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Friday, April 30, 2010

Weekly Reader Reboot, New Community College Blog & More

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Weekly Reader Gets a Reboot! - The enduring children's magazine (I loved reading them in elementary school myself) has launched a new ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Why We Fail at Teaching the Language of Data

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May 2010's Wired magazine has an interesting article by Clive Thompson on why we should learn the language of data . In short, he argu...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Fun and Easy DIY Tetris-Style Magnetic Blocks

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It's no secret to longtime readers of this blog that I'm a huge Tetris fan, and not just because it's fun: I've shared with ...
Friday, April 23, 2010

2 Things Every Teacher Deals With, Go Green & More

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Teacher. [Look at my happy rainbow!] - Mr. Halpern shares a story about his students playing "school," with one pretending to b...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Free Shipping Coupon for 'Ten Cheap Lessons'

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Just got word of a free shipping coupon you can use to get Ten Cheap Lessons: Second Edition from Lulu.com : Just enter the code FREEMAI...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Teachers Share Their Best Brain Breaks & Contest Winners!

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Over the last two weeks, teachers have been sending in their best ideas for brain breaks .  A brain break is a simple mental and physical ex...
Friday, April 16, 2010

Cookbook Math, Great Board Game & PSA Project Idea

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Math for America deadlines approaching [Math Be Brave] - Jesse sends out a reminder about two of the important program's fellowships fo...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Earth Day Lesson Ideas and Resources

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Earth Day Celebrates its 40th Anniversary on April 22, 2010! Forty years ago, on April 22, 1970, more than 20 million people converged in ...
Monday, April 12, 2010

'Energizing Brain Breaks' Contest Extended 1 More Week!

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Last week, I reviewed the book Energizing Brain Breaks , a treasure trove of simple ideas for engaging students in just a minute or two.  I ...

The Future of Education, in the Palm of Your Hand

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The cover story in April's issue of Fast Company , A Is for App: How Smartphones, Handheld Computers Sparked an Educational Revolution ...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

Math Teacher Fights His Own Shadow [Video]

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Now this is how you use an LCD projector in the classroom: Read more about this video on mental_floss .
Friday, April 9, 2010

Honest Abe, Math Madness, and Frankie Was Right

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High school teacher turns March Madness into 'Math Madness' - Read how Bay Area teacher Sol Henik engaged his students with some fr...
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Tom DeRosa
McAllen, TX, United States
I am a former teacher, writer and blogger living in the Rio Grande Valley. A proud Teach For America alumnus (RGV 03), I've taught math and social studies for years in a variety of school types and grade levels. I was born and raised in New Jersey.
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