I don’t suppose bankers have too much to do in this tough economy. Nice to see this one making very good use of all the extra time!

The Banker and the Ducks

It made me miss “our ducks” from the courtyard!

From the folks who bring us the Nobel Prize — here is a fun site with great Educational games!

http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/

Click All Productions in the top left to see a complete list of everything they have. Most of the games are for Science, but there are also some that might be good for Language Arts and Social Studies.

I received this from Cathy L. this morning and felt it warranted a “Feel Good Friday – Round 2″!

http://www.imtiredonline.com/smile/

Enjoy the long weekend!

This one will definitely leave you feeling warm and fuzzy. Many thanks to Netia E. over at Bull Run Middle for forwarding it along!

unlikely-friends

I only have one question — what’s up with the rabbit?

Recently we’ve had a number of reports about thumb drives not being recognized by school computers. You plug the drive in, go to “My Computer” and……nothing. The thumb drive is not listed. The problem is that the drive that would be normally assigned to the thumb drive is already being “mapped” to something else. The result is a very confused computer. To alleviate this confusion, our wonderful TSSPEC, Teresa H., has added an icon to your Novell desktop called USB Drive.

If the thumb drive is not being recognized, just click this handy icon and choose a different drive letter (I like “U” for USB).

This site looks very promising.

http://www.shmoop.com/teachers/

The mission of the site is “To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age”. While the focus is on literature and poetry, there are also nice resources for social studies, too. Check it out and let me know what you think!

I discovered this through a friend on facebook. I’ve always loved this song, and the movement that inspired this particular rendition of it is really something special. It’s called Playing for Change and this is what they say on their website:

“Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. No matter whether people come from different geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds, music has the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race. And with this truth firmly fixed in our minds, we set out to share it with the world.”

Enjoy!

Our SOL schedule is available in several locations. Here is an abbreviated schedule, showing subjects and periods by date.

May 09 Calendar.xls

You can also find this schedule posted on our online Faculty Calendar.

The best place to look, though, is on your personal online calendar. That’s were you will see not just the abbreviated schedule, but all the details you’ve entered for each of your classes–all in one convenient spot!