January 2012
4 posts
What Are Our Values? →
This is the question asked by Marian Wright Edelman of the Children’s Defense Fund at the end of a powerful essay that describes the deep cuts being made in education programs. Education has not been…
Book Review: March by Geraldine Brooks →
I haven’t read Little Women for at least a decade, maybe two, but I remember it being a heartwarming novel with plucky characters. Geraldine Brooks’ novel, March, takes its basic story from that…
Why Not Be Great? →
That’s the question Seth Godin asks in his blog post today. His whole post is a celebration of innovation and revolution. Before you finish this paragraph, you have the power to change everything…
Milestones →
The new year brings endings and beginnings… My father’s oldest brother, Ted, died yesterday in the early morning hours, drifting away in his sleep after a year of declining health. He was 87 years…
Sun Worshipping →
One of the things that attracted us to the farm and the house was the sun room that stretched along the southern side of the house. We knew it would help heat the house and figured we could…
December 2011
4 posts
Milestones →
The new year brings endings and beginnings… My father’s oldest brother, Ted, died yesterday in the early morning hours, drifting away in his sleep after a year of declining health. He was 87 years…
October 2011
8 posts
Instant Yeast & Other Wonders…A Second Try →
In my 20s, when I dabbled in vegetarianism, Diet for a Small Planet was something of the holy book. In those days, I baked most of the bread I ate with Laurel’s Kitchen Bread Book guiding the way ….
hitRECord →
Cool site shared by a student
The Perils of Too Many Notes →
Pat Conroy has had a lifetime love affair with the English language, and his wonderfully rich prose goes down like a bowl of gumbo, thick, delicious, lovingly prepared. I lost myself in the many…
Aah…Autumn →
My favorite season. Cool crisp days and long shadows that come earlier each evening. They’ve started harvesting the corn in the field next door, the huge alien creature chewing through the stalks….
Steve & Me: Living History →
When we moved earlier this year, I found was my stash of Macintosh boxes, beginning with my first one, a PowerBook 500. Today, I am writing this on my new MacBook Air. In between was an iBook, a…
Start An Online Used Bookstore Business →
YouTube’s 20 Most-Shared Ads This Month [VIDEOS] →
“They are everywhere!”
– Rooftop QR Codes Aim to Infiltrate Google Earth
September 2011
2 posts
Twitter Hashtags for Educators - The Tempered... →
horizon-k12 - home →
August 2011
13 posts
MindShift | How we will learn →
Social Networking at Science Leadership Academy |... →
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/08/two... →
Seth interprets the earthquake
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Home →
Five Levels of Communication
These ideas seem so simple but in a digital world we can forget the power of ftf http://ht.ly/694hC
Squirrels In My Pants « Bionic Teaching →
GREAT post with very practical and easy ideas for doing more with the Promethean board than just presenting!
New Missouri Law Bans 'Exclusive' Online Contact... →
The Long War Is Over →
I think the irony of the Civil War is that there was rarely a time when people either North or South were very happy with their government. The Confederacy tried to unite states who were seceding…
Learners Vs Completers →
Dear Fall 2011 Students: We will be spending the next four months together. I have a simple goal: I want this to be an engaging, thought provoking class that helps you find your own path through the…
How the Science of Attention is Changing Work and... →
http://www.scribd.com/mobile/documents/6358393 →
Via @jonbecker love the idea of anti teaching from Michael Wesch
DICK CAVETT - Opinionator - NYTimes.com →
Cavett tells a great story with crafted, conversational prose. He gets a lot out of every word and image. Make sure to read the William Jennings Bryant pieces from the summer.
Today’s tech projects: play with tumblr and get the bird cam up and running to capture hummingbird video before they leave for the winter.
September 2009
28 posts
Too Many Tomatoes: Breaded eggplant slices →
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Spice of Life Recipes » Blog Archive » Eggplant... →
UN Webcast →
Tryit Editor v1.4 →
Earth First! Worldwide →
The Reading Project →
It’s probably because I’ve been reading Julie & Julia, but I’m struck with the idea of turning something I’m going to do anyway into a project. What am I going to do anyway? Read. What would the…
Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video... →
W&M Tidewater Team Internal Pages →
History Globe →
Choose Your Own Reading →
The W3C Markup Validation Service →
Technology Integration | Edutopia →
YouTube - A Vision of Students Today →
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills -... →
YouTube - Did You Know; Shift Happens -... →
WATER: Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and... →
Designing Headers « WordPress Codex →
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