This is probably going to sound weird, but I actually have a few magical talismans. I found them when I was a kid. Of course I didn’t know it at the time. They aren’t wands or weapons or glowing crystals. They’re just plain, ordinary . . . things. I didn’t [...]
Entries from February 2008
Acrostic
February 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Creativity
Teacher Duct Tapes Student To Desk
February 13th, 2008 · 11 Comments
A story coming out of Orlando, Florida today outlines with broad strokes how Middle School teacher, Kasey Goodin, was suspended for her recent creative use of duct tape in the classroom. Here is the actual lead for that story:
A middle school teacher accused of using duct tape to bind a student to his desk [...]
Tags: Teaching
Palindrome Challenge
February 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Palindrome: A word, phrase or sentence (or even series of sentences) that can be read the same from left to right and right to left. (forward and backward)
In 1992 John Jensen, of Carlton University posted a request for original palindromes on an internet writing forum. Here is just a sampling of the better [...]
Tags: Creativity