Improved technology played a big role in the identification of the two primary suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing.
Law enforcement officials...
Have you ever started a project that you just fell-in-love with? Well~ you are about to see my new love. Here's some background where this new love...
This week is National Library Week. This exciting time of the year celebrates the work of librarians~ media specialists and their common mission to...
The invasion of the Giant Snails sounds like a science fiction movie title but in Florida~ it's very real. The giant African land snail has invaded...
Ali Razeghi, a scientist from Tehran, claims to have successfully created a time machine. According to The Telegraph, Razeghi's machine is not a...
Id like to dedicate my next few posts to the topic of problem-based learning.It is certainly a method that motivates students~ helps them develop...
Arturo Avina is a fan of pop music. Bjork~ Blondie and Madonna are a few of his favorites. Avina is also a kindergarten teacher at LAUSD's Olympic...
I wasn't much of an athlete growing up. I hung around other kids who played sports, but I was never really good at any of them. Baseball, football,...
Have you heard of Teachers Domain? I stumbled upon it during my search for time elapse videos for the life cycle of a plant. Teachers Domain is media...
I have to share this fantastic strategy with you.It involves pre-testing your entire class~ allowing students to earn time to work on enrichment/...
Although I love winter(I am a skier)~ I am SO VERY MUCH looking forward to the return of my beautiful and colorful flowers to return to my gardens....
Since Arne Duncan took over as Secretary of Education~ his YouTube channelhas uploaded more than 450 videos and counting (currently 462)~ which...
Ask practitioners and administrations on the ground in the education system about state education agencies (SEAs), and you may encounter skepticism....
Banning Dodge Ball?A New Hampshire school district has banned the game many of us grew up playing and probably supervised during recess as adults....
In the News-Gustave Whitehead is being credited as having the FIRST successful powered flight in history(Bridgeport~ CT~ on August 14~ 1901)~ two...
In a previous blog~ I addressed the question over whether advanced learners should take part in acceleration or enrichment. In summary~ while I am a...
When a very rough beta version of what industry insiders are calling the "paper phone" emerged last year, people began to wonder exactly how this...
Well~ I lied. Spring did not visit us this week. Once again~ my garden unit has been put off for another week. Four nights of 30 to 50 degree weather...
Recently~ I gave a talk to some students at the University of South Florida regarding methods for working with gifted children.They posed an...
After a brief period of inactivity, NASA's Curiosity rover is back at work on the surface of Mars.
The little robot suffered a memory failure and...