I’ve been sitting in the Mark Twain House Museum classroom for the day soaking up the DEN SCIcon virtual conference events. I’m sharing the room with about 35 educators from around Connecticut as well as Patti Duncan, STAR Discovery Educator and member of the DEN Team. It’s been a productive and worthwhile day with all [...]
I recently came across a Web 2.0 tool that is new to me and I’m already hooked. It’s a tool called AnswerGarden. According to their Web site (http://answergarden.ch/), “AnswerGarden is a new minimalistic feedback tool. Use it as a tool for online brainstorming or embed it on your website or blog as a poll or guestbook.” [...]
Do you like to watch videos? Do you need a video for a PD that you’re planning? Do you want to feel inspired? Then you have to check out TED at http://www.ted.com/. According to their Web site, “TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference [...]
Are your students bored by reading? Want a different way to teach great literature? Visit Google Lit Trips at http://www.googlelittrips.org/ and explore a new way of teaching literature. According to the Web site, “Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place…and so much more!” Explore [...]
Looking for a simple way to assess whether your students are acquiring the information literacy skills and strategies they need to survive and thrive in the 21st Century? TRAILS may be one answer. TRAILS is a project of Kent State University Libraries and it is available free of charge, which is music to everyone’s ears. [...]
Are you aware that, according to research, the font entitled Century Gothic uses 1/3 less ink than some of the standard fonts like Times New Roman and Arial? The blog post you’re reading is written in Century Gothic, size 11. As you can see, it’s a nice clean sans serif font. With tight budgets, saving [...]
As I read Barb’s post earlier today, I was reminded of Easy Bib, a free online bibliography maker that allows you to create a bibliography almost painlessly. The free version cites the sources in MLA format. Once you’ve entered your sources, you can export the bibliography in RTF or MS Word format. This has saved me countless hours when [...]
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, I’m thinking about what I am thankful for. My life is filled with many blessings – far too many to list here – but I’d like to highlight a couple: First, I am thankful to be alive. After experiencing a serious accident four years ago, I am grateful that I survived [...]
It seems that every time we turn around there are new acronyms that have joined the education jargon. Maybe I’m wrong, but Connecticut seems to have more than its share. Here are a few that are popular these days. They’re arranged in alphabetical order, not by the order of the number of times you’ll hear [...]
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