Isn't this true?Cities can be large laboratories where we can be life-long learners:"Cities teach us how to live with and learn from people totally unlike us, draw on the past and push into the future, and be entrepreneurial and resilient. No grades; just transformation."Get to know The City 2.0"The City 2.0 website is a platform created to surface the myriad stories and collective actions being taken by citizens around the world. We draw on the best of what is already being discovered by urban advocates and add grassroots movers and shakers into the mix. What's emerging is a complex picture of the future city--a place more playful, more safe, more beautiful, and more healthy for everyone."Learn more at:http://www.thecity2".org/themes/education A good place to find interesting resources tocelebrate Hallowen and use with students is on Pinterest. I have just found some nice on ideas Edutopia Pinterest . I will share some of things that I will use this week:A video from National Geographic about the History of Halloween:The Skeleton Dance is also nice to use with younger kids. It is fun and it can be used to teach left and right.From ESL library News:10+ Wicked Web 2.0 Activities for Halloween You can find more ideas and resources at Pinterest Edutopia HalloweenHave fun! A lot has being discussed about teaching in and for the 21st Century. This aricle shares some advice from some schools in the U.S.A that are preparing their students for this inter-connected, Web-centric world we live in. It is a kind of a handbook that can help teachers to get some ideas from.21st Century Student Handbook: Teaching Todays Web-Centric Kids Finland is the top European performer on PISA. Finland Early intervention and sustained individual support for every student are keys to educating the whole child in Finnish schools. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsdFi8zMrYI This blog was created as a part of my professional portfolio. During the last school year, my professional goal was to research about technology information to be used to enhance learning. I ended up doing that but not being able to update my blog as often as I wanted. I think it is time to go back and try to share here some of things I read and research everyday. October is the Learning Disabilities Awareness Month, a time to make people aware to children and adults with learning disabilities.Therefore, I think it is a good opportunity to suggest something that will help children and adults with dyslexia.According to the British Dyslexia Assciation, there are some definitions and descriptions for dyslexia. I picked one from there:"Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty that mainly affects the development of literacy and language related skills. It is likely to be present at birth and to be life-long in its effects. It is characterised by difficulties with phonological processing, rapid naming, working memory, processing speed, and the automatic development of skills that may not match up to an individual's other cognitive abilities.It tends to be resistant to conventional teaching methods, but its effect can be mitigated by appropriately specific intervention, including the application of information technology and