoffs are like OPTIMUS PRIME- they come from Space to solve problems on Earth! That's why we need you to identify NASA Spinoff technology in your world and test your skills at changing an everyday object into something that will make your world a better place! John Lucyk

This website provides resources for teaching reading that are founded in research. Information about Common Core and other information can be used to inform reading instruction.

I really liked this tutorial because he spoke very slowly so that I could take notes and absorb all the information!

August 18, 2014 I love rubrics and I find them particularly helpful in lesson plan designing as well as in assessing students work. I know some teachers and educators think of them as "so yesterday" but we need to view them as roadmaps that can guide you towards achieving your teaching/learning goals.

This is a great article that touches on the importance of reflection. Although reflection can be cumbersome true learning can not be obtained with it.

Creative Commons search engine allows you to search for CC licensed content from up to 13 popular search engines with a single click and from a single page. Creative Commons search is not a search engine per se but only a portal that pulls out results for your queries from the search engines it supports.

Creative ideas with digital storytelling

Digital storytelling is one way for students and teachers to share their knowledge. This page includes links to support the use of digital storytelling for both teaching and learning. If you find a link that is not working, please let me know the title and I will fix it.And, if you have another great digital storytelling site to share, let me know as well!

A support page for the presentation Digital Storytelling