Avocado Is to Stainless Steel as School Library Is to…

Well, here we go again. Your humble Upper Grades Exchange host has a memory to share. It is a memory that comes from a time when “avocado” was a color found on kitchen appliances and not a food item essential for delicious, home-cooked Mexican dinners. I’m talking about the 1970s, when “avocado” was to kitchens…

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Techno Uh-Oh

I’ll never forget the first time I saw an interactive whiteboard on display. It was at a teacher convention, and I think that when I saw it I suddenly had visions of myself jogging around the flight deck of Discovery One on my way to Jupiter.* That hulking piece of interactive technology, mounted professionally at…

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