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"Back to School Night | Six Tips for Wowing Class Parents Back-to-School Night is often the first time you get to meet your class parents and that night sets the tone for the year ahead. Although it's a QUICK evening, it's a great opportunity to build rapport and invite parents to become a team with you and their children in cultivating a positive and successful learning environment. Make your time together count with these six quick tips: "

"MyArtTutor is focused on teaching art using virtual classes that give you a full assortment of what a tutor has to offer. You can interact with other students, ask questions, and hear how a tutor answers other students with similar questions. You have access to the class indefinitely! The classes change and update constantly. New classmates ask new questions and there is constantly new content from MyArtTutor and on occasion, a new comment from your tutor. You just never know!"

"Designed with your busy schedule in mind, DEN Connects builds thematic units around four different activities that allow you to select which components meet your needs. Mini Lessons: Try our quick 20-30 minute lessons that have media and effective integration strategies embedded. Student Digital Dives: Take a scavenger hunt through Discovery Education for resources on this month's topic. Content Creation Challenge: Try our content creation tool-of-the-month. We'll provide you simple instructions and a platform to showcase your students' work. Class-to-Class Connections: Have your students connect with other students around the world through video chats. We'll provide you a list of educators interested in making connections."

YourHomework.com is a free solution for posting homework and class assignments on the Web. Teachers can set up class files using the site's easy fill-in-the-blank templates; parents and students can access the posted information to stay up to date on assignments, tests, school and classroom events, and more.

Perhaps you have a special skill, talent, or knowledge-base that you want to share with others, and maybe you've heard that teaching online courses can make you a little extra money. The resources below will help you discover how to combine both what you have to offer and what you wish to gain by guiding you through creating and establishing an online course. No matter what age of student, subject you want to teach, or size of the class, you will find resources and information to bring your class online.

Mr. Mackey's Science Blog! Science happens! You'll find news, comments and interesting links here. Check for new posts every day! If you're in Mr. Mackey's science class, you might learn something that will help you in class.

Netbooks, cloud apps encourage collaboration Students who have access to mobile devices at home constantly communicate on Facebook, Twitter and other sites, said Wayne Weber, the Laconia High School principal. But at some schools, administrators tell them, "Stop collaborating, stop communicating and put those devices away."

" What amazed me most about Classtools.net was not the valuable tools provided, but the ability for teachers to easily customize these tools and use them in any subject area. If that is not enough, how about the ability to embed your newly made instructional resource on your own classroom website, wiki, or blog? Any educator will also like the fact that students have no need to log in or sign up for an account… and neither do teachers! Need tutorials… they are provided! Do samples help you understand better… you will find plenty! Is budget a problem… then free should be affordable! Classtools.net is the work of educator, Russel Tarr, Head of History at the International School of Toulouse, France. Upon entering the site, educators will see the listing of tools. Clicking on a tool allows teachers to individualize that specific tool for their own classroom needs. Teachers then have the option of copying a generated link to place on their own web site or of copying a generated code to embed as a tool (widget) on their classroom site. Also, on the front page, are some video links that will provide further information. Two videos that provide excellent information are the 1 Minute Overview and How to Create Games. The Listing Of Over 20 Digital Tools For Your Classroom The tools that you can even customize are included below. Along with this tool listing you will find descriptions of each tool, an overview of and samples of specific tools (if provided), and any related video (if provided). * Arcade Game Generator - Allows teachers to create concept builders, practice exercises, and reviews. Best of all, one set up feeds into five different game possibilities at the same time The teacher can choose which game, or allow students a choice. Make sure you check out all the examples and pre-made games in (overview and samples). Also watch the How to Create Games . * Random Name Picker - Can be used as an activity management tool or skip the names.

"To counter common misconceptions and offer educators a practical framework for Flipped Learning, the governing board and key leaders of the Flipped Learning Network (FLN) today announced a formal definition of the term. According to Aaron Sams, FLN board member and coauthor of Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day, "One of the biggest misconceptions is that the main component of Flipped Learning is the use of video … although video is a very important component of Flipped Learning, the most valuable benefit is the enhanced use of class time to get students engaged in higher-order thinking.""

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"Easy to use You've got a lot of important things to do. With Canvas, you'll have more time to do them. Teachers and administrators alike have been able to save hours by using Canvas in their classes and institutions. We designed Canvas with the user in mind, making usability and efficiency our top priorities. Spend less time working in your LMS and more time on the things you really care about. Only the features that matter At Instructure, we're obsessed with validating our feature set to make sure we're consistently working on the things that matter most to our customers. The result is a simple interface that allows you to navigate through your day-to-day tasks quick and easily without unnecessary distractions. Learn more about canvas Start using a personal, customizable, Canvas demo instantly and free. "

"Wikispaces makes managing your class a breeze, with tools to handle day-to-day work and features to tackle the special activities you've only dreamed of."

"Facilitate fantastic discussions Replace your paper newsletter Get your students blogging Post videos, podcasts and documents Create a class publication"

"While many of you may be heading for the beach this week, it won't be long before you're ready to start exploring some new tools to help your students be better creators and collaborators when you go back to school in the fall. This week we published a new video on Nicole Dalesio, a fifth-grade teacher who uses all kinds of free technology tools in her class to keep her kids engaged, and it inspired me to go hunt down the best tutorials for all these great, free Web 2.0 tools. Did I mention most of them are free?"

"he Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers to ensure that all students in the United States receive a world-class education and are prepared to be a literate person in the twenty-first century regardless of their zip code."

"Inspire Drive, Innovation, and Creativity: The 20% Project in the Classroom Written By: Kate Petty - Jul* 20*12 Daniel Pink asks us to find what drives us. Sir Ken Robinson asks us to inspire creativity in students. The latest in education is asking us to find essential questions for students. How? One way is to institute a 20% project in class."

"He, along with Aaron Sams, are considered two of the pioneers in the Flipped Class Movement. They co-wrote the book on the Flipped Classroom. It will be available from ISTE Press in June of 2012. They also have a popular YouTube channel which contains the videos they have used with their students in the flipped classroom. The videos are mostly Chemisty, Astronomy, and Space Science videos. "

"Let's have a little exercise. Walk me through this school you'd create. What do the classrooms look like? What are the class sizes? What are the hours?"

"Welcome to my Flipped Classroom! This blog serves as a place to reflect and analyze the use of this new way of teaching and learning in my two math classes: Algebra 1 and Math Analysis Honors. My goal is to share what's working, what's not working, and ideas on how to improve as I strive to continue to help my students succeed at their highest level!"

Lisa Highfill's class and examples of her work.