I recently created a portal site of resources that can be used to help students understand the importance of Veterans Day. The site includes links to multimedia, lesson plans, history links, reproducibles, and more. I hope you find it helpful as you teach your students about the history of Veterans Day and help them appreciate the vets past and present who have served our country and upheld our values. Read Full Story

This Wednesday we will honor our Veterans living and lost. Please take a few moments to thank those individuals who serve(d) our country and check my blog tomorrow to access a portal site that can be used to help students understand and celebrate the importance of Veterans Day. Images used to create this poster were posted to Flickr by Beverlykahuna. Click on this mini poster if you would like to view a larger version for printing. Click on the title of this blog if you would like to email... Read Full Story

So you took this great photograph and you want to share it with the world. You can certainly share using Shutterbug, Flickr, or one of many other photo sharing sites and Imgur is a photo sharing site. However, “Imgur makes sharing images with the Internet even easier. It can be used to share pictures with friends, as well as post images on message boards and blogs. You can manipulate the image a number of ways (editing was very limited) and automatically submit it to popular sites suc... Read Full Story

Now that I have started my new job the weeks seem to fly by! I am always amazed when Friday rolls around. I hope you enjoy the great resources and videos I discovered and bookmarked this week. In no particular order, I have listed my favorite top 10 sites, blog posts, and videos of the week below. Feel free to share your favorite finds of the week using the comment link found at the bottom of this post. Have a nice weekend! Power of the Pen – a heartwarming article and video about a... Read Full Story

So…who hasn’t heard of YouTube by now? As I found time to peruse and play on the web I got to wondering what other tubes exist in the Web 2.0 world. A little research helped me find a few fun and interesting additional tube-related products you might find useful (or fun). I also found a few X-rated tubes that I will not be sharing since this is a G-rated blog. At any rate, here are some of the neat apps, sites, and resources I found when I went tubin’ on the web today... Read Full Story

Yesterday I facilitated a marvelous PLC (Professional Learning Community) comprised of First Grade Teachers. It was a great day! So….in honor of my first grade PLC teachers…today I am sharing some links that are particularly suitable for younger students. The following web links feature games and activites that could be used in learning centers or during computer time for integration in the lower grades (alphabetically listed): ABCD Watermelon- students can practice their alphabe... Read Full Story

Some people would say that geography should be celebrated every day of the year, but officially we celebrate National Geography Week during the third week of November (this year that means we will celebrate November 15-21). I thought I would share a couple of Geography-related sites so you could start to plan ahead! This year’s theme is Get Lost in Mapping: Find Your Place in the World. My Wonderfull World.org - is the official National Geographic site (and National Geographic sponsor... Read Full Story

As we honor daylight savings time that took place this weekend I thought I would share my portal site…It’s About Time. Click on the screenshot below to access the portal site I developed to celebrate telling time, daylight savings time, time zones, and more. Read Full Story

MyLiveGallery.com is a nifty online application that makes it simple to instantly create live galleries, photo albums and slideshows online. Turn your photos into interactive galleries and share them with others in just a few clicks. Specify the name of your show, upload your pictures or get photos from Flickr, select a theme and the gallery is ready! You don’t need to register for an account and you don’t need Flash. These shows could be used as mini art galleries, historical di... Read Full Story

The image used to create this poster was posted to Flickr by Nic McPhee. Click on this mini poster if you would like to view a larger version for printing. Click on the title of this blog if you would like to email this post to a friend. Read Full Story