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This is the OCPS webpage that describes the behavior intervention process for children with emotional behavioral disabilities.

Pinterst is a great social media site for teachers to use to find diy (do it yourself) teacher materials, classroom management techniques and various other great ideas to use in your classroom for your students. I would highly reccommend this social media site because it is very easy to save the ideas that you find interesting and to go back and revisit those ideas later on at any time.

This article is written by Dr. Campbell, it talks about the importance of integrating Technology into the classroom. She talks about how students love social media and using their phone. Therefore, it is important for a teacher to continuously utilize these tools to further interest and engage the students in the classroom. She also talks about various tools the teachers can use in the classroom to further interest the students in the curriculum. Such tools may include Prezi, Voicethread, Tagxedo, and Museum Box.

This pdf file gives parents all the information about the different types of schools offered in Orange County. It discusses programs, curriculum, different types of services offered, a break down of student achievement, different assessments, health, volunteer services, and etc. It's a great guide!

This website (www.teachervision.com) offers several professional development resources for teachers, such as Teaching Strategies, Assessment Resources, Portfolios, Classroom & Behavior Management Strategies and Tips, and etc. This article in particular discusses how to create effective learning centers within the classroom.

This website gives you all the information needed to obtain a Florida's Teaching License, such as General Certification Requirements, Renewal Requirements, Certificate Additions, and etc. If you are not ESOL endorsed yet, check this website to see the steps you need to take!

This article is dated, but was intriguing to read as it shows the shift in teaching practices as more minority students are in classrooms. Collaboration between UCF College of Education Professors and students and Midway Elementary in Seminole County.

This is an article written by Rita Buchoff which details how teaching reading can not only be fun, but through the use of riddles, it actually increases students problem-solving and higher level thinking skills.

A multitude of teaching resources in all subject areas, as well as classroom management and other supplemental materials teachers can use. Makes posts daily and even has discussions between followers of the page on various topics dealing with teaching.

Includes links to Instagram and Pinterest accounts of other educators. Lots of "freebies" on this page.

Insight into the Digital Learning plan with focus on an "Interactive Classroom" for Seminole County Public Schools. This link takes you to a Canvas course with built-in resources and links.

"If you imagine less, less will be what you undoubtedly deserve," Debbie Millman counseled in one of the best commencement speeches ever given, urging: "Do what you love, and don't stop until you get what you love. Work as hard as you can, imagine immensities..."

Graphic displaying many tools that can be used in the classroom.

After last week's blog posting with many of us still wondering if schools are keeping up with all the new technology, this article explains how OCPS is using Google's applications to increase teacher and student knowledge of technology and all of its benefits in the classroom.

Teacher, writer and speaker, Richard Byrne writes about all things ed tech, providing a wealth of new information as well as FREE resources using technology!

Blog by Richard Byrne with tools and how-tos on implementing free web based technology tools. Big emphasis on Google.

Website by USF offering lesson plans, royalty free photos, interactive tools, and content area specific tools for incorporating technology.

This is a great website for teachers to have in their back pocket when dealing with students in the Tiered System we implement in Florida. It has academic as well as behavior interventions and resources teachers can use in their classroom.