How a Little Girl Grew a Beard and Changed History
Thanks to Keith for finding the topic of today’s post. According to the “On This Day” section of The New York Times, in 1860 a girl named Grace Bedell wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln stating that she believed Lincoln could improve his appearance if he grew a beard. I thought this was interesting story [...]
Today in History: Chicago Fire of 1871
On this day, 138 years ago, a massive fire ripped through the city of Chicago, killing 300 people and leaving 90,000 homeless. It caused $200 million worth of damage and destroyed 4 square miles of the city. Using the website Measuring Worth to calculate the amount adjusted for the worth of today’s dollar, the damage [...]
40th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing
Image by TopTechWriter.US via Flickr Hey, everybody. Todd here, writing a small post on the 40th anniversary of landing on the Moon. I was able to take the time and find some really great links that you might like to checkout if you’re interested in the topic. I found some really incredible sites that are [...]
Great Example of Primary Sources
One of the things we do daily at TPS-Colorado is scour the entire Internet looking for any new technologies we can use to aid us in our quest for the ultimate 21st Century learning tools. One of the technologies we use frequently is Wordle because of it’s basic, visceral methodology. You paste in a paragraph [...]
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- All set for an exciting workshop at St. Edwards University in Texas!
- Excited about the online exhibition for The Red Book of Carl G. Jung. Coming soon - http://goo.gl/A25k
- Substantial upgrade to TPS Connect, check it out here - http://www.tpsconnect.org
- TPS-Colorado will be at CCSS tomorrow, April 15, at the Hyatt Regency in the Tech Center. Come say Hi!
- Colorado Preserve America Youth Summit applications due by April 15. Sign up today - http://goo.gl/Fa4r
- New blog post is up: Congress Approves Daylight-Saving Time http://bit.ly/azZZnX
- Teacher Librarian Day audio now online - http://goo.gl/PkVX
- New blog post is up: TPS Teacher Librarian Day 2010 http://bit.ly/bqy8VP
- Just toured the Molly Brown House...very nice Victorian crafts exhibit currently displayed - http://www.mollybrown.org/
- Teacher Librarian Day 2010 was once again a huge success thanks to the great educators of Colorado - Resources are up! http://goo.gl/PkVX
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