K12 Educational Publishing

K12 Educational Publishing
Teachers work so hard! Forget about 8 hour work days and three months off in the Summer. They're working all the time - grading, planning, and perpetual professional development. They create lessons, handouts, assessments and then share them freely with peers. One way be compensated for the extra time and to share with even more folks is to get published. Now in the digital age it is easier. Check out Lulu.com. You send them what you want published. They bind it and if you want them to, they'll offer it to the public. You determine how much profit you charge. You can buy your books at cost. The public pays whatever price you set. Another nice thing about Lulu - you don't have to store or ship books. You just get royalty checks.
Now, if you're like me, your mind is churning: Publish student work, Class sets bound as fundraisers, Portfolios, Personalized yearbooks, and so much more. Yes, and teachers can publish their ideas and work as personal fundraisers. Heaven knows you'll need that money to go out and buy more teaching supplies. Good luck!

Chore Chart | Online Chore Chart | My Job Chart

Chore Chart | Online Chore Chart | My Job Chart
In general, kids don't like doing chores. I know it isn't our children's favorite activity. However, chores are a good way to prepare kids for the future. Not all jobs are fun all the time—except mine! But it is important to persevere if you want to get ahead in life.
Today's Cool Site is designed to help your kids develop that mindset. It lets you create an online chore chart. Your kids log in each day to see their chores.
When they're done with a chore they can check it off. This gives them points. The points can be spent in a reward store you set up.
Rewards can range from more video game time to extra allowance. They get to decide where to spend their points. It teaches them responsibility and the value of work.

Free online invitations and announcements

I'm passing on this site that I learned about from Kim Komando. It's easy for me to envision some creative teachers using this with their students.

If you want friends and family to show up for the party, you'll need to send invitations. But forget the postage and waiting for the mail to arrive.
Creating and sending cards online is quicker and less expensive. But the quality often leaves something to be desired. That's where today's Cool Site comes in.
It lets you create and send invitations and announcements online. You can select from hundreds of well-designed templates in dozens of categories.
You can send cards to as many people as you want. For more formal events, you can send your cards via traditional mail. You'll pay a small fee for the postage.
But that's not all you can do. You can also create guest lists with RSVP tracking. A personalized Web page can be generated. And you can integrate gift and charity registries. The invites also integrate with popular social networks!
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Remember Everything | Evernote Corporation

Remember Everything | Evernote Corporation
What do you write your reminder notes on? Do you use Post-it notes or scraps of paper? This program is a better way. It lets you use almost anything as a reminder note. Write text notes. Save and annotate photos. Record audio reminders. You can even clip portions of Web sites you want to remember. If you like this program, check out the iPhone app.

Cost: Free
Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OSX

Why Use Google Docs?

Anytime students or adults, for that matter, have a project with a report, research, rubrics, that requires, collaborative work, this is how to do it. The old days of sending emails back and forth with attachments, reviewing MS Office docs one at a time, slowly–are the old days. Google Docs make collaboration on work as easy as doing the work yourself. Instead of printing a report, the student could be allowed to simply "share" it online with her. Set up a Google account for free. This does not mean you have to have another Email account, although I do like Gmail.

How to Make Time-Out More Effective

School is just beginning and it is so important to take time NOW to teach all aspects of classroom management to our students. Have you taken time to teach students how to go to time out? Read this article for that and other tips to make classroom discipline more effective.