This post is inspired by an article I read in a magazine I found while cleaning out my home office today.“Stack the Knickknacks”, well, not sure teachers have these because students do not give teachers anything these days. My desk is covered with curriculum CDs, a US/NC flag, whiteboard markers (most of them are almost [...]
This is a neat tool for students in the classroom. If a student wants to make a direct quote from a web page, they can use Kwout to create an embedded version of the quote. North Whiteville Academy – Homepage via kwout
With temperatures in the lower 70’s today and upper 60’s yesterday, fruit flies have invaded the sweet potato processing plant next door. I have sprayed Black Flag so much that my coffee tastes like bug spray. If I had the money, I would be on a cruise or in the mountains skiing. However, low teacher [...]
I have never been a fan of Yahoo! Mail. But, all my students have Yahoo! email accounts. It is not blocked by our school district’s content filter, so I have been tinkering around on it today. The best feature about it of me is the address book. As a habitual user of .MAC and its [...]
Well, it almost time for Christmas vacation. I read on Twitter that some schools are having classes through Friday of this week. That is so – Scrooge-like that it made me smile. I could not imagine how few of our students would attend school that close to Christmas. Anyway, I am happy today is the [...]
Time to change my blog theme. I sort of like this one. It reminds me of Hahlo and the way Twitter looks. http://web.mac.com/blakej78/MiddleSchool/Podcast/Podcast.htmlEnjoy our vlogs/podcasts/claymation projects.
Fifth period class was well underway when one of my students asked if I had gotten the text. It was caught off-guard by the question. My first instinct was to say yes. However, day had not been a normal day. Students were mostly in shock. One of their classmates had been missing since November 19th. [...]
