Posted in Professional Development, Web 2.0 on Feb 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Professional development is a great thing; it energizes, sparks new ideas, and provides new resources for teachers to use in their classrooms. Unfortunately, the time to participate in formal PD courses can prove to be elusive. Finding PD resources that are concise and available anytime is not always easy. Here are two great resources that [...]
Posted in conservation, environment, recycling on Feb 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
In response to Will Richardson’s post “An Enviormental Break-Why Can’t We Do This?”
The Boston Globe ran the article January 8 “Aiming to cut waste, conserve, China bans flimsy plastic bags”. The ban is due to take effect on June 1. The Daily Green reporting on China’s move to ban plastic bags, estimated that 37 million [...]
Posted in GoogleEarth, geography, mashup on Feb 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
Maine has welcomed February 1st with cold rain and sleet, so finding this new mashup for Google Earth was a much needed distraction from winter’s grip. Created for Google Earth as part of the 360cities.net website this mashup lets you explore 43 different cities across the globe, viewing over 5,000 beautiful panoramic images in amazing [...]
