From the other side of the world, Dear Librarian

If you like trying fun stuff, here's a blog, Dear Librarian,  that will give you some great ideas. This is from Ann Krembs, a librarian at the American School in Bombay, India. This blog gives all sorts of cool things to try. 

The New Year--with math

Some of us are thinking about creating some mathcasts. In preparation for doing this, I came across some math sites that look interesting. Thinking Blocks is an interactive math tool developed by classroom teachers to help students learn how to solve multistep word problems. There are model problems (and video tutorials to explain them), and a place for teachers and students to create their own problems. Also created by Colleen King is Math Playground, a math activity site for elementary and middle school students. It has computation practice, math games, manipulatives, worksheets, and mathcasts in an attractive arrangement. To find out more about mathcasts,, visit Math247 on their PBwiki homepage.