Descriptions and dates of upcoming eclipses (NASA)
My students asked me when the next solar and lunar eclipses were going to occur after our discussion Wednesday. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) publishes the NASA Eclipse Web Site. This is a great resource for finding when, where, and why eclipses will occur. There are two solar (Moon blocks the Sun), two lunar eclipses (Earth blocks the moon), and one transit (planet crosses between the Sun and Earth) in 2012. SOURCES: NASA Eclipse Web...
read moreSD IN A DAY: Edublogs – Student and Teacher Sites and Blogs
Edublogs runs WordPress. This is great because WordPress is the best way to create a website (or blog) and it is available to teachers and students in an easy-to-use format. Here is some information about Edublogs: Since 2005, Edublogs has been hosting blogs and providing custom blogging platforms to individual teachers, school districts and hundreds of thousands of students. We’ve grown to become the largest, most trusted, best supported and widely used way for teachers and students to engage with the world of blogging. Edublogs is entirely...
read moreSD IN FIVE: Need a YouTube or Other Video at School? Zamzar Works Well.
I just discovered the website Zamzar, which allows you to easily convert and send files from YouTube, Google Video, Blip.tv and so on to your e-mail for download. For those of us with those websites blocked at work or school, Zamzar is great. At home, direct your browser to www.zamzar.com; follow the instructions below, and you’ll be good to go. Be aware that after clicking “convert” the video will take from a few to approximately 10 minutes to arrive in your e-mail box. If you can plan ahead, Zamzar is a an awesome way to...
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Will Cobb is the creator of a new website about small towns in South Carolina. On that site, Small Town SSC, Will explains, “I go with my grandpa and drive along backroads in small towns across the Southeast eating hotdogs and drinking Sundrop. This was the inspiration of the site, the book, and my life.” The topic – creating a website – will be explored in greater detail in the coming weeks. Visit Will’s site and contact him through the “Collaborators” page on Study Designed. It was a gloomy January...
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