Entries from October 2008

Monday, October 20th, 2008

What If You Couldn’t Blog Anymore?

My student (Yahoo web hosted) website is down for the first time in 3 years.  Of course, this would happen the day I told the Head of School to check out the website.  He said he’d look at it this evening.  Figures.  Tried to call customer service, but there’s an hour wait time.
Do…not…panic.  I check [...]

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Osbournes Show Looking for Teachers

I wouldn’t usually post a private email, but I’m sure Mr. Updyke wants me to publish this information.  It doesn’t belong on my student-run blog, but I can post it here.
Your Name: Brian Updyke
Your Email Address: brian.updyke@gmail.com
Subject: New FOX TV Show Looking for Teachers!
Message: Hey there!
The Osbournes are coming back to TV with a brand-new [...]

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Using Case Studies Part 2

I promised last year to continue listing case studies I’ve successfully used in my 9th grade biology or AP biology classes.  Listed below are a few more.  For my previous list go here.  The comments to that original post also contain some additional cases.
All of these case studies can be found in a list with [...]