Pernille Ripp suggests teachers choose one idea to try in the New Year–and she provides a list of good possibilities.
I wish all teachers and administrators would read Mark Barnes’s post on the Top 5 Reasons Homework Fails Kids.
You won’t be able to read Ana’s Year in Review post without adding at least a few titles to your wish list.
KidLit Frenzy shares her favorite picture books of the year.
Carrie at There Is a Book for That picks her 13 favorite reads of 2013.
I really enjoy Rohan Maitzen’s blog, Novel Readings, and this post taking stock of her writing in 2013 contains lots of links to significant writing over the year.
I might have to participate in Joy’s Read Along of Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project.
Paul Bogush explains why we should create classrooms where students challenge authority.
George Couros has a thought-provoking post on teaching digital citizenship.
I love Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings site and found this interview about her writing process really interesting.
Kari Wagner-Peck’s post about telling her seven-year-old son he has Down syndrome manages to be both hilarious and poignant.
We’d love to have you along on the Read Along of The Happiness Project!
Thanks for the link to the lovely piece about the mother and her son with Down’s Syndrome — something I would never have thought to read.
So glad you enjoyed the piece by Kari Wagner-Peck! One of the joys of Twitter for me is coming across a piece like this in my feed.
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