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The IBM Foundation has launched a free, online software to transform the way K-5 teachers prepare math lessons and help students learn. The software, called  Teacher Advisor with Watson , uses Watson artificial intelligence technology to help teachers instantly find math resources. Teacher Advisor then dips into its library of 1,000+ videos and lesson plans, all based on national standards and vetted by top educators. Sign up takes 30 seconds. It is free and IBM promises it will always be free. It makes it easier to find lessons, standards, activities and much more and includes a lesson planning tool. For now, it is only for K-5 math instruction, with credible content vetted by educators. There is also instructional context support available to help teachers implement the content in the classroom.  Take a look and sign up for free.  Press Release: Elementary School Teachers Help Students Tackle Math  With Help From the IBM Foundation & Educati...

On September 11, 2001, and in the days that followed, our nation came together in a spirit of unity and resolve as we struggled, with profound shock and overwhelming grief, to comprehend the single largest loss of life from a foreign attack on American soil. This morning, we stand together at the 9/11 Memorial to remember the nearly 3,000 innocent men, women, and children killed in the attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and aboard Flight 93, which crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The annual commemoration, centered on the reading of their names, will begin at 8:40 a.m. I invite you to share in this sacred day of remembrance by watching the ceremony live on our  website  and joining with others on social media in observance of the anniversary, using  #Honor911. Among those reading the names today are children of the victims, some too young to have a memory of the morning that changed their lives forever. They know all too well the imperative ...

I was in EMS for 22 years before retiring due to a back injury. One of my most memorable  experiences was responding to New York City as a Paramedic in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 . I will never forget that experience. What I saw and did are still with me, as is a type of asthma from breathing the dust.  My Experience as a Paramedic on 9-11-01   As the years have gone by, I've noticed that people are not remembering this terrible event like they did the first few years after. I know that my EMS, Fire and Police colleagues all do, as do the brave men and women of our armed forces who fight every day against terrorism. I've also noticed less being done in schools lately. Most of today's students weren't even born when 9/11 occurred. Please teach them about it (facts only please) and make sure they understand what it means. Yesterday, this photo was taken showing a rainbow leading right to the WTC site and the Freedom Tower! United We Stood, United We St...

It's  National Preparedness Month , and start of the Hurricane Season. With all of the crazy weather we have seen, it's good to be prepared. Just look at Texas and now Florida. It is important to consider three scenarios when planning for an emergency: 1) an escape route and meeting point if everyone is in the house; 2) what to do during a school day; and 3) how to handle an emergency during the weekend, when family members might be scattered. Although many people are familiar with the concept of developing a family plan for emergencies, most fail to take the time to sit down and actually come up with one. One great resource is the  FEMA -sponsored website:  http://www.ready.gov/ . Check out their kids section too:  http://www.ready.gov/kids Schools need to be prepared themselves, as well as teach their staff and students how to be prepared. Each household, business, and school should have an emergency plan, emergency kits and people trained in emergency preparedness...