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This website is a great resource form information, strategies, best practices, professional development and middle level advocacy. They have a large selection of research summaries and reports to choose from, which are directed at middle grades topics. In addition they have an annual conference, which should be of interest for Middle Level Teachers to attend.

The site has interesting facts about every number from 0 to 9999!

This is actually an interesting way to share info found on the web. You can highlight the pieces of a page you want others to see instead of sharing the whole page. Just something similar to diigo or delicious, but you share just parts of a page instead of a whole.

This is a really interesting site that is like traveling all over the world, but staying at home. You can use the internet to learn about destinations, remember goals, play games, write a diary and so on. It seems like a strange site for teachers, but I actually think it would be really cool to use in a history class, a social studies class, or a foreign language class. Its like traveling the world, but staying in the same room. They can learn about the countries we're studying about and write some ideas or questions about it on their blog.

interesting graphics about languages spoken around the world

This is an interesting site that allows users to create their own stories, using different images and info from the web. A teacher could use this to create a video or story relevant to the topic being studied in the classroom. That way, the teacher would visually engage the students and know that they can relate to the characters or stories that he/she created, allowing for a more exciting and fun classroom environment.

This man is unarguably the greatest math teacher in the history of math teachers. Or at least the greatest at pulling off large-scale video projector pranks that leave you laughing, stunned, and a little bit awed.  If only our math professors were this interesting.

An interesting that has all the information about the arctic you could ever want.

This is an interesting website for teachers of foreign languages. It gives tips and talks about blending and incorporating learning styles into a foreign language classroom

this is the cultural portal for germany and america. It's a good site to get kids interested in the language and to show them opportunities to study abroad.

This online community includes teachers, students, researchers, parents and educators who have an interest in math and math education.

This is an interesting article about school reforms that took place in the D.C. area but similar situations are happening across the country. It is good to know that people are standing up to injustices towards teachers. Many teacher have been laid off in the name of budget cuts... but is that justifiable? There still must be good reason for "ousting" a teacher. "Reform doesn't mean changing things just because you feel like it," said the PTA president. Reform should be considered to better the education process with students and teachers as the main constituents.

An article published September 9th, 2010 in the Charlotte Observer....I found it pretty interesting.

This site ranks sites for teachers. You basically can go to this site and find sites to help with adding hands-on activities to lessons or to help come up with creative activities for your class.

This site is interesting because it actually sorts through the most popular sites that teachers use. It is a great place to start if you're not really sure what you're looking for.

one of the most motivating ways to get children interested and excited about learning.

This website gives teachers ideas for lesson plans, ideas for bulletin boards, resources for teachers, worksheets, etc.

Helpful hints on classroom management and project ideas. Also shows advice on unique interesting things to do in the classroom.

This is a great website for students and teachers who are interested in being tutored or doing tutoring. Students will find a lot of subject related help on this page while teachers may use it to learn more on their topic.

Good resource for students if they are having problems with a subject.

An interesting article that suggests what factors make a good teacher.

interesting site that shows games students can play that will help them grasp the material. there are games for science, english, etc.

Super cool ways to use your Pocket Video Camera in the classroom