For many students, the Internet plays an important role in how they communicate with friends and family. It’s also increasingly being used for a malicious purpose: bullying. Internet bullying, commonly called cyberbullying, is when informational technology is used to subject a child, teen, or *** to harassment, ...

Well you have prepared and prepared and you think that there can’t possibly be anything left to do to get ready for the first day of school for your child.  You have shopped for supplies, bought a new backpack, bought new school clothes, gave your child a new haircut and now you are ready.  So you think, ..  but are you? Are you really ready? ...

How do you facilitate learning in your classroom?  Is work done in desks, tables, up moving around, in bean bag chairs, on the floor, at the board, or in explorations?  The space in which a child learns is important.  If a school gets it wrong, learning can be constrained or even completely stifled.  Some learning rooms are unique learning spaces ...

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As students are creating more and more projects for schools and their work, it is important to provide graphic resources for them to use.  While it is always wise to have the students cite their sources. With this in mind, please find a Symbaloo webmix of 60 (and growing) Educational Graphic sites that will help [...]

Another school year is coming to a close, and many teachers will be evaluated using a new system. After receiving an evaluation, please let me know how the new system worked and where we should go from here.

Great news! Teachers Pay Teachers and Wise Guys are now accepting purchase orders! This is a great way to purchase a large amount of activities through your school account and not have to wait to get reimbursed! It is simple. You still go through the normal process of checkout. But then you will get to a screen that looks like this: Here is ...

Hopefully you've all downloaded my Sticky Notes Digital Literature Unit and Project, but if not...you're in luck!  I've decide to leave it free forever just to say thanks to all of the amazing teachers out there who I work with, blog with, and know around the world.  I appreciate all of you and I hope you all know how much you are ...

I discovered If Peas Could Taste Like Candy and Other Funny Poems for Kids (by Crystal Bowman) on a 50 Best Poetry Books for Kids list. This anthology reminds me of Shel Silverstein’s work. The poems are on a white background and often accompanied by pencil drawings by Lynn Jeffery. Many of the illustrations reflect the lines of poetry while ...

Discussion boards is a great way to get your questions answered, especially for students.  It would be a great idea to set up a discussion board for just you classes or school, but most of the time the discussion boards are online and for everyone.  There are discussion boards for AP Calculus listed below.  This is great for teachers who haven't ...