Monthly Archives: June 2012
Plain Hard Work
Analyse Finnish Ad for Effectiveness
This Finnish Ad (about a minute) is a good media literacy lesson for junior-intermediate students. Have the students watch the ad with …
Cain’s Cardboard Arcade
This is a must-see video that will warm your heart. Get your kleenx box ready. It is the story of …
Challenge Student Thinking
Example tasks to challenge student thinking: Big Ideas What message might the author be telling us through the main character? …
Google Tips every student should know
Computer Hope’s Top 10 Google Tips are little known but very useful for students and teachers alike. They are: 1. Definitions …
News Articles and Curriculum Connections for students: Gr. 2-8
Teaching Kids News is a website developed by Toronto educators Jonathan Tilly and Kathleen Tilly and freelance journalist Joyce Grant. Each article has authoritative links and lesson …
Ridiculously Imaginative Playgrounds
The Colossal website is a fantastic resource for all different kinds of art. This playground is just one of many I …
Large Subways grow in similar ways
Bob Yirka reports on an article by British and French researches in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, that all of the …
Why do rumours spread so fast on Twitter?
Benjamin Doerr, Mahmoud Fouz and Tobias Friedrich explain using a mathematical model why Rumours Spread Fast in Social Networks. An interesting question …
Janine Schaub 