Angela Maiers, an educator/consultant/writer whom I greatly admire, has mentioned on her blog the idea of having a “Dream Team” – a group of people who you would like to emulate. In her book, The New Habitudes, she also mentions this, and offers a free reproducible here for conjuring up your personal Dream Team members. … Read more
I absolutely love this idea from Tony Vincent’s “Learning in Hand” blog. He has taken a series of quotes, and used QR quotes to cover up parts of the quotes. If you go to this link, you can see 20 examples. He also offers a link to a video explaining QR codes. Tony hangs up … Read more
In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8th, CNN posted a site where you could choose an inspirational quote by a famous woman, select a background from three choices, and share it via Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, or Tumblr. I spent quite a bit of time reading the words of Eleanor Roosevelt, Marie Curie, … Read more
My 2nd graders showed so much zeal for our unit on building bridges that I have been on the hunt for other ways to satisfy their curiosity. Though “Discover Engineering” seems to be geared more toward older students, there are still a few activities and games that my 2nd graders would enjoy. There are links … Read more
Love. This.!!! What a great idea! Head on over to Kapil Bhagat’s Tumbler post to see the rest of his Scientist Posters. Some ideas for the classroom: students can research the ones by Bhagat to explain his designs and their relationships to the scientists, students can make their own posters for famous people they’ve researched, … Read more
It’s another Fun Friday, and I’m not sure this post is going to have its desired effect. The animated gif is working as I edit the post, but is static when I preview it. Either way, you can hop on over to “Head Like an Orange” to view some animated gifs that are actually animated. … Read more