A place where children, teachers, and parents can connect. Also shows you were you can find great resourses for K-12 graders, teachers and parents.

Anatomy Of A Boyfriend by Daria Snadowsky, written 5 days ago, You will read many reviews warning you that Anatomy Of A Boyfriend is sexually explicit. They'll mention masturbation and oral sex as well as doing it. But, Anatomy Of A Boyfriend is really just the story of a smart teenage girl who gets...

The Wisdom of St. Augustine, written 1 week ago, "Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul." - St. AugustineOur son is taking his first class with Veritas Press Academy (Omnibus II), and in order to keep up with readings, we've found I've had to read...

A blog offering tech tips and tidbits for the K-12 education sector.

Dr. Stephen Heppell's K12Online Pre Conference Keynote, written 15 hours ago,   The K12 Online 2008 conference is starting to ramp up and today Dr. Stephen Heppell's Pre Conference Keynote “It Simply Isn’t the 20th Century Any More Is It?: So Why Would We Teach ...

Dr. Karen Cole's plain-language commentaries on education, teaching, learning, parenting, and psychology, always asking the question, “How can we make learning more meaningful, deeper, and more robust?"

Phil Zimbardo Talks Heroes, written 12 hours ago, Phil has just added a video to the HeroCamp site that explains the hero ideas in a nutshell.  I'll be at HeroCamp next week in Houston where we'll be aiming to create a curriculum for schools in four days. Jessi Garrison has put herself in the front...

Fall Break!, written 3 days ago, One nine week grading period done, three to go.I need this break. I'm heading out to Colorado to meet up with Mother and visit the old Homeplace, shop for yarn, knit, walk, and relax.Where I'm going, there is no wifi, so I'm leaving the computer. Heck, I'll be lucky ...

Education Spending and the Economic Crisis, written 15 hours ago, The global economic meltdown is going to affect education budgets. States and School Districts will react to a drop in tax receipts and a credit freeze. This entry is an attempt to map out some of the possibilities for how the slowdow...

October is College Month in the BPS, written 1 week ago, Boston students of all ages will celebrate "College Month" throughout October, with activities, events and resources to encourage higher education after high school. In partnership with area colleges and universities, as well as comm...

Yahoo! For Teachers is the product of Yahoo! listening to teachers and delivering what they wanted - access to more resources and the ability to connect with other educators.

Evanescent commentary.

NEW WEBSITE - www.LIVEfromtheMANCAVE.com, written 3 hours ago, While sitting around, it occurred to me that I don't have enough to do. So, I hatched a master plan that ended with me creating a new website. If you are even a little observant (and my readers are known for their excellent observation s...

Gay's the word, written 2 days ago, Well, not a post about technology today, but another important topic - homophobia. At last, a campaign to address the widespread use of the word 'gay' as a derogative term in schools. The website reports some depressing statistics e.g. 9 out of 10 LGBT students re...

GeoCaching, written 2 weeks ago, September is a fantastic time of the year to try geocaching. The weather in Saskatchewan isn't too hot or too cold. Autumn's birth is on the horizon and by the third week we begin to see the leaves changing colour. The setting is almost perfect for an outdoor classro...

Just a Thug From CPT, Yo., written 3 days ago, That's Cooperstown, not Compton, but we've still got gang sines. [ Comic courtesy of Toothpaste for Dinner.]

Barack Obama on education, written 4 weeks ago, I want to be careful not to turn this forum into a political debate.  However, I do like some of Barack Obama's comments about moving America's education system into the 21st century.  He recognizes that America's future economic strengths lie in sci...

PRE CONFERENCE KEYNOTE "It Simply Isn't the 20th Century Any More Is It?: So Why Would We Teach as Though It Was?", written 16 hours ago, Professor Stephen Heppell St Katherine Docks, Tower of London, England Blog Stephen's Phone Blog http://phone.heppell.mobi Bio CEO Heppell.net, Professo...

THIS BLOG HAS MOVED!, written 3 weeks ago, Greetings DE Tools of the Trade is moving to a new home. The new URL is: http://www.detools.ca I given up fighting with the themes problem I been having with this site and moved everything to a new blog site. I hope you'll join me there. Thank you for your ...

Mathematics and Technology, written 2 weeks ago, I have always been fascinated with bringing technology into the math classroom. There are two ways to do this: You can integrate math and technology, making these topics the object of instruction, or you can use technology to facilitate math learning....