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Summer of Technology
Summer is approaching. Summer breaks are a great time to unwind for a while, but if you are like me it doesn’t take long before you start thinking about next year and the new and interesting things that you can try to make your lessons a little more interesting. My plans are to continue posting [...]
TWIM (This Week in Media) Talks Education
This Week in Media, or TWIM is a weekly podcast that discusses issues and news surrounding media production. In a break from the typical media news they talked extensively of the challenges and strengths of our education system and it’s ability prepare students for jobs in media. It was amazing to get the insight they [...]
1800nodrugs.com Drug Rehabilitation Resource
As teachers especially in the middle and high schools we see the tragedy and destruction that can be caused by substance abuse. When I was Teaching high school there were a few students with great potential that threw it away due to drug addiction. I had a few options for treatment that I [...]
Here we are on Wordpress!
If you read my previous post, you would know that our school has clamped down on the powerful educational tool of blogs. They blocked almost all of the major blogging sites including Blogger, the service we were using. Although I still disagree with the decision to block blogs, it has forced us to innovate and [...]
Keeping Older Computers Running Smooth and Safe
In an ideal world we would have a class with a laptop or tablet PC for every child, and we could update them every three or four years to keep current. Unfortunately in the real world we are fighting with trying to keep older computers patched together and running, so that our kids have [...]
Murphys Law for Teaching
Site: http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-teaching.html
This is just a fun list for teachers, because it seems to be true to life. I copies just a small portion, please visit the site for the full list.
The clock in the instructor’s room will be wrong.
Disaster will occur when visitors are in the room.
A subject interesting to the teacher will bore [...]
100 posts which direction should I Go? User Poll
Wow! I have reached the 100 post mark. I have recently been posting rapidly and the posts, are adding up quickly. I currently have about 60 regular subscribers, and I also receive between one and two hundred hits a day. I want to provide you the readers with the best information possible [...]
Educated Earth for Edcuation
Website: http://www.educatedearth.netGrade: B+Cost: Free
Educated Earth is a very nice site that brings you a wide variety of videos, photographs and articles about the science of our earth. I found a wide variety of videos from an octopus that attacked a shark, to a science demonstration of blowing up bathtubs with a chemical reaction of [...]
NyeLabs Is a great place for hands on activities!
Website: http://www.nyelabs.com/Grade: B+Cost: Free
I am always on the lookout for good science activities, and Nye Labs is a great site to find some of the many activities that they suggest on the television programs. The hands on science activities are well thought out, and most are very simple to implement. I enjoy the [...]
The Spanish Verb Conjugator is a Great Tool for Language Classes!
Website: http://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation
Grade: A
Cost: Free
Learning a Language is a challenging task. One of the most difficult tasks is learning how to conjugate or use verbs correctly. This task has become a little easier because of the release of the Spanish Verb Cogitator from the people at 123teachme.com. The addition of this powerful tool [...]
