Edutopia+Resources

Contributed by Krista Whittleman  
 * Edutopia: Education Headline News **

http://www.edutopia.org/groups/education-headline-news Headline News offers educators a variety of news stories related to the field of education.
 * Description **

Educators can utilize this site to stay knowledgeable about current events related to education. Opinion can be offered and content added in the form of blogs.
 * Purpose **

Betty Ray
 * Facilitator **

The George Lucas Educational Foundation
 * Owner **

** Types of Resources ** Headline News offers news stories related to education from sources such as magazines and newspapers in the USA and abroad.

** Evaluation of the Utility ** This site is moderated by Betty Ray who not only provides resources and blog comments to provoke thinking, but responds to the blogs of others. The articles are appropriate to the field of education and allows capabilities like RSS feeds and blogging.


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Educators of middle school students can post questions or lesson plans to help other educators of this grade level.
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Heather Wolpert-Gawron, middle school teacher
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The George Lucas Educational Foundation
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Educators can find information such as good books for young adolescents, how to help students struggling in math, discipline that works, professional development, and differentiation lessons.
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**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16pt;">Edutopia: Multimedia Writing ** Multimedia Writing targets ways in which students communicate, particularly through writing, across the curriculum.
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Educators can visit this site to learn about a variety of writing tools being used by teachers.
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Gail Desler, Technology Integration Specialist Troy Hicks, Director of the Chippewa River Writing Project
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The George Lucas Educational Foundation
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This site is a good place to examine alternative writing lessons. There are discussions concerning blogging, teaching with visual arts, helping reluctant readers, using Power Point, and creating an original stories through wikis.
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Although it doesn’t have as many blog postings as some groups, it has offered interesting information and helpful suggestions in regard to writing in the classroom.
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