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Monday by the numbers
This week’s MBTN looks at inspiring TED videos for educators, how to sabotage your resume, saving for college, and free ebooks on personal finance.

Top 5 citation applications
Your students don’t know how lucky they are to have handy pieces of software to do the arduous work of building bibliographies for them. Here is Instructify’s list of the five best bibliography and citation applications out there. Pass these on to your students and spare them the agony of building bibliographies the hard way.

Too much texting? New York Times looks at increased student text messaging
What’s the latest technology threat to the health and well-being of the American teenager? Text messaging, according to The New York Times. Citing the Nielsen Company, it reports that “American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008.” That number, they say, is double the average from the previous year.

Office Depot Star Teacher program offers discounts, free breakfast
Once August hits, it’s time to gird your loins and restock your supplies for the fall. Since you’ll be buying supplies anyway, you can save some bucks and eat some donuts at Office Depot during their Star Teacher Appreciation Week beginning in late July and early August (exact dates vary by location — see when Teacher Appreciation Week happens in your area).