Watching my twitter feed and email account, I have been saving up these notices about free upcoming online professional development and I am excited by how my calendar is so full of great opportunities to learn.
I thought it would be useful to consolidate them into one post and share it out. This is low-hanging fruit [...]
Attended a free webinar from O’Reilly media Thursday hosted by Dan Meyer, a math teacher from Santa Cruz. The seminar was boldly title “How to save Math Education”
Even if you are not a math teacher, this is talking about getting students to think…and applies to all teachers really. It’s just hidden in a math webinar.
Dan [...]
This is a guest post by Rachael Costello, high school librarian. Her library orientation lesson for freshman is packed with options, engagement, and interactivity. Glogster provides the platform for delivery, but Rachael fills it with her ideas and productions. I wish all students had such a thorough introduction to their school library, thinking especially about [...]
Back to school is a good time to commit to searching out tools online that students can really use to make learning more effective. These are the top 12 free tools that I use with teachers and students and they can be found year round on my public netvibes page.
Many [...]
Stellarium was included as a session at the Galileo Teacher Training Workshop, organized by the European Space Agency in Amsterdam in June 2009. As part of the International Year of Astronomy, I thought this program should be explored.
Stellarium is an open source 3D planetarium program that works in real-time and has a database of over [...]
What a wonderful excuse to stay up late and camp out on the porch. This annual summer shower of meteors in sure to be a memory maker. The meteors are from the comet swift-tuttle and are estimated to be over a thousand years old. At peak times you may see over 40 an hour.
This youtube [...]
My son has always loved reading. In this photo, he’s not actually reading, a car ad caught his attention at a time when cars were his THING. He has always been a fanatical reader. I remember driving home from the library and he had finished a magic treehouse book in the car before we got [...]
Can you make a very reliable restaurant in your backyard?
Migrating humming birds were stopping for food along their migratory path this year and people noticed. Their progress is recorded on this map
As you can see it is over for now, the hummingbirds are north for the summer. Use the recipe here to get ready for their [...]
I took this picture from my patio in my garden and is one of my favorite photos, it was so nice of the butterfly to stay so still while eating, as if it knew it was on camera.
Did you know how important it is to keep an eye out for wildlife this summer? The National [...]
Staying out in the dark and watching for fireflies is not only fun, but you can now do it in the name of science.
Involve your kids in a collaborative science project that is hosted by the museum of science in Boston. No special training is needed and this is appropriate for all ages.
The Museum has [...]
