Author Archives: twroemer

About twroemer

I am one lucky gal! I am a mother of 5 amazing kids, 2 grandsons, and a passel of great students at Hillgrove High School. I love all things beautiful---nature, poetry, music...LIFE!

Henrietta Lacks

Posted on February 13, 2013

Reading the Henrietta Lacks story reminded me of an interesting article we read in Levy’s class this summer: WarDogOakwoodisStrong

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The You Don’t Need a Cooking Show to Cook Show

Posted on November 27, 2012

  I am a cooking show junkie. When offered this assignment, I knew it was right up my alley! I had my daughter record me making a chocolate cake for Thanksgiving. Along with giving the recipe and walking through the … Continue reading →

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Bad Guy Business Card

Posted on October 30, 2012

Planning to use this idea when we wrap up our Gatsby unit with a tea party.  Students can come in costume and pass out their cards.  Come join us, Old Sport! #DesignAssignments #DesignTutorials322

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Ringtone remix

Posted on October 10, 2012

Boys.  Where would I be without them.  My sons helped me with this project.  I owe them BIG TIME! #AudioAssignments #AudioAssignments152 http://t.co/2rkGcfO

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“flash” in time

Posted on September 20, 2012

Okay——–This will definitely NOT earn me a “Grandmother of the Year” award! Anyway, my visual remix is a picture of my grandsons at Orange Beach this summer.  I used pixlr for my project as a last resort.   My initial … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia Authors!

Posted on September 14, 2012

Brandon, Wendy, and I searched Dine and Dash on Wikipedia.  Using  information available on the site, we added that it is part of pop culture as seen on a recent episode of NBC’s The Office.  We checked afterwards to see if … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia Project

Posted on September 14, 2012

We found the Encyclopedia Americana to be concise and reputable.  The author of the information is a professor Johns Hopkins, are very prestigious school, leading us to think that the information is creditable. On the other hand, the Wikipedia site … Continue reading →

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