Posted in Google Earth, Google Maps, cool, geography, google, google docs, google tools, history, literature, technology integration on July 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m in love with Google Earth.
There . . . I said it.
It can add so much to a teacher’s instruction, it’s hard for me to see how anyone could go a whole school year without using it. It is one of those essential 21st century tools we’re always talking about. And yes, Skype and Twitter [...]
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Okay . . . it’s actually Where the Hell is Matt? but since I’m trying to sell this to middle school teachers (and their administrators!), I’m toning it down a bit.
Matt is an unemployed former video game designer who can’t dance. Well . . . he can dance a bit. Just one dance. He’s own [...]
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I love Google Earth and Google Maps! I am convinced that all teachers should be using these free tools as part of their instructional tool kit. And the nice thing is that there are so many resources and materials available to help.
One of the places I try to visit once a week or so is [...]
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Been gone a while! The end of school was upon me and I was a bit overwhelmed.
Spending the next few days in Colby and Haysville, Kansas talking with a small group of hard-thinking teachers at the iConnect Conference. It’s a different way of doing a conference and so far, lots of fun. It’s billed as [...]
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We were walking down an abandoned country road and it was cold, wet and rainy. Two large, angry dogs followed us. Their owner, an upset farmer from across the road, soon joined them.
And it was a great day because my son and I were geocaching.
Geocaching is a treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a [...]
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