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Love the idea! I think it can totally work!

"If the theory holds, researchers expect students who start off with an "A" to be more motivated to avoid losing their high grade than students who begin the year with, quite literally, nothing to lose grade-wise." I agree with this quote. It makes me think of my first semester of school each year; if I receive an A in the first semester (a 4.0) then I strive to maintain this high grade throughout the year/my entire academic career [haha]...Thanks for the article =]

Thought this might be an interesting piece for the group to contemplate...

Awesome blog by a "cybrarian." Includes resources for up to 12th grade but also includes sections for ESL and New Teachers. Section on K-5 has a great list of valuable website for lower elementary teachers. 2013 Edublog winner for Best Library/Librarian Blog.

A overview of a tech-phobic Kindergarten teacher using Twitter with great success. A great example of social media & technology in the lower grades as well as the ability for teachers to learn when they are willing to try something new...

How one second-grade teacher is using her Ipad to support learning in a number of different ways

This is a great app that is very open ended - a bit like magnetic poetry on an iPad. A teacher can send out a "deck" of cards (vocabulary words, for example) and each child can sort them according their own categories.

"PBS KIDS PLAY! Home Edition - Educational online learning games for preschool to 1st grade. Teacher resources for school readiness in preschoolers. Fun and safe adaptive learning games." Great for teachers and caregivers!

must subscribe (schools can buy school-wide subscription) interactive learning and videos for math, language, science, social studies, etc. kids love the videos: age appropriate and funny

This is one of my favorite teaching tools. It has short (5 minute) cartoons that are appropriate for K-3rd grade. The language they use and level of information is amazing. Subsciption needed.

A great website for reading material on a variety of topics.

Interesting and inspiring news website for educators. Focused mainly on K-12 but offers good insights into the overall U.S. education system from an educator's standpoint. Includes links to blogs and browsable by grade.

This is a child friendly and child appropriate way to search for images. My students used this to find images for the animal research books

This an easy to read and easy to navigate resource for children to do independent research. My students used this when writing their animal research books.