Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 2/15/08

Here are some interesting sites that I’ve found interesting this week. As a teacher, I feel we have to keep up to date concerning research in our field and current issues in the education system. I hope some of these inspire you, inform you, and even have you asking questions. Thank you for coming by and visiting!

Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn

Buzzillions: Read product reviews. Great to teach students comparison shopping.

Flypaper - is a way to create, edit and share Flash-quality content that can be used for live presentations or over the web. I haven’t tried this but it looked interesting in case anyone wanted to give a try.

Cyberbullying – great intro to open discussion about cyberbullying

Build Your Wild Self - something fun to do plus learning about different wild animals. You can use parts of each animal to build a new you!