Wrapping up your school technology for the summer is as complicated as setting it up in September. There are endless backups, shares, cleanings, changed settings, and vacation messages that — if not done right — can mean big problems when you return from summer vacation. If you have a school device, a lot of the shutdown steps will be done by the IT folks as they backup, clean, reformat, and maybe re-image your device. If you have a personal device assigned by the school but yours to take home, the steps may be more numerous but really, not more complicated.

Here’s a list. Skip those that don’t apply to you and complete the rest. I won’t take time in this article for a how-to on each activity so if you don’t know how to complete one, check with your IT folks or DDG (Duck Duck Go) or Google it:

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Most-read posts last month:

1. May Is #Homeschool Awareness Month
2. How do I grade technology in my school?
3. National Personal Finance Challenge
4. 5 Favorite Activities to End the School Year
5. Successful USNA Graduates
6. National Spelling Bee Coming In May
7. Looking for Summer Activities? Try These
8.  Simple Ways Teachers Can Integrate AI Ethically in the Classroom

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Earlier, we posted books you might like to read this summer. Now, we’ll focus on what to accomplish with your summer. Here are popular AATT articles. Pick the ones that suit you:

How to Keep Learning Fresh Over the Summer

15 Skills To Learn this Summer and Use Next Year

6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program

12 Tech Tasks To End the School Year

Here’s How to Motivate Summer School Students

Seven Fun Math Activities for the Summer Break

How to Blend Learning with Play for a Kid-friendly Summer

6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program

15 Skills Teachers Can Learn this Summer and Use in Next Year’s Classroom

5 Apps to learn this summer

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Mother’s Day in the United States is annually held on the second Sunday of May. This year, that’s May 11th. It celebrates motherhood and it is a time to appreciate mothers and mother figures. Many people give gifts, cards, flowers, candy, a meal in a restaurant or other treats to their mother and mother figures, including grandmothers, great-grandmothers, stepmothers, and foster mothers (click for updates to the list):.

1. Mother’s Day activities
2. Mother’s Day Activities from 
3. Mother’s Day cards
4. Mother in different languages
5. Mother’s Day Quotes
6. Mother’s Day Sayings
7. Mother’s Day Templates from Canva

Anyone have some favorite websites to share? My list isn’t terribly robust.

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Here are the most-read posts last month:

1. Why School Counseling Is Essential in Modern Education Systems
2. Subscriber Special: Discounted Curricula School License
3. How Teachers and Parents Can Work Together to Support Student Well-Being
4. April is Financial Literacy Month
5. Tech Tips
6. Earth Day Class Activities
7. 8 Secrets for Getting into USNA (or a Service Academy)
8. 4 Ways Students Can Plan Their Writing

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Homeschool Awareness Month is celebrated in May and aims to demonstrate how homeschooling can be a better option than regular schooling for many kids and that they can have the same, if not better, growth while learning from home. Homeschooling Awareness Month wants to show parents how they too can be involved in the growth and learning of their children. This can actually help them become better parents while their kids enjoy a well-rounded upbringing and development. Parents want the best education for their children, and having a strong educational base is so important for children to be accepted for tertiary education or top-tier scholarships. (more…)

Every year, the United Nations recognizes April 22nd as International Mother Earth Day. It is a day we all participate in making our air clean, water fresh and land unlittered rather than accepting the trash-filled oceans, the smoggy skies, and the debris-laden land that is becoming the norm.

Despite the questionable health of our world, we have made progress. Back in 1970, when Earth Day was first celebrated, trucks spewed black smoke as they drove down the highways, toxic waste was dumped into oceans with no repercussions, and the general opinion was that the Earth took care of itself. That changed when U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day’s founder, witnessed the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara California and decided it was time to do something. He started with a “national teach-in on the environment” with a simple goal: Encourage people to recognize the importance of protecting the Earth:

“It was on that day [Earth Day] that Americans made it clear they understood and were deeply concerned over the deterioration of our environment and the mindless dissipation of our resources.”

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Here are the most-read posts last month:

It’s a little short this month because I was out of town for a few weeks:

1. 16 Tech Problems Every 5th Grader Can Solve
2. 40+ Visual Learning Options for your PBL
3. Celebrate Pi Day and Maths Day

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up:

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Two math celebrations are coming:

Pi Day and World Maths Day

Pi Day

Pi Day is an annual celebration commemorating the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 since 3, 1, and 4 are the three most significant digits of π in the decimal form.

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Here are the most-read posts last month:

1. Groundhog Day
2. #WorldReadAloudDay February 4th
3. 100th Day of School
4. ow to Use Excel to Teach Math Arrays
5. 50 Special Needs Tools
6. Happy Chinese New Year
7. Great Websites to Make Spring Sparkle
8. Sure-fire Ways to Teach Vocabulary
9. Excel Turns Data Into Information
10. You’re a Sophomore and Interested in USNA

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