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facebook page for educational issues, great networking opportunity

Lots of insight about the fired-over-facebook issue.

middle school issues and suggestions inclusive with ideas for classroom application.

National Middle School Association Store. Online store for NMSA publications. Publications relating to beinga Middle Grades Educator. Subject matter includes: Technology, Teaching, Content Area Specific titles, Young Adolescent Developement, Research, Leadership, etc... This is a great site to find readings focused on Middle Grade Level issues to further expand my knowledge and ideas on particular areas in education.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Middle School Resources. Provides focal points, math problems, student activity sheets, weekly problems, tips for teachers, and lessons and activities. This is a great source for Middle Grades Mathematics Teachers (or any level Mathematics teachers.). It can be used to find supplemental instruction such as activity sheets, daily problems and tips on different issues with your students.

2008 CMS case involving a local teacher and her Facebook comments.

This is an older article, back from November of 2008. But it shows how teachers and facebook is still an issue. This article is actually from the Charlotte Observer, discussing an issue with a teacher being suspended for what she posted on facebook.

This is an article about teachers and facebook

It's crazy to think how this could be happening in any school in any district. Can we as teachers help to stop this?

NASA Quest Challenges are FREE Web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes. The solutions relate to issues encountered daily by NASA personnel.

The home page for the Discovery channel. It is a wonderful resource for science and tech interactives, videos, and images. A great place to find recent issues and topics in conservation and environmentalism.

Article on the problems with teachers having facebooks that has a negative image and taints their status as educators.

The helpful pointers on this website are useful for both teachers and students. It addresses common issues such as spelling and grammar but also offers assistance for ESL students.

Debategraph helps groups collaborate in thinking through complex issues by building and sharing interactive maps of domains of knowledge from multiple perspectives.

This is a website which provides links and resources for new and veteran middle grades teachers. The site provides links and information regarding many topics: teachign strategies, maintaining student-teacher relationships balance, working with students from diverse cultures, newsletter, discussions, publications, etc.

This is another good article that addresses a very real issue. Students need guidance. They need to be taught that the decisions they make today affect their future.

This website is also a good guide for students to plan ahead. They can look at different career opportunities and what it will take to reach certain goals.