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Teaching Tips – Language Arts
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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Clark Wright Conservation Area (A History of the Family)
One of the most popular features on my blog is my Photographic Tours. My goal in starting the feature was to document the different trails I came across.As such, it has become a running log of sorts and a guide for people wanting to find some great trails. I hadn’t thought much about the history…
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Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day
Tomorrow, Saturday May 5th, is Free Comic Book Day. It’s an annual event that encourages us all to visit our local comic book shops. There will be all sort of incentives available such as artists signings, contests, and of course, free comic books. Here is a list of creators and artists you can find at…
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Why Would Anyone Buy a Book?
I read this on Nathan Bransford’s blog as part of his regular feature, This Week in Books Meanwhile, publishing industry sage Mike Shatzkin has some very helpful context on why publishers are so reluctant to let libraries lend e-books. This is definitely a tricky issue for publishers, and I don’t envy them being on the wrong…
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The Word is Bond Weekly Podcast (The First 5)
Recently, The Word is Bond redesigned their entire website to help bring you the best in underground hip-hop. There are daily news articles, album reviews, music videos, interviews, editorials, and much, much more. It really is an excellent online hip-hop magazine. I am proud to head up The Word is Bond Podcast and just in…
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What an Angry Father Taught His Daughter (Jim Richards Breaks it Down)
Did you hear the story about the father who was upset with a Facebook update that his daughter posted? It was basically just a complaint about the amount of chores she has to do. Her dad responded to her Facebook message by filming himself shooting her laptop computer with a pistol. I really like what…
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Onwards and Upwords (The Scrabble Duel with My Mom Continues)
My mother and I have an ongoing Scrabble feud. We can be a little competitive with each other when it comes to this crossword board game. She’s a tough opponent and the games we play are always challenging and fun. Last week, we tried a variation of Scrabble that we had never played before. It’a…
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How to Make a Clean Version of Any Song
Sometimes a song just isn’t appropriate to play on your radio show or in your classroom due to inappropriate language. Here is a quick and easy way to make a clean version of any song. The first thing you need to do is download and install Audacity. It is a free sound recording program that…
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Inspiring Tale From the Classroom – A Student’s Resiliency
Voltaic Systems Backpack (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A fellow teacher sent me an email and asked if I could share this story with my readers. I think you’ll appreciate it as it is both heart-wrenching and heart-warming. It’s nice to hear these kinds of stories. For security and professional reasons, I am not going to divulge any…
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The Hunger Games Don’t Satiate (What Else is on the Menu?)
Cover of The Hunger Games I felt compelled to read The Hunger Games based on all the hype the young adult series of books has been garnering. Many of the students in my school have read the trilogy and were very excited about the release of the movie last week. So, I thought I should…