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Every so often, the Instructify staff combs through all the discussions on ask.metafilter.com looking for topics relevant to teachers so you don’t have to. Here are some of the most interesting questions we’ve found recently:

1. Is it usual for school librarians and teachers to have disagreements and conflicts over “appropriate” content and media in school libraries?
2. I am in a search of a program that will help me memorize words.
3. Web communities in conservative/educational climates: what are some good ones?
4. Please recommend informative documentaries or educational videos that can be found on-line.

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Every so often, the Instructify staff combs through all the discussions on ask.metafilter.com looking for topics relevant to teachers, so you don’t have to. Here are some of the most interesting questions we’ve found recently:

1. What movie clip/s could I show my 8th graders that would make them say, “I really do need to care about the Constitution!”?
2. How do I write characters from symbolic logic in the Leopard OS?
3. Help me create custom documents out of pre-written paragraphs in Word.
4. Do kids care about volunteering?
5. What educational site teach children about computing?

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Every so often, the Instructify staff combs through all the discussions on ask.metafilter.com looking for topics relevant to teachers, so you don’t have to. Here are some of the most interesting questions we’ve found recently:

1. Can you help me find good online biography resources for 5th graders?
2. What book would you give an 8-year-old interested in Earth Science?
3. Did you use “The Packet” in your AP US History course in high school? Do you remember what that was called, who wrote it, and how I could get it again?
4. Any suggestions for a good reference book on the Phoenix for kids?

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Every so often, the Instructify staff combs through all the discussions on ask.metafilter.com looking for topics relevant to teachers, so you don’t have to. Here are some of the most interesting questions we’ve found recently:

1. A fairly new (2 years experience) teacher now teaching 1st-graders finds that kids are lethargic, often barely able to keep awake, and hardly respond to her. Are there any great books/articles she should be reading?
2. How do I control a crowd of unruly teenagers?
3. What are some wacky, interesting, ambitious, and unique science projects for 6-to-8-year-olds?
4. Which online tools best simulate reading aloud to a young ESL student?

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