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During the summer months, most teachers will take a few weeks off from the classroom and rejuvenate the body. Vacations are important and spending time with their families are number one priorities. But after a few weeks of R and R, teachers will begin to spend time looking at workshops and technology improvements to make the classroom setting more conducive to learning. Counselors and Principals will encourage the teacher to find something unique and fascinating to attend, to hopefully keep the summer vacation mode going, but to also help the teacher have fun while learning. Listed below are just some of the subjects that educators might find interesting and unique to their classroom while taking summer vacation.

Depending on the classroom you teach, one inspiring and knowledgeable program a teacher could attend is called Rock Out, and electrifying musical teaching situation that will improve the classroom with other teachers across the country. It will bring teachers together with top notch experts in the business to learn how to use music technology to teach to your students. You'll also have a chance to see arts education specialists on arts integration, the power of popular music, with advancements in music technology. Their will be workshops, multimedia presentations, and lectures from the staff at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and they will give you tips with new activities to provoke kids' creativity.

Train at the NASA Field Centers. NASA has many exciting and adventurous outings that teachers enjoy year in and year out. In 2010, NASA will invite teams of educators and students (grades 4-9) for science, math, and technology instruction. You can go to any one of nine research centers to learn about the needs in science, mathematics, or technology education in their communities. NASA always offers up many learning activities that make any summer vacation continue while educating the mind, body, and soul that teachers need during the off months.

Maybe taking a trip to New York would trigger the body back into shape! While you are there, you could check into the New York City Reading and Writing Institute. This type of workshop offers the teacher a chance to brush up on their skills of reading and writing and strengthen the methods of teaching. You will rub elbows will all types of teachers at this workshop because of its diversified areas. Many times the institute will have coaches, teachers, administrators, and the like. It isn't a workshop to be bored in, but one that expands the mind and helps the teacher realize what is missing in the secondary settings of the school day.

Whether you are on vacation in some cool city or sitting at home on the computer is up to you. Many times, these workshops are free or cheap because of the profession they are tied too. Decide what you would like to do this summer and help develop more skills necessary to develop better learners in your classroom.