Friday, July 2, 2010

MiddleWeb's of Particular Interest Gems

If you are a middle school educator, I strongly recommend that you subscribe to MiddleWeb (http://www.middleweb.com/). It is a great site filled with many interesting articles, book recommendations and blogs. In John Norton's latest email blast, he shares an interesting blog for teachers. His review is below:

MIDDLE SCHOOL 101 Blog
From time to time we feature a teacher blog that we think others will
enjoy reading as much as we have. It's especially cool when teachers
include details of their lessons and projects, as Megan Palevich does
in her blog "Middle School 101." She writes: "I've been teaching
middle school for 15 years and am inspired every day by the students
I teach. I am constantly seeking out meaningful and innovative ways
to teach students to be better people and life-long learners." While
her blog title might seem to suggest she has a novice audience in
mind, there are plenty of good ideas for upperclassmen too.
From time to time we feature a teacher blog that we think others will
enjoy reading as much as we have. It's especially cool when teachers
include details of their lessons and projects, as Megan Palevich does
in her blog "Middle School 101." She writes: "I've been teaching
middle school for 15 years and am inspired every day by the students
I teach. I am constantly seeking out meaningful and innovative ways
to teach students to be better people and life-long learners." While
her blog title might seem to suggest she has a novice audience in
mind, there are plenty of good ideas for upperclassmen too.


Another suggestion from MiddleWeb is this article from Edutopia:

SUMMER REJUVENATION GUIDE
http://bit.ly/edutop-sum-rejuv

Edutopia's "summer rejuvenation guide" for educators is a fun and
potentially useful read. The "10 Tips to Help You Relax, Reflect, and
Recharge for the Coming School Year" emphasize activities and
resources available via the Internet. But you'll also find
suggestions for good summer reading and even some professional
get-away ideas (although most require advance planning. Start now for
Summer 2011?)

2 comments:

LHughes said...

Love the Summer Rejuvenation guide! It has some really fresh and fun ideas. I'm already doing two of them (Try something new and crack the books), but there's a bunch that would be fun to do in future summers :)

Tom Saunders said...

Hi Lauren...thanks for the comments. See you soon!