2011 Edublog Award Nominations

I read a lot of blogs and would like to thank each and every one of the educators around the world who take the time to share their resources and to challenge my thinking every day. Here is the chance to get to know a few of them:

My nominations for The 2011 Edublog Awards are:

• Best Individual Tweeter: Steven Anderson (@web20classroom)
• Best Resource Sharing Blog: Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day
• Best Twitter Hashtag: #sschat
• Best Teacher Blog: The History 2.0 Classroom by Greg Kulowiec
• Best Free Web Tool: LiveBinders
• Best Webinar Series: Classroom 2.0 Live
• Best Use of a Social Network: Social Studies Chat Ning
• Lifetime Achievement: Jerry Blumengarten (Cybraryman)

Matt Damon's Message to Teachers

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It's That Time...

cc licensed flicr photo by Amit Burstein

While I have never been great at updating this blog, you may have noticed that there have been even fewer posts than usual lately.  It's that time of the year.  With state testing, AP exams, end-of-the-year activities (not to mention record rainfalls and flooding)...I have not had a chance to finish a post in quite awhile.  However, with only 19 school days left in the 2010-11 year...I should be back soon.  Thanks for waiting.

Chernobyl Disaster Resources

To learn more about the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, try the following resources:

• The Chernobyl Disaster (BBC)
• The Chernobyl Disaster (Dimensions)
• Chernobyl Disaster 25th Anniversary (Big Picture)
• The Chernobyl Disaster: 25 Years Ago (Atlantic)
• Inside the Chernobyl Zone (Time)
• Long Shadow of Chernobyl (National Geographic)
• Past Nuclear Events (Wall Street Journal)
• Revisiting Chernobyl (IAEA)
• Voices of Chernobyl: Survivors' Stories (NPR)
• The Worst Nuclear Disasters (Time)

(Ongoing) Unrest in the Middle East

cc licensed flickr photo shared by Wasfi Akab

To learn more about the ongoing unrest in the Middle East, try the following resources:

• Anger in the Arab World (CBSNews)
• Challenges Facing Countries (New York Times)
• Middle East in Revolt (Time)
• Middle East in Turmoil (Washington Post)
• The Path of Protest (Guardian)
• Unrest - Country by Country (CNN)
• World Democracies (Associated Press)

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Image of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

To learn more about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, try the following resources:

• One Hundred Years Later, A Tragedy Remembered (New York Times)
• Remembering the Triangle Factory Fire (Cornell University)
• Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (Time)
• Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (NPR)
• Triangle Fire (PBS)
• The Triangle Fire: A Blaze That Woke a Nation (CNN)
• Triangle Fire: A Half Hour of Horror (New York Times)
• Triangle Fire, Plus 100 (Wall Street Journal)
• Triangle: Remembering the Fire (HBO)
• Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Remembered (ABC News)
• The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Trial (Famous Trials)

Cold War Resources

Soviet Tanks Face U.S. Tanks at Checkpoint Charlie

To learn more about the Cold War, try the following resources:

• Behind Closed Doors (PBS)
• Berlin Wall: Deconstructed (History)
• Cold War (Stanford University)
• Cold War: A Brief History (Atomic Archive)
• Cold War International History Project (Wilson Center)
• The Cold War Museum
• The Cuban Missile Crisis (ThinkQuest)
• The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 (George Washington University)
• Ground Zero (Carlos Labs)
• Living in the Atomic Age (NPR)
• Race for the Superbomb (PBS)
• Sputnik Mania (TEDTalks)
• The Spy's Dilemma (Truman Library)
• The World on the Brink (JFK Library)

Operation Odyssey Dawn

USS Barry Fires Tomahawk Missile

To learn more about the events unfolding in Libya, try the following resources:

• The Battle for Libya (New York Times)
• The Battle for Libya (Time)
• Detritus of War (New York Times)
• Dispatch from Tripoli (Time)
• Libya Air Strikes (Guardian)
• Libya: Allied Military Assets (Guardian)
• Libya Conflict (The Telegraph)
• Libya: Protests & Revolt (New York Times)
• Libya's Civil War & UN Intervention (CNN)
• The Rule of Libya's Colonel Gaddafi (Time)
• The Strategy of Operation Odyssey Dawn (ABC News)
• Timeline: Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi (New York Times)
• Tracking Events in Libya (Washington Post)
• Western Nations Attack Libya (BBC)

Earthquake in Japan

Today's massive 8.9 earthquake was the most powerful to hit Japan in recorded history.  The event triggered numerous aftershocks and tsunami warnings for the at least 50 countries throughout the Pacific Basin.  Waves of seven to eight feet were reported in Hawaii, Alaska, and California.  And while casualty and damage reports are still coming in, one thing is for sure - this will go down as one of the biggest earthquakes in history.

Below is a quick list of resources I have compiled on both earthquakes and tsunamis in general, and the Japanese earthquake in particular.  I will, of course, continue to add as more information is made available.


For more information on the earthquake in Japan, try the following resources:

• Aftermath of the Earthquake & Tsunami (New York Times)
• The Calamity of Japan's Quake (Time)
• Comparison of Notable Earthquakes (ABC News)
• Disaster in Japan (CBSNews)
• Disastrous Japan Earthquakes (Wall Street Journal)
• Earthquake Rocks Japan (CNN)
• Help Japan Infographic (Digital Surgeons)
• Images of the Tsunami (Time)
• Japan Before & After (New York Times)
• Japan Earthquake (BBC)
• Japan: Earthquake Aftermath (The Big Picture)
• Japan Earthquake & Hawaii Tsunami (The Telegraph)
• Japan Reels from Huge Quake, Tsunami (NPR)
• Japan Tsunami: 20 Unforgettable Pictures (National Geographic)
• Map of the Damage (New York Times)
• Massive Earthquake Hits Japan (The Big Picture)
• The Rundown (PBS NewsHour)
• Shaky Ground (Wall Street Journal)
• Shifting Plates (New York Times)