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A Message of Hope: Patricia MacLachlan, Steven Kellogg on "Snowflakes Fall"
In honor of the Sandy Hook victims this lovely story is written by Patricia MacLachlan and illustrated by Steven Kellogg.  Click on the link above to read more about this story.


Growing an Early Literacy Initiative in Wisconsin 
This initiative along with 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program provides powerful ideas to share with families in our schools and communities.  You don't teach Early Childhood or Kindergarten?  

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Computer Science Education Week  is December 9-15, 2013

This week is Computer Science Education Week and the linked site above has many fantastic opportunties to explore coding with students with teaching the Hour of Code in your classroom. Check out videos featuring Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Black Eyed Peas founder will.i.am and NBA star Chris Bosh sharing the importance of students learning programming. Consider sharing information from the following PDF titled "What is Computer Science and What do People Do Once They Know It?"

http://csedweek.org/files/What_is_CS_and_Careers.pdf and share information from the site Computing Degrees and Careers.  Finally, check out the infographic titled What's wrong with this picture? to see stats about computer science and computer programming.

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Engaging Students
Student engagement is a critical component throughout the 21st Century Framework.  The following infographic titled, 10 Ways to Get Students Engaged and the article and infographic titled, A Must See Visual Featuring The 5 Levels of Student Engagement both share ideas to consider.  In Personalized Learning, the following infographic increases connectivity and engagement in the classroom  A Wonderful Graphic on How to Increase Connectivity and Engagement in Class.  All of these are suggestions to evaluate what you already are doing in your classroom and what aspects are plausible ideas to integrate into your teaching.  Student engagement increases student achievement.