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LessonCast seeks to replicate that mentoring relationship: experienced teachers sharing their knowledge with other teachers looking for new ideas. The LessonCast format is similar to storytelling - peering over the shoulder of creative, expert teachers. The LessonCast community showcases educators' expertise and spreads classroom-cultivated, teacher-tested ideas that work.

This blog gives some reviews on resource books for English teachers and offers some lesson ideas.

Despite the tremendously diverse speakers covering an incredibly wide range of topics, TED goes far beyond merely conglomerating "ideas worth spreading" and draws the big picture by sketching out all the little pieces that surround it. And it does it with the distinct stroke of an unmistakable artist. 

"Bound by Law translates law into plain English and abstract ideas into 'visual metaphors.' So the comic's heroine, Akiko, brandishes a laser gun as she fends off a cyclopean 'Rights Monster' - all the while learning copyright law basics, including the line between fair use and copyright infringement." -Brandt Goldstein, The Wall Street Journal online

This blog was written by a fourth grade school teacher who attended one of Lucy Calkin's seminars on writers' workshop. Excellent ideas on how to get started, good units of study, and general information on the writing process.

Collaborize is an online decision-making platform that helps your group identify, refine and respond to important questions, topics and ideas by adding structure to your conversations that drive to results and outcomes.

When it comes to learning, many educators know banning is the easy way out, but there are a number of reasons behind why students are not paying attention. Rather than taking away student rights and the freedom to use the tools they want, we must address the root of the issue that is causing the problem. My advice comes from someone who teaches adults and students in a "no ban zone." These ideas work for me and they will work for you

This site will provide you with links, ideas, tips, and much more for supporting the use of infographics as an assessment option in the classroom. The site has three informational pages, linked on the right.

The title gives a pretty good idea of what this is.