Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.5

May 2009

	Cover Story by Matt Levinson
	Schools and Facebook: Moving Too Fast, or Not Fast Enough?
Schools can draw a line in the sand, with zero tolerance rules written into school handbooks, or they can shift with the changing sands of social networking and utilize social networking and Facebook to enhance teaching and learning.
	Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching
	Teachers Are the Greatest Assets
On the first day of school, the teacher across the hall commented to me that my students are "always so good!" It's not the students; it's the procedures that have proven to work. The First Days of School helps me to manage my class, so that I can be an effective teacher.
	Columns
»	Comedy Highlights from Room K-1! Sue Gruber
»	What Will Your Students Remember? Leah Davies
»	My Mrs. Krikorian Todd R. Nelson
»	Discipline Is a Liberating Word Marvin Marshall
»	The Busy Educator's Monthly Five Marjan Glavac
»	Help! Too Much Talk! Not Enough Work! Barbara Pressman
»	Mayan Sites and Paris Easy on the Purse Josette Bonafino
»	The Little Things that Count in Our Schools: Doing Something Different, Simple and Powerful Cheryl Sigmon
»	Teacher Morale Matters Dorothy Rich
»	Team Management - It’s in the Cards Rick Morris
»	Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century Hal Portner
	Articles
»	The Document Camera: A Better Way to Present! Joe Frisk
»	Need a Teaching Job? Here’s Where to Find One Alan Haskvitz
»	Make Twitter an Ally in the Classroom! Alan Haskvitz
»	Teaching Is... Bill Page
»	Celebrating True Heroes Graysen Walles
»	Digital Pens & Touch-Screens Tim Newlin
»	12 Ways to Improve and Enhance Your Paraprofessional- Teacher Experience Susan Fitzell
»	May 2009 Writing Prompts James Wayne
»	Using Photographs To Inspire Writing VII Hank Kellner
»	How to Increase the Number of Physics and Chemistry Majors Stewart E. Brekke
»	Bibliotherapy Booklist for Elementary Students Lisa Bundrick
»	8 Ways to Make Math Magical at School Steve Sherman
»	5 Brainteasers Steve Sherman
»	What Will You Do For Shy Kids? Marjie Braun Knudsen
	Features
»	Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes Barb Stutesman
»	Today Is... Daily Commemoration Ron Victoria
»	The Lighter Side of Teaching
»	Photo Tour: 3rd Grade Classroom
»	Teacher Blogs Showcase
»	Carol Goodrow's Kids Running Printables
»	Dolch word activities, end of first grade test, first grade memory book, map and geography lessons for all levels, IEP progress, and graduation ceremonies songs
»	Video Bytes; Are You Going to Finish Strong?, Antarctica, Ted Talks - Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?, How Big Is Will?, The Sling Shot Man, Styrofoam Cup vs. Deep Sea
»	Live on Teachers.Net: May 2009
»	New Teacher Induction Programs
»	Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers

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