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Classroom Themes: Rock Climbing
Climbing is growing steadily in popularity as a sport in the United States. Have you thought of it for a classroom theme? Trend's poster can set the mood: There are lots of motivational posters using images of … -
Technology Lesson Plan: Make a Class Squidoo Lens
My summer writing class is making a Squidoo lens. Maybe your class would like to do the same. A Squidoo lens is, in the words of Squidoo, an "organized directory" of resources on a particular topic. We're doing 21st Cen… -
Technology Counts
The new technology report is out. One aspect of the report is state tech grades. My state, Arkansas, went from last year's C- to a B for capacity and an A- for use. You'll have to pay a small fee for the full reports, … -
The Real 21st Century Skills
I find myself in a lot of conversations on 21st Century skills -- the things our students will need to know to compete in the global marketplace in the 21st century. The thing that strikes me about these conversations… -
The Snow Queen Lesson Plans
The Snow Queen is a lesser-known tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It's a collection of stories, really. The first is about a mirror made by an evil sprite, which shows everything reflected in it at its worst. This mirror… -
Technology Lesson Plans: Cyber Citizenship
Technology is a big topic in most classrooms these days, and one with a fair number of controversies. Nine elements of cybercitizenship have been listed by the Digital Citizenship website, and they can all make great top… -
Immigration Lesson Plans
Immigration is a topic I like to bring into lesson plans around Thanksgiving. After all, that Pilgrim Thanksgiving was a celebration by immigrants who had survived their first year in their new home. Our stories of that … -
Project Euler
I just have one word for you today: Euler! Actually, it should be two words: Project Euler. Click on that and you'll find a fine selection of math problems that lead the learner through computer programming as well as cl… -
Google Gadgets
Many educators nowadays use a class webpage. Classroom wikis, link collections for student research, classroom blogs, and stored Power Point presentations feature in plenty of our instructional plans. Many more teachers … -
Time Lesson Plans
We looked at lessons on reading analog clocks recently, but there's more to studying time than that. With the change from Daylight Savings Time, this is a perfect time to study time! One interesting way to approach it is…
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