Making Friends.com

I just found makingfriends.com and thought it was cool. Hopefully you will too :)

http://www.makingfriends.com/

TED talks: Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

keeping art in school .org

http://www.keepartsinschools.org/index.php

The Philadelphia Learning Guide

Here is a cool web-sight listing all kinds of educational resource programs in Philadelphia. You can even list your own classes or promote your own business.

http://philadelphia.learningguidenetwork.com/index.cfm

Learner.org

I just found Learner.org, a part of the Annenberg Foundation that provides a number of educational programs for free online. I haven't had a chance to sit down and watch any one the programs, but I am looking forward to many of them.

Video programs accessible online include:

America's History in the Making

The Art of Teaching the Arts: A Workshop for High School Teachers

Art of the Western World

The Arts in Every Classroom: A Video Library

Advancing Excellent Teaching in American Schools

Annenberg Media uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers. It is part ofThe Annenberg Foundation and advances the Foundation's goal of encouraging the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge.

Annenberg Media's multimedia resources help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods. Many programs are also intended for students in the classroom and viewers at home. All Annenberg Media videos exemplify excellent teaching.

21st century Skills Map for the Arts

download and print the 21st century Skills Map for the Arts here.

http://p21.org/documents/P21_arts_map_final.pdf

Officials: 3rd Graders Plotted to Kill Teacher

Officials in Georgia have thwarted a plot by a group of third-grade special education students to kill their teacher.

Officials at the Center Elementary School in Waycross, Ga., learned of the plot on March 28, when a student told authorities about the plan before the start of the school day, the Waycross Journal-Herald reports.

The plot by as many as nine boys and girls was a serious threat, Waycross Police Chief Tony Tanner said Tuesday.

The students allegedly brought to school a broken steak knife, a roll of duct tape, handcuffs, ribbon and a crystal paperweight in a bid to kill their teacher, Belle Carter, the paper reports.

"We did not hear anybody say they intended to kill her, but could they have accidentally killed her? Absolutely," Tanner said. "We feel like if they weren't interrupted, there would have been an attempt. Would they have been successful? We don't know."

The children, ages 8 and 9, were apparently mad at the teacher because she had scolded one of them for standing on a chair, Tanner said.

"It’s our understanding that she did in fact discipline one of the students, and they did not like it, he told FOX News. "After that, she began to plot revenge on the teacher."