Archive for January, 2007

How to Know if Someone is Reading Your Email

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Think someone is snooping through your account? Click here to find out how to solve the mystery once and for all.

Instant White Boards

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

These things look pretty cool– they instantly cling to any surface for super-simple, instant white boards. Sounds great for the classroom, and they’re very economical.

Extra Math Help for Students

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Want to offer your students an additional math resource? Tell them to check out MathNerds.com, a free math resource that helps students find the answers to math problems without giving them the answer to homework, takehome tests, etc. Instead, mathematicians offer helpful advice along with a list of past questions submitted for easy […]

Creative Ideas for Math Teachers

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

I found a fun math website full of random creative teaching ideas like this one:
“When teaching students to multiply decimals, I often find that they forget to account for decimal place value. To help them remember to mark the decimal point, I use the decimal dance. At the chalkboard, I work out the product of […]

Want to Have A Stimulating Debate?

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

Check out ConvinceMe.net, a cool new forum that allows you to debate any topic online. You can debate in an open forum, with one other person, or make an argument that stands alone.

Get Back to Work

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

This website rocks. It allows you to set personal goals for when you want to get things done, then shows you how many successes and failures you’ve accomplished (or didn’t accomplish). Click here for details.

Stop Procrastinating at Work

Friday, January 19th, 2007

I’ll admit it, I waste a ton of time surfing the web when I should be doing actual work. I found a neat little tool that tracks the time you spend browsing. I’ve found that when you can see the wasted time in real terms, it makes you realize how much more productive […]

FREE Phone-to-Email Memo Service

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

I haven’t tried this yet but it looks fan-tabulous. Check it out:
“It’s obscenely simple: You dial a special toll-free number on your cell phone (or landline, if you prefer), you get a prompt to record a message to yourself, and then Jott converts the voice message to text and emails it to you. (You […]

Julian Beever

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

If you haven’t seen this guy’s art, it is INSANE. You can see a comprehensive list here, but below I have displayed a few examples.

Go Ahead Ladies

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

As a newly single lady, I enjoyed reading a recent article in the NY times entitled 51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse. Not that I’m anti-marriage in any way, but as a 25 year old woman who has been to one too many weddings over the past 4 years, it’s nice to […]