Refining Research Skills with Google and LMGTFY
Today’s nifty tool is pretty simple but incredibly useful for helping students through the research process! But first, let’s chat about researching with Google…
Book Review: 11 Experiments That Failed, by Jenny Offill & Nancy Carpenter
A fantastic book that celebrates inquiry and the responsible pursuit of answers.
Book Review: The Eye That Never Sleeps: How Detective Pinkerton Saved President Lincoln, by Mariss Moss
Why I Picked It Up: Sherry and I are always adding to our Historical Fusions: Integrating Social Studies, Literacy, and Technology session and this book came up in a search. Why I Finished It: I’m not going to lie, this is a long picture book, but it is really interesting. I have learned about Lincoln […]
Website Review: Timeline.ly
What a powerful little tool! I found Timeline.ly because I wanted a way for students to be able to “annotate” videos, particularly as we were studying media literacy. I had imagined a tool in my head that would allow them to tag it at certain points to point out techniques or messages that were used […]
Book Review: Blended, by Sharon M. Draper
Why I Picked It Up: This book was popping up on all the blogs I follow, so I quickly went to read the teaser. Definitely a “me book,” I immediately requested it from my library. Why I Finished It: I am always amazed and humbled by the author who can take a complex and mature […]
Book Review: Good Morning, Superman by Michael Dahl
Good Morning, Superman is a simple, but very rich read, with a ton of imagination!
