This link is a fairly lengthy video of Obama's speech explaining his program R2T, and can help all teachers become more literate as to the new federal policies regarding education.

I thought this was an interesting blog as a model for how a classroom of students could set up a Twitter group as a discussion board and a question forum.

This blogger helps explain how No Fear Shakespeare can help modernize the plights of Shakespearean characters, making them more accessible and interesting, and also understood.

This article focuses on ways to differentiate helpful and enriching mobile phone apps from distracting applications that should never be in the classroom. I think this could be helpful to parents when allowing their students to download applications, and could also help serve as a gentle reminder to our own students of what is and is not appropriate in the classroom or during homework.

I thought this blog was fascinating because it describes ways in which school for the children of military personnel are striving to meet not only educational, but specialized mental and emotional needs associated with frequent moves and deployments. I this way, it echoes ways all schools can try to meet specialized needs outside of pure education to have happier, more well-rounded students.