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Education. Special Education Teaching : Teaching Strategies in Special Education. Special Education Teaching : Teaching Language Life Skills to Special Education Students. Teaching Tips: ADD / ADHD. Adhd-resource-pt2. Support Blogging! - Links to School Bloggers. The Top 100 Bloggers of 2013: Ten Niches, Ten Bloggers!

Support Blogging! - Links to School Bloggers

Welcome to this compilation of the top 100 bloggers of 2013! I’m going to go through ten separate categories and take a quick look at all the best and brightest from those markets. Ranging from health and fitness to SEO and internet marketing, there’s a lot of fantastic bloggers. This list won’t be the be-all and end-all of the ultimate blogging enthusiasts, but it will feature many bloggers who have stood out and are pretty recognisable in their respective niches. So without further ado, let’s dive right in! Top 10 Social Media/Internet Marketing Bloggers Jeff Bullas – Jeff Bullas is a very popular social media blogger, who runs a popular blog all about social media and online market (bet you weren’t expecting that!.

Jason Keath – Jason founded Social Fresh, a social media company that has grown exponentially since its inception back in 2008. Kim Garst ­– Kim runs both a personal blog as well as Boom! Stanford Smith ­– Mr. Educational Technology Guy. Using Sign Language in the Classroom « Mrs. Kilburn's Kiddos. There is a TON of reserch out there supporting the use of sign language in the classroom regardless of whether or not you have hearing impaired students.

Using Sign Language in the Classroom « Mrs. Kilburn's Kiddos

Check out this teaching tip to use sign language in the classroom to assist with classroom management: Incorporating sign language into your early childhood classroom not only assists with classroom management, but it is also promotes the long term retention of concepts by utilizing various modalities during instruction (to learn more about Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences click here). In my classroom, we use simple signs in a variety of ways. Probably my favorite way to incorporate sign language in the classroom is with music. Ignite. Incite. Inspire. Michigan Teaching Jobs. Teachers and Budget Cuts - How Budget Cuts Affect Teachers. Teachers feel the brunt of educational budget cuts in many ways.

Teachers and Budget Cuts - How Budget Cuts Affect Teachers

In a field where in good times about 20% of teachers leave the profession in the first three years, budget cuts mean less incentive for educators to continue teaching. Following are ten ways that budget cuts harm teachers and accordingly their students. Less Pay Obviously, this is a big one. Lucky teachers will just have their pay raises reduced to close to nothing. Less Spent on Employee Benefits Many school districts pay for at least part of their teachers benefits. Less to Spend on Materials One of the first things to go with budget cuts is the already small discretionary fund that teachers get at the beginning of the year. Less School-Wide Material and Technology Purchases With less money, schools often cut their school-wide technology and material budgets.

Delays for New Textbooks Many teachers only have outdated textbooks to give their students. Less Professional Development Opportunities Less Electives Larger Classes.