Learning

Sesame Street is 40 years old this week, but Elmo's still three!

Enjoy a few article about some of my favorite muppets:

From USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-11-06-sesame06_CV_N.htm

From the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/arts/television/08stan.html?ref=arts

My favorite part of all the celebrations are all the interviews with Elmo, Grover, Big Bird, and the gang. You can search Google for a great variety!

President Obama has weighed in on social networking!  

According to Reuters, Obama was quoted as saying "I want everybody here to be careful about what you post on Facebook, because in the YouTube age, whatever you do, it will be pulled up again later somewhere in your life... And when you're young, you make mistakes and you do some stupid stuff. And I've been hearing a lot about young people who -- you know, they're posting stuff on Facebook, and then

One school in Winchester, MA, has innovation down to a science.  Or down to an art?  Read the article to learn more about the school that's tying student achievement to local business support, local public support, and student responsibility in both academics (including art!) and life.

http://www.tauntongazette.com/arts/x772301565/It-s-August-the-month-for-...

I remember the first time I ever saw a Harry Potter book.  I was in a book store in upstate New York, and my mother was pushing me to find my "Beach Book" - something funny, something silly, something different from my usual reading material.  She picked up Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and said "this looks like fun - and you love magic!"  I didn't find out it was part of a series for another two years.