Drop caps how-to

id you see my pre-Mother's Day post on May 7th?  If not, scroll down to it.  Isn't the first letter fancy?  Hey, just like the "D" to the left is fancy in "Did?"

Aren't you wondering how I jazzed up my "D?"

Simply stuff, fabulous blog reader.  Just visit Daily Drop Cap, choose your letter and follow the instructions below each letter.  It does require copying and pasting HTML code, but its 2011, I am confident you can do that, yes?

This drop cap stuff is thoroughly entertaining to me. 

Grinning from ear-to-ear,

en


PS - Do you think I could use the drop cap letters to make more DIY artwork for my classroom?  Remember this post here?  My wheels are spinning.

Mother's Day Printable

ep, you can thank me later.  Actually, you can thank me and Amy Moss, the designer, later.  We just saved you from having to run to the store and purchase a Mother's Day card. 


Click on the image below to link to this free and sweet - like your mama - Mother's Day card.  It looks fantastic printed on white or ivory cardstock. 

Your mom is going to adore you.  Just like I do, fabulous blog reader.

Happy Mother's Day to all you (and your) amazing moms!

Jen

PS - If you like my fancy "Y" at the beginning of the post, check back next week and I will reveal my source and "how to."  Neat-o mosquito, huh?

Cloud computing and Common Craft

Are you hooked on Common Craft video tutorials like I am?  I swear they tickle me.  Lee LeFever and his wife, Sachi, are genius in my book.  They take misunderstood topics like cloud computing, as an example, and make them 100% digestible to us, common folk.   I have enjoyed their videos for years.  The earlier videos have more corny hand movements in them.  I must say, I miss the corny hand movements. 

The newer videos, however, tell the story so efficiently.  Take this one on social media.  B-r-i-l-l-i-a-n-t-!.

Or this older one on wikis, which has just the right splash of silliness and corny hand movements....

And finally, to understand the it-is-the-rage-of-most-tech-discussions-these-days, do watch this video on cloud computing in education.  You don't want to be left behind, do you?

I'm off to watch more videos on the Common Craft website and Youtube (search words "Common Craft").

....I'm back!  I didn't realize Common Craft creates non-tech videos, too.  This one on Project Based Learning is fantastic.  I had not heard of the Buck Institute for Education - dedicated to Project Based Learning.  S-u-p-e-r.

Yep, you learn something new everyday. 

Tickled,
Jen