Sep
23
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 …
Sep
06
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 of these tools help …
Sep
03
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 …
Aug
10
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 …
Aug
06
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 …
Aug
04
| View | Upload your own If you are in the midst of summer reading have fun with it, the following sites were mentioned in the slideshare above. Type in the name of the book and the author into What should I read next? and the site will make suggestions for your next book. Type …
Jul
31
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 …
Jul
29
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 …
Jul
27
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 …
Jul
24
It must be the summer heat! “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” –- Albert Einstein Beware, this is a fun video, very silly, but seriously use it to show how important it is to learn anything really, you need to know when someone’s argument …
I'm Lindsey Barlow, online learning designer & trainer. What do you want to teach? Because... I like to design courses.
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