Gotta Watch It!

I was pondering what to write about for today’s blog and looked for inspiration by searching the Internet for “historic events on December 18.” Amid a wealth of frankly depressing options, I found this little gem. On this date in 1966, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! aired for the first time on CBS….

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How Fast Is the Future Arriving?

Mix tapes. They were the best. I used to spend hours and hours putting together what I consider to be some of the world’s best music mixes ever. Ever. Without dispute. I was to the mix tape what a modern deejay like Deadmau5 is to electronic dance music. The advent of the recordable CD (or…

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More on Teachers, Students, and Technology

Sometime back in the 16th century, a Saxon nobleman was heard to declare, “The future is digital!” A few years later, in 2011, The Mailbox responded with our first mobile app, Holidays and Seasonal Celebrations. In 2012, still hearing the clarion call of that prescient aristocrat, we added Kids in the Kitchen and Seasonal Songs….

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Girls and Boys and Math and Science

Stepping into Mrs. G.’s classroom was like stepping into another dimension for me. By merely walking through our adjoining closet, I could appear at the front of her room and quickly get questions answered or share important news. Mrs. G. taught math. I taught language arts. Our classrooms connected. Our subject matter? Not so much….

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