Monthly Archives: June 2007

Spreadsheets are one useful but really dull piece of programming. What could be more boring than punching some numbers into a spreadsheet and seeing the result? Well, Dr. Alice Christie is trying to give spreadsheets their due. She’s provided an … Continue reading →

Dismal World is a dismal site. It’s subtitle, “Snapshots from the not-so-happy globe” pretty much sums up what you can expect to see. It has some startling and quite incredible shots of disasters – both natural and man-made – wars, … Continue reading →

Dante’s Inferno is one of those really difficult books that everyone thinks they should have read, but no one really has.  Well, someone has decided to make this piece of literature a little more accessible by creating a virtual tour … Continue reading →

I’m intrigued by the idea of blogging, and lately I’ve been reading a lot of teachers’ posts and blogs all about blogging. These teachers are trying to use blogs to get students to work with each other, and even collaborate … Continue reading →

The Statistics Canada daily report is a sometime thing. Sometimes it’s got the most fascinating details you’ll want to discuss with your students, and most of the time it’s dull as ditch water. The Daily comes out everyday (go figure) … Continue reading →

The Math Blog’s June 2 entry has some links to some free math software. I’m no math expert (I teach history) but this stuff looks seriously sophisticated and capable of being used in a high school math or physics class. … Continue reading →

Okay, this has got to be the coolest Canadian history lesson I can imagine. According to CBC News, an expansion for CivIII is being released that traces development using civilizations that have inhabited Canada over the millenia. CivIII is one … Continue reading →

Approver.com is a new site that I haven’t had a chance to try out. It looks quite intriguing. One of the hot topics in education is collaboration. You work with one or more people on a project, preferably people in another … Continue reading →

My wife is covering a unit on flight with her grade six science class. She plans on one hot, muggy June day to spend some time making and flying paper airplanes to help demonstrate the principles of flight. I think … Continue reading →