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The visitors' center has a nice film the explains the expedition from the point of view of the Clatsop people who happened to be here when Lewis and Clark paddled down the Columbia.... For each corresponding day during 2004-2006, the weblog shorthands the expedition’s activities and then describes something else happening in American history on that day.
Read MoreGoogle Earth maps of avian flu spread: Declan Butler, a writer for the journal Nature, has created a Google Earth file that charts the outbreak of avian flu. The map is updated weekly and can be linked to in Google Earth as a network link, which will automatically update itself with new versions when you reload it on your computer.
Read MoreIf you would like to follow along at home, the local Portland paper, The Oregonian, has a page up with all their most recent articles about the PPS budget situation. I'm finding that the Yahoo News and Google News RSS search feeds to also be a good source for not only news articles about the situation, but also links to local blogs where folks are talking about this situation.
Read MoreOdeo: Ed Tech Coast to Coast #7: Steve Burt talks with Tim Wilson, Will Richardson and Steve Dembo from FETC in Orlando...
Read MoreWes Fryer has been very busy lately posting podcasts and notes about the SITE conference and FETC.... Dr. Swenson passionately challenged educators at all levels to engage in advocacy for children in an era where high stakes testing and federally mandated accountability...
Read MoreAlso check out the the feature on the history of disruptive social trends. Points out the doom and gloom that was predicted with the introduction of things like the Waltz and the novel...
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L.VALENTIN in the The Stranger
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My oldest daugher is a graphic design major at Seattle University. Her most recent project involved creating a poster similar to what you find plastered on phone poles around Seattle and Portland noting concerts or social causes. Someone saw it and it made the Poster of the Week feature in the Seattle weekly, The Stranger. Note the cool conspiracy theory associated with her work...
The idea is to give lecturers the ability to insert questions into their lectures (directly unto their PowerPoint slides, for instance) and then poll the students.... I see teachers getting excited about the quiz show aspect of these clicker things and kind of missing the point about bringing interactivity to a lecture or a talk.
Read MoreThe Savvy Technologist » Blog Archive » Joe Lambert: Digital Storytelling, Part 1 Tim Wilson has posted another of his Savvy Technologist podcasts.... This one would be a great one to share during a staff meeting and I plan to do so in the near future.
Read MoreToday, Jeff Utecht has a great post entitled Traditions. In it he relates the daughters in the play Fiddler on the Roof to our traditional views of education...
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