Archive for the ‘December 2009’ Category
By Teachers.Net News Desk • Dec 22nd, 2009

Protesters chanted, "Global warming is no snow job!"
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By Teachers.Net News Desk • Dec 22nd, 2009
According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while
both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer
each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning
of winter, usually late November to mid-December. Female
reindeer retain …
By Teachers.Net News Desk • Dec 10th, 2009
Clayton State University’s Hollowell Publishes ‘The Forgotten Room – Inside a Public Alternative School for At-Risk Youth‘
Legislation Introduced to Protect Children from Misuse of Seclusion
Dr. Mary Hollowell, an associate professor of Teacher Education at Clayton State …
By Todd R. Nelson • Dec 1st, 2009
On the wall above my desk are two pieces of precious spontaneous play/art that inspire me every day. One is a crazy confusion of wooden scraps that my son Spencer glued up from pieces of baseboard molding, construction scraps and dowels. The other is his wooden helicopter made in his third grade shop class. Both are pieces of genius: covered in gloppy, pointillist paint jobs; fully working rotors, and carefully thought-out appendages—antennae, guns, fishing rods? I have no idea. But both convey hours of imaginative use of humble materials....
By Mohammed Alfadhel • Dec 1st, 2009
To correct students' mistakes has always been, and will always be the concern of most teachers. To begin with, it is crucial to emphasize that no one is above knowledge, including teachers. Mistakes are part of our life; we all make mistakes now and then. There is nothing wrong with making mistakes as long as we learn from them and avoid repeating them over and over.
By Marjan Glavac • Dec 1st, 2009
MATHFROG is a free mathematics site of Fun Resources and Online Games for parents, teachers and students in grades 4, 5 and 6. Great games and activities are available here to teach patterning, probability, geoboard, geometer’s sketchpad, pie charts, fractions, tangrams and more.
By Allison Gray - Rasmussen College • Dec 1st, 2009
An annotated list of 50 web tools to help teachers with lesson planning, research and productivity! By Rasmussen College.
By Marla Weinstein • Dec 1st, 2009
NEW! Poetry Corner! Enjoy this month's poetic offerings!
By Ron Victoria • Dec 1st, 2009
December is:
National Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention Month
National Stress-Free Family Holidays Month
Universal Human Rights Month
Safe Toys and Gifts Month.
Dec. 1 is … National Pie and Eat a Red Apple Days
Dec. 2 is … National …
By Alan Haskvitz • Dec 1st, 2009
There is simply no need to spend so much $$$ on technology! There are alternatives that offer the same for less money.