Researchers believe that by providing students with good social and emotional learning opportunities it will help them to be better students, lead better lives, and be better citizens of the world. Below you will find a few centers with...
Every summer we would take a family vacation in our station wagon. There were four kids and two parents and all the suitcases and food in this wagon. Kathy and I had the way back where no air conditioning flowed and the only wind came from my...
What a beautiful day in Chicago today! Go out and enjoy our Earth! And remember to celebrate the beauty of this big round ball in space on Earth Day, April 22nd, 2009. Below you will find a few selected webpages to help you find an...
There is a new kid in town named Shmoop and I think I like her/him. It is a new site that aims to make learning fun in the fields of history and literature. I have not looked at everything in the site but what I have seen is pretty good and...
History Resources: Best of History Websites http://www.besthistorysites.net/ Early Manuscripts at Oxford University Digital facsimiles of complete manuscripts, scanned directly...
I think of this post as my contribution to "plants across the curriculum". Below you will find a number of great sites that will help you to incorporate gardening into your teaching. It is amazing how much students can learn from...
I have Windows Vista and I don't like it. I sit and wait as the tiny tidy bowl of blue swirls and locks up my computer. I mean, why call it windows when you can't go from window to window quickly? So, now we have Windows 7 and there are mixed...
eSchool News ia an online journal for Technology News for Today's K-20 Educator. This journal is "dedicated to providing news and information to help K-20 decision makers use technology and the...
I just read an article on "Lure of the Labyrinth" and so I had to check-it-out. What a great game! What a great way to teach students pre-algebra concepts. If only all learning was...
Often we buy technology and just let it sit there and never really use it to its fullest potential. I know that there are many things my laptop can do besides surf the web, answer email, calculate, create an online calendar, create webpages, and...