Five Questions That Will Improve Your Teaching

Here are the questions that I want to start asking myself this year!

Five Questions That Will Improve Your Teaching

Students visit Sedge Island Marine Conservation Zone to learn a - Video | NJ.com

Students visit Sedge Island Marine Conservation Zone to learn a - Video | NJ.com

Core Curriculum Standards and Special Education

This is a great article regarding the new national CCS and how they relate to the Special Education student. Read how the interpretations of reading and writing have been broadened. Even though there are still some issues that need to be clarified, the message is clear, "Special Education students deserve high standards and educators who know how to deliver them".

http://tinyurl.com/CCSsped

LD OnLine :: Organizational Problems and the Beginning of the School Year

LD OnLine :: Organizational Problems and the Beginning of the School Year

Why is algebra so important?

Why is algebra so important? - Academic Skills | GreatSchools

Using Literature the First Weeks of School | Edutopia

Using Literature the First Weeks of School | Edutopia

Technology That Will Shape Education

Take some time to read this article about the

6 Technologies That Will Shape Education found in The Journal. Check out the list of the 5 critical issues facing education as well.

What are you seeing in your schools?

Technology in The Classroom

A Is for App: How Smartphones, Handheld Computers Sparked an Educational Revolution

Here is another amazing article as proof of how technology is transforming the way we teach!

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/144/a-is-for-app.html

Watching a Digital Nation in Action

Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier

Don't miss the Frontline report that was shown on PBS titled "Digital Nation." It is a must see for ALL educators and parents! I think you will find it both interesting and disturbing.......

Dyslexia Defined

Here is the link to a press release regarding a new study of Dyslexia that is being published in the January issue of the journal Psychological Science. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and University of California Davis, have presented new data that explain the relationship between IQ and reading.

http://www.dys-add.com/YaleIQDyslStudy.pdf

Social Networking

Here is more on the topic of Social Media and Networking......

This link will take you to a Survey of K-12 Educators on Social Networking and Content-Sharing Tools.

http://www.edweb.net/fimages/op/k12Survey.pdf

Social Media in Learning

The use of social media in learning is on the rise. If you are not sure what I am talking about, click on this link below. There you will find a list of "100 examples of the use of social media in learning". This list was created by the Centre for

Learning & Performance Technologies.

It is a MUST read for every education professional....

http://c4lpt.co.uk/handbook/examples.html