Tue, 15 May 2012 12:33:00http://www.domtesta.com/blogen http://www.domtesta.com/blog/video-empowering-students-to-be-creative http://www.domtesta.com/blog/video-empowering-students-to-be-creative/comments 2012-05-15T12:33:00-06:00 http://www.domtesta.com/blog/video-empowering-students-to-be-creative <p><em>&quot;Creativity is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.&quot;</em></p> <p style="text-align: right;">- Sir Ken Robinson, TED Conference, 2006</p> <p style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</p> <p>As nerd conventions go, TED&nbsp;is pretty much the http://www.domtesta.com/blog/write-a-galahad-story-win-cash-and-prizes http://www.domtesta.com/blog/write-a-galahad-story-win-cash-and-prizes/comments 2012-05-14T09:15:00-06:00 http://www.domtesta.com/blog/write-a-galahad-story-win-cash-and-prizes <p>When <a target="_blank" href="http://us.macmillan.com/book.aspx?isbn=9780765321121"><em>The Galahad Legacy</em></a> hit bookstores this year, some people assumed (wrongly)&nbsp;that this was the end of their beloved Galahad series. But it's not. There are more Galahad stories forthcoming.</p> <p http://www.domtesta.com/blog/a-new-interview-and-three-free-galahad-books http://www.domtesta.com/blog/a-new-interview-and-three-free-galahad-books/comments 2012-05-13T17:02:00-06:00 http://www.domtesta.com/blog/a-new-interview-and-three-free-galahad-books <p>Our friends over at <a href="http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers</a> took part in the Galahad Scavenger Hunt Blog Tour last month.</p> <p>Now, blogger extraordinaire GMR&nbsp;follows that up with <a href="http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.c http://www.domtesta.com/blog/news-for-nerds-may-11-2012 http://www.domtesta.com/blog/news-for-nerds-may-11-2012/comments 2012-05-11T05:05:00-06:00 http://www.domtesta.com/blog/news-for-nerds-may-11-2012 <p>Welcome back... This week we look at the largest crocodile in history, the first glimpse of light from an alien super-earth, and the chemical that makes some people procrastinate more than others. But first: do you smell that, or is it just me?</p> <p style="text-align: center">*&nbsp;*&nbsp;*&n http://www.domtesta.com/blog/big-brain-club-publishes-67-new-student-authors http://www.domtesta.com/blog/big-brain-club-publishes-67-new-student-authors/comments 2012-05-09T11:37:00-06:00 http://www.domtesta.com/blog/big-brain-club-publishes-67-new-student-authors <p>The students of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cherrycreekschools.org/News/Pages/HorizonBigBrainClub.aspx">Horizon Middle School</a> in Aurora, Colorado, are the latest recipients of programmatic support and technology donations from The Big Brain Club.</p> <p>This Spring, 67 students at Ho