I was the English Department at a small high school in New Mexico for 2 years in the early 1980s. When I arrived they had just bought 3 Apple IIe computers. The administration decided to put one in the library, one in the office and one in my classroom. I was the youngest teacher, having [...]
Heather Loy at Tech Tips & Timely Tidbits writes of an experience as a student librarian:
I don’t believe I have ever been told I couldn’t read a book I’d chosen, not by my parents, teachers, librarians, nobody. You can imagine my surprise as a library student, completing an internship at an elementary school, when [...]
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What if there were a straw that would filter water so anyone could get clean water from just about any source?
The LifeStraw is that straw. Introduced in 2005, the straw lasts for 18,000 liters or about 1 year for 1 person. Diarrhea and related disease has nearly ceased to be a problem in the areas [...]
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The Twitter Handbook is about to hit shelves. When the editors asked me to contribute a short piece on Twitter in education, I was happy to share. Here’s an excerpt:
Many teachers find that Twitter is a better online collaboration tool than wikis or blogs. Some of the reasons include:Easy access- Twitter is invisible technology. The [...]
If you live in North America, the Caribbean or certain European countries you may have seen Fiji Water. Did you know native Fijians go without clean water?
I’ve been incredulous about the growth in popularity whole bottled water thing. I can see benefits, especially when it comes to emergency preparedness. But Fiji Water seems to take [...]
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My latest foray into solving the worlds problems has taken me to the water’s edge. That is, I’m seeing that many of the world’s problems, and especially the developing world, stem from lack of clean water.
I found this on the Water Advocates website:
More than 1.1 billion people lack access to safe water and 2.6 [...]
My stated pupose for this blog is a place for me to learn about blogging. Well I meant to state that somewhere. I guess I should add it to the About page.
So part of that is learning how different stuff works. I really liked a lot of things about that other theme. It’s called Andreas. [...]
Now that somebody has done it, it seems like a simple conclusion. Consider:
Many villages in West Africa have no electricity.
Children often cannot do school work during daylight because they are needed to help on family farms.
Most schools do not have playground equipment.
Solution: Set up merry-go-rounds and other playground equipment. Rig it so the turning energy [...]
Family Leader says:
To get our message out about the importance of families and marriage, Joy Lundberg and Janice Kapp Perry have created a song called, “Save the Family” which we have produced into a powerful music video. It’s best to view it on high quality.
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Spread the word that “Family is the beating heart that [...]
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Amazon would like me to buy more nonfiction books. They think I might some political tomes. To get my interest, they sent me a link to their Election 2008 Political Book Buying map.
They got my interest. The map uses buying information on selected red or blue (conservative or liberal) books by state. [...]
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