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  • Top 5 guest blogs for the 2011-2012 school year

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    My Town Tutors is honored to have so many experienced educators and parents share their experience and expertise with our followers. We are so proud of our guest blogs and hope you have found them as enlightening as we have.
    As we are enjoying the summer, we wanted to look back on the year and share with you our most popular guest blogs for the school year. If you have a chance, take a read and post a comment. We would love your feedback.

    1. Flipping the Classroom to Break Through in Today’s Society

    Mayra Aixa Villar is a freelance instructional designer and researcher who is passionate about educational technology.  She is currently finishing a thesis to obtain an MA in Applied Linguistics. Her dissertation is about linguistic modeling and computer-based applications. This project has allowed her to intern at UN HQ, participate in international meetings and collaborate in several research activities. You can also follow Mayra on Twitter @MayraAixaVillar or on http://ar.linkedin.com/in/mayraaixavillar

    2. Should Kids Miss School for a Disney Trip?

    Tami is an Application Developer by day, Family Nurturer by night.  She is married with 2 small kids and lives in Colorado.  She loves reading and the great outdoors, and has a blog chronicling some of her fun adventures.  It features storytelling about family, humor, outdoors fun, wild toddlers, baking, naughty dogs, travel, kid’s perspectives, good reads, a giveaway every now and then, and all things Disney!  You can find her at The Colorado Mountain Mom.

    3. Student Grades: How to Turn Around a Midyear SLUMP

    Marc Hoberman is the Owner / Director of Grade Success Tutoring and Educational Consulting. His One Minute Educator Videos help students, parents, and teachers reach their full potential. Marc is available for Private or Group Educational Consulting via webcam or phone. Visit www.gradesuccessinc.com for more information.

    4. All kids can SUCCEED – Be the “1”

    Bill Burkhead is the Assistant Principal at Plymouth North High School.  He is an 18 year veteran educator, who served as Plymouth North’s Adjustment Counselor before becoming Athletic Director and Head Football Coach for 10 years.  He was the Coordinator of Wellness for the Canton public schools and has taught elementary health and high school physical education.  He is also a volunteer football coach for Plymouth Pop Warner. Connect with him on twitter @northeagles.

    5. World Autism Day

    Lorrie Servati is a mom, substitute teacher and autism advocate for her nine year old son. Lorrie shares her son’s progress on his autism journey since he was diagnosed four years ago. Visit her blog, Nathan’s Voice, for online Resources for Families. http://nathansvoice.blogspot.com/p/resources-for-autism.html
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  • 6 Awesome Guest Blogs from March 2012

    We had awesome guest blogs for the month of March. We are so glad we were able to share these posts with you. I enjoyed reading each one and found them very useful and informative.
    Thanks to our wonderful authors for sharing. Enjoy!

    Guest Blog: World Autism Day

    Lorrie Servati is a mom, substitute teacher and autism advocate for her nine year old son. Lorrie shares her son’s progress on his autism journey since he was diagnosed four years ago. Visit her blog, Nathan’s Voice, for online Resources for Families. http://nathansvoice.blogspot.com/p/resources-for-autism.html

    Guest Blog: All kids can SUCCEED – Be the “1”

    Bill Burkhead is the Assistant Principal at Plymouth North High School.  He is an 18 year veteran educator, who served as Plymouth North’s Adjustment Counselor before becoming Athletic Director and Head Football Coach for 10 years.  He was the Coordinator of Wellness for the Canton public schools and has taught elementary health and high school physical education.  He is also a volunteer football coach for Plymouth Pop Warner.

    Guest Blog: Encouraging Your Reluctant Reader

    Gail Terp is a retired elementary teacher. She writes kids’ books and is passionate about connecting kids to books they love. Her blog is Best Blog for Kids Who Hate to Read. She posts 3 days a week:
    Monday – Kids’ book recommendations
    Wednesday – Parent information
    Friday – Fun stuff: jokes, websites, games

    Guest Blog: FireFox Add-on for Teachers

    Carol Mortensen has twenty-three years of educational experience.  The Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) named Carol the Classroom Teacher of the Year for her innovative and creative use of technology to create a 24/7 virtual classroom using her classroom website. Carol has presented at school districts throughout Texas as well as state and local conferences on a variety of technology integration topics. Her article on the use of websites as an instructional tool was recently published in the TechEdge Magazine.  In February 2011, her article, Lessons Learning In a 1:1 Classroom, was published by TechEdge.  The article was republished in ISTE’s Learning  and Leading magazine in August 2011.  She was named Fairmont Junior High’s Teacher of the Year for the 2011-2012 school year.

    Guest Blog: How Online Teaching Works

    Melissa Spears holds a keen interest towards the advancement of distance learning programs all across the world. In this write-up she tries to explain the fact that online teaching is all about getting your steps right in the educational approach.

    Guest Blog: What is MaJenDome?

    Mr. Elvin R. Freytes is the founder of MaJenDome – global movement inspiring expectant fathers to read to the womb – and author of Hello My Little One, It’s Me Your Father – the first children’s book for expectant fathers to read to their child still in the womb.

  • World Autism Awareness Day

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    Guest Blog by Lorri Servati.

    My family, and many other families that have loved ones with autism, will be celebrating World Autism Awareness Day this year on April 2, 2012. We do this every year in an effort to raise Autism Awareness in our communities, across the nation and around the world. Please consider joining the global autism community by celebrating World Autism Awareness Day, which was declared by the United Nations in 2007. On April 2, families around the world unite as one to shine a very bright light on the growing epidemic known as autism.

    If you have heard about autism, you may not know exactly what autism is. Autism can best be described as a brain disorder that impairs the development of a child’s social behavior and communication. It now affects an average of 1 in 88 children, a 25% increase of from the previously reported 1 in 110 children in the United States. Autism has literally become a serious epidemic, affecting more children than diabetes, AIDS, cancer cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy or Down Syndrome combined.[1] An estimated 1 in 54 boys  and 1 in 252 girls are affected by autism in the United States, almost 5 times more boys than girls. Autism Spectrum Disorders affect over 2 million individuals in the U.S. and tens of millions around the world.

    With autism rates on the rise, parents are being urged to learn the early signs of autism.[2] If a parent thinks their child may be displaying developmental delays in communication, social and/or motor skills, they should get their child evaluated immediately. Early detection and intervention have been proven to give a child the best chance in reaching their potential. There is no cure for autism but, treatment including intensive behavior therapy will enable many children to function better.

    Please join us as we celebrate World Autism Awareness Day this coming Monday on April 2, 2012. Doing something as simple as changing your social profile picture to something blue, replacing the light bulb on your porch with a blue one, by wearing anything blue or by handing out goody bags in your community that day will help to raise autism awareness. The world needs to know we are the voice for those children who haven’t been diagnosed yet, are unfortunately misunderstood and in need of the treatment that will help them. We encourage everyone to participate in support of all individuals with autism and share with everyone about World Autism Awareness Day. Thank you for helping us shine a light on Autism!