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**Community Appreciation:**
 Motivation/Effort/Mindsets: @http://www.wholechildeducation.org/blog/improving-motivation-and-achievement-through-a-growth-mindset?utm_source=ascdexpress&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=express915 @http://www.mindsetworks.com/ @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWv1VdDeoRY&feature=youtu.be @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn966v5INaI @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DObM7Ms-v7Y @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGvR_0mNpWM @http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/whats-your-learning-disposition-how-to-foster-students-mindsets/ @http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/what-if-we-assigned-students-work-that-matters-outside-of-school/ http://www.edutopia.org/blog/intrinsic-motivation-growth-mindset-writing-amy-conley

Compassion/Gratitude/Empathy: @http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/grateful_schools_happy_schools @http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_foster_gratitude_in_schools @http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/exploring-the-idea-of-happiness-as-part-of-school-work/ @http://www.newtechnetwork.org/services/resources/global-happiness-project @http://www.dailygood.org/story/707/how-to-foster-generosity-in-students-vicki-zakrzewski/ @http://www.csee.org/

Cultivating Passionate Learners: @http://www.middleweb.com/15041/achieve-uncommon-teaching-inside-common-core/ @http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/hnttv.htm

A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change (Jan 2011) by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown
 * Ideas for Faculty Summer Reading:**

General:
[|The Core Knowledge Sequence, K-8] [|Best Practices (MS Focus)] [|MERLOT: Juried Lesson Plans, Resources on Pedagogy]

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• **[|Michael][|Wesch][| (][|Youtube][| Channel),]including “A Vision of Students Today”** =====

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• **[|“Framework for 21]****[|st]****[| Century Learning”]** =====

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• **[|“Comparing 20]****[|th]****[| and 21]****[|st]****[| Century Paradigms”]** =====

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• **[|Will][|Richardson, “A Superintendent Leading Change][|”]** ===== • **Student Engagement**  • **[|Edutopia][|: “Big Ideas for Better Schools: Ten Ways to Improve Education”]**  • **Digital Divide**   • **[|Wikipedia: “Digital Divide”]**



English and Language Arts:
Here's the website about poetry where I was interested in entering our students' podcasts. The poetry reading of "I'm Nobody..." is great. I was thinking we could have the students do this, but with a twist by focusing on parts of speech. -- Dorothy

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Mathematics:
> Math Resources Page > [|Conversions]

**History and Social Studies:**
National Council for the Social Studies [| 21st Century Skills] [|Social Studies and the Middle School] [|Landmark Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court] [|Art Education in the Social Studies] [|The Paragon Vision]

**Science:**
> Online Physics resources available from Moodle Physics page

**Skills:**

 * Technology Tools:**


 * Timelines at Blinklist: []**
 * Produce your own timelines or search timelines created by others.**


 * Brave New World: Best 2.0 Sites: []**
 * Create your own customized radio station, set up RSS feeds, produce easy web pages, etc.**


 * Rubistar: []**
 * Create rubrics for your classes.**


 * Webquests:**

Home
 * Best Webquests: []**
 * Reviewed webquests by subject area.**


 * General:**


 * [|Big 6:]** Great program for developing research skills

Timeline in Excel (just google for more, this is the first that came up): []

For collecting and sharing resources in the "cloud":

[|Zotero:] requires a download

[|Zoho Notebook](requires a log-in)

Also try [|diigo] groups -- students can set up their own accounts, annotate, and share