With the pilot phase completed, Google Classroom is now live for all Google Apps for Education users. Designed to be a free learning management system, Classroom laces together the functionality found within Google Drive, Docs, and Gmail in an effort to help teachers "save time, keep classes organized, and improve communication with students." Behaving as a support system, … [Read more...] about Google Launches Free Online Teaching Tool: Classroom
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Children’s Book Illustrators and Scholastic Come Together to Promote Reading
Award-winning illustrators of some of the best known children's book series have come together with Scholastic to support a new literacy initiative, "Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life." Thirteen illustrators each made their own artistic representations of Scholastic's theme, all focused on the love of reading. “This year’s Read Every Day artwork exemplifies the joys and … [Read more...] about Children’s Book Illustrators and Scholastic Come Together to Promote Reading
E-readers – The Future of Public Education
I graduated from college in the mid-nineties and began my first teaching job in a rural Alabama public high school. It wasn’t long before the shine of my diploma wore off and the reality of my students’ lack of academic ability took hold of me. I did my best to help my students improve; sometimes we all enjoyed success and other times it didn’t go as well. But when I … [Read more...] about E-readers – The Future of Public Education