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This blog will be primarily aimed at innovative educational techniques but will however have the occasional post about education in general.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

An interesting quote

I was using Google Docs recently when a pop message told me about the "Research Tool" and to give it a try.  So, I did.  Wow!  Right from Google Docs you can research "Everything", "Images", "Scholars" and "Quotes". As a teacher leader with aspirations of becoming a principal,  I searched for a quote on "leadership".  True to Google form, I was getting real time results.  I ran across this one by  Jim Rohn:

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly”


Very powerful! It was a snap to add it to my Google Doc I was working on. I have only scratched the surface of the "Research Tool" but I believe I will be using it pretty frequently!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Common Core App


I know, long time since my last post!!  I have been very involved with the Dayton Regional STEM Center writing quality STEM curriculum.  It has taken a lot of my time.  But summer is approaching and I plan on being a lot more active with my blog posts.

So to start, a quick post about the "Common Core App" from MasteryConnect, Inc.  This app is for Android devices as well as the iPhone.  It allows you to view the common core standards in an extremely streamlined way.  I have already used it several times when creating STEM lessons.

The direct links to the app can be found below:
Android Common CoreApp
iPhone Common Core App