Monthly Archives: March 2008

This little YouTube video suggests that while the world around us changes, very little changes in the schools. I don’t know if the criticism is quite fair. I don’t teach French, or History (or Computers) the way I was taught, … Continue reading →

Internet websites seem to be fabulously expensive with Facebook recently valued at well over a billion dollars, and Microsoft bidding tens of billions for Yahoo. So have you ever wondered just how much your site is worth? Well, this website … Continue reading →

Do you ever have your students find out that somewhere in the past someone made ten dollars and then the kids wondered what that would be worth today? Well, a long time ago I discovered a Canadian site that would … Continue reading →

Let me just say that I have the greatest respect for the Dutch. I have been steeped in Dutch Canadian culture since I was young enough to crunch a King peppermint so I know about the Dutch reputation for being … Continue reading →

There aren’t a lot of sites that you can tell exactly what they’re about just by looking at the URL. Multiplication.com is an exception because it is all about just what you’d expect, multiplication. This is a site devoted purely … Continue reading →

Life seems continually busy, so I’m always amazed that I can discover more and more elaborate educational sites. I’m not amazed that I can find them, just that someone out there seems to have an awful lot of spare time … Continue reading →

I really don’t know enough about math to know if this video, The Top Ten List of Algebra Mistakes, is for real or not, but whether these are real mistakes or not, this video is a great example of how … Continue reading →

When we were mad or unhappy or something like that my dad would always tell us kids to go out and do something positive. Play in the mark, mow the lawn, or do whatever we had to do. Don’t mope. … Continue reading →

In a recent blog post, Steve Haragdon commented that there is just so much too much information on the Internet.  How do you cope with it all? I liked his solution: I will also say that on a personal level, … Continue reading →

I try to highlight interesting sites as I encounter them. This one is interesting for being a list of interesting sites. Would I pick all these sites myself? Would I recommend them all? No, but there’s enough really intriguing looking … Continue reading →