Friday is apparently odds and ends day this week: I added the Gettysburg lessons to the Gettysburg Address calendar entry. Then there was the fun of cleaning up the broken links on the site. A new broken links report comes…
Author: Traci Gardner
This morning at work, I finished editing a 3-5 lesson plan that uses an Avi book, Alter Egos and More with Avi’s “Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?”. The abstract explains, “Today’s elementary students bring many experiences with a variety…
Today has been totally mixed up. It was pouring rain this morning, so no dumpster in the driveway and no work on a new roof that I can’t afford in the first place. Will it be tomorrow? Saturday? Monday? Who…
Several of the ideas on Micro Persuasion: Ten RSS Hacks, which I found via in someone else’s blog (and I can’t remember whose), seemed interesting. gada.be sounds useful, if I can ever figure out what I need to search for…
Okay, it’s late, and I’m completely agitated. The process of replacing my roof is supposed to begin too early in the morning. After 9 AM, there should be a dumpster in the driveway, which means that I’ve had to park…
The Ideas column for this week’s Inbox focuses on pieces that tie to speakers who will be at NCTE’s Annual Convention in Pittsburgh. Spent today setting up the new ReadWriteThink calendar entries for FY06. In the past, we’ve gone month…
IPods Fast Becoming New Teacher’s Pet, from the Washington Post
From the article: At some schools, the rules are clear: Kids can chill out to downloaded music on portable players, but once they’re inside, iPods and other learning distractions must be stowed in backpacks or lockers and kept there. At…
The Colbert Report
I joined my niece online last night to chat and talk during the new Daily Show and the premiere of The Colbert Report. I had even set a reminder in Outlook to make sure that I didn’t miss it. Overall,…
It’s been an exciting day of odds and ends. We’ve updated the ReadWriteThink Advisory Board, which meant related changes to the Web page. One name is forthcoming, and we will eventually have bio pages for each member. In preparation for…
The middle of the month means it’s time for another content report for ReadWriteThink. We submitted the two lessons that I’ve already mentioned (one on Night and the other on Gettysburg Address). We also added a couple of reviewed Web…