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Give to Educational Charities this Christmas Season

November 26th, 2007 · No Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I’d also love to hear what you have to say, so please feel free to comment on any post. Thanks for visiting!The season of giving is upon us, and what better way to celebrate the holidays than by donating to [...]

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Tags: Education · General

The Real Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Has Arrived

November 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

It was only a matter of time before Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy became a reality. That time is now here. You can now purchase a working prototype of a real Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a book you can take anywhere that contains as complete a summary of human knowledge as [...]

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Tags: Education · General · Media Literacy · Reviews · Science Fiction · Teaching · Technology

Education Quotes to Peruse and Ponder

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

The following quotes are from the English Teacher’s Network quote page:

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Do You Make These Teaching Mistakes?

October 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Sometimes I get lazy in the classroom and I need a kick in the pants to get out of some bad habits.  Here are 4 things I constantly try to avoid when teaching:

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Tags: Education · Teaching

Real Projects for Real Students

September 24th, 2007 · 4 Comments

This year I’m using a project-based approach to teach my eighth grade English class.  The students are in the process of planning a multimedia site consisting of a blog, an audio podcast and a video podcast.  Here’s of rough outline of how they’re doing it:

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Tags: Education · Lessons · Media Literacy · Projects · Technology