My classroom is home to a aquarium made from a converted monitor. After several months of fish-lessness, we finally received a new pet fish. His (her?) name is fish 2.0 and is (of course!) a beta fish. You can’t see him (her?) in the tank, probably because he’s been swimming around trying to get to [...]
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Great comic today on xkcd.com: Speaking of databases, I’ve long considered teaching a SQL class. Even if only so the students get this comic!
The LOLCats continue to make me chuckle. Here’s a recent post that is all too familiar now that the students have returned.
My favorite grammar writer, Lynne Truss (of Eats, Shoots and Leaves fame) has written two children’s books. The Girl’s Like Spaghetti and Eats, Shoots and Leaves (the latter is a kids’ version). I had the chance to flip through them and was really impressed. From the Amazon.com book description: Just as the use of commas [...]
I liked this article, the Web 2.0 Backpack: Web Apps for Students (thanks Lifehacker!). The big players like Google Docs and Spreadsheets or Wikipedia are there, as you might expect. I am interested in checking out the note taking category because I’m curious to know how an online option beats Notepad.
In Livin’ la Vida Google: A Month-Long Dive Into Web-based Apps, Wired news editor Michael Calore describes his experiment to ditch desktop programs in favor of Google’s offerings. I think there’s a huge application for students and teachers with online word processors (and so do many other educators). Here are my top reasons: Google Docs [...]
