Using free web applications to manage research and lesson planning

I’ve been working on a post that describes how I utilize Evernote (an online note taking application) for the collection of resources to create lessons. Lifehacker recently posted a fantastic article that describes how Evernote can be used efficiently to manage a number of different tasks.
Over the last few weeks I have been evaluating how [...]

Using Google Earth to visualize the size of the solar system

I am a huge fan of Google Earth, and use it extensively for geotagging photos, as well as general exploring of the miraculous planet we call home. I have also had great success with using Google Earth in the classroom, and one of the short activities I like to do is plotting the relative distances [...]

Technology use in the study of motion

I recently found 20 minutes to sit down and watch a TED Talk with Alan Kay, titled ‘A powerful idea about teaching ideas’. It is a talk given by Alan in March 2007, but just found its way online this March. I haven’t watched nearly enough content provided by TED, and plan to watch most [...]