November, 2009.
10 Tips For Teaching With New Media
1. Break the Digital Ice 2. Find Your Classroom Experts 3. Get Off to a Good Start 4. Think Globally 5. Find What You Need 6. Make Meaning from Word Clouds 7. Work Better, Together 8. Open a Back Channel 9. Make It Visual 10. Use the Buddy System What’s Inside the PDF: http://www.edutopia.org/files/existing/pdfs/Edutopia-10-top-tips-for-teaching-with-new-media.pdf
Amazing Meteor Shower Coming
One of the best annual meteor showers will peak in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday, and for some skywatchers the show could be quite impressive. The best seats are in Asia, but North American observers should be treated to an above average performance of the Leonid meteor shower, weather permitting. The trick for all observers is [...]
Veterans Day
Today is November 11th and people in the United States, are celebrating Veterans Day, which is also known as Armistice Day. Veterans Day is a day to honor and celebrate the veterans, who have defended their country. But it is also a day of sadness, because there are so many that have lost their lives [...]
Sesame Street 40th Anniversary
Google’s doodle looks a bit different: instead of the regular primary-colored G-O-O-G-L-E, Big Bird, the giant yellow bird character from the children’s television show Sesame Street, is featured front and center. Why the switch? Sesame Street, brought to you by the Children’s Television Workshop, is celebrating its 40th anniversary! Which Sesame Street character is your [...]
Mr. Duey’s Pumpkin He carved
This is Mr. Duey’s pumpkin he carved. If you have a cool pic of your pumkin from this past weekend email us at fans@mrduey.com Also, students go easy on the candy. Don’t get all “sugar crazy” in your class. You don’t want to drive your teachers crazy because you ate five packs of Twix and [...]