Professional+Profiles+and+RSS

__Who I Listen To __ I use my RSS feed to subscribe to various educator's blogs. One reason I chose these blogs is to find teaching resources. My school does not have a specific reading curriculum, so I frequently gather resources from other teachers using the Common Core Standards. Each blog provides resources for teaching and ideas for activities, classroom management, and displaying content/ student work around the classroom. Many of these teachers have a store, where you can buy lessons and handouts; many times they will post "freebys". Many of the teachers I subscribe to teach first grade; however I subscribe to kindergarten and second grade teachers to know to compare my lessons and student ability ranges. In addition to individual teacher's blogs, I also subscribe to Scholastic's educator blog. I am currently transitioning from teaching third grade to first grade. Last year I used Edhelper to design handouts and find lesson plans. I am not sure Edhelper met my needs. I would like to see what Scholastic offers and possibly use it next year. As far as I can tell it is Common Core aligned; Edhelper is not. Additionally, I subscribe to educational resources such as Khan Academy. I use these videos in the past, and I would like to see how they could be incorporated into a first grade classroom. The feeds I subscribe to benefit my professional growth by allowing me to connect to teaching resources.
 * rss url="http://www.teachersnotebook.com/teachingtips" link="true" description="true" number="3" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true" ||
 * rss url="http://3rdgradesahoot.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" link="true" description="true" number="4" date="true" author="true" ||
 * rss url="http://www.ateacherstreasure.com/feeds/posts/default" link="true" description="true" number="4" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true" ||
 * rss url="http://helloliteracy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" link="true" description="true" number="4" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true" ||
 * rss url="http://mrsjumpsclass.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" link="true" description="true" number="4" date="true" author="true" ||
 * rss url="http://oomscholasticblog.com/feed" link="true" description="true" number="4" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true" ||
 * rss url="http://rockinteachermaterials.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" link="true" description="true" number="4" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true" ||
 * rss url="http://rowdyinfirstgrade.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" link="true" description="true" number="4" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true" ||
 * rss url="http://www.theplaidapple.com/feeds/posts/default" link="true" description="true" number="4" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true" ||
 * rss url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WhatTheTeacherWants" link="true" description="true" number="4" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true" ||
 * rss url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/KhanAcademyExercisesAndVideos" link="true" description="true" number="4" date="true" author="true" enclosure="true" ||