War Horse-Junior/intermediate Point of View Lesson

February 27, 2012

Artists Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones describe their War Horse puppet as an “emotional prosthesis.”* It takes three puppeteers working …

Burned Libraries Considered

February 25, 2012

In 2003 Ms. Baker, 50-year old, head librarian of Basra’s Central Library worried when Iraqi government officials moved their offices …

February 23, 2012

Visual Literacy Prezi Educator Andrea Hunt uses Prezi to introduce junior/intermediate/senior students to visual literacy and its importance to our …

February 22, 2012

Google Science Fair Teachers’ Page This year’s deadline for Google’s 2012 online science fair is April 1st. Young people from …

February 21, 2012

Dr. Kathie Nunley (brain-imaging researcher and educator) provides example lesson plans of a “layered curriculum.” The lessons are often in …

February 19, 2012

Ali Velshi and Christine Romans have published, “How to Speak Money: The Language and Knowledge You Need to Know.” Velshi …

February 18, 2012

UGG boots get banned in Philadelphia NBC VIDEO It’s been almost a month now since a suburban Philadelphia school district banned …

February 14, 2012

Use this 9 minute film on Valentine’s Day with your intermediate students to introduce reading expectation 2.4, Elements of Style. …

February 13, 2012

Google has been publishing some very good “search stories” lately to advertise their services. The ads are about a minute …