Classroom Toolkit Newsletter

Teacher Sexual Abuse of Children: Disgusting! Scandalous! Preventable?

Our country's print media, talk shows and newscasts flooded with "deplorable news" after the Associate Press released a report on teacher sexual abuse of students.

Should Schools be Run as a Business? What Business?

Critics moan and gripe that schools should be run as a business.

"Fair Use" = Source of Unlimited Free Content: What's the Catch?

"Content is King" on the Internet, and content drives instruction in face-to-face classroom teaching.

Speak Up 2007: An Invitation

You and your school district (or campus) can participate in this year’s Speak Up National Research Project.

Classroom Toolkit Graphic Organizers Index

The Classroom Toolkit Website contains a year (or more) worth of Graphic Organizers.

Free Camtasia™ Studio: Create your Own Desktop Videos

Desktop video is one area where existing Open Source software doesn't measure up to the commercial version. And, the "king" of commercial video creation software is Camtasia™ studio.

Say it in Six

Author: Hoff, Ron

ISBN: 0-7607-3529-8
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1996
Publisher: : Barnes & Noble Books
Pages: 153
Cost: $ (List)
Available: Amazon™ at as low as $10.36 (new) $1.50 (used) - $1.95 at eBay™

Subtitle: How to Say Exactly what you Mean in Six Minutes or less

Say it in Six reminds us that brief speech is great speech.

"Don't Smile Before Christmas," Not!

In days of yore, a popular teacher "professional development" book title was, Don't Smile Before Christmas

Trouble with Data: Don't be Fooled by the Numbers

Data seems solid, substantial, productive, professional.

How the Free Camtasia™ Offer (and Other Commercial Software) Demonstrates the Problem with Adopting Open Source Software in School Districts

Everyone says that schools should save money, perform magic and operate within their budgets. And, software licensing is an easy target for this "fantasy script" since few people outside the district's IT Department understand…