The History of Thanksgiving

Yes I know this isn't a post on educational technology, but my roots are as a teacher and, in particular, US history. Plus it's always good to know why you are doing something - in particular giving thanks today.

Did you know that the author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was behind the US making Thanksgiving a national holiday and that Lincoln was the president who initiated this. There is no proof that turkey was actually eaten on the first Thanksgiving but watch the video above for more fun facts.

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Exporting a Blackboard Test To Word

For those of you who want out of Blackboard (the Microsoft of platforms), one of the hardest things to move are tests. A quick way that may work in most cases is on the video above, but here and here are guaranteed ways to fully convert a Blackboard file to a Word document. Of course if you want to go the other way, here is a post on how to convert a Word document into a Blackboard test.

What Does the Internet Look Like?

The internet is really a series of buildings housing data on rows of servers. If you want to see what it looks like, watch the short video above on the inside of a server farm.

Blackboard Test Generators

If you use Blackboard as does my county, you can find a series of Blackboard test generators here and/or watch the video above. These examples make it much easier to change a word document into Blackboard file.

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