Winter Doldrums: How About Trying These Solutions?

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/virtual-field-trips

Ten of the best virtual field trips

 http://www.eschoolnews.com/2013/04/07/ten-of-the-best-virtual-field-trips/

Online Museums Virtual Tours

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/01/20-wonderful-online-museums-and-sites.html 

TED-Ed Clubs

http://support.ed.ted.com/customer/portal/topics/523862-ted-ed-clubs/articles 

Cool Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom 

http://www.teachhub.com/using-skype-classroom

National Poetry Slam

https://www.facebook.com/NationalPoetrySlam

Poetry Slam Inc

https://www.youtube.com/user/thisispoetryslaminc 

And if you're really freezing and getting cabin fever--you can always watch

Lawrence of Arabia

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/

 

 

Making School Better--the Grassroots Way

School Garden!

Big Ideas for Better Schools: Ten Ways to Improve Education

http://www.edutopia.org/big-ideas-better-schools 

 65 Ways Students Can Change Schools

http://www.soundout.org/article.115.html 

How to Make School Better for Boys

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/09/how-to-make-school-better-for-boys/279635/ 

Make Your School a Better Workplace

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/make-your-school-better-workplace 

Changes Schools Should Make to Better Serve Students: A Student's View

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adora-svitak/changes-schools-should-ma_b_829406.html 

Poetry Slam!

10 Big Ideas to Improve Your Schools 

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3752306

How to Improve Your School

http://www.wikihow.com/Improve-Your-School 

Ten easy ways to help your child's school

http://www.greatschools.org/improvement/volunteering/19-easy-ways-to-help.gs