As I have found myself immersed in the world of edublogging lately, and I have even been able to work face-to-face with some of the bloggers whom I respect enormously, I have come to a sobering conclusion. I have known for some time that praise from administrators and fellow educators does not always correlate with sound [...]

This week’s Carnival of Education features one of the recent posts from this very blog, and I am suitably humbled and excited. Please take a look–you will find all sorts of education blogs to whet your palate. It’s a great event, and it happens each week in a different location! [...]

As our bellies bulge with excess calories this week as a result of the Thanksgiving holiday, I share an opportunity to fill our minds with new words. The author of Wordsmith.org, linguaphile Anu Garg, created a program that randomly displayed rare words and their definitions/etymologies daily for himself. He has been sharing his [...]

Always seeking out new ways to integrate web tools into my classroom instruction, I have to share a fantastic one that I just came across. While data from the decennial U.S. Census has always been available from the official government website, the GIS-style interface and cumbersome vocabulary put up roadblocks to its use in [...]

Okay, so I’m a technology junkie. Call me an “early adopter” or a “technosavvy educator“, but the bottom line is that: I love technology. In my classroom, in my home, in my life. I love the look in a child’s eye when they see a new toy piece of technology. I love being the one that [...]