You can tell I’m a teacher, because one of the things I love about the holidays is being able to share the gift of reading. Yup, I’m the aunt that always sends books, the Mom that makes the Christmas Eve gift a book and the wife that points her husband in the direction of the [...]
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 [...]
A list is being compiled for the top ten learning tools for 2009.
I added my top ten for 2009. I did this very quickly via twitter and just tried to concentrate on the tools I use and find useful on a regular basis. If you look at the list, my contribution is number 117. It [...]
As we get towards the end of the year, so many teachers are acutely aware of how many chapters they have yet to cover. Although it might be a little late this year, screencasting, used regularly throughout the year can help with this time crunch.
I regularly attend the Saturday webinars hosted by classroom2.0 and always learn [...]
So many apps so little time.
The potential for the ipod touch in the classroom and in the hands of so many students is exciting. In a classroom recently a teacher asked how many students owned an ipod touch, at least half of the hands went up. How many of them use it for school work? [...]
Packing for college
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As the new school year approaches one purchase on the back to school supply list should be Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck. This is a great book to help you effectively coach, cajole, tutor and talk to your kids through the school year. The book explains the difference between a fixed mindset [...]
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