What I’m Reading
It has been a mild winter here in the area, but you can still enjoy skiing and snowboarding less than an hour away. Paoli will be offering another Teacher Appreciation Day this year, so grab a friend and head on up. Rather than trying to summarize the fine print, pasted below is the text of [...]
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Most of you are in the middle of testing, so your kids might enjoy some good news: They can bring their report cards in to Graeter’s and will get a free kids cone if they have an A. They can also show it to the nice folks at Krispy Kreme and they will give a [...]
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http://www.paolipeaks.com/events-and-more/calendar (Note: Check out my post on 2/7/12 for current info about this program) The final “Teachers Ski Free” day at Paoli is Friday. This a great service they provide. I went once this year and once last year, and would recommend it. They will provide you with a packet of information about field [...]
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I do not typically wish for a “Snow Day,” but tomorrow is an exception! Paoli Peaks is running another “Teachers Ski Free” promotion. Even if we don’t get the day off, head up after school; they will be open until 10:00 PM. The two other upcoming Teachers Ski Free days are January 21 and February [...]
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Source: FreeTech4Teachers Site: Barnes and Noble As you wind down the school year here is one way you can try to motivate your students to read for pleasure over the summer. Barnes and Noble is running a Summer Reading Program. I glanced at the Parent, Educator and Student resources and they are all pretty simple [...]
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I’m not sure how long it has been available, but I just noticed that one of the options on Google Docs is a draw document. I could see this coming in very handy for Tablet PC users who want to collaborate on sketches or diagrams with multiple users at once. At a glance the draw [...]
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Click on the image to the left for a free sample of pretty good coffee. If you love coffee like I love coffee check out Java Enabled, my eChalk Test Blog. I am learning the eChalk platform and have dedicated my test blog to the thing that gets me going in the morning… Enjoy
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I’m going to depart from the usual subject of great teaching sites and talk about super deals on this post. Whether you are shopping for school related items or just trying to stretch that public servant salary, here are a few sites that might interest you. My first stop for purchasing computer gear is always [...]
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http://www.certificatestreet.com/ I learned recently that the site formerly known as “My Award Maker” has returned, but under a new name. Check out Certificate Street for colorful, printable and customizable certificates and awards for all occasions. There are more certificates than one could ever make use of, and they are categorized nicely by Sports, School, Special [...]
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Source: Make Use Of I enjoyed the write up of these two sites for teacher resources. If I could add one item to the exceptional diagrams and visual aids in the above link, it would be to remember that you can print these sheets to either SMART Notebook or Windows Journal for increase usefulness. Read [...]
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