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Phone Book Math: Let your fingers do the walking to great math lessons.

Hold a Read-In: Eight themes for reading fun.

Harry Potter: Write Harry Potter haiku.

The Math Machine: Buggin' Out teaches problem solving.

More Poetry: Dozens of ideas for incorporating poetry.

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The Daily Planet: Student reporters use technology to record history.

Wire Side Chat:The importance of nurturing resiliency in children.

Math Chat: How to plan a student-led math family fun night.

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Paul Young: Two dozen time-saving ideas for principals.

Wire Side Chat: Remember kids in the "forgotten middle."

Focus On… How to land a principalship.

A Techtorial: How to use Excel to create simple timelines.

Gadget of the Week: Use Google SketchUp to create, modify, and share 3D models.

Go on Green: Print these traffic signs in B/W or color.

Doug Johnson: The practices and technology of teaching have changed very little in the past 200 years.

Brenda Dyck: Times have changed since the days when we traveled to lab schools to watch exemplary teachers in action.

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