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" Welcome to StoryWeb! - Digital Stories from the Elementary Classroom This site is dedicated to highlighting digital stories as told by elementary students around the globe. Please feel free to leave us a comment and let us know your thoughts. This site is maintained by Mike McKillip, international educator currently working at the International School of Tanganyika in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania."

Human Rights Watch. Lots of good info here for kids interested in Human Rights issues for exhibition

Human Rights Watch. Lots of good info here for kids interested in Human Rights issues for exhibition

on line course for google apps

"Welcome to the Holland Christian wiki supporting iPads in education. We are excited to see how this technology can improve teaching and learning. Right now our teachers are doing a pilot test of iPads at each grade level. We hope to share our experiences with iPad in this wiki. This also be a place to share resources for applications and tips for use."

"  For Kane, video is also a key to the project's success.--  "Improving teaching requires adult behavior change.  Imagine trying to get someone to quit smoking by showing them a video of a bunch of happy nonsmokers … and yet that is the way we do professional development for teachers, by showing them some third person teaching instead of showing them their own work." According to Kane, teachers need to see and analyze their own efforts, and then discuss with their supervisors what they are doing well, and what they could do differently to improve. This can be done by showing teachers their own videos and by providing feedback that is related to student achievement. Heather Hill, an associate professor of education at HGSE, developed a rubric for guiding classroom observations that will be used to help score the videos. Project organizers hope the effort will help lead to a new approach to professional development. "We are trying, said Kane, "to get people to quit smoking by taking them into their closet to smell their own clothes."

Halfway down the page is info on reasons for blogging. Some great thoughts here.

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"Keith Schoch is a veteran professional educator. He shares his thoughts and expertise with colleagues through three blogs: Teaching that Sticks, Teach with Picture Books, and How to Teach a Novel"

"The blog of a teacher educator discussing poetry, children's literature and issues related to teaching children and their future teachers."

"Timely, relevant news articles for kids, educators in the classroom and parents at home."

"A whisper phone can help kids quietly read out loud without bothering other students. A whisper phone can also help a student hear herself read aloud. Some educators think this helps to build reading fluency. These instructions make 60 whisper phone. Total spent is $24.45 + tax for 60 whisper phone. That is 41 cents each. That is much better than the $1-3 teacher supply stores charge."

Tons of great resources about teaching kids about earthquakes as well as seismic research, data, and activities.  Sponsored by the US National Science Foundation.

Teaching Fractions on iTunes U by ADEs k-6