Literacy Voices Roundup – June 27

Turning on Technology

Ferryway School in Malden, Massachusetts, incorporates science, math, design and technology for an interactive unit. They chose to embrace a project-learning strategy to connect science and colonial history through a local historic site that dates back to the 1640s, the Saugus Iron Works.

Rather read an article?  Check out Visualizing Technology Integration: A Model for Meeting ISTE Educational-Technology Standards from Edutopia.org.

We’re Going on a Treasure Hunt: How to make a summertime museum trip with kids worthwhile

Slate.com columnist Emily Bazelon offers a mom’s perspective about taking two young boys to museums rather than to beach – full of laughs and suggestions.

For example, fellow Slate.com columnist Anne Applebaum offers this tip: “We go into the gift shop, everybody buys a couple of postcards, and then they have to find the pictures/sculptures.”

Smithsonian Education

And in case you can’t make it to a museum this summer, here’s an interactive link from the Smithsonian so you can explore the museum online.