HIGHLIGHT MONDAY: Successful Teaching Blog

I came across Pat Hensley's blog Successful Teaching when looking for quality sites by and for teachers.  This blog is full of great information, strategies and ideas for all grades and all types of teaching.  Pat taught special education for 30 years and now teaches graduate courses at Furman University.  In 2006 she was chosen as Teacher of the Year- which is quite the accomplishment!

Check out her great insights and if you have any any desire to be a teacher or are a teacher and needs some ideas- be sure to check out her blog.

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Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 8/13/10

Here are some interesting sites that I’ve found this week, thanks to my PLN. 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!

Video ANT – online tool that takes web-based videos and lets you annotate it. I think this would be great for students to use as the class watches the video.

My Wonderful World – great resources to help teachers teach geography in the classroom

BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper – great resources to help with many different subjects

Whyville – “Welcome! Whyville is a virtual world geared for teen and pre-teen girls and boys. Whyville's millions of registered "citizens" come from all over to learn, create, and have fun together. Whyville is their world. Whyville has places to go, things to do, and of course, people to see. Whyville has its own newspaper, its own Senators, its own beach, museum, City Hall and town square, its own suburbia, and even its own economy - citizens earn "clams" by playing educational games. And much, much, much more!”

Book Adventure – “Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning.”

Posted on the Successful Teaching Blog by loonyhiker (successfulteaching at gmail dot com).

Original image: Tools by Pat Hensley