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Batman Year One and a Fables Spin-Off
Batman: Year One by Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli, and Richmond Lewis This is a retelling of Batman’s origin story. It was originally published in 1986, shortly after Frank Miller told the final Batman story in The Dark Knight Returns. That book is an undisputed classic. This one seems like it is chasing that but can never…
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Lessons We Can All Learn From Skateboarding (and how to apply it to school)
I love skateboarding and I am passionate about teaching. As such, I found this video quite captivating. I really agree with what Dr. Tae has to say, especially . . . FAILURE IS NORMAL “In skateboarding, failure is normal. Failure is expected. . . It took me 58 tries to get that trick . .…
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Homemade TARDIS Build – Part 3
I’ve been building a TARDIS in my spare time. The first step was building the frame. Then I added some detail. I used corrugated plastic for the walls. It’s a lightweight material so the completed model will be somewhat portable. I then added wood trim to create the panel effect. The next step was creating the…
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Chasing Content – April 2009
It’s time for a bonus edition of Chasing Content this month as we explore the archives from four years ago. Read all of the posts from April 2009 . . . or just these fantastic ones. Novel Study Takes to the Track I love how this book got us running together as a class. I…
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My List of 2013 Reads
I love reading. I always have a book or two on the go. And I love sharing great titles here on the blog. That’s why I’ve decided to keep track of everything I read over the course of this year. I had a lot of fun with my reading log last year. It’s definitely a…
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Teaching Tip – Games
Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesday! Every week I share with you a tip that I hope you will find useful in your teaching. You can visit the Teaching Tips Archive to see all of the tips in the order I have posted them over the years. Please check that page as I will continue to…
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Homemade TARDIS update
I’m building my own TARDIS, and it’s definitely a learning process. I started with the frame you see above. I then added corrugated plastic panels for the walls. I used this material because it is lightweight and I wanted to be able to easily pick up the completed TARDIS and carry it around to different…
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I Accidentally Read This
The Accidental Genius of Weasel High by Rick DeTorie This book was sitting on top of the young adult section at the public library and it called to me. There was something about the style of it that attracted my attention. First off, it was written in Internet-like blocking, meaning that the paragraphs were not…
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We Need to Teach Online Safety and Etiquette
This is a great infographic that I plan on sharing with my students this week. I like how it encourages parents and teachers to join Facebook. I really think we need to be using the same sites and teaching responsible posting and netiquette. It’s pretty hard to do that if we don’t partake in social…
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Building a TARDIS
So I had this strange idea to build my own TARDIS. And this isn’t it. I’m not sure how mine is going to turn out. I really don’t know what I am doing when it comes to building projects. But I think I’m off to a good start. I built one side of the police…