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Wednesday Website #7
2007-08-08 21:19:00 The Wednesday Website criteria can be found here. It is getting more and more difficult to pick a website by the week. Not because there are so few to choose from, but because there are so many. I don’t want to tell you which ones I was looking at this week but trust me: ... More About: Blog , Computer science
History Resource for years 1933-1946
2007-08-08 02:48:00 Ever wish you could read the email or blog of a U.S. Congressman from the Depression era and World War 2 years? Well, you sorta can. Everett M. Dirksen (Republican Representative from 1932-1946 and Senator from 1951-1969), Congressman from central Illinois would write a newsletter to his constituents fairly regularly where he would discuss the various goings-on ... More About: World War I , History , Years , Resource , Year
Video of Underground Bunker in Obersalzberg
2007-08-07 11:25:00 Here is an uncut, unedited video of the underground bunker system in Obersalzberg and some other footage. As I watch it I will try to tell you what it is all of. It opens up in the part of the bunker under the Hotel zum Turken (that is still there today and was used as ... More About: Video , World War I , Underground , Under , Berg
Edubloggers Wiki
2007-08-07 03:55:00 I know I’ve not written about it yet. I suppose there was a certain amount of trepidation on my part concerning the success or failure of the wiki. However, I’m no longer concerned with it. Even if only a few of us contribute to it, it will still be ... More About: Education , Wiki , Blogg
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It?s Off to Work I Go
2007-08-06 15:07:00 Ciao bella. I must go and place stock on the shelves and help all those elementary teachers find the cork board and bulletin board borders and other stuff. Sigh…. More About: Work
A possible kink in classroom technology advances?
2007-08-06 04:33:00 Read this and then think of this: If IPv4 doesn’t advance to IPv6 quickly and smoothly, then all the advances educator techies have attempted to make could hit a brick wall in the near future as the price of internet service increases and school districts have to decide between textbooks and tech services because school ... More About: Technology , Ology , Ossi , Vance
My Daughter was Baptized today
2007-08-05 22:34:00 My daughter was baptized today, Sunday, August 5th, 2007. She was very excited and made sure she announced to the whole congregation that she was getting baptized the month of her birthday! Related Articles: Daughter Accepted Christ Non-thinking Teenagers My Daughter’s School Writing Journal More About: Christianity , Today
Troops to Teachers
2007-08-05 05:35:00 I was thinking about it today while I was putting up stock how much I really couldn’t see myself in retail. There is no end-state. There’s no goal. I mean just as soon as you finish putting up stock, guess what? There’s more stock to put up. I have two ... More About: Military , Troops , Teachers , Teac
Happy Birthday U.S. Coast Guard
2007-08-04 13:27:00 The Coast Guard was founded on this day in 1790. Since then they have been wherever needed to save those in distress on the seas and to protect our coasts. Their job is a dangerous job and they should all be praised for the hard work they carry out each day. They are ... More About: Military , Happy , Birthday , Happy Birthday
Learning History from a Movie
2007-08-03 15:44:00 Since the invention of the motion camera in the late 19th-century, production companies have made films about historical events. Historical accuracy aside, some of these films have been quite excellent and some have been horrible simply from a entertainment perspective. However, sometimes a film diverts so far from the historical facts as to ... More About: Education , Movie , History , Learning , Tory
New Award Icon
2007-08-02 05:36:00 I’ve created a new Wednesday Website gif for those who would like it. The others are still located on the Criteria page. I’ve placed the new one there as well. Here’s the new one for your viewing pleasure (come to think of it, if you’d like a “custom” one with different color ... More About: Icon , Blog , Award
Wednesday Website #6
2007-08-01 21:43:00 The Wednesday Website criteria can be found here. I’ll be honest with you. What initially attracted me to this blog was that the teacher is from my home state of Oklahoma. Now, how can you beat that? But then I started reading it, and I like it. She’s a first-year teacher who ... More About: Blog
Declaration of Independence
2007-07-31 16:55:00 Earlier I wrote about a webevent concerning the Declaration of Independence . Well, I’m still waiting for the Library of Congress to issue some sort of archival material about that specific webevent. In the meantime, I found this for your viewing and reading pleasure. More About: Education , History , Lara
Civilians Wearing Military Uniforms
2007-07-31 13:56:00 I wrote about this some time ago (and make sure you read the comments to the post) in response to a comment I received and my brother just sent me an email about it regarding a show called, “So You Think You Can Dance” (which I’ve never seen). Apparently, one of the judges of the ... More About: Military , Civil , Uniforms
New Page - Education Resources
2007-07-30 01:34:00 I’ve a new page up, entitled “Education al Resources ,” that I’d like some of ya’ll (that’s southern btw) to take a look at. Let me know what you think. Are the websites worthless, good, great, fabulous, can’t live without, etc. If you know of any other websites that I don’t have listed, let ... More About: Page , Ducati , Sources
Veterans Day Poster
2007-07-27 15:15:00 Just wanted to give “props” to the VA for their new 2007 Veterans Day poster. I think it looks real good. Now if they’d just update the rest of their site! More About: Military , Poster , Tera , Veterans Day
A Response to a Question
2007-07-27 14:23:00 I was going to post about something else today, but Elementary History Teacher caught my attention when she posed a question in response to a quote she posted at the end of an article about Grant Wood who painted the famous American Gothic painting (you can read the whole thing here). Here is an excerpt from ... More About: Question , Response
TT4: 13 Websites You Should Have Bookmarked
2007-07-26 00:57:00 This is a list of thirteen websites you should have bookmarked: 1. Internet Archive: The Internet Archive is working to prevent the Internet - a new medium with major historical significance - and other “born-digital” materials from disappearing into the past. Collaborating with institutions including the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian, we are ... More About: Meme , Websites , E Book
Wednesday Website #5
2007-07-25 05:19:00 The Wednesday Website criteria can be found here. Today’s website was easy to pick after finding it. She raises and discusses all the issues I like to see in a blog, and over time, this blog will hopefully transition into. Additionally, she is in a position that can provide a unique and different view ...
Why I love history and want to become a history teacher
2007-07-23 18:33:00 It is for the same reason that I enjoyed being a Intelligence Analyst in the Army. An Intelligence Analyst is also known as a “All-Source Analyst.” He takes the intelligence collected from all the other INTs (HUMINT, SIGINT, IMINT, ELINT, MASINT, et al) and comes up with a single picture of what has ... More About: History , Love , Teacher , Teac , Tory
What?s Frustrating Me
2007-07-23 01:38:00 You know what burns my butt? A flame about this high. No seriously. You know how many blogs I’ve found of undergrad students who are training to become teachers or grad students changing their careers to become teachers? Three; that’s it - three. Four, if you count mine. I’d like to find ... More About: Rust
I?ve Been Tagged!
2007-07-22 16:19:00 I was tagged by Miss A over at Confessions from the Couch. I’m pretty open about who I am and where I’ve been and you can find a lot of this in my “About” page or my “Military Biography” page, as well as some of my very early posts. But for the sake ... More About: Meme , Tagged , Been
Computer Illiterate? This guy can relate!
2007-07-21 17:45:00 You thought you had problems with the helpdesk! Here is one take on a helpdesk from the Middle Ages This should make you feel better about being computer illiterate. More About: Video , Humor , Computer , Tera , Rate
School and Hobby Lobby
2007-07-21 06:24:00 I’ve not written lately about what’s going on because of various reasons. But I suppose now is as good a time as any. I’m very burnt out on school and class. I’m only taking one - Stellar Astronomy and the lab, but it’s enough. I suppose what I’m more frustrated about is that ... More About: Hobby , School
American Biography
2007-07-20 02:57:00 Now look, don’t just read this and not do it. Give it a go and make a guess. It’s tough, but I’ve provided some clues and will provide more. This guy really had an impact on American history, perhaps small in the grand scheme of things, but large if you’re in one particular segment of ... More About: History , Biography , Graph
TT3: 13 of the Greatest Actresses
2007-07-19 01:48:00 I’m a wacked out classic movie buff and if a movie is in black and white? Well, I’m much more likely to watch it than any other type. To really enjoy this list, you need to be a true film buff of the 1930s through the 1950s - truly the “golden years” of Hollywood. ... More About: Actresses , Tres , The G , Greatest
Wednesday Website #4
2007-07-18 13:46:00 Find out here how I pick the websites I do. This week’s website has great potential and the author has already proven she can write engaging posts that provide the opportunity for further discussion. Unfortunately, the blog is written by a math teacher. I don’t like math. But that doesn’t mean I don’t her or like ... More About: Education , Website , Wednesday
Declaring Independence: Beyond the Fourth of July
2007-07-17 17:46:00 This is kinda late, but hopefully some of you can make the lecture. I won’t be there as I must work. It starts at 2pm EST (1pm Central) Everybody knows we celebrate the 4th of July because that’s the day we declared independence. But there’s more to the Declaration of Independence ... More About: Education , History , Fourth of July
Student Teacher Held Not To Be Employee Of School District and Therefore, N
2007-07-17 06:40:00 This is something I am definitely interested in! I hope she sues and wins. More About: Education , Student , School , District , Teacher
Espionage in the American Revolution
More articles from this author:2007-07-16 06:39:00 This is a topic that is very near and dear to my heart - the collection and analysis of intelligence during the American Revolution . As a former Intelligence Analyst in the Army, I was always interested in how we got where we are now. Until I was in the Army I never really knew that ... More About: History , Espionage , The A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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