Presentation at New Leaf in Learning
On Thursday, March 22, 2011, I will make a presentation titled "Overcoming Resistance to Teaching with Technology and Online Resources" at the 2012 New Leaf in Learning Conference. Here are links to...
View Article90 Years of Pursuing Equal Rights
On March 22, 1972, the Senate approved the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which banned discrimination on the basis of sex. The amendment fell three states shy of ratification and was...
View Article9 Things You Don't Know About Easter
For many Christians around the world, Holy Week began yesterday Palm Sunday, which commemorates the arrival of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem. Holy Week continues through Holy Thursday, observing the event...
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Best resources for teaching about the sinking of the Titanic
Overview:findingDulcinea's On This Day, and sources to which it links, provides:an overview of the sinking and an investigation into the causes of it;links to a transcript of US Senate Hearings...
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Insider's Guide to the Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes will be run at Belmont Park on June 7. With California Chrome trying to become the first horse in 36 years to sweep horse racing's Triple Crown, the race will attract enormous...
View ArticleFive things that are absolutely true
Here are five things that are absolutely true, according to researchers at Harvard University, the U.S. federal government, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation:When 6th graders at Lynbrook North...
View ArticleWhy Is the Triple Crown So Hard to Win Now? Because It Always Has Been
As American Pharoah prepares for his chance to become just the 12th horse in history, and first in 37 years, to win horse racing's Triple Crown, experts are lining up to explain why it has become so...
View ArticlePeople who did remarkable things and whom we owe a great deal
Every September 11 (and indeed nearly every other day of the year), I spend much of the time period from 8:46 am (first crash) till 10:29 am (fall of second tower), thinking about the remarkable manner...
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A Three-Word History Test that Most American Students, and Adults, Would...
Discuss, using examples.Mark E. MoranFounder & CEODulcinea MediaRead how our free resources help prepare students for exams that require critical thinking.Buy the LineTime App for iPad/iPhone,...
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Introducing MashPlant
In a world full of new web platforms for education, I was excited to find a new one at ICE 2013 that stands out. MashPlant Studio is a free platform that allows teachers to create safe spaces for...
View Article9 Videos To Inspire Teachers at the Start of the School Year
The first few weeks of school are bittersweet; they mark the end of summer and yet a return to what teachers love to do: make a profound impact in the lives of students.Here are our favorite 9 videos...
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Magical Bammy Moments - When Do We Start Celebrating?
Last Saturday night, I had the honor of attending the 2nd Annual Bammy Awards in Washington D.C. The night had many extraordinary highlights:Though some criticize the process, anyone can nominate...
View ArticleMy Presentation at Fall CUE October 25, 2013
TEACHING TEN STEPS TO BETTER WEB RESEARCHThe presentation on "Teaching Ten Steps to Better Web Research" is a PowerPoint that I have uploaded to our account on SlideShare. Where the footnoted material...
View ArticleSix Ways Students Can Learn Directly From Others
This is part of a lesson for the Choose2Matter Course, an online professional development course, with student materials, that will be available June 1. It is based on the life's work of Angela Maiers...
View ArticleThere is not and never was a SweetSearch Virus
Last summer, a string of highly suspicious "virus protection" websites began to publish very similar posts about how to get rid of the "SweetSearch Virus," alleging that it was malware that included...
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Insider's Guide to the 2016 Belmont Stakes
We've attended the Belmont Stakes 28 times, including 13 times when a Triple Crown was on the line.From that perspective, we offer this Insider's Guide to the 2016 Belmont Stakes.Time, Date,...
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A Celebration of a Yearning to Love
Today is an anniversary of 9/11. It's not the first, or the fifth, or the tenth. It doesn't matter.I don't need it to be the tenth or 25th or 50th to celebrate it.Yes, celebrate it.Each year, on...
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Lynbrook Matters
I had the honor of speaking to the Lynbrook school community tonight. Thank you to everyone who attended.Below you will find the resources I shared.Contact me at MarkEMoran [at] Gmail [dot] com Click...
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Become a SweetSearch Ambassador!
We launched findingDulcinea in 2007 with a mission of helping people find authoritative and comprehensive information online.In 2009, we introduced SweetSearch, a Search Engine for Students, which...
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A relaunch of SweetSearch - and versions for News and History too!
Since 2009, SweetSearch has been the best place for students - and anyone else - to begin research.It leverages Google to search only a fully vetted "whitelist" of websites. The original index was...
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