Good article on using video in the classroom, particularly for assessment.Techlearning > > Caught on Video > April 22, 2008 Constantly using video (a medium that allows for self-viewing and self-reflection) in the classroom will have a consistent, underlying...
Recently, Aidan collaborated with his friend Naoki to build the ultimate Kindergarten kid science fair project. These budding scientists set out to determine which slide at the Chattanooga Valley Elementary playground was the fastest. In the end, Slide...
here i am four days into my summer break. i finished up in the graphic design dept at chatt state last week and spent the weekend enjoying free time and the weather and friends. we kicked it off with a...
Izzy (short for Isabel) has been taking ballet lessons for the last few months. A couple weeks ago she had her first recital at The Fairyland Club. We are not sure how much longer she will attend ballet...
A couple of days ago the annual Armed Forces Day parade wound its way through the streets of downtown Chattanooga, and throngs of the Tennessee Valley's most patriotic citizens lined its path. Photographer Wesley Schultz was there to capture some images,...
Amy Tenderich has a good post over at Diabetes Mine on the news of the FDA's recent, controversial study of the use of insulin pumps by teens. She points out some of the information that the FDA did NOT include...
whined about the state of things in Monahan-land. I've been hesitant to go on and on about feeling sick, not because I'm that much of a trooper. I've just been convicted that whining about my nausea woes is pretty pathetic...
Imagine stuffing your suitcase full of your favorite things until it was bulging on all sides, and it took two people sitting on it--huffing and puffing, eating a box of Wheaties and using all their might--to pull the zippered halves...
And when the history is written, it'll be said that we lived in a safer country, and a more hopeful world, because George Bush was President of these United States. -- Darth Dick Cheney, May 2, 2008, in Tulsa Oklahoma And the...
John Resig with a simple two-line plugin for jQuery that maps the proposed qualified selector syntax to the similar and already implemented (in jQuery) :has selector. #...
I have a confession to make. I love being alone. This is very surprising to me. I've spent most of my life trying to avoid being alone. As the odd ball in elementary school, cliques and best friends forever were a sore...
Here is an interesting op-ed from David Brooks. Brooks cites several statistics that are totally news to me. Mostly, that China has lost many more manufacturing jobs since the 80s than America, even when you consider population. And also, that...
What a fabulous event! "The Art of Dining" was Chef Daniel Lindley and his St. John's staff at their best. WTCI's Angela Lee did an amazing job of bringing together a full house of wonderful guests to enjoy the 2nd annual,...
"wimbelton" at seven months receiving much love from his brothers: little willem continues to simply exude joy. i love so much about him and this particular phase of his life. he is snuggly, chubby, wears his smile often and...
Amy and I got married on Saturday, May 3rd at Cloudland Canyon State park. We had a wonderful wedding and are now very excited to spend the rest of our lives together. More pictures on our wedding blog...
Today is the day that marks the anniversary of our life here on earth without our dear Alal. It's still so hard to believe! It was two years ago today that I had everything prepared for a 'cinco de mayo'...
This should be posted in all U.S. schools and work places Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically...
The Cincinnati Reds seemed to be the Braves’ cure-all over the weekend. A three-game sweep followed the Braves’ four-game losing streak within the division, and they’re now sitting at .500 (15-15) once again. Unfortunately, the rest of the NL East...
Stephen Wiltshire the Human Camera Have never seen anything like this before? This is very interesting. This guy is amazing. Copy and paste: http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=0k4lsi1dql ****************************************************************** ...
Here in toddlerville things are very exciting because daddy trimmed our huge pine tree and made a branch house for the kids. I then simply could not resist proceeding to make a bed for all of the bunnies who...
Towards the tail end of a party last Saturday night in St. Elmo, I took a walk with Matt Allison. As if following a cue from the air's easy calm, we slipped off the crowded backyard deck where we'd been...
it’s been a while since I was into reading much, since most of my free time is spent with the kids, handing out with friends, or doing music. but since I’ve been riding the bus, it’s given me time to...
Congratulations to Ke Chen for winning our Mother's Day essay contest! Ke Chen writes to us from Pennsylvania about a woman who has influenced her in more ways than one, her mother, Ling Yu....
I came to Hawaii from a village in China when I was six. For a kid, Hawaii was great. Sun, beach, and lots of happy children running around. But my mom went from being a chemist to taking the bus...
I’m considering writing a proposal for CSS Qualified Selectors to be submitted to the CSS Working Group. But before I do I wanted to open the idea up for discussion. I’m looking for…...
Just in case you were wondering after the debut of Friday's 40 Photo Challenge last week, Pensieve's Poetic License is alive and well. F40PC is a weekly carnival designed to inspire you to write "40 words or less"--prose, poetry, whatevah--in...
High school boys do not need the internet to look at porn because their female class mates are sending sexually explicit pictures via the text-message feature on their cell phones. PORTLAND, Ore. -- The popularity of cell phone text messaging has...
Our May monthly meeting is Monday, May 5th at 7p.m. (TONIGHT) at the Old Firehall (4501 St. Elmo Avenue). We look forward to seeing you all there!! We will be discussing two upcoming events this month: Sparkle St. Elmo (neighborhood and...
Last week Fuller started official swimming lessons given by the Department of Parks and Recreation. The Rec Center in our neighborhood is one of two in the city that has an indoor pool, so it is really convenient for us...
Monday/Tuesday: Braves Check
Wednesday/Thursday: What would make WPA even better?
Friday: Notes, or (as has been the case now for a couple of weeks) something else
I’ve gotten into the habit of watching my favorite TV shows online over the weekend, rather than...
Disclaimer: The product I am about to rave and gush over was given to me with no expectation that I blog about it. But really, how could I not? It just isn’t who I am!
On Thursday, the mail man gave...
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