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http://paolipeaks.com/ Teachers ski for free tomorrow at Paoli Peaks in Paoli, Indiana. You will be asked to show a pay stub or school ID along with a Photo ID (drivers license.) There are four additional dates and the free package includes rental equipment, lift ticket and a lesson. The hours are from 10AM -10PM. For [...]
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These recently came across the STC mailing list. I felt I had a little more control of the scissors on the second choice. Enjoy. Make-a-Flake http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/ Popular Front Snow Days http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/ Also, look at Snowflake Bentley’s microscopic snowflake images.
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http://www.google.com Before the year, if you left the search box blank and hit “I’m Feeling Lucky” on the google search page you got a second by second countdown to the 1/1/10. Now that 2010 is here, do the same thing and see what happens.
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How Snow Is Formed I wanted to share this interactive diagram that I found from one of the teachers I follow on twitter. It is an informational article accompanied by an excellent clickable diagram on the subject of How Snow Is Formed. The text of the article might be on the difficult side but it [...]
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Sign Up For Text Message of School Closings While I love the fact that the JCPS details are front and center on the news ticker on snowy days, I always have to keep watching to check on my wife and kids’ district and U of L too. By that time I am awake and the [...]
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Thirteen Most Inspiring YouTube Videos Are you looking for some fodder for a morning meeting or a journal topic? See if any of these inspiring YouTube videos get your students discussing, writing or reflecting. Enjoy.
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I enjoyed spending the day with the awesome teachers at Kenwood and Schaffner yesterday. With the new year comes new resolutions and I shared a presentation I called “Ten For Ten.” Here are are the first few of the ten Tablet PC and projector resolutions for the new calendar year that will increase student engagement [...]
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KET’s Exciting New Instructional Resources! Posted by Larry Moore, KET North Regional Education Consultant Well, you see the phrase “New and Improved” in advertising a lot, and when it comes to KET’s instructional resources, that phrase is very appropriate. Some of the services I describe in the list below are brand new such as KET [...]
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