TEACHER CHATBOARD:
If one who is a teacher doesn't know about this chatboard, he should. There is all sorts of unfiltered, honest opinionated comment on this board. Teachers are simply talking to other teachers.
There is also a ton of useful information here about all sorts of topics. I urge all teachers (and parents for that matter) to give it a look.
In a post today, I asked about the practice of eliminating cursive writing as a subject in our schools. I'm hearing that Katy ISD no longer teaches cursive writing. I cannot imagine that they would be so stupid, but then....
I got on the site today out of curiosity about this post: Irresistible Writing Prompts for November 10 - 16 - by Jim Wayne I found the post had a lot of good ideas.
Give the site a look: http://teachers.net/