Literacy in the New Information Landscape
My first assigned reading for my new Masters’ class is Literacy in the New Information Landscape by David Warlick. I was really excited about reading so much of his work because we just saw him speak in Birdville ISD a few weeks ago and he was really great! Okay…notes on the article.. I love the [...]
Austin in February
Okay…so I’m posting this a few months too late…I know…I know…I’ve been swamped. TCEA this year was good…we took a bunch of librarians and several teachers who presented. (Shout out to my secondary peeps – Jana, Stephie, Chad, and Rodger Dodger). They were phenomenal and the feedback from the crowd was terrific! My math team [...]
My Masters’ Degree…Part Deux
Oh yeah, baby…I’m insane. Today marks the start of classes for my second Masters’ degree. This one is in Educational Technology Leadership. What the hell was I thinking? It’s not that I don’t want to get the degree, and I’m not afraid of the work…I’m just amazed at how I always seem to set myself [...]
Go on an Education Adventure
Go on an Education Adventure Discovery Education is inviting teachers and students to join them on Discovery Student Adventures, a series of educational and inspirational trips uniquely tailored to bring the world to life. Whether spending the night in a snow cave in New Zealand, camping among ancient Inca ruins in Ecuador or witnessing sharks [...]
Take Science Out of the Classroom
Take Science Out of the Classroom This summer, Science AdventuresTM summer camps are introducing an innovative new program lineup to inspire a love of science and the environment. Science Adventures programs’ newest camp, Powerful Planet, offers fun and exciting lessons that teach the importance of energy efficiency and the need to manage our natural resources, [...]
Rock Around the World
Rock Around the World Mars scientists are asking students from around the world to help them understand the red planet. Send in a rock collected by you or your students from your region of the world, and the Mars scientists will use a special tool, like the one on the rover, to tell you what [...]
Raise Awareness of Rules for Digital Properties
Raise Awareness of Rules for Digital Properties Your students interact with music, movies, software and other digital content daily. Do they understand the rules surrounding the appropriate use of these digital properties, and why these issues are relevant? The Digital Citizenship and Creative Content curriculum is a turnkey instructional program made available for free through [...]
Expose Students to Dickens’ Masterpieces
Expose Students to Dickens’ Masterpieces No one does Dickens like PBS’s MASTERPIECE, which has been airing lavish, magnificently acted works by Dickens for most of the four-decade history of the series. And no one offers teachers and reading groups better resources than MASTERPIECE—all free of charge and available online. The latest resource, Teaching Dickens: A [...]
Enhance Lessons with Multicultural Content
Enhance Lessons with Multicultural Content Created in partnership with Kansas State University (KSU), the Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum features lesson plans and other materials, including photographs and videos, for secondary social studies teachers. The resources are intended to help teachers motivate students, through subjects like baseball, and enhance multicultural content for their classroom lessons. Scholars [...]
Celebrate National Poetry Month
Celebrate National Poetry Month Beginning April 1, Poets.org will send one new poem to your inbox each day to celebrate National Poetry Month. The poems have been selected from new books published in the spring. To receive Poem-A-Day emails, simply enter your email address in the online form at The Academy of American Poets Web [...]
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