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Teaching math using real world examples is great!

just like the titles advertises: free technology for teachers : )

Definitely a great place to start when looking for free tech in the teaching community for your school.

This week I am hosting some guest bloggers. This is a guest post from Susan Myers. A group from an intellectually disabled class visits the media center once a week. During the year, we made bird houses, conducted science experiments, used the catalog to locate books, and listened to stories.

This site gives tips on how to connect classroom read alouds to standards.

Here's a list of ideas for making every read-aloud count, while assuring your principal that you are focused on meeting standards.

This is one in a series of articles that Cathy Puett Miller writes giving practical suggestion on how to get read alouds to cover the "standards"

As teachers, we know the value of hands-on exploration with math manipulatives in school. We can extend the sense of discovery and empowerment into our students homes by helping them assemble math toolboxes to be enjoyed by the whole family.

Have a Student Secretary for Parent-Teacher Conferences* Select a volunteer from one of your classes to act as your secretary during parent-teacher conferences. Thank the student for volunteering. Familiarize the student with both the benefits and the secretary's role as outlined below. Benefits: The student secretary accumulates valuable volunteer hours.

Ever since its opening in 2013, San Francisco-based AltSchool has caught the attention of many in its unique approach to teaching pre-K through grade 8 students. In the short time since its first building opened, it has been able to increase enrollment and open new schools thanks to being thought of as the 21st century answer to education by many Silicon Valley giants such as Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

House Republicans have just passed a bill through the House Ways and Means committee that, should it be approved by the full House, will make the nation's teachers eligible for a tax credit of up to $250 for purchasing their own supplies.

A new study reveals more bad news for the argument for social media in the classroom. As the debate over whether or not mobile phones should be allowed in the classroom rages on, a new study from CNN on social media and teens found that 13-year-olds can check social media sites up to 100 times a day, indicating a heavy dependence due to the need for approval.

Technology and Innovation in Education (http://www.tie.net) offers online classes, including Web Literacy for Educators. This group is a sharing place for web resources.

This looks like a great resource for teaching math. It has lessons that are compatible with the Investigations math curriculum we use in the Rapid City Schools.

Discovery Education is loaded with free teacher resources.

Here are some great ideas or teaching the children's' book the Polar Express.

It's great that the arts is taking a front and center role in the revitalization of civics.