2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the U.S. Civil War, and these impressively informative websites will help... From a Penn State Live Story: A new project, "The People's Contest: a Civil War Era Digital Archiving Project" aims... My students are beginning a unit in which they will be reading Civil War historical fiction.
Edutopians have been busy wrapping up the year and preparing for summer. In this posting, our Community Manager Betty Ray breaks down the top five most practical, most innovative, and most persuasive resources shared on Edutopia
An interesting contribution by psychologists to a field usually left to educational researchers. Given how dominant the belief in 'learning styles' has become in education it is quite troubling.
Since August 2006 this Media Center has been blogging, sharing links and information. Such useful information here. Sometimes we show by example more than we can say by giving assignments. You can tell students blogging is important but if you don't do it. You can also see how assignment are given on this blog. For teachers and media centers to review who are considering blogging.