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Weekly Links Digest – February 9th – 13th

Posted on February 9th, 2009 by Bryan

Science Links Dynamic Periodic Table This periodic table helps in keeping elements apart. You can highlight them by their aggregate state (solid, liquid, gas, unknown) or group (nonmetals with subgroups and metals with subgroups). Clicking on an element or group will launch a separate window with the matching Wikipedia article  (shhh…. don’t let the Library [...]


Inspiring Better Writers

Posted on December 4th, 2008 by Bryan

One of the biggest problems facing English teachers is how to inspire our students to be better writers.  It may seem like a bit of an uphill battle on most days, but I think it is a battle that we can win as long as we remain creative in our strategy.   I’ve explained before my [...]


What did I say?

Posted on September 28th, 2008 by Bryan

I’ve been working on ways to teach style to young writers and I’ve been given a few great ideas over the years.  Keep in mind, I am by no means an expert- my Creative Writing degree helps me to justify my lack of grammar knowledge by obligating me to bend the rules in creative ways.  [...]