Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for April’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

ADS FOR GOOD 10 Funny Public Service Ads About Serious Issues (VIDEOS)

“The eyes have it – incredible ways of seeing the world” slideshow

“The Future of Media: Storify and the Curatorial Instinct”

“Nature’s Living Tape Recorders May Be Telling Us Secrets” NPR

“Youth Organizing For Education Reform”

“A slide show of aerial photography, from pigeon-mounted cameras to Apollo 17 and beyond” Slate

“Amazing kinetic structure made from over 100,000 toothpicks depicts San Francisco” video

“How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance” SF Chronicle

“Your brain signals can drive how the movie ends” New Scientist

“The First Grader” is new National Geographic movie

Having trouble finding someone’s email address? Use Peepmail, The Atlantic

How To Tell Someone You’re Angry, Wall St Jrnl

You might also be interested in seeing other people’s choices for their best tweets:

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for April’s Best Tweets — Part One (not listed in any order):

“The Mother of All Languages” Wall St. Jrnl

“The Tragic Death of the Flip” by David Pogue, NY Times

“New Orleans schools ‘miracle’ not so miraculous” by Valerie Strauss at Wash Post

“How to Fix (Or Kill) Web Data About You” NY Times

“Budget Idea: Divert Money From Prisons to Schools” Miller McCune

“Why people with a European background can’t help but judge a book by its cover” Mail Online

Field Museum exhibition on “The Horse” now online

“Meet Duolingo, Google’s Next Acquisition Target; Learn A Language, Help The Web”

Some day, you, too,can have a 360 deg video recorder in your classroom taping you & your students’ every move everyday

Very interesting interactive on Islamic face veils, Wall St Jrnl

“The Geography of Music on Google Maps”

David Brooks writes about the central role of metaphors in our thinking, NY Times

“America in 2010″ impressive interactive from Wall St Jrnl

“From Russia with love: The doting father bear who can’t help cuddling his cub “

10 Ways to Help Students Ask Better Questions

” Nick Kristof on Story Telling and Development”

“Feline fisticuffs: Cat goes Tyson on Dog” pretty funny video

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for March’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

What the now-found Bronx zoo cobra tweeted, NY Times

“Pay-4-Performance: Individual vs. Group Incentives” by Larry Cuban

“There are encouraging signs that the right’s war on labor is backfiring” Salon

“research finds a shift in emphasis in pop song lyrics over the decades, from “we” to “me.”

Impressive slavery interactive

Guide to Clouds, NY Times slideshow

“NCELA Quarterly Review: Spring 2011 – English Learners with Special Needs”

“Gadgets You Should Get Rid Of (or Not)” NY Times

“Hans Rosling and the magic washing machine” new TED Talk

LEGO Comic Builder

Famous Inboxes (Thanks to Stephen Davis for the tip)

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for March’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

“Schools Feeling New Immigration Pressure” NY Times feature

Bhoogolvidya is a simple online geography game

“Why Angry Birds is so successful and popular: a cognitive teardown of the user experience”

List of sites providing free animated e-cards

“What Education SHOULD be learning from Businesses”

“Your brain while multitasking, illustrated”

Samantha Bee of Daily Show highlights the extravagant lifestyle of teachers

Miccam is a strange/interesting site where you record/write words & people use them to make sentences

New TED Talk “The Birth of a Word”

“$9 Million Program Gives Students Wireless Internet Access At Home, Not Just At School”

In 1931, The NY Times published lots of predictions for 2011. Read them here

Funny “Facebook Comment Flowchart”

“Flailing After Muslims” by Bob Herbert, NY Times

“Bodies in motion: Dancing around the world” Great photos from Boston Globe

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for February’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

“Detroit Public Schools Face ‘Draconian’ Cuts” NPR

“Why Your Boss Is Wrong About You” NY TImes

The Forgotten History of Muslim Scientists [Slide Show], Scientific American

“Could “micro-charters” fuel charter-school growth?” (This is one of most bizarre school reform ideas I’ve heard of..)

“An Unsung Hero of the Nuclear Age: Maj. Harold Hering and the forbidden question that cost him his career.” Slate

“An ingenious way to get kids to eat healthy: Give cafeterias a psychology lesson” Boston Globe

“The Top 100 Words on Twitter”

“How to Make Oatmeal . . . Wrong” NY Times

“The irony of Obama’s ‘help’ for Wisconsin teachers” by Valerie Strauss

“A historian traces our long, complicated relationship with mechanical beings” Boston Globe

OK: How a little word conquered the world, BBC

“Reform: Another Questionable Urban Prep “Success” Story”

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for February’s Best Tweets — Part One (not listed in any order):

“Unfortunate Valentine’s Day Cards”

RSA Animate – Language as a Window into Human Nature

“Common-Assessment Consortia Expand Plans” Ed Week

“People, Not Things, Are The Tools Of Revolution”

“Ray Allen Scores in the Nature-Nurture Debate” Miller-McCune

“Texas schools nix Arabic classes over fears of Islam” Salon

Play “Spent”, an online game to teach about homelessness

“How Much Information Is There in the World?”

“Robots to get their own internet” BBC

A book commits suicide every time you watch Jersey Shore

Life lessons from 40 films in 7 minutes [video]

Funny or offensive, these 14 screenshots provide a wealth of info about cultural stereotypes

“U.S. Plan to Replace Principals Hits Snag: Who Will Step In?” NY Times

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for January’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

“Flags of Every Country” interactive map

How fast the digital universe is growing, in an infographic

“The Difficulty of Discovery (Where Have All The Geniuses Gone?)” Wired

“Community Organizing as an Education Reform Strategy” from Annenberg (the report is disappointing)

From The Onion “Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The World”

Word On The Street: Photos Of People With Words, NPR

“When a Friend Grieves, How to Get Sympathy Right” Wall St Jrnl

“Getting started with ebooks: a beginner’s guide”

NYC Public School Parents: Don’t believe Bloomberg, Black and Rhee: Teaching experience matters!

Nice quote by Mark Shields on PBS on US diversity and Arizona shooting

“Audio slideshow: Images of Nature” BBC

“New Language Discovered: Prairiedogese” NPR

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for January’s Best Tweets — Part One (not listed in any order):

“Tea Party-Backed School Board Abolishes Diversity Policy” The Atlantic

“Moguls & Movie Stars” interactive on history of movies

“Create a cartoon of you – great for class blogs & online communities where Student photos not a good idea” (via Marisa Constantinides)

“A critical shortage of school counselors” Washington Post

“The Saga of Pluto” NY Times slideshow

“A sesame-street style singing introduction to charts”

25 most interesting webcams of 2010

“Downturn’s Ugly Trademark: Steep, Lasting Drop in Wages” Wall St Jrnl

“Just Dept. Drops Case Against Hmong Americans” Finally!

MLK Day is this week. Would Dr. King agree with ‘No Child Left Behind’?

What Books Topped Bestseller Lists the Week You Were Born?

“How to be taken seriously as a reformer (don’t be an educator)” Washington Post

Forgotten Technologies, cute video

“The How-To Geek Guide to Audio Editing: The Basics” Nice Audacity intro (via Joe Evans)

“The Top Ten Daily Consequences of Having Evolved” Smithsonian

“Amid E-Book Growth, Students Still Prefer Paper Textbooks”

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for December’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

The 10 Worst Fast Food Products of 2010

The Best Astronomy Photos of 2010

MacGyver guide on how to use a map

Create drawings & designs at Disney museum website

How “Value-Added” Will Hamstring Turnaround Efforts

“Dancing Around History” NY Times

“Some dispute role of slavery as central cause of war, but we remain prisoners of past if we do not face this fact”

Visualizing Blood tests infographic, This is amazing,

“The lowdown on standardized tests and how they are scored” Washington Post

Study on “Why do some people hate immigrants?”

GOOD’s Most Popular Infographics of 2010

“Congress approves weird definition of ‘highly qualified’ teachers” Washington Post

More Creative and Useful Infographic Maps

Top Ten Discoveries in Archeology in 2010

“Mathematics: The Most Misunderstood Subject”

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for December’s Best Tweets — Part One (not listed in any order):

I’m not sure this is what really happens to people who don’t use tech, Dilbert comic

“Why Scientific Studies Are So Often Wrong: The Streetlight Effect” Discover

TIME’s list of the top 10 numbers of 2010

“What the Internet Killed” Newsweek slideshow

“A primer on (and problems with) market-based reform”, Washington Post

Cool music videos made to teach history (via Alexander Russo)

Randi Weingarten responds to Michelle Rhee

Top 10 most amazing floors ever created

Famous Sea Rescues, Newsweek slideshow

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for November’s Best Tweets — Part Two(not listed in any order):

A preview of an article by Parade on the Teenage Brain

THE ONION: “President Obama’s personal flowchart deconstructing the ethics of pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey”

“Tom Friedman Has Some of It Right – But He Needs to Do a Little More Homework”

Turnarounds Require a Deep Bench

Say what you appreciate at “Appreciate It”

Kennedy Center has revamped their “ArtsEdge” site for educators

Why is a universal translator so elusive? BBC

Subterranean Secrets: 10 Tunnels for Smuggling & War

How Long Will the Dominance of English Last?, The Atlantic

How Do Americans React to So Much Bad News about Schools?

Diagrams that changed the world, BBC

interactive You Tube based storytelling — Editing the Dead

Teacher runs into power of Teach for America

The 18th Century’s Internet, tracking written letter networks of the 18th century

National Geographic’s Photography Contest 2010

Information overload, the early years – 5 centuries ago, Boston Globe

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for November’s Best Tweets — Part Two(not listed in any order):

Fascinating “This Is Your Brain on Metaphors” NY Times

Comparison of Republican and Democratic tax plans infographic

Brush Up On Grammar Rules with These Light-Hearted Resources

The Trouble With For-Profit Education, The Atlantic

Photos of surfing dogs, LA Times

Where Cliches Come From, LIFE slideshow

Beyond Facebook: the Benefits of Deeper Friendships, Wall St Jrnl

White House unveils new online interactive tour

A Decade on the Fly: Building the International Space Station–Module by Module [Slide Show]

Playing With The Moon, great slideshow, NPR

The Ultimate Dropbox Toolkit & Guide

In pictures: sinkholes, craters and collapsed roads around the world, Telegraph

Closing the Achievement Gap: Public Policy That Banks Too Heavily on Schools by Larry Cuban

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for October’s Best Tweets — Part Two(not listed in any order):

“Out My Window” is an amazing multimedia 3D online storytelling feature

The Myth of Charter Schools by Diane Ravitch | The New York Review of Books

Fixing Our Schools Requires More Than Hiring Smarter Teachers and Firing Incompetent Ones by Barnett Berry

What’s your sentence?:The movie by Daniel Pink

How Google understands language like a 10-year-old, SF Chronicle

Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore, NY Times

Larry Cuban’s latest thoughts on school reform

Money and the Market for High Quality Schools by “School Finance 101″

“What Are The World’s Top Tunnels?” slideshow from TIME Mag

Don’t wait for Superman — focus on teachers, Boston Globe

Are you a Teacherpreneur?

McDonald’s Insists Happy Meals Can Grow Mold, The Atlantic

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for October’s Best Tweets — Part One (not listed in any order):

Some fascinating historical photos from Newsweek

A student in a colleague’s class said “Harper Lee. Must be a Hmong dude.”

Beyond book learning: Schools teach social and emotional skills, Chicago Tribune

Infographic on lightning

The Trouble with “Vocational” Citizenship, Ed Week

What Do Corporate Earnings Reports and School Test Scores Have in Common? by Larry Cuban

Annual Ig Nobel awards presented for the most ‘improbable’ research, Telegraph

Cosmic accidents: 10 lucky breaks for humanity, New Scientist

“Teach”: The useless tears of Tony Danza, Salon

Ask America is Yahoo’s interactive site on mid-term elections

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for September’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

Math By Design is neat online interactive game

Ten Items All Should Know When Using Google Basic Search…. Far From Basic!, TechLearning

Earth From Above, pretty amazing aerial photography

NASA unveils Mars rover Curiosity, Wash Post slideshow

People Who Became Nouns, Fun LIFE slideshow

Here’s what you need to know about Waiting for “Superman.” It’s not a film—it’s a propaganda campaign

In Praise of Teacher’s Unions

What my evaluation must include by David Cohen

Mashup Turns Messages Of Hate Into Poetry Preaching Love, NPR

An apology–to Muslims for the hysteria and invective directed at them by Nicholas Kristoff, NY Times

History of major US Benefits programs, Wall St Jrnl interactive

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for September’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

Build Slideshow Presentations Collaboratively with Prezi Meeting

Review of “Waiting for Superman”

Rhee in D.C.: The myth of the heroic leader, The Washington Post

Great NY TImes column on anti-Islam hysteria by Gail Collins

First Day Of School: Where are you?, academic critiques other school reform academics who don’t teach in public ed

Pretty interesting word cloud showing words men and women use in online dating sites, The Atlantic

Great Letter To Editor in NY Times about valued added teacher evaluation

Teaching Science With Football, NY Times

Finding a Steadier Path in Gaza, NY Times, Fascinating article about stress reduction therapy in Gaza

Rare color video footage of London blitz found

The child-driven education: Sugata Mitra on TED.com

Several infographics on income inequality

Play “virtual pilot” a geography game

Unsafe myths about hurricanes, lightning, and tornadoes, Newsweek slideshow

Best photos from The Lonely Planet 100 Million travel photography competition

PHOTOS: 15 Most Eye-Popping Places on Earth, ABC News slideshow

America’s History of Fear by Nicholas Kristof

Politics, not evidence, drive education reform, SF Chronicle

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for August’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

“Who Was Right: Huxley or Orwell ?” fascinating graphic art/infographic

“Turning Children into Data: A Skeptic’s Guide to Assessment Programs” by Alfie Kohn

TED Talk “David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization”

Claims about educational progress in NYC: Undeniable, or unreliable?

If teachers use different curriculum, does value-added measure the teacher or the curriculum?

“Deconstructing Gawande – why narrative and structure are important” very good commentary on writing

Understanding Shakespeare with visualization

Procrastination and self control

When an op ed writer does not respond

Stare Into the Eyes of 40 Ape Faces, The Atlantic

Top 10 Things Today’s Kids Will Never Experience, TIME

Five Stubborn Beliefs about Kids that Don’t Make the Grade

Russia In Color, a century ago, Big Picture

How Soft Drinks Impact Your Health infographic

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for August’s Best Tweets — Part One (not listed in any order):

Michelle Rhee from Washington, D.C. (and our mayor’s future wife) declares that schools need “radical change” in….Sacramento. Uh oh…

Speaking of Rhee, she confesses to taping her students’ mouths shut during her first year of school. (Thanks to Alice Mercer for the tip).

“The Power Trip” is a Wall St Jrnl essay on the nature of power

Unlocking the debate on immigration in America

Benjamin Franklin and deliberate practice

“when to use i.e in a sentence” infographic

Teaching philosophy with Spider-Man, BBC

Video of “Words,” a story about a world without words

US school road marking spelt wrongly, BBC

Infographic(s) of the Day: How We’ve Mapped Time Through the Ages

Thoreau reminds us to use technology well, The Atlantic

“In silhouette,” amazing photos from The Boston Globe’s Big Picture

Color Photos from The Depression

“People are generally good and will do the right thing when given the chance” interesting Sacramento Bee article

Poligraft gives you a visualization of political influences affecting any news article, limited but useful

New World Heritage sites, BBC slideshow

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at Shelly Terrell’s blog.

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for July’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

“18 Beautiful Infographics About the Human Brain”

The Anatomy of Addictive Gameplay

The science behind amusement part rides, Sacramento Bee

“Teachers Angry At DonorsChoose For “Superman” Promo”

This is interesting & entertaining: How to Make Visa Obey Your Every Desire: The Credit Card Concierge Experiment

See some pretty funny “demotivational” posters

Does Language Influence Culture? Wall St Jrnl

A $35 Tablet? India Is On The Case, NPR

“Life without language” is a fascinating read

Interactive showing environmental impact of a pair of jeans, Wall St Jrnl

“7 Basic Rules for Making Charts and Graphs”

School Reform Lessons From “Toy Story 3″

Ringpoem lets you publish your poetry online in your own voice by calling toll free number

“The Lynching of Shirley Sherrod:The Human Price of Indiscriminate Politics”, Slate, best piece I’ve read on issue

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at Shelly Terrell’s blog.