Thursday, September 30, 2010

BP1_Google Reader


1. Latest events at MENC.
http://www.menc.org/news.rss

As a past music teacher this information is pertinent to my skill set, although currently my music teaching is in a mode of idle. This site gathers information from the National Music Educator Organization web site. The topics gathered have to do with legislation, organization, political trends, perspectives on laws, and music education.

2. LD OnLine Daily News
http://feeds.feedburner.com/ldonline/news

My current work is as a Special Education Teacher and this website is one of the leading special education websites. They promote teaching strategies, legal issues, and personal experiences of parents and teachers working with special education students.

3. Recent changes to Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
http://feeds.feedburner.com/RecentChangesToInteractiveMathematicsMiscellanyAndPuzzles

This is a math site that has a variety of information on math and algebra topics to some of the oddities in mathematics. There are games, puzzles, explanations, and practice options contained in this site.

4. Speaking of History........
http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

This is an 8th grade teachers site on history that has regular posts on a variety of topics and content. I am interested to see what he does and glean ideas from his site on how to present material in different and interesting ways.

5. Soundtree
http://www.soundtree.com/blog/feed/

This site offers the Tech fix that I enjoy. In this case it kills two birds with one stone. It has musical instruments and technology combined. The third benefit is this company is set-up for serving education as a provider of services and information on music and technology integration.