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Looking over the Shoulder of the Creator of “A Christmas Carol”

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Today was Tuesday, and each Tuesday morning I work with 4th and 5th grade students in the tech lab. For the most part we continue with work and projects that the students have started with our Music/Technology teacher, Tony Jamesbarry. While in the lab this morning I saw a tweet from Ira Socal @irasocol about an article in the New York Times about a manuscript on display at the Morgan Library. It is the original manuscript of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The article discussed the the author's work and also pointed to several online interactive features associated with the manuscript including a page that allowed you to view each page of the manuscript. As Ira noted, this is not something you could find in your local library. I shared this with my 5th grade students and the consensus response was "pretty cool." We spent a bit of time talking about how Dickens might of worked on the document and compared it to their use of paper drafts and of Google Docs. It was a great conversation that was made possible because the Morgan Library and the New York Times made this document available. The ability to share this type of document via the Internet is something that continues to amaze me.

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Benson High School Plaque...

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Benson High School StepsThis plaque is laid in the top step of a set of stairs that leads from the back of Benson High School to their practice sport fields below the school. I enjoy finding these types of historical objects and thinking back to the time and people associated with their placement. I initially posted this to my Flickr page which was then posted to Twitter which lead to a little conversation between @irasocol, @nickdennis and @acelfresno regarding the fact that in 1972 Benson High School had a student parliament and a discussion about student government systems. Funny how one image can start a conversation. Map Link...

Graham's Lunch

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Today at lunch we were presented with a challenge. A student had a
container of mac and cheese that he could not open. When he presented
the container to me and asked for my help, I anticipated problems.
This specific type of container for some reason, is very difficult to
open. (I did not note the name of the container, but I know it by
sight...) I have had to open this type in the past and they have
proved difficult. I tried, but could not open it. Christine and Steve,two of our
para-educators attempted to open it and could not. We even took a
hammer to it, and could not get it to open. Wanna be 5th grade strong
men attempted to open it and all were not successful. In the end we
gave the young man a school lunch and sent the container home...

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Audio Message...

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