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Joel Heffner launched a new project called How We Became Writers. Readers, be they young or old, are always asking how writers got started. How We Became Writers answers the question with firsthand information from a variety of writers. Their answers will surprise and entertain you. For example, one became [...]
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Kelowna teacher, Sharon Affeld, passed on The National Math Trail – “an opportunity for K-12 teachers and students to discover and share the math that exists in their own environments. Students explore their communities and create one or more math problems that relate to what they find. Teachers submit the [...]
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I find myself in New Orleans this week for a conference, so I thought I’d share some resources on the area.
As everyone knows, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, a category 4 storm, slammed into the Gulf Coast region of the U.S., flooding the city of New Orleans and heavily damaging [...]
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I find myself in New Orleans this week for a conference, so I thought I’d share some resources on the area.
I’ve been in touch with Craig Howat from Luling Elementary School in nearby Luling who told me what his students have been up to lately. Direct from Craig, “My students [...]
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I find myself in New Orleans this week for a conference, so I thought I’d share some resources on the area.
Let’s start with some info on the history and heritage of this most unique city. I found this page to have a good collection of discussion on the People, Culture, [...]
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