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If you are looking for a virtual group that is focused on the first 5 years of practice check out this one hosted by Edutopia. The New Teacher Connections group " . . . is designed to allow new teachers and veterans alike to connect and share that sense of community that is so important in the first years." I think this is a fanatastic "brick" that should be used when building the first layer of "your PLN wall." I love metaphors

This post suggest five educator "Be-Attitudes" related to being a connected educator. This 5 "be attitudes" are directed at new teachers. I am interested in what people think of this "Be-Attitudes."

Consider this content and post your feedback/questions right on the page. Try to do this before our next meeting!

Hey look, TC2 student work!

This list of digital story telling tools has some new ones in it. I've found these very useful for asking students to represent something they've learned. For instance, in an Ed Psych course I had students choose one concept and create a children's story about it. Just as easily could be about concepts in physics, biology, math etc.

Science news podcasts from the American Chemical Society Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions is a series of podcasts describing some of the 21st Century's most daunting problems, and how cutting-edge research in chemistry matters in the quest for solutions.

By Laura Turner The following web2.0 sites would be useful for science educators at the high school and middle school level. Some would also be appropriate for higher elementary grade levels. There are many new 'tools' or websites that take advantage of the higher speed and bandwidth of today's Internet.

Very interesting article about a new teacher discovering that traditional lecture does not work, and then completely changing his teaching practices.

Sweet! Just cool...