animal units?

picture books, great list

Great list

Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners. With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers- whether they're just starting out with search, or ready for more advanced training.

When we get together with others, even at a weekly meeting, it either works, or it doesn't. For me, it works - If everything is on the line, if in any given moment, someone is going to say or do something that might just change everything - If there's vulnerability and openness and connection .If there's support If it's part of a movement

Interesting ideas 'challenging the look and form of scholarships'

could be a good way to remix music for a project

A blog post that explains how to read and write in a blog and provides an overview of the architecture and vocabulary of a blog.

"Children have infinite potential. Play is a natural vehicle for learning. Joy is most often found in simple things. Give children the space to create and the time to grow. Curiosity, imagination and creativity are timeless tools. Asking children questions is more powerful than telling them things. All children have basic needs, such as love and belongingness. Never underestimate the power of one caring adult in a child's life. Persistence, persistence, persistence pays off. Expect the unexpected. We need to strive to make learning transformational. There is a child in all of us."

I like this! "sharing discoveries is more efficient and honorable than patenting them"

nice graphic for a writing lesson

Claco, ClassDojo, Diigo, DropBox, Edmondo, Evernote, Glogster, Google Apps, Google Drive, Google Hangout, KidBlog, LiveBinders, Pinterest, Socrative, ThingLink, Storify, Twitter, Wordle

An Ignite presenter only has five minutes to speak about the topic, and 20 slides to do so. Every 15 seconds, slides are moved along automatically.  Ignite is similar to PechaKucha, where you have 20 slides that change every 20 seconds