Monthly Archives: May 2008

I’m a big fan of the Internet and using it in class, but every once in a while something reminds you that there is something nasty about it, too. This article is about a B.C. couple that supposedly tried to … Continue reading →

If you’re a fan of SimCity, you’ll find ElectroCity interesting. It’s really just a simplified version of the classic video game. You are mayor of a small town in New Zealand, and your job is to grow your town while … Continue reading →

I’ve never quite figured out why anyone would want to use Twitter. Twitter is a “microblog” where you post short, very frequent updates Why would you want the whole world to know that you’re just about to go bike riding, … Continue reading →

If you’re doing astronomy with your class, could there possibly be a cooler site than NASA’s gallery from the Phoenix Mars Lander? It includes photos, videos, and even a timer to show how long the lander has been on Mars.

The One Laptop Per Child group, an association dedicated to getting low cost laptops to the children of poor countries in an attempt to improve learning, have announced the second version of their laptop. The new design, more book-shaped than … Continue reading →

It’s been a busy couple of weeks. First we had our Red River Regional Heritage Fair last Thursday (a massive undertaking on its own) and early this past Tuesday morning my son was born. Not too surprisingly, I haven’t been … Continue reading →

Photojojo presents a great page on playing games with photography. These games are intended to express and develop photographic creativity. While these games would work well in a photography or graphic design course, they are easily transferable to your average … Continue reading →

Read the Words is a website that does just what it says, it reads the words. You can take any written text, whether a Word document or a website, upload it or give Read the Words the URL, and it … Continue reading →

I discovered the oddest game recently.  Blobs is a strangely compelling jumping game where you have a board full of green blobs that you make jump each other. The jumped blob disappears, and you keep going. The object is to … Continue reading →

You can never have too much technology or too much teaching in your classroom. Why not combine them in your English classroom in the form of a podcast? I just discovered a really wonderful site, Grammar Girl, where Mignon Fogarty … Continue reading →