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There is much more to explore in our calendar. Find other important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, each with related lessons and resources. Looking for age-appropriate book recommendations, author interviews, and fun activity ideas? Check out our podcasts.

Powerpoint that details how someone can begin creating a PLN.

Half the battle of starting any new project is knowing where to begin. From helpful tips for shooting better video and recording great audio, to video production checklists and talent release forms, our videography tips will give you the jump start you need to begin your new video hobby or career.

Tips for filming for students.

Half the battle of starting any new project is knowing where to begin. From helpful tips for shooting better video and recording great audio, to video production checklists and talent release forms, our videography tips will give you the jump start you need to begin your new video hobby or career.

Histography is an impressive interactive timeline spanning today through the beginning of recorded history. The timeline is divided into fifteen categories including war, politics, discoveries, inventions, and art. To explore the timeline select one of the categories listed on the Histography website then adjust the timeline slider to see events from the range of dates that you've selected. After choosing a category and date range you can click on dots in the timeline to see pop-up boxes containing event titles, representative pictures, and a link to a Wikipedia page about the event.

Tips to creating the IDEALl Infographic.

These OWL resources helps to see if a source is credible or not.

Using research 

Easy to customize. Wix gives you everything you need to create a stunning free website, right at your fingertips. Wix is categorized so you can get the best website for your career.

Create a free website with Wix.com. Customize with Wix' free website builder, no coding skills needed. Choose a design, begin customizing and be online today!

This is a free website builder that you can use for your future classroom. It is a good way to keep student's up-to-date.

This is a student's growth portfolio. It shows her progress from the beginning to the end of the year. You may explore this in order to understand how you may want to make portfolios for your future students.

This video was good for getting the class's attention at the beginning of class about project based learning.

Five Keys to Successful Parent-Teacher Communication Keep these ground rules in mind and parents will thank you - and your life will be much easier! The best way to avoid misunderstandings with parents is to have ongoing, clear lines of communication from the beginning.

This chart gives examples on why parent teacher communication have become disconnected as well as gives us insiders on how to improve parent teacher communication.

This site provides teachers reasons why a classroom website can be effective. It offers examples of what the website should include, unexpected benefits that come from a classroom website, and step-by-step instructions to begin.

You know the hardest thing about teaching with project-based learning? Explaining it to someone. It seems to me that whenever I asked someone the definition of PBL, the description was always so complicated that my eyes would begin to glaze over immediately.

Wix is another online website creator for the classroom. This one is really cool because it does have a format that can be used from a mobile device. This website is a for more tech savvy teachers who have the time to figure out it's many different features.

This is a great website to build your own website

Create a free website with Wix.com. Customize with Wix' free website builder, no coding skills needed. Choose a design, begin customizing and be online today! This can be used to make a teacher website for parents and students to access for information that will be helpful for the class as well as to get to know you as a teacher.