- Invite students to try this simple, unique way to create poetry. It reminds of those magnetic word sets you sometimes see on people’s refrigerators.

- A superb resource for getting children to “do” philosophy. Philosophical questions for books like Stellaluna and Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Do yourself and your students a favor and explore this site. Students don’t do nearly enough of this kind of deep thinking.

- An excellent article on the qualities of a good teacher by award-winning educator Hal Urban

- Another Great Books list for your perusal

- Does blogging help you find your voice, connect with readers, get feedback, improve writing discipline, and write faster?

- Organization is a key for every great teacher, and David Allen is an organizational master. This video gives a rare look into how he uses his own system.

- Picture books aren’t just for primary teachers.

- Booklogged writes about Entertainment Weekly’s list of classics from the last few years, always a dangerous endeavor. I don’t know who wrote the list, but The DaVinci Code? Seriously, is this the state of modern literary criticism? There are a few gems here, but overall, the list is a huge disappointment.

- As a fan of the Great Books concept, I’m excited to hear this news, especially that the Syntopicon will be hyperlinked to the rest of the works.

- Young adult fantasy novel

- This week’s bonus word?

- Enter any word and see how often it has been used in presidential speeches

- Who says poetry and science don’t mix?

- Here’s an interesting switch: teaching during the evening via video podcasts, and having students do “homework” during classtime.

- Interesting–a simple tablet for web browsing. Could this be a useful device in the classroom?

- Nice selection of royalty free music.

- 2 for the price of 1: learn about a presentation website called Prezi.com, and get Wil Richardson’s thoughts on how Twitter is changing the way we get our news.

- Some practical tips here. Also, be sure to check out the Teen Literacy Tips jobs page, and consider earning money by joining the Teachers Shopping Network sponsored by My Power Mall: http://www.mypowermall.com/Biz/Home/23087

- authorStream lets you present PowerPoints live online or share them via YouTube