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(via @MrWejr) "I often hear that students with little home support NEED extra incentives to get them to read.  The staff of Kent school, with over half of our students at or below the poverty level, have worked hard to prove this theory incorrect. It is not about pizza parties, book bucks, and stickers - it is about creating the conditions for ALL students to develop a love of reading."

(via @rmbyrne) "These are some of the many things that you can do with Subtext: using Subtext you can read ebooks, annotate ebooks, create quizzes about ebooks, and write blog posts about the ebooks you read. You can create private and public book discussion groups and build bookshelves for your groups.

Screencasts about the tech tools to use for education

Simple explanations about weather questions

Site about the weather

David Perkins, Difference between knowing and understanding, skating metaphor, aboutitis

Secrets about the presidents- presidential facts

12 Twitter Tools Every Educators Must Know about http://t.co/moInkoyl - Eric Sheninger (NMHS_Principal) http://twitter.com/NMHS_Principal/status/221453531176120320

10 Great YouTube Tips Every Educator should Know about: YouTube is a fascinating video website. It is one of my ... http://t.co/kw0m7twH - Jeff Crews (crewsertech) http://twitter.com/crewsertech/status/221469771152113665

A Handy (free) resource to visually Teach you about All things Technology! http://t.co/gc5XuC9p - Erin Klein (KleinErin) http://twitter.com/KleinErin/status/220990626391539712

Interesting blog and discussion about amount of time it takes to learn an second language.

An online library of free videos for learners everywhere - our goal is to gather a set of resources to help you learn just about anything, meet people who make a difference in their communities, and even discover new parts of the world. Next Vista for Learning wants to post your educational videos online, too. Everyone has an insight to share and yours may be just what some student or teacher somewhere needs!

Interactive site where kids can learn all about the rock cycle.

I participated in the Bam Radio Show "Why Young Children Bite, How to Talk About It, How to Manage It" along with Rae Pica, Susan Campbell, and Gretchen Kinnell many weeks ago and it wasn't until my grandson got his first teeth and decided to try those new little teeth out on one of my legs that I realized, it is time to write a post about toddler biting!

article about raising children

article about education boys

(via @JonathanEMartin) "This post could be almost infinite: there is most certainly an extraordinary array of options for videos which expand educators' understandings and inspire advances in 21st century learning.  But curation is about choice and selection, and while I know I will leave out many, I thought I'd offer up a set of 15 of my favorites for your consideration for video screening at at back-to-school or beginning-of-the-year faculty meetings (and/or parent and board meetings)."

Facts about George Washington

Information about Ancient Greece

Great video about Mesopotamia using legos - the kids will love it!