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.
the dirigible plum 
3 responses to “Sunday Salon: Weekly Links 12/29/13”
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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