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Create a Dynamic Map Mash-up with MyHistro or Just View Free, Interactive Timelines! MyHistro has been used on the web by many.  Now, they have an Extended version.  I recently chatted with their team, and they answered some popular questions from their users. - Why'd you make this app in the first place?To widen the ...

My Thoughts on Social Media - How I stay 'in the know' -  I was excited to wake up the other day and see that my Twitter video had been posted by my buddy, Jeff, on Edudemic.  This made my day!  If you've searched any topic relating to education and technology, I'm sure you've landed on his amazing site.  I've been fortunate ...

16 Random Things About This Third Grade TeacherI follow a few blogs as I work my way through this learning curve in Blogger land and I found a few that introduced themselves to their readers through the ''random things'' list. So, here are 16 random things about this Scottish teacher living in America 1) I currently live in Colorado and I am ...

I’m at the airport, waiting for my flight to Charlotte. I’ve a long layover (about 3 hours), so I thought I’d start to put down my impressions. LOVED San Antonio – friendly city, great people. Gotta give a shout-out to Gabriel, our cab driver (he phoned us at 3:15 am to make sure we woke [...]

National Board Certified elementary teacher Steve Reifman is excited to announce the launch of his first professional development course for educators on Udemy.com, a terrific website that offers resources people can access at their convenience. The course is called “Beyond Compliance: Classroom Management that Fosters ...

This is the time of year when everyone is wearing thin. Teachers are nervous about state testing. Kids are excited about summer break. Personally, I feel more frazzled now than I have all year long.  Here lately, each week seems to be a Monday to Friday battle.  I feel I spend countless hours preparing for my students' ...

Mindsnacks: Vocabulary Building and Language Development MindSnacks is a mobile educational gaming company that develops popular apps that teach foreign languages and test preparation subjects. Recently, MindSnacks released a brand new app called Kids' Vocab -- it's a comprehensive learning tool that teaches essential vocabulary ...

Procrastination is the killer of greatness. Or so the saying goes. In my case, procrastination is killing my spare time and resulting in my cramming of our school district, mandatory, English Language Acquisition courses planned for the month of June.....my summer holiday! (grumble, grumble, complaint, complaint) Of course, I could have done it ...

Can't access flash on your iPad?  Rover is the free to download education app that streams educational Flash content to your iPad! What is Rover? Rover is an education app and the only education browser for your iPad designed for teachers and students of all ages.  Rover is targeted towards enhancing the K-12 ...