I’m going to attempt to post interesting bits I’ve found recently, both as a way to share with the community things I’ve found, and as a way to reflect upon items I’ve found. I won’t go as far to guarantee I’ll do this weekly (I’d like to), but whenever I get together 5-10 interesting items, [...]
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Do you remember your first day in high school? Perhaps you were in a new building- more likely than not surrounded by many new, unfamiliar, and large faces? I vaguely remember being excited, yet apprehensive and anxious. Would I be able to hack it? Would I make some good friends? Would it be a fun [...] Rocks If you poll my students on what they feel is the most boring subject matter in geology, you would almost certainly hear: “rocks.” Let’s face it, even for this teacher with a degree in geology, rocks aren’t the most compelling of subjects. Now, let’s imagine you need to cover a whole assortment of technical [...] I have a Flickr account. I post most pictures I take to the account, and most are accessible to the public (Under a CC-BY-SA 2.0 license, no less). I’ve knew by doing this it was likely that my students would eventually find my photos (and I take that into account when posting). Well…it’s happened. Actually, [...] There’ s a school in them there Woods. Matt Schlein raised the funds to purchase 260 acres of land and open the Walden Project- an innovative high school where class is held outdoors (except for when they have it in a motley-looking tent). The curriculum is based around Thoreau’s writing, but by no means is [...] |
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