SmartBlogs on Education

SmartBrief education editors sift through online sources throughout the day, selecting top education news stories and sharing them with educators on @SBEducation. Here’s a look at what connected educators like you are reading based on the top 10 most-clicked tweets from December:

1. Picture Perfect: Teaching to Visual Literacy | http://ow.ly/gfQbw

2. Apple Takes a Bite at Learning with app that allows users to create dynamic textbooks | http://ow.ly/gnzZC

3. What Middle School Students Need to Read | http://ow.ly/gnzGV

4. Educator: Math Teachers Need Creative License | http://ow.ly/goYhW

5. 5 Important Steps To Becoming A Teacher | http://ow.ly/g9Mwo

6. Three Professional Reads That are Worth Your Time | http://ow.ly/gnApu

7. Engineering in crisis? The reasons why | http://ow.ly/fPDwE

8. Three U.S. Schools Recognized for Instructional Innovations | http://ow.ly/fO4oj

9. Students try to make recycling fashionable | http://ow.ly/fXYn2

10. Year in review: 10 most-tweeted SmartBlogs on Education | http://ow.ly/goXV9

Melissa Greenwood is SmartBrief’s senior education editor, with responsibility for the content in a variety of SmartBrief’s education e-news briefs. She also manages content for SmartBlog on Education and related social media channels. Before joining SmartBrief, Melissa held a variety of positions in the education field, including classroom teacher and education editor and writer.