Free MATH Videos --- that's right FREE!!!

   Maths Master offers short instructional videos for learning basic arithmetic and algebra. Maths Master is also working on developing video instruction on probability and geometry. The videos can be viewed on the Maths Master site or downloaded via iTunesU.
Click on the logo above to be taken to their website!!

A great website for all grade levels and subjects relating to Mathematics!!

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A great source of information regarding Bullying & Cyber Bullying...

The Problem

1. Every day, 60,000 students miss school due to fear or intimidation by a bully.

2. Almost 30% of teens in the United States (or over 5.7 million) are estimated to be involved in bullying.

3. 10% of students drop out of school because of repeated bullying.

4. Bullying increases through elementary grades and peaks in middle school.

5. Bullies are six times more likely to commit a crime.


Take a look at the Principal's Essentials website for additional materials and posters that can be downloaded and used the classroom. Together WE can STOP Bullying!

CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE to link to the website. 

Scholastic Math Hub - A Great Resource!!!

Get Students Talking about Math!

How does a teacher find the best way to engage students in thoughtful discussion, connect students to the material, and ask good questions that encourage them to think with depth and curiosity? Our partners at Math Solutions have worked hard to make Math Talk easy to manage in your classroom by identifying the elements and methods that make for successful math discourse.

The Math Hub is a place for learning and sharing expertise about the use of adaptive technology to increase math achievement. Join the conversation, visit the Math Hub!

Click on the picture to go to Tom Snyder's MATH HUB

The Cost of Dropping Out!

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Google Supports Bloom's Taxonomy... check it out!!

Kathy Schrock has created a "linkable" page that has Bloom's Taxonomy (revised) that show's how Google Tools and applications can be used in the classroom. This is a great tool for teachers that want to learn how to use technology as a tool in getting students moving through the levels of Bloom's hierarchy. Check it out at the link below!

http://kathyschrock.net/googleblooms/


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Personal Learning Networks - A "MUST" for new teachers...

A PLN is a way to make connections and share ideas and resources. As I have become friends on Facebook and determined who to follow on Twitter I have found that a Personal Learning Network is a great tool for a new teacher. 

But it doesn't have to start with the ones you've never met anywhere except online -- you can have one with colleagues that you work with. This means that you share tips, techniques, and ideas that you have found. It may mean that there is a "teacher blog" at the school so that those that wish to contribute can do so without the "face-to-face" obligation. Sometimes its easier to jot down a few lines in blog, than it is to ask questions or feel that you are interrupting your fellow colleagues with things that you think you should already know. But the one thing I have found on this Journey Toward Education is that "no one has all the answers" to all the of the questions that we face as educators on a day-to-day basis. What works in your classroom may also work in someone else's and what works in their may work in yours, but if the two of you never talk more than the simple "hello" in the hallway as you way students change classes then neither of you benefit from the "experiences" that we accumulate on a daily basis. 

Thus here is a great link that I found on David Andrade's blog that listed all of the online connections that I've been using, plus a few more that I didn't know existed. 

Why not start your own PLN and then link together with those in your building, your district and as always "around the globe".   After all we are much more globally impacted than we realize and it's now time to work together as a global community!

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Use technology to get parents involved....

"Schools need to reach out to parents and get them involved in the school. Schools should also help parents with helping their children succeed." This is from "educationaltechnologyguy"'s blog and is a great read on how to help get the parents involved in the education and learning of their children.


So many of the younger children's parents are "tech" savvy that we need to make sure that we get the K-3 group wired together for class-learners-parents-schools.


Check out David Andrade's blog post to find out how we can all benefit. 

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