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Educational Technology

Mrs.Lisa — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:30:21 +0000

I found the most wonderful blog today, via Twitter!

There was so much good stuff on there that I felt like a kid in a candy store! There was a very helpful post about how educators can get Google Earth PRO for FREE – and I’ve already emailed that post to our technology guy in our school district.

I’ll come make this post prettier and the like – I just didn’t want to lose track of this awesome blog!

Take The Kids on a Virtual Field Trip

Mrs.Lisa — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:27:34 +0000

I was greeting friends on Twitter this morning, when a ‘tweet’ came through from another WAHM (work at home mom) about a post she’d made on her blog, Relaxed Homeschooling. She has all kinds of great information on her site for homeschoolers and for all of us parents, really! I like the way she has her book recommendations split up into age groups and I really appreciate all the resources that she provides.

And I’m so very glad I saw the blog post she tweeted, Virtual Fieldtrips! She’s telling us about a really great site! And it’s called, surprisingly enough, Virtual Field Trips. This site is so totally cool, you guys! You have to go check it out! And I’ve only gone on one ‘field trip’ so far, and I’m already this excited!

Here is my favorite quote/explanation of what they do from their front page.

Virtual Field Trips…

…will turn web browsing into a goal-oriented educational experience.

Don’t you just love that?

The site is divided up by subjects, and I explored one site in the Math section. The site helped me to dig deeper into the Bureau of Engraving and Printing website, and see things I might have otherwise overlooked. They also provide lesson plans and activities with each site/field trip. There were even scavenger hunt questions, divided up by grade level, going from Kindergarten to 12th grade.

I think the kids and I will be spending plenty of time on this site, for sure! And I’ll be adding it to my sidebar here at Bookworm Broadcast, for all of us to remember it!

Thanks so much for the ‘tweeted tip’, Annette! That site is a true gem!

Chores and Allowances

Mrs.Lisa — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:54:04 +0000

Here is a very helpful and informative blog – it’s called Chores & Allowances, and it is written by Dave, who lives in Dallas. (And we all know living in Dallas automatically scores points with me right off the bat!) Dave offers all kinds of Parenting help and advice, often leaning on the financial side of things, like teaching our kids about work and financial responsibility.

While Dave does talk a lot about money and finances, he also addresses many other aspects of parenting. And personally, I think just the links he’s gathered in his sidebar are an invaluable resource! That is why his blog is definitely going in my sidebar here at The Bookworm Broadcast!

You will find all kinds of information at Chores & Allowances – from back to school checklists, to protecting families against identity theft, to great websites for kids! And if you know me, you know how much I love worksheets – one of the sections in his sidebar is devoted to just worksheets! Watch out kids, mom found a new list of worksheet sites!

This is definitely a blog that I want to keep up with!

Scrapbooking Heaven!

Mrs.Lisa — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:09:15 +0000

There is this great (and darn funny!) mommy blogger, K8, who is having a whopper of a scrapbooking contest!! She amassed way too much scrapbooking stuff and she has decided to share the wealth with the lovely blogosphere! I think that’s totally awesome! All you have to do to be entered to win is to blog about her contest, or put a pretty graphic in your sidebar like I’ve done! This scrapbooking contest would be so totally awesome to win! I guess you can tell I’m excited about all of these goodies, huh?

And the graphic for the contest is just so darn cute, too!

If you haven’t been to K8′s blog, called Three Wild Monkeys, before – go. Go now. She is so funny – even if you’re not going to enter the contest – go read her stories – she just totally cracks me up! And her kids just could NOT be any cuter!!

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Teaching/Discovery – The Socratic Method

Mrs.Lisa — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:03:09 +0000

I was perusing the normal blogs upon my route this morning, when I happened upon a great post called, The Socratic Method, on my friend Cass’ blog. It is a super-cool, get the learners involved method of teaching! The teacher teaches by asking questions, leading the learners where they need to get to understand the concepts. The learners generally end up excited, and impressed with themselves for figuring out the answers. It is a way of learning that, I believe, can cement ideas in people’s brains! It is discovery and learning all at once!

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Parents R Us

Mrs.Lisa — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:37:07 +0000

My groovy friend, Cass, added me and my Bookworm blog to this content-centric, parenting sites blogroll. What a cool thing – and how cool of her to include me! I’ve been insufferably slow keeping the thing moving, but, I’m working hard trying to get myself caught up today! Now – if you would like to get involved, just copy everything below and change it up a little to add in your own picks of parenting blogs, then write an intro. paragraph – and presto! That’s all there is to it! Thanks a lot for including me, Cass!

1. Write a short paragraph at the beginning of your post and link back to the blog that put you on the list in the paragraph. This isn’t a suggestion. You need to break up the duplicate content string. Someone took the time to add you so the least you can do is give them an extra linkback.
2. Copy the list of originals below COMPLETELY and add it to your blog. If you would like a different keyword for your blog then change it when you do your post and it should pass to most blogs with that keyword.

3. Take the adds from the blog that added you and place them in the “Originals” list.
4. Add no more than 5 new parenting or (Mommy/Daddy) blogs to the list in the “My Adds” section.

My Adds:

The Adventures of Super-Mommy and Spit Up Boy!
A Readable Feast
EternaLearning Academy
Parenting Advice
Little Fun; Little Learning

The Originals:
Lala Girl
The Bookworm Broadcast
Parenting Sites 411

Cass Knits
Geni Desu Yo No Average Mom
Notes From The Trenches
Busy Mom.net

Groovy Mom
Coffee Time
My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings
Toil
The Ridiculously Mundane and the Oh so Humdrum…

My Single Mom Life
Tips From The Money Goddess
Army Mom: New Jersey

Melissa’s Place

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A great blog and an interesting author

Mrs.Lisa — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:27:00 +0000

I’ve just run across a wonderful and uplifting blog! It’s all about getting and staying healthy and helping one another to do so along the way. I love it! It’s called, Eat 4 Today

The author of the blog, back in January, spoke about a very interesting novelist named Christina Jones. She sounds like a spunky and tough and really cool chic! And – she loves cats! I just love cats!

You can read all about Ms. Jones right here: Meet Christina Jones, author and inspiration

GO READ A BOOK!