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A Century Later
An amazing woman was born 100 years ago…. My grandmother, Sara Schmoyer. She began her teaching career in 1937. She taught 1st grade and later taught 2nd grade until she was no longer allowed to teach since she wanted to get married. This was during the depression and married couples were not allowed to have […] Continue reading
Common Craft – It’s about the Message
Common Craft Videos are a great way to teach or explain a topic in a simple visual way. The people at CommonCraft.com have done a great job of creating a multitude of videos that explain all sorts of topics from blogs to wikis and more. I love this quote talking about the common craft videos from …
Hooking Up your Promethean Board
Welcome Back Teachers! While getting your rooms ready for the new year, many of you may find you have a Promethean Board for the first time. Others may have their Board again, but you may have forgotten where to hook up all of the multitude of wires that goes along with being able to use …
“Sign” Your Blog Post
During the previous school year, I ran across a website called MyLiveSignature. This is a really cool website that allows you to “sign” your blog posts. I have had a couple teachers ask me how to do it, and because of this, it prompted me to write a post to give directions on how to …
Welcome to HCPS Blogs!
This site is the gateway to 21st century communication through blogging at Henrico County Public Schools. Please use the links above to access instructional materials to help you begin blogging. You may contact your school’s ITRT for assistance or you … Continue reading → Continue reading
Research Shows That the Smarter People Are, the More Susceptible They Are to Cognitive Bias : The New Yorker
When people face an uncertain situation, they don’t carefully evaluate the information or look up relevant statistics. Instead, their decisions depend on a long list of mental shortcuts, which often lead them to make foolish decisions. These shortcut… Continue reading
Interactive Map Traces Slaves’ Path to Emancipation – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Next, the Digital Scholarship Lab will digitize a 1932 atlas which, fittingly, has the following inscription on its first page: “In many ways, the ideal historical atlas would be a series of moving images on the pages of a book without the parapherna… Continue reading
The Virginia Trekkers are Heading to California!
Fifth graders are now required to learn about the fifty states, so the Virginia Trekkers have decided to venture beyond the borders of our state to make videos about the other states as well. We have already been to eleven other states including New York, Florida, Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado. You can see those videos […] Continue reading
LukeW | Data Monday: E-commerce Performance
If a page load takes more than two seconds, 40% are likely to abandon that site. (source) Continue reading
