The Oxford English Dictionary’s annual June update has a decidedly tech feel this year as the much ballyhooed reference title is adding the words “tweet,” “crowdsourcing,” “e-reader” and “re-direct.”
Every June the dictionary adds several new words to the English vernacular, provided they meet certain criteria. While “tweet” does not meet the standard of having been in existence for at least 10 years, OED chief editor John Simpson said, “it seems to be catching on.”
AllThingsD reports that the 2013 OED update is particularly tech-savvy, “Whatever the reason, ‘tweet’ was just one of a batch of tech-related words and phrases added to the OED in the last year. Among the others is ‘big data,’ the fashionable phrase and subject of glossy photo books that evokes the act of analyzing large data sets for otherwise undetectable patterns.”
One of the best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons was sold this week to a private collector for a whopping 50 million dollars. This is a new world’s records for such a purchase. The fossilized skeleton is called Gus and was named for the man whose South Dakota land the discovery was made.It took two years, 2021-2023, to excavate the fossilized remains! It is thought to be the most complete and largest such skeleton of a T Rex ever found. Estimated to be about 67 million years old, it...

This summer, as a teacher reflecting on what I know about the classroom, I find myself thinking deeply about what truly matters for children and for the educators who guide them each day. The demands on teachers continue to grow. Each new expectation brings more responsibility, more planning, more assessment, and more pressure to do it all while...
In 2018, the United Nations designated May 20th as World Bee Day.
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