Saturday, August 31, 2013

Latin Tutorial Video Clips

Thank you to Providence High School's Latin teacher, Mr. Spencer, for these helpful videos.

How Memory Works: 10 Things Most People Get Wrong — PsyBlog

#5 "Memory is unstable

The fact that the simple act of recall changes memory means that it is relatively unstable. But people tend to think that memory is relatively stable: we forget that we forgot and so we think we won't forget in the future what we now know.

What this means is that students, in particular, vastly underestimate how much effort will be required to commit material to memory. And they're not the only ones."


Friday, August 16, 2013

"From One Second to the Next" - Texting & Driving - It Can Wait

Powerful! Second chance reminders for us all to drive consciously. Werner Herzog's 35 minute documentary chronicles 4 accidents. All of them preventable.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

9 things to give up to become a better writer

Quick read. I've received Daphne Gray-Grant's Power Writing email for several years now. You might appreciate her writing reminders and insights, too. Her notes usually take less than 3 minutes to read.

Friday, August 2, 2013

Zippy Forms

Before you fill out all those school and athletic forms - take a look at what technology brings to your finger tips!

How to talk to your daughter about her body

Thank you to Michelle Icard - think Michelle in the Middle - for passing on this sage advice. Awesome!