Where Are the Math Girls?

07/14/2012Interviews, Mathematics, STEM Subjectsgender issues, girls and math, girls and STEM, math applications, number senseJohn Norton

A single teacher in a school can be the decisive factor in getting girls excited about mathematics, says teacher-author Jessica Shumway in this MiddleWeb interview.

Keep Up with YA Books

07/11/2012English/LA, Resources#summerreading, audiobooks, book finder app, infographics, tween books, writers' tween memories, YA booksSusan Curtis

Keeping up with YA books just got easier, thanks to YALSA’s free app, Teen Book Finder. Lots, too, on what’s ahead, audiobooks & book trailers, kids’ favorites.

Learn like Luke Skywalker

07/10/2012Articles, Passion Based Learningconnected learning, connected teacher communities, inquiry, learn like kindergarten, passion based learningMiddleWeb

Paradigm-shifting PD leader Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach tells a story about her grandson to illustrate the power of passion-based learning.

Two Way Twitter PD

07/05/2012Professional Learning, Resources21st century learning, microblogging, technologySusan Curtis

Bits of information cordoned off into 140 character chunks can promote professional growth, if you know how to find and use them. Our Resource Roundup can help.

Student Web ID: 5 Big Ideas

06/28/2012Articles, Digital Learning, Student Supportdigital footprints, eportfolios, student bloggingMiddleWeb

Teacher-librarian Jenny Luca explains her school’s commitment to helping students develop ePortfolios and good digital footprints.

Our Webinar for New Teachers

04/17/2012MiddleWeb, New Teachers, Webinarsmiddle grades, middle school, new teacher advice, new teachers, webinarMiddleWeb

Our MiddleWeb webinar for new middle grades teachers was a great success. View the video of the 90-min. session and peruse the handouts, slides and related links from Rick Wormeli, Heather Wolpert-Gawron, Elizabeth Stein and Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach.

QR Code & vCard Shortcodes

QR Code Shortcode Usage [qr data="" Any string that you want to encode into a QR code is_link="true" If true, the code image will be a link to a higher resolution QR code width="200" width of the code image in pixels height="200" height of the … Continue reading QR Code & vCard Shortcodes →

Video Shortcodes

Normal (old-style) Video Shortcodes This is the normal way display videos by using a Flash-based player such as FlowPlayer. Since this is using normal videos use Flash, these do not play in iPhones and iPads. [infobox]Use the HTML5 video shortcode instead unless you really want to display Flash[/infobox] SWF Shortcode Explanation [pre][video_swf width=”560″ … Continue reading Video Shortcodes →

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