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With the 2.0 teaching community getting bigger by the day, there are endless options to look for lessons.  

You can gain the expertise of veteran teachers, the resources of major news agencies, ed tech capabilities that would make Bill Gates jealous or just the combined brainstorm of innumerable teachers around the world , all with the click of a mouse.

To save you the time of wading through the thousands of sites out there, we've compiled the Top 12 go-to websites when looking for lessons:

Roxanna Elden was sick and tired of "too perfect" teaching manuals that didn't relate to her nightmarish first year in the classroom, so she decided to add her sharp wit and realistic, practical advice from fellow educators to make her own. 

Her book See Me After Class has “sarcastic humor mixed with gentle, tangible advice…. a quick and easy read by someone who doesn’t take herself too seriously. I wish I could give every teacher I supervise a copy of this book.”

Roxanna and Kaplan publishing were kind enough to give us a sneak peak inside See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers By Teachers.

There is a shift afoot in education. The wind is changing. This new digital wind is haling from a virtual world.

Students today need to be immersed in what they are learning - not dealing only with static things like pictures, books, and to some degree even movies. An immersive world allows the student to move, talk, build, and connect with the very information that they are learning - they can be surrounded by it and then they can contribute to it.

One of the challenges many teachers and parents face is keeping children on task while doing their class work or homework. Time management on small tasks, such as spelling homework or a math assignment, can be very difficult for young children. The task is repetitive and they tend to let their mind wander.

Here are my tips to making time management lessons effective and fun for students.

Are the pressures from administrators, parents and life outside of school hurting your teaching?

I’ve spent my career working with highly demanding urban high turnaround and selective enrollment high schools. There is no shortage of challenge and negative energy in these environments, yet I’ve seen that all my successful teachers share this idea of positive thoughts and a positive demeanor when working with students. 

Staying positive is no easy task, but these five positivity strategies will give you the tools to maintain an outlook that leads you and your students to perform your best.