Lots of Variety Tweets of the Day 8/6/12

The last summer books and activities taste good.

 

And there's a new movie coming out in the fall about the parent trigger law. Will truth be stranger than fiction? I'm betting so.

 1. Parent Trigger Laws: What Leading Thinkers Have To Say 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/06/parent-trigger-laws-what-_n_1745500.html 

2. Structured Groups: Making Group-Work Work 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/structured-groups 

3. Summer Books and Activities

What's Cooking?

http://www.startwithabook.org/booklists/whats-cooking?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

 4. Literacy clinic connects teachers, K-12 students, parents

http://blogs.umsl.edu/news/2012/08/01/literacy-clinic/ 

I didn't do my homework because I don't like dwelling in the past!

5. ‘Homework lady’ talks about effectiveness of assignments

http://blogs.umsl.edu/news/2012/08/06/homework-lady/ 

6. Target Launches 'Give With Target' Initiative To Help Raise $1 Billion For Education (VIDEO) 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/04/give-with-target-education-program-_n_1742978.html?ir=Education 

7. How to Apply - Family Literacy Certificate

http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/degrees-and-certificates/family-literacy-certificate/apply

8. Students Urge Teachers to Embrace Digital Tools

http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/08/02/students-urge-teachers-to-embrace-digital-tools