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I am an aspiring writer currently working on the final edit of my first book. I blog frequently about anything and everything! As a high school teacher, I even have my students blogging every week in response to an article that I choose for them.

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Education > Teachers & Administrators Senioritis: Tips for motivating bored students in their last year of high school: 1 of 25
Senioritis. What is it, who gets it, what are the causes, and how to combat it? As teachers, it is sometimes difficult to combat senioritis and it can cause disruption in the classroom. However, with a little insight and some understanding, senioritis can be effectively combated to restore balance to the classroom. WHAT IS I... More..
Hobbies & Games > Kids Games & Toys Before PlayStation: The toys I grew up with: 24 of 136
Today it is hard to separate children from technology when their entire worlds revolve around it. From game consoles to handhelds, computers and online games, our children's lives are full of technology. It's hard for some to remember a time of toys without all the bells and whistles, but I can. It may have been a mere two d... More..
Education > High School Humanities How 'blogging classes' can improve writing skills in students: 1 of 5
Blogging is only one of so many unique and useful assignments that can be incorporated into any content area to improve literacy skills such as reading, writing, and comprehension. However, blogging alone will not improve these skills, rather, it is the tasks the educator gives the students within the blogging that will impr... More..
Education > Secondary School (Other) Top 10 things to do before high school ends: 3 of 13
The last four years of your life have gone by in a blur. It seems like only yesterday you were nervously stepping over the threshold of your high school and became low man on the totem pole. Now you are the big man (or girl) on top, a senior in high school, ready to graduate and move on to college. Here are the top 10 things... More..
Arts & Humanities > Museum Reviews Museum reviews: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 2 of 8
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a wonderful place to visit, whether you are alone, with friends or family, or on a field trip. It has something for everyone, from young to old, from conservative to liberal, and from old-fashioned to modern. I recently paid a visit to the Met with seventeen junior and senior year high schoo... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Behavior & Discipline (Other) Are we raising our children in a programmed world: 1 of 4
We are most certainly raising our children in a programmed world, but it is unfair to presume that all parents are trying to program their children. More important than answering the question put forth in the title of this article is to beg the question, for WHAT are we programming our children? The answer is simple: to beco... More..
Education > High School Humanities How Internet communication destroys writing standards among teens: 13 of 47
My first year of teaching high school art I was determined to revamp my students' views of the standard art class. Until that point, the art classes had been fluff classes; I cringed at the stories I was told of my predecessor's assignments. I decided to incorporate lectures of art history as well as the art projects, and th... More..
Education > Teachers & Administrators Teachers' tips for the first day of school: 2 of 7
Each new school year, I find it hard to sleep the night before school begins. It never gets any easier, no matter how prepared I am. It may be the excitement of the new faces, or my mind working overtime to be sure I haven't forgotten anything. Whatever the reason, it's still hard to sleep. As a new teacher, you may find it ... More..
Education > Secondary School (Other) Ways to manage laptop use in the classroom: 2 of 6
Teaching our students 21st century skills includes teaching them information and media technology. Within that aspect, more and more schools are instituting laptops in the classroom programs, in which all students have their own laptops to use. As if there are not enough ways that students can find themselves in trouble, ina... More..
Arts & Humanities > 20th & 21st Century US History The Titanic in popular culture and film: 4 of 10
The RMS Titanic sank nearly 100 years ago, and since has become the subject of books, non-fiction and fiction alike, documentaries, movies, cartoons, games, toys, and sadly, even jokes. How long did it take for a large scale tragedy in which so many lives were lost to become the subject of these often inappropriate things? H... More..