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Many people make a decision about jobs and careers after leaving high school or college, some based on clear goals and others on need. However, there are many varied and often uncontrollable reasons why these initial occupations do not last. This leads to five reasons why continuing education must be considered as a positive investment for achieving success in a chosen occupation

UNESCO's five laws of media and information literacy

The top five search tools for finding Flickr images are designed to help teachers and students locate just the right image for use in any subject area and project. Without these tools finding the right image on this image hosting site is often an impossible, or at least a tedious, task. The value of this site is its ability to provide digital pictures which are often impossible for a teacher to obtain any other way. Like everything else on the internet, trying to find something is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. This where the top five search tools become valuable resources for teachers and students trying to find images comes into play. These search engines are specifically designed to search the more than three billion pictures on the Flickr hosting site.

five by five matrix on levels of tech integration

video hosting sites that are often allowed in schools

We expect our students to use higher level thinking, but too often we don't explain to them what that means. Showing them how easy it is to use critical thinking skills will assist them in using those skills throughout the year.

So they were struck by lightning, or hit the ground when cold, or something - but FIVE THOUSAND of them????!!!!!

Five steps that can make a difference

This is the wave of the future. No more books in school.

Today I am going to tell you five short stories that are so emotional that they will make you cry immediately. Crying is beneficial to one's health, both mental and physical. I'm not saying that we should spend every single day curled up at home having a sob-fest and ignoring all of our civic duties, but, from time to time, a really good cry can be quite cleansing. So here are a few beautiful, heart-wrenching short stories to read when you feel like crying.

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The past five days have provided me with an amazing learning experience as I have attended ICOT 2018. With the conference just wrapped up and with Florida providing another remarkably wet afternoon, here are some initial reflections.  

Moringa leaf powder is antioxidant and due to its anti-inflammatory properties, this plant is the next superfood. If you are drinking moringa tea every day it will reduce diabetes and fight inflammation. Further moringa oleifera tea can also improve your brain health. Read here more about the top five benefits of drinking moringa tea every day.

For teachers in Australia, the long Term Three is drawing rapidly to a close. Indeed as I write this just ten days remain before a two-week break. This is the perfect time to consider a holiday reading list. Just enough time to raid the school library or place an order with your favourite book store. Here is what's currently occupying space on my nightstand. 

Science classroom resources

Einstein is often quoted as having said "If I have an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes." Clearly Einstein understood how to attack puzzling problems. As teachers we face a host of puzzles on a daily basis. Every student we teach, thanks to their idiosyncrasies presents a unique puzzle. The interactions between students further complicates things. Our goals for our learners, their learning needs, the demands of the curriculum, pressures from beyond the classroom all result in puzzles for us to manage and to solve.

With summer in the southern hemisphere, long days combined with school holidays for school teachers create the perfect opportunity to relax with a good book. Here are five great reads that might spark some curiosity and keep the brain working over the break.

The PZ Sydney Network has achieved many of its goals in the past five years. Most importantly the network has been able to provide high-quality professional development to many educators through free events large and small and both face-to-face and online. The PZ Sydney Network has been able to expand its reach and in recognition of this is transforming to become the PZ Australia Network.

Our job keeps us going, facilitates our needs, and most of all, gives us worth

There are no short cuts to success and of course for being highly paid. The more you slog, the more you earn is the simple norm. Same is the truth for higher education.