Death of the Teacher’s Professional Section in Book StoresPosted by Barb on August 30, 2010
Move over professional resources for teachers; more room is needed for test prep materials. I recently stepped into two different large book store and, as usual I headed directly to the children’s section to see what new picture books are on display. My next stop was the teacher section, a place where I [...]
Playground Rules Apply To Intellectual Property:Creative CommonsPosted by Marsha on August 19, 2010
My day job required me to edit a course on digital ethics and the classroom. It covered the idea of good digital citizenship, history of copyright law, fair use, and Creative Commons. Teachers need to learn about Creative Commons then turn their students on to sites that share their stuff, for free, and use Creative [...]
Our LessonPop Desktop Application is ready for download!Posted by Kira on August 15, 2010
We are so excited! After months of development, the free viewer is complete. All that is left at the moment is a special thing called a “badge” which will auto-launch the installation, rather than the current incarnation- which requires you to double-click to launch the installation after you download the file. But the viewer is [...]
Vacation SouvenirsPosted by Barb on August 4, 2010
It doesn’t seem to matter where you go on vacation, you want to bring back a little something from the place you visited. My eleven year old nephew decided he wanted an alligator head when we visited the Florida Keys. Needless to say, his mother who wasn’t on this trip, wasn’t too happy [...]
