Stephen Heppell’s opening keynote address tonight at the 105th OLA Super Conference as live blogged by David Warlick (1/30/2008). Wonder if AT Across the Lifespan can reach 105th? Heppell asked a group of students what a literate teacher should be able to do, and they agreed that teacher should be able to:

• upload to YouTube


• edit a Wikipedia article


• choose a safe online payment site


• subscribe/unsubscribe from a podcast


• turn off predictive text


• manage a group of Flickr ( and spell Flickr)


• look after a community in Facebook

You can read the entire post at http://tinyurl.com/ys6fdc

I would also like to share 2 science resources that I learned about this week.

1. http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm This site takes into the cockpit of an Airbus A380. Incredible virtual experience for everyone!

2. http://azuregrackle.com/periodictable/table/ Ninety-six printmakers (8 countries - Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, Scotland, United States and 29 states & Puerto Rico from the US are represented - Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin) of all experience levels, have joined together to produce 118 prints in any medium; woodcut, linocut, monotype, etching, lithograph, silkscreen, or any combination. The end result is a periodic table of elements intended to promote both science and the arts. Awesome tool to present a visual periodic table of elements.