World History
My world history kids are wrapping up their paper and digital reports on how the world impacts them. One interesting way I might do it is by showing them the picture above from the Economist on where we create our most trash as a thought provoking exercise of why and where and what that reflects on those countries. No surprises - the US leads the way and interestingly (not in the article) my own state is the second leading importer of it (after NJ). Thanks to a G+ post from Larry Ferlazzo for it.
- Force Fitting Technology Into The Classroom
Last week Larry Ferlazzo interviewed me and Susie Boss for his radio show. Ferlazzo is a leading innovator in tech education, a writer for Education Week and a classroom teacher. We discussed the topic of which comes first, technology or content....
- Who Invented Writing?
This is a great, short, Ted Talk on who invented writing. It brings together the Sumerians, Egyptians, Chinese and Mayans and how they independently developed writing. If I haven't convinced you to sign up for Google+, perhaps now you...
- Mercator Map Puzzle
Every year one of the projections we have to teach in the Mercator Map. But it is one to explain that as one moves north or south the continents get bigger. It is another thing all together to drag continental piece, as you can do here, up...
- Everything About The Titanic
Larry Ferlazzo is a teacher who does amazing things online. He tweets, Google+s and even has two blog pages which include his "Best Sites." With the Titanic in the news I thought it would be a good way to introduce you to his resources as...
- Bloom's Taxonomy Via Google
Yes, I have a few days of vacation sandwiched in between shuttling my kids to all their summer sports. I just found this great picture of all the ways you can carry out student learning via online tools from Google. Go here to see a bigger...
World History
Rubbish and the World
- Force Fitting Technology Into The Classroom
Last week Larry Ferlazzo interviewed me and Susie Boss for his radio show. Ferlazzo is a leading innovator in tech education, a writer for Education Week and a classroom teacher. We discussed the topic of which comes first, technology or content....
- Who Invented Writing?
This is a great, short, Ted Talk on who invented writing. It brings together the Sumerians, Egyptians, Chinese and Mayans and how they independently developed writing. If I haven't convinced you to sign up for Google+, perhaps now you...
- Mercator Map Puzzle
Every year one of the projections we have to teach in the Mercator Map. But it is one to explain that as one moves north or south the continents get bigger. It is another thing all together to drag continental piece, as you can do here, up...
- Everything About The Titanic
Larry Ferlazzo is a teacher who does amazing things online. He tweets, Google+s and even has two blog pages which include his "Best Sites." With the Titanic in the news I thought it would be a good way to introduce you to his resources as...
- Bloom's Taxonomy Via Google
Yes, I have a few days of vacation sandwiched in between shuttling my kids to all their summer sports. I just found this great picture of all the ways you can carry out student learning via online tools from Google. Go here to see a bigger...