Looking for comfortable shoes for the classroom? Try these two Dansko styles on for size. Plus you can enter to win them!

Playing with robots may seem kind of retro, but today's robotics kits are a far cry from the aluminum friends we played with as kids. Now students can make a smartphone do their bidding, control a swarm of mechanical bugs or build a robot from the ground up.

The trick to picking out a great gift for your kid's teacher is to find something that's personal and festive (not to mention useful) without choosing the same exact tote bag/coffee mug/cocoa mix as every other family. And with that in mind, we polled a few of our teacher pals to find out the gifts that will show your kid's teacher exactly how much you appreciate her.

Fall is in the air—and while you probably can't light a pumpkin spice candle to bring all that autumn ambiance into your classroom (hello, Fire Marshall!), you can pick up a few adorable fall decorations to make sure your classroom at least looks festive. Here are a few ideas:

Teachers are on their feet more than just about anyone we know (except for maybe moms of toddlers.) And with all of the walking and moving and squatting and chasing that you do, the best thing you can do for yourself is be nice to your feet. Which means you can totally justify plopping down $349 on a killer pair of boots in the name of your health. Unfortunately, you probably can't justify it in the name of your teacher salary, so we've come up with five more affordable options that are both comfy and worthy of a day at school.

Sure, you can survive the day with only a three-minute bathroom break, but surviving without lunch? No way. And since we know you have to eat on the run, we've put together a list of our favorite gear that will help you store, reheat and eat last night's lasagna before you get called for recess duty.

You have a fancy-schmancy program that your district bought that helps you to electronically create and file all of your lesson plans, seating charts and classroom data. And that's great. But we also know that for many teachers, there's just something about a paper-and-pencil planner that you can refer to quickly, even when you're at the gym grading papers while working out on the treadmill. And we've got you covered: Here are two cool pen-and-paper organizational tools—plus one really cool app—that will help you get organized and stay organized this fall.

At WeAreTeachers, we're all about helping educators find the resources they need in their classrooms. And while we're always trying to find ways to get big-ticket items and technology into classrooms everywhere, we also know that the little things—planners, organizers, labels and pens—make a big difference. And with that in mind, we're introducing our latest blog feature: Teacher Gear We Love.