Sites To See For Educators

First site I discovered online. Very rich, and the folks are most helpful
http://www.edutopia.org/

Big variety of the practical and the theoretical.

http://www.teachhub.com/first-day-school-ideas-teaching-study-skills

The highest, yet clearest, theoretical discussions for real teachers.

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/08/10-ideas-to-get-those-back-to-school-juices-flowing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

mind/shift, teachhub, edu

It's what's happening now in ed tech.

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/08/utahs-stem-action-center-puts-ed-tech-work?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Education Week is information, very journalistic.

http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html

 Reading Rockets-fun and informative. Everything you need to know about reading.
http://www.readingrockets.org/

Learning theory--it's very encouraging.

The Brilliant Blog--Annie Murphy Paul

http://anniemurphypaul.com/blog/

The Educator's Room

 http://theeducatorsroom.com/

 

NPR Education

http://www.npr.org/sections  /education/?ft=1&f=1013

Info for all teachers.

http://www.ncld.org/ 

This is an astoundingly organized, vast amount of Special Needs info. Special Needs Digest.

Special Needs Digest

DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY

 http://www.specialneedsdigest.com

Excellent array of practical and professional articles and info. and just about all Special Needs. A tremendous resource.

Special-ism

http://special-ism.com/#sthash.Ns9ilUwq.dpbs



This last is a well known site for Autism.

Autism Speaks

http://www.autismspeaks.org/


Teachers and parents have many, many more excellent resources. These are the sites I check everyday for my Tweets of the Day. You can get an RSS feed like I have.

Humor Is The Best Medicine--Even During An Election

Let's take a deep breath. 

Step back from the stress-creating hostility and intensity. These aren't too bad jokes--check it out. There is a 'are you liberal or conservative' test to take based on your sense of humor. How creative. Check out the article, you can see the funny people are who came up with these jokes. Thank you NPR.

A Political Litmus Test, In 6 Jokes

 "I see where Santa is over at the Stanford Shopping Center this week. At the Stanford Shopping Center, kids ask Santa what HE wants for Christmas."

 "Took my kids shopping at the Beverly Center. Picked them up a Jurassic Park action figure. I got them the thesaurus. This is a tiny creature who often used flowery language to extricate himself from potentially life threatening situations."

 "I've done my homework and less than 3 percent of the population actually has nut allergies where an Epipen must be busted out. How is it you can't walk within 20 feet of a playground with a Snickers bar [but] a gun...Sure. That's fine."

 "Scientists must explain how it's possible that the tiny island country of Jamaica can at the same time possess all the most stoned people in the world - and all the fastest people in the world."

 "Mother used to feed me casserole, which is a French word meaning 'mom didn't shop' apparently. Because that's what happened. She would literally rifle through the refrigerator every night looking through the leftovers to find a casserole... I love you moms out there, but you know why we have leftovers? We didn't want it the first time.."

 "I just did my taxes.. I did well this year. I didn't have to pay anything. I'll tell you what happened was: Instead of putting my name I wrote General Electric."

http://www.npr.org/2012/09/19/161432682/a-political-litmus-test-in-6-jokes?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20120925 

Hey, Folks, Its the Newport Folk Festival

Where Dylan got his start in 1963.
Want to know more?
http://www.newportfolkfest.net/

Its streaming today on NPR. 
http://www.npr.org/event/music/155839092/newport-folk-festival-2012?ps=cprs

• Saturday, July 28
  
• My Morning Jacket, 6pm
• Guthrie Family Reunion, 5:30pm
• Spirit Family Reunion, 5:15pm
• Iron & Wine, 4:15pm
• Dawes, 4pm
• Sharon Van Etten, 3pm
• Alabama Shakes
• First Aid Kit

• Sunday, July 29
  
• Jackson Browne, 6pm
• Punch Brothers, 5:15pm
• Conor Oberst, 4:45pm
• Of Monsters And Men, 4:15pm
• The Head And The Heart, 3:30pm
• Gary Clark Jr., 3pm
• Charles Bradley, 2pm
• New Multitudes, 1:45pm
• Trampled By Turtles, 1pm
• Joe Fletcher, 12:30pm