Community for Learning Takes Off.
Since its launch on January 31st, the All Kinds of Minds Community for Learning (CfL) has taken off. With more than 600 Schools Attuned educators already signed up, discussions and collaborations are happening across the country and around the globe. One way educators are connecting is through forum topics. Currently forum topics include Leveraging Your School's Initiatives such as Differentiated Instruction, RtI, and others; Schools Attuned Implementation Experience; Getting Inspired; as well as more than 36 other threads. Schools Attuned educators are getting support for implementation, finding new ideas, and sharing resources through this dynamic new tool.

Want to learn more about the CfL? Visit us on the web.

Media Resources. Teachers, use these media resources to learn more about how your students are interacting with each other. Resources on this topic include case studies, audio clips, video clips, articles and LearningBase strategy entries.

Educating for Communicating. In this article, Dr. Mel Levine discusses the importance of communication and the impact these valuable skills have on a student’s ability to become successful in academic settings.

Learning to Relate to Others. Besides needing to communicate and behave appropriately during classroom activities, children interact with one another constantly. Developing social abilities is an often overlooked yet important contributor to a child's well being. Visit the online LearningBase to find out more about the way children learn to communicate.

Communication Plan. Communication is the key to the Parent-Teacher relationship. The Communication Plan is a tool for helping parents plan and structure meetings in order to collaborate with teachers to support their child’s success. Learn more about the Understanding All Kinds of Minds Communication plan or download some helpful tips from the Parent ToolKit.

New Orleans — The ASCD Annual Conference will feature All Kinds of Minds’ CEO Mary-Dean Barringer as a Distinguished Speaker. She will be co-presenting with Dr. Arthur Levine from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Visit the ASCD Community Blog to hear what Mary-Dean has to say about her lecture and the upcoming conference. Also, check the calendar for event date and times for other AKOM happenings at the ASCD Conference.

Spatial Ordering is the process and production of material that is visual and/or exists in a spatial array. The All Kinds of Minds website now features new research reviews on:
• Spatial Perception,
• Spatial Memory,
• Spatial Output, and
• Higher Spatial Thinking.

We invite you to log on today and explore this helpful, updated information.

AKOMblog.org. Coming in APRIL! A new online blog hosted by teachers and facilitators from the field provides the unique opportunity to hear about Schools Attuned and the All Kinds of Minds philosophy from those who are making it happen in schools across the nation and the globe.