What is this site all about?

Have you ever blogged? Wonder what kind of role it could play in your classroom? This workshop will start with the basics of creating a blog, including creating posts, moderating comments, setting up feeds, and customizing the layout. We’ll then examine a variety of different blogs already in use by teachers, mostly from our district, to consider educational applications across all subject matters. Examples include discussions, book clubs, connecting with experts, and reflective practices. We’ll explore how blogs can help students cultivate curiosity, make connections, and develop a voice and identity of their own. Blogs can also motive students, provide context, foster inquiry, and build collaboration. Participants will make their own blog and much of the class time will use the blog environment for our work and conversation. Curious about how targets and standards apply to the world of blogging? We’ll discuss and answer that too as we see how all students can benefit from using blogs.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

It's Good for the Grass

So my first though this morning when I heard the rain was, "oh good, the grass needs it."  I'm not sure if that is a sign I'm getting older and thinking more about such things, or if it is a part of one thread of discussion from this summer: organic vegetables.

A group of people I know bought shares into a local farmer's produce.  His farm, Angelic Organics, sells "shares," which translates into a weekly delivery of seasonal vegetables.  They all love it, especially the way it forces them to be creative with whatever vegetables arrive in the box from kohlrabi to kale. 

While I was trying to figure out what to make for dinner last night, wandering the produce aisle, I thought I'd play along.  I made a tikka masala with potatoes and chick peas



 and a butter masala



yum!  Glad the rain made me think of food!
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