Andy Losik’s Islands of Geektopia

Pic Lits is a wonderful site for building literacy in a very artistic form. If you are like me, it seems that I constantly struggle to find new and engaging ways to teach voice, ideas, and word choice as necessary writing traits. Today though, while reading through some of Kevin Jarrett’s archives at NCS-Tech, I [...]

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This is absolutely amazing. That is all I have to say about that. Amazing!

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Got stress? The Winter Grumpies getting you down? Hit the ‘Eject’ button. There you go. Feel better?

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When I went to the Chicago Google Teacher Academy in September, my bag of goodies contained a book called “Teach like your hair is on fire”. I had carried it in my laptop bag for months thinking, “I ought to take a look at this.” The thing that made me pick it up…and hardly put [...]

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If you already have a whiteboard and an lcd projector, you are only a Nintendo Wii remote and a tricked out pen away from having your very own interactive whiteboard. Kristen Vandegutche, special education teacher at Blue Star Elementary in Hamilton, Michigan was able to do just that. She first downloaded a free piece of  [...]

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One of the best things I have done with my digital camera is making a commitment to use less flash in my photography. That isn’t always the easiest thing to do, especially if your camera doesn’t have a lot of settings. All of those goofy little symbols on the dial can do a bunch of [...]

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