Google Search Education!

Google Logo officially released on May 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)This week Google released it's Search Education pages to help students understand how to search Google effectively.  At my recent library workshop I explained how Google Advanced Search has gone all out to try and capture the library market, to make searching more effective and reliable, using refiners, by age, lexile level, copyright, and Boolean logic.  Now Google Search Education does way more!  Literacy lessons help you meet core U.S standards (not Canadian), broken down into levels of ease, including beginner, intermediate and advanced.  Understanding how to pick the right search terms, analysing search search results and refining searches are all part of excellent library training.  Evaluating your credibility of your sources is also covered! 

Teachers try out the Google A Day challenge and get your students excited about using technology in the classroom.   I am going to spend this week exploring the lesson plans and hopefully you will too:)

Check out this video for more information.

Valentines Day 2012

It's that time of the year when you can snuggle with your sweetie and eat chocolate.   This year my sweetie and I will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary, and I am blessed to have a husband who treasures me and the sanctification of marriage.

Thank you God for husbands and their LOVE.   Happy Valentine's day! (Photo credit: DonnaGrayson)

Valentine Day can also be a time to thank our kids for their love and friendship in our lives.  I am thankful for my amazing kids who love me for who I am, (sometimes a little worn around the edges), and always forgiving me when I slip up!  Families, and the lasting LOVE of Jesus are all we need.  As the message in the video declares being Held by Him is all we need if we are to understand true love!






Valentine's Day is also a great time to teach your children Bible lessons on all the ways God loves us, and how we are to return that love both to Him and to others. Consider hands-on activities that you can use to teach your children some awesome Biblical truths


Ministry.com Bible lesson plans on Valentines Day.

Valentines Day Bible Verses

A Heart for Jesus craft

Lesson Planet for Teachers Valentines' Day

Ideas for Single Teens

Kidology Valentines Lesson plans  PS This site has a free open source Bible curriculum.  Check it out and let me know if is good please!

Valentines Day Craft Videos. from EHow.

 
Don't forget our Valentines Theme contest for mums on Valentines Day on our Ning.  Your child can help you win a $25 Chapters' card.  Post your art works on the ning!

Blessings and Love In Christ.
Pippa

AwesomeStories! Techie Site of the Week!

Awesomestories is an amazing compilation of stories in multimedia layers containing; video documentaries, lesson plans, current awareness, movie reviews and correlating lessons, some famous Christian writers, audio clips, and slide shows.  Experts from all over the world contribute on a variety of themes like the Holocaust and concentration camps, Civil War, and themes such as racism.  Academics from universities, along with experienced teachers contribute to make this a compelling and interesting media awareness site for students and teachers.  Sign up and become a subscriber once a week to keep updated.

Blesssings to you
Pippa