History and My Story

Before I shut things down here for the summer, I feel the need to share this with all of you. I know I have told a lot of stories this year, but I haven’t talked much about this. Even those of you who know me pretty well may not know that my mother, Mary Van [...]

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Terribly sad day at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum…R.I.P. Stephen Johns, and please don’t ever take security guards for granted. Lots of school groups at the Museum, including at least 3 from Massachusetts. Here is the news story (from my old station in Wash, D.C. actually).

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I’ve been dying to try out this technology, so our April vacation trip to Washington, DC was a great excuse. The entire family got in on the act—even Aggie!

 
If you’d like to try this on your own–it’s called a VoiceThread.  Any suggestions as to how I could use this with students….it would be neat to [...]

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Now that you all have a little world history under your belts you might get some of the jokes on the Onion’s Our Dumb World page.  Click on the pins to read funny “facts” about cities and countries all over the globe.  My favorite = Equatorial Guinea….but remember the site is satire.  You won’t learn [...]

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Just a little Thursday morning humor:

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It’s been a year since I started this blog and I really can’t believe I lasted this long. This little project of mine began as an assignment in a graduate course I was taking on using technology in education. The other assignments I never really pursued with much passion—Ning, anyone? Twitter still [...]

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First day of school here and there is definitely excitement in the air.  Hopefully in the months ahead when routines are in place and our days get more “ho hum” we can think back and remember today’s feelings, all full of hope and expectation as we embark on the high school years for the class [...]

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