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• 5 Professional Development Sites Every Teacher Should Knowby Contributor - Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 Technology has opened the door to new educational experiences for both teachers and students. One way that it has helped teachers ... More >>
• National PTA Questions How Much Homework is Too Muchby Contributor - Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 Parents and students alike often struggle with the amount of homework given and expected for each course. Multiple research ... More >>
• Environmental Literacy: A Vital Topic in the Modern K-12 Classroomby Contributor - Thursday, Apr 26th 2012 “Preparing our students to be good environmental citizens is some of the most important work any of us can do. It is for our ... More >>
• What NCLB Waivers Mean for Statesby Contributor - Tuesday, Mar 20th 2012 To circumvent congressional gridlock and promote the Obama Administration’s “We Can’t Wait” educational initiatives, ... More >>
• Clothes That Clean Themselvesby Shannon Cde Baca - Friday, Jan 27th 2012I just put a load of clothing in my washer.  I used to add a cup of detergent now the new technology calls for a tablespoon. ... More >>
• Grounding Experiences in Language: Expanding a Child’s Worldby Krysty Krywko - Monday, Jan 23rd 2012 Children’s language development is dependent upon exploration and their growing ability to understanding the world they inhabit. ... More >>
• Teaching STEM with LEGO Educationby - Wednesday, Jan 18th 2012 If you have looked at my work with www.mindsurfers.org or follow me on Twitter, you know that I came to STEM education through ... More >>
• Learning To Listenby Krysty Krywko - Tuesday, Jan 17th 2012 Somewhere along the line, literacy has become reduced to how well a child performs on a standardized reading test. However, ... More >>
• Red Flag Behaviors and Social/Emotional Developmentby Krysty Krywko - Tuesday, Jan 10th 2012 It is in the early childhood classroom where children begin to learn to work cooperatively with other children and adults, assume ... More >>

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• Girls In Scienceby Shannon Cde Baca - Monday, Jan 09th 2012 Several decades ago, the makers of the “Barbie” doll came out with a model that gave a recorded message (among several) that said, “Math is hard.” The company was flooded with letters about the message and the whole event helped to ... More >>
• Teaching STEM with LEGO Educationby - Wednesday, Jan 18th 2012 If you have looked at my work with www.mindsurfers.org or follow me on Twitter, you know that I came to STEM education through my affiliation with LEGO Education. For over 30 years, LEGO Education has been an innovator in the education field, ... More >>
• Learning To Listenby Krysty Krywko - Tuesday, Jan 17th 2012 Somewhere along the line, literacy has become reduced to how well a child performs on a standardized reading test. However, literacy is more than learning how to decode words on a page, it’s also about how a child acquires and uses information, ... More >>
• Using Video in The Classroomby Shannon Cde Baca - Monday, Nov 14th 2011 The old video tape collection has been changed to DVD and now online streaming but the real richness of the media is not in the format. It is in the content and learning how to effectively use that content regardless of the format is part ... More >>
• Putting Students in the Driver's Seatby Shannon Cde Baca - Wednesday, Nov 30th 2011 I have always been a fan of giving students owner rights in the classroom. I think if they share responsibility, they behave better and learn better. This week I am trying to give them more responsibility in generating driving questions for ... More >>
• Clothes That Clean Themselvesby Shannon Cde Baca - Friday, Jan 27th 2012I just put a load of clothing in my washer.  I used to add a cup of detergent now the new technology calls for a tablespoon. If some researchers in China can perfect a technique that allows clothing to clean itself in simple sunlight we may ... More >>
• Environmental Literacy: A Vital Topic in the Modern K-12 Classroomby Contributor - Thursday, Apr 26th 2012 “Preparing our students to be good environmental citizens is some of the most important work any of us can do. It is for our children, and our children’s children, and generations yet to come.” —U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, ... More >>
• Red Flag Behaviors and Social/Emotional Developmentby Krysty Krywko - Tuesday, Jan 10th 2012 It is in the early childhood classroom where children begin to learn to work cooperatively with other children and adults, assume various social roles, and to deal with their full range of emotions and how to express these feelings in age-appropriate ... More >>
• Grounding Experiences in Language: Expanding a Child’s Worldby Krysty Krywko - Monday, Jan 23rd 2012 Children’s language development is dependent upon exploration and their growing ability to understanding the world they inhabit. It is when children learn to listen, question, and to formulate and test their own assumptions that learning ... More >>