Less Is More: Using Social Media to Inspire Concise Writing

This week the New York Times' The Learning Network published a post titled, Less Is More: Using Social Media to Inspire Concise Writing.  I left a comment on my use of Edmodo with my 7th grade students.  Here's the link to my comment: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/less-is-more-using-social-media-to-inspire-concise-writing/#comment-163043

How You Like Me Now?

How You Like Me Now?

"Mall Pride" At The Rockaway Townsquare Mall

Mall Pride at the Rockaway Townsquare Mall, in Rockaway, NJ, starts today, March 20th, and runs until March 27th.  Mall Pride is sponsored by the Morris County Council of Education Associations.  Area schools display the works of students.  Some of my 6th grade student's Asia: Then and Now scrapbooks are on our school's display table.  Our school's table is located outside of Precision Time and Godiva Chocolate.  Mall Pride info: http://www.simon.com/Mall/PrintNewsEvent.aspx?eid=49635

Japanese Earthquake Tsunami Teaching Resources

Compiled by fellow DEN (Discovery Educator Network) teacher Jennifer Dorman (cliotech).

• Scholastic News - Tsunami Strikes Japan
• Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami
• BBC - Japan Earthquake
• BBC - Video Footage of Tsunami Striking Japan
• Global Giving - Japan Earthquake And Tsunami Relief Fund
• NY Times - Japan
• NY Times - Teaching Ideas - Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
• The Washington Post - The Answer Sheet - Japan Earthquake: Basic facts, resources on quakes, tsunamis
• Tsunami Visualizations
• Stop Disasters - Disaster Simulation Game
• USGS Earthquake Resources
• USGS Flash Animations for Earthquake Concepts
• Google Earth KML Files
• IRIS - Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
• Discovery Education - Ready Classroom: Emergency Preparedness for Teachers, Students, and Families
• NOAA Tsunami Resources
• FEMA for Kids - Tsunamis

Latitude and Longitude