With digital downloads of comics for various desktop and handheld devices getting more and more attention, several comics publishers are getting additional sales through iPhone downloads. One of the surprise success stories has been Red 5. more » » »
"Hope is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles." -- Samuel Smiles
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan The escapades of the Greek gods and heroes get a fresh spin in the first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, about a contemporary 12-year-old New Yorker who learns he's a demigod. more synopsis ... also provides links to: Percy Jackson and the Lightning […]
Although Amazon.com has published prose works exclusively on the Kindle before, in a first the online retailer has teamed with graphic novel publisher Archaia to publish Tumor, an original graphic novel by writer Joshua Fialkov and artist Noel Tuazon, initially in a digital edition formatted specifically for the Kindle; Tumor will be released serially on […]
more than 20 classroom-ready lesson plans across at the Google Apps Education Resource Center: www.google.com/apps/eduresources
http://k12onlineconference.org/ The K-12 online conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This free conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone.
"I have yet to find a man, whatever his situation in life, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he ever would do under a spirit of criticism." - Charles M. Schwab
It was fifty years ago, on a hot summer day, in the deep south. We lived on a dirt road, on a sand lot. We were, what was known as "dirt poor." I had been playing outside all morning in the sand. Suddenly, I heard a sharp clanking sound behind me and looking over my […]
"Everyone's life is under someone's control - it might as well be under your own so that you can direct your destiny." Harry Tucker ……………………………………………………………… Red Like the Sky Based on a true story, this Italian feature film set in the 1970s is about a young boy who loses his eyesight. He struggles with his […]
http://www.acer.edu.au/proflearn/SpecialNeeds.html This one day workshop will provide research findings related to the characteristics of ADHD and the most effective strategies to support the learning and social needs of students with ADHD.
