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This article from 2014 discusses the implications of using social media in the classroom. It emphasizes the benefits that a social media presence can have, rather than the dangers that most schools associate with using social media, like Facebook, in the classroom.

With summer in the southern hemisphere, long days combined with school holidays for school teachers create the perfect opportunity to relax with a good book. Here are five great reads that might spark some curiosity and keep the brain working over the break.

If you are interested in building a classroom culture where thinking is noticed, named and celebrated, there are three books which make essential reading. They provide clear evidence for why teachers should focus their efforts on encouraging and normalising thinking and offer research-backed strategies to support this. The books are the result of ongoing research by Harvard's Project Zero and their lead author Ron Ritchhart.

Preparing for a CSET test is no joke and cramming for it is unheard of. You must be well aware by now as a teacher, that a certification exam will require thorough memorization, practice, and review and application. When you prepare well head of time, you are able to exhaust all efforts and resources into reviewing for the exam. This is essential because reading through a CSET multiple subjects study guide and taking the subjects practice test are not sufficient when you review, thus you will need all the help you can get to pass the test. So, what do you have to do to prep up for a CSET test?

"if responding personally to text isn't leading students to deeper understanding, then where should teachers turn to help students improve their comprehension? We should turn to the text itself. Enter close reading."

"a shared close reading of a complex text in which students propose emerging understandings, supported by textual evidence, with occasional reminders and re-direction by teacher-facilitators."

"Writing appropriate emails is part of being a good digital citizen! Students (even digital natives) are not born with knowing the rules and responsibilities. Just as they need to learn to answer and talk on the phone, they need to learn about e-mail writing in an academic setting (to their teachers, Skype partners, project collaborators, administration or their classmates regarding school business)."

QR Voice is a free tool that allows you to create QR codes that when scanned will play a short audio message. To create your message and QR code you can record a voice message by clicking the microphone icon on QR Voice or you can type in your message. Either way you're limited to 100 characters. QR Voice is offered in Spanish, English, Japanese, and Portuguese.

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