Why I Love the Internet - Reason 2 - Learning to Tie Knots- June 30, 2008 Ever the outdoorsman, I've decided it's time to learn how to tie some basic knots. I was not a boy scout as a kid, so I never learned. Enter the Internet. Just google the word "knots" and check out the first result, Animated Knots by Grog. Here you can learn how to tie 119 knots. Don't know where to begin Then search for a knot under one of the following categories:BoatingClimbingFishingSearch & RescueHouseholdDecorativeOh...I forgot to mention, each knot is animated--you are shown how..http://misterteacher.blogspot.com/2008/06/why-i-love-internet-reason-2-learning.html Why I Love Internet - Reason 1 - Identifying Snakes- June 30, 2008 Remember when you were a kid, fascinated by a meandering creek or stream Think back to how fun it was to turn over rocks and search for critters like frogs and crawdads. I still enjoy roving creeks and streams, searching for wildlife; not so much because I've managed to hang on to that childhood fascination, but more because I want to pass it on to my kids.A couple weeks ago the four of us (Anna, Andrew, and Audrey are my four year old triplets) we're roaming a creek close to our house when...http://misterteacher.blogspot.com/2008/06/why-i-love-internet-reason-1.html ADD Try divergent thinker- June 26, 2008 Ever hear of the Edison Trait I ran across an article while researching creativity that explains it. Might be something that you want to read, particularly if you have been frustrated in the past by kids who exhibit the behaviors that characterize ADD.Technorati Tags: education creativity ADDhttp://misterteacher.blogspot.com/2008/06/add-try-divergent-thinker.html Epistemic Games Movie- June 20, 2008 Summer reading is in full swing. I've just started How Computer Games Help Children Learn by David Williamson Shaffer. As with all the books I read, I also read the accompanying blog. A couple weeks ago they posted a video about epistemic games. I thought I'd publish it here.http://misterteacher.blogspot.com/2008/06/epistemic-games-movie.html Flickr in the Classroom: A New Perspective- June 9, 2008 I've often written in this blog about how I think Flickr is a great tool for the classroom. About a year ago I took part in an interview for an article in Edutopia called My Friend Flickr. I did a complete about-face in the article, stating:"I read on other teacher blogs that Flickr is really good for the classroom, and I think, 'No way,'" "It's open to anybody, and, because of that, you've got to assume people will put stuff there that will be offensive."I intended to write a blog entry...http://misterteacher.blogspot.com/2008/06/flickr-in-classroom-new-perspective.html A Field Trip to Stearns Woods- June 2, 2008 Inspired by my reading of the book Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv, one of my goals this school year was to take my students on a field trip to Stearns Woods, a local forest within walking distance of my school. My hope was that this field trip would have outcomes way beyond helping my kids get better test scores; this was field trip I wanted to take because I believe that school should consist of more than preparing our students for standardized tests. Last summer I introduced my own.http://misterteacher.blogspot.com/2008/06/field-trip-to-stearns-woods.html |