Power of Words

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Ah yes, so true....

"You English words?
I know you:
You are light as dreams,
Tough as oak,
Precious as gold,
As poppies and corn,
Or an old cloak:
Sweet as our birds
To the ear,
As the burnet rose
In the heat
Of Midsummer"
— Edward Thomas

Goodreads Quote

A Four-Mile Power Walk

A Four-Mile Power Walk Keeping up with the latest and greatest changes in Animoto. Also, I will enjoy watching this in the Winter months and maybe get inspired to take a photo walk on the sidewalks of my hometown in Iowa!

Iowan's Role in Civil War

Just another example of using multiple resources on the Internet to make learning exciting, dynamic and meaningful. Lifelong learners won't be able to stop reading.

Tools used: Google News, Google Search, Joliprint, Tagxedo, Blogger / Blogspot, more Google Searching, and a Website Validation Wizard produced by Illinois Educational Grant Project.

Take a look:
Here is the original article at the Des Moines Register.

And here, you can click on an interactive picture, powered by Tagxedo, that allows you to futher search important keywords. See what else you can learn about the Civil War. Use a Website Validation Wizard to check validity of the website you select to read.

Where are Libraries Headed in the Future?

Article about Libraries in the Future

Click on any word in this cloud and find read more on the Internet.

What's Your Favorite Seuss Book

This is a compilation of 85 adults and young adults when asked their favorite Seuss book. And yours?