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Resources for the Days of Remembrance – Nation’s Annual Commemoration of the Holocaust

Congress established the Days of Remembrance as the nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust and created the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as a permanent living memorial to the victims. This year’s Holocaust remembrance week is May 1–8, 2011. The theme designated by the Museum for the 2011 observance is Justice and Accountability in the […]

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Have You Registered with Brokers of Expertise?

For many reasons, we are excited that CDE has officially launched the Brokers of Expertise website.  This dynamic, interactive site offers California educators opportunities to connect as a community of teaching professionals and, collaboratively, create resources and/or take the existing resources (such as Thinkfinity) to new levels of best practice. If you’re new to Brokers […]

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Test Taking Tips for the 2011 CSTs

For the many of you who thoroughly enjoyed  last year’s The Secret to CST, we have great news: Rudy Alfonso’s 5th grade filmmakers have just released the sequel, The CST 2011.  Enjoy – and share with your students! You can also watch the movie on Calaxy – K12HSN or Vimeo. Knowing how much students (and […]

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Online Resourses for Igniting National Poetry Month

 If you have been looking for lessons, new ideas and resources, and maybe a little inspiration to ignite your celebration of National Poetry Month,  check out the ten sites I’ve listed below. I’m betting you’ll find at least one activity you can use tomorrow!  #1 – Scholastic’s April Is National Poetry Month –  Tons of ideas […]

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First Grader Filmmakers Help with Japan Relief Effort

An up-and-coming screenplay writer in Skye Smith’s 1st grade classroom at Prairie Elementary also has a starring role in the soon-to-be-released video  Ants in Your Pants. With a bit of directing from her teacher and much encouragement and support from her classmates, this young writer has moved through the process of taking a story from a  draft to a multimedia […]

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Japan’s Disaster – From Learning to Action

If you are looking for projects that allow your students to take what they are learning about the aftermath of Japan’s  earthquake and transform learning into action, we recommend visiting the Students Rebuild website. This non-profit organization,  initially founded to help rebuild Haiti, is now partnering with DoSomething.org to provide students with a worldwide way […]

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Beyond the Post – Seattle

Today we are joining you from the Jewish Day School in Seattle, Washington.  Our workshop focus will be on technology as a tool for curriculum development. Part 1 – Technology in Curriculum Development Let’s start with a closer look at the samples shared in this morning’s keynote address. Starting with our 1st grader English Language […]

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