Comments on: Current Event Search (Beta!) http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/01/01/current-event-search-beta/ Practicing keyboarding while communicating with the world Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:15:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Gordon R. Vaughan http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/01/01/current-event-search-beta/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Gordon R. Vaughan Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:18:02 +0000 http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/01/01/current-event-search-beta/#comment-396 Wow, when I was in school typing was taught in high school. I bet kids are more motivated to learn it now, too, since they want to use computers. I ran across your Twitter page, which is how I found this link. Thanks also for the link to eduwiki, I'll want to check that out some time, too. Good luck with the 4th graders! Wow, when I was in school typing was taught in high school. I bet kids are more motivated to learn it now, too, since they want to use computers.

I ran across your Twitter page, which is how I found this link. Thanks also for the link to eduwiki, I’ll want to check that out some time, too.

Good luck with the 4th graders!

]]> By: mrsolson http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/01/01/current-event-search-beta/comment-page-1/#comment-394 mrsolson Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:45:33 +0000 http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/01/01/current-event-search-beta/#comment-394 EXAMPLE response from Mrs. Olson: Wow, it sounds like people all over the world were doing more celebrating that I did. We just played SceneIt 2 and I was in bed before midnight! Madrid's tradition of eating 12 grapes for the chimes at midnight is kind of interesting, although I don't know anyone who does that here. It was scary to read about the bombs and other dangers at several of the celebrations. I'm glad that I was safe and sound at home. New article: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/31/new.year.us/index.html?iref=newssearch This article describes how the ball dropped in NYC is now more environmentally friendly and uses much less energy. Now the ball only uses about as much electricity as 10 toasters. This article is related to the first one because they are both about New Year's Eve celebrations. EXAMPLE response from Mrs. Olson:

Wow, it sounds like people all over the world were doing more celebrating that I did. We just played SceneIt 2 and I was in bed before midnight! Madrid’s tradition of eating 12 grapes for the chimes at midnight is kind of interesting, although I don’t know anyone who does that here. It was scary to read about the bombs and other dangers at several of the celebrations. I’m glad that I was safe and sound at home.

New article: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/31/new.year.us/index.html?iref=newssearch

This article describes how the ball dropped in NYC is now more environmentally friendly and uses much less energy. Now the ball only uses about as much electricity as 10 toasters. This article is related to the first one because they are both about New Year’s Eve celebrations.

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