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This is a wonderful association for Middle Grade educators - offering professional preparation, products specifically designed for middle school classrooms/schools, and much much more!!! 

resources, networking, latest news, conferences, etc. for middle school teachers in the US.

I know alot of other people have already posted this link. But I just wanted to reiterate the importance of being involved in groups like this. Not only are you able to associate with other teachers in every state, but you're also able to discover new opportunites to enhance your career.

Mainly used in math classes as I've seen so far, but a great tool to be used in the classroom. if you ever have a chance to try on out, do it! It's fun and the kids seem to pay attention better when using it.

This is one of the biggest and most respected newspapers in Germany and always has the most uptodate information. I could use this as a way to practice reading and have an activity on the side for effective communication. Students would learn new vocab, use the language and catch up on what is important in Germany.

The pbs site has a lot of good tips for teachers for a classroom in the k-12 setting. It has a lot of good ideas for activities in the classroom for every subject. As a foreign lanuage teacher, I found some good things under the reading and language arts tabs.

Great resource for teachers to get ideas for lessons you can chat with other teachers. Professional development

This website offers short clips that help explain many topics that you may be covering in your classrooms from gangs to how chocolate is made.

The NCTE gives resources for english teachers of all levels. Also, it keeps teachers up to date on any changes to education in the country.

Helpful website in which current teachers give tips to help other teachers with classroom management and different teaching tips.

This is THE group to join for teachers or future teachers of German in America. I am planning on joing this organization as soon as possible and have been researching it for a while now. They have a lot of great opportunities for both teachers and students and lots of great advice for lessons/ the classroom, etc.

This is a site that helps you as a teacher learn more strategies to help the students become better students in your classroom as well as other classes

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

A debate on whether or not social networking sites should be allowed in the classroom.

The great thing about this online dictionary is that it has an amazing amount of information. Most the newest slang terms in German can be translated using this dictionary. Another thing is that it specializes in German to English or English to German translations instead of mixing other languages in it. It also only translates basically word for word, so students can't try to cheat and get their grammer fixed on it. They still have to rely on their own skills. Useful if I want to students to read a modern German novel and they can't find a lot of words in their every day dictionaries.

article that describes good ways to communicate and use facebook when it comes to being friends with students.

good professional resource for teachers of math. Many activities ans other useful links

NCTM is a website that is very helpful to teachers to meet others and constantly learn new ways of teaching. This is a resource that takes care of the big picture of education.

Council in which math teachers and students planning to teach math can join. This is the national council but there is a local one and that is the North Carolina Council of Math Teachers.

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

an organization that supports the Latin American community in Charlotte with volunteer opportunities and cultural events

this article explains how application developers are provided with each facebook user's information when they add an app to their facebook page. what do the developers do with this information??

Just to show that Facebook posts affect every job not just us teachers.

BetterLesson is a social networking site for teachers to share lesson plans online. This would be a great source to use as a teacher to get Lesson plan ideas, Lesson Plans, and share your own Lesson Plans with others.

Hippo Campus is a site where students can go for help in subjects ranging from algebra to calculus. Help in physics, psychology and US history is available as well. Some subjects are also offered in Spanish. Teachers can also create a custom Hippo Campus webpage for their classes.

Only National Education Association dedicated to Middle level grades. Offer professional Development to teachers and other resources. This is a great website for Middle Grades Teachers