Category: Personal Blog

  • Book Review: Nectar in a Sieve

    Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of the best readings on colonial India. Told from the POV of a village woman from the day of her marriage until late in her life. Students seem to really enjoy the straight forward and simple narrative. I first read this…

  • KySTE11 Presentation Resources

    Patchwork to Progress: Transitions to a Digital Media Classroom. PowerPoint and Poster Wikispaces and My Old Class page And EKU Writing Project Blogger and My Alternate Class Page Edublogs: education only blogging portal and host site PB Works: Does have a subscription cost associated with it. Bud Hunt: WordPress Page and Wiki about blogging and…

  • ReBlog School Library Journal: GA schools and iPads

    I was emailed about this EdTech story today and find it utterly scary and radically amazing at the same time. In a move led by its senate president Tommie Williams, the state is looking to see if it can substitute print books with iPads, according to a recent story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Williams did…

  • Book Review: Riot by Walter Dean Myers

    I just finished listening to Riot by Walter Dean Myers.

  • Bullying and Harassment DCL

    I have added a page to the About Mr. Wilson listing dealing with Bullying and Harassment in schools. Bullying is one of the main reasons I went into teaching. Too many students today re bullied for various reasons and schools must be better at identifying ways to stop this epidemic and protect/empower the victims. It…

  • allAfrica.com: Rwanda: Kigali Hosts Malaria Meet

    Image via Wikipedia This week 150 countries will meet in Rwanda to discuss spending WHO monies for productive Malaria prevention. Read the excerpt below for more information. allAfrica.com: Rwanda: Kigali Hosts Malaria Meet The week-long meeting themed: “Robust Malaria surveillance systems towards malaria pre-elimination and assessing Roadmaps achievements” is jointly organized by the Ministry of…