Book Fairs Create Young Readers or Young Shoppers? (1)
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Recently I chaired the Scholastic Book Fair at my daughters’ elementary school. It was labor intensive, but my kids are always so happy and proud when I do things at their school. My 4th grader said, “Mommy, I hope you run book fair EVERY year!” This was my fifth and hopefully final time, so I just smiled at her and gently said, “We’ll see” while silently screaming, “HELL NO!” My 6th grader has the mistaken ...
Where Did Your Last Meal Come From? - Farming History (1)
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Harvest of History is a website produced by the Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, New York (also the site of the Baseball Hall of Fame). Harvest of History is designed to help students and teachers explore the origins and development of modern farming practices. The basis for Harvest of History is to explore the question, "where did your last meal come from?"Applications for EducationHarvest of History is designed with elementary school students in mind. The teachers' ...
Collaboration with Schools Around the World (1)
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We all know that collaboration and communication are 21st century skills. We all want to incorporate these skills. What pushes us? What holds us back? What works? What seems to stall? At the beginning of this year (January 2008), I wrote a blog post titled Collaboration Projects- Doomed to fail? that drew many comments. I was presenting the issues I was facing regarding arming global collaboration projects at my school as the following: Lack of ...
Waiting For The Mags, Passing The Time Productively (1)
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On Thursday, August 29, 80,000 people will line up to enter Invesco Field in Denver. Greeting them at the gates will be a squadron of federal agents with magnetometers. Security is important; everyone will be carefully screened. Even with a few dozen magnetometers, though, the queues will be long. 80,000 people will be antsy, sweaty, excited, bored. Presciently, Obama's convention planners realize this. They're drafting a plan to pass out thousands of cell phones, and ...
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Daniel said:
80,000 Obama telemarketers? That scares even me.