Thriving in School

In his Science News Online article titled "Certain memories may rest on a good sleep" , Bruce Bower reports on the need for sleep...

"Work is nature's physician, it is essential to human health and happiness." - Galen Mel Levine talks about the family's r...

Last Thursday we got such lovely snow, about 10 inches of it. Before school on Friday, there was a fair amount of shoveling that had to be ...

FreeRice is a site that lets you do good while getting smarter! How cool is that? For every vocabulary word you get correct, it donates 2...

The bell rings and the school day is officially over. Now what? You would be surprized how students are connecting, sharing and creating...

Take a look at this creative way of using VoiceThread. I am not sure where this student goes to school or how old he is, but he certainly k...

Introducing your very own personal assistant. No, you don't need to hire anyone. Instead sign up for a free account at Jott. Use your...

Take a digital image (from your cellphone camera or digital camera) and turn it into a sharable document. - Scribbled ideas on napkins - Whi...

My New Favorite Tool! Why? It's Simple (the less clicks it requires, the more we are apt to use it) It's adaptable (can be used in ...

John Schinker from Taste of Tech wrote this post on being responsible for your own learning. Daily we are faced with new technologies to...

Come to the Watertown Special Education Parent Advisory Council meeting on Wed., Nov. 14, 2007, 7:00pm Lowell Elementary School Library, 1...

Tagging - the act of labeling your luggage for quick identification at the airport carousel Wiki - short for wiki sticks, those waxed piec...

How do you respond to sensations around you? Are you someone who seeks input, someone who does not notice , someone who avoids it or some...

Hear Ye Hear Ye: Parent Volunteers Needed in Hosmer School Library Parents can volunteer during their children’s classes and would be able...

WE WON! What a great ending to the baseball season...if you are a Red Sox fan. Do you feel like it was all a blur? Check back on the sea...

Just Happy...We're in! "World Series week indicates that baseball is one of America's major disturbances." - Bugs Baer Eve...

I look around at my environment to help me transition to the fall season. Frankly, it is not working. Just this week on a bike ride along...

I started each day this summer with a barefoot run on the beach. What a sensory delight. The sand was freshly raked by tractors in the pre...

It has taken me a while, but I finally have to say goodbye to summer. It makes me realize that transitions can be hard. I think of the stu...

The last day of school is here. Why not celebrate with this fun activity? The movement required to make it may offset the calories in the...

How often do we evaluate students and never share the results with them? "Kids need to know themselves , and they need to know what to ...

Blogs,Wikis, RSS, Message Boards...is your head spinning yet? There are so many new technology tools we could use if we just knew what they ...

I watched the finals of the National Spelling Bee last night. After the seventh round, only one girl was left, Isabel A. Jacobson, a 14-yea...

The Hosmer student blog, Work With Wings , is a place where students can share their ideas, interests and creations. Take a look at what the...

An entire zoo made from letter forms and punctuation marks? A must see! Check out this interactive picture book called Bembo's Zoo by...

Do you want to get you students excited about writing? Here is a great free resource mentioned by the tech chicks in their recent podcast ...

By now, I hope you have explored some free podcasts through the iTunes store. Perhaps you stumbled upon this one. Grammar Girls Quick and ...

While walking the Walk for Hunger this past weekend, I had a chance to listen to some podcasts on my ipod . Have you ever heard the Tech C...

No, I am not talking about the ones eating my son's computer cable at his house in Philly, shared with other City Year volunteers. I...

Occupational therapy is skilled treatment that helps individuals achieve independence in all facets of their lives. ...