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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Alice Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many folks I&#8217;ve been cleaning out stuff. I came across an old shoebox from Dayton&#8217;s Department Store which naturally led to remembering what it used to be like shopping in a big downtown Department Store. The shoebox is old &#38;  it&#8217;s battered.  I think I&#8217;ll keep it. Target Corporation paid tribute to the downtown [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maryalicea.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2303474&amp;post=1622&amp;subd=maryalicea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Alice Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The arrival of enhanced e-Books and iTextbooks is exciting; both add a new dimension to the continuing discussions about the future of the book.  Media specialists are purchasing e-readers, e-books; media centers and classrooms are providing iPads and other tablets for students. This week I visited with a former teacher who has been retired for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maryalicea.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2303474&amp;post=1720&amp;subd=maryalicea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Swedish heritage and family connections to the Civil War</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Alice Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8216;ve always been proud that I actually new someone who was alive during the Civil War.  Earlker I  shared a photo of my great Grandpa Henry Einhorn that was published in a local newspaper.  He was born during the Civil War and lived to be 98. Another great grandpa, Andrew Anderson was a Civil War [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maryalicea.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2303474&amp;post=1742&amp;subd=maryalicea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What happened on my birthday?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Alice Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Help! I am a teacher and would like my students to look in newspapers for what  happened on their birthday. Does anyone know where we can go so they can actually see the newspaper, like microfiche? Contemporary newspaper archives and digitized copies of newspapers published before the Internet make the popular &#8220;Today in History&#8221; or “What [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maryalicea.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2303474&amp;post=1678&amp;subd=maryalicea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This class changed my teaching forever</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Alice Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This class changed my teaching forever. It was powerful! Congratulations to science teacher Stacey Balbach who will be speaking about Primary Sources Science at the National Science Teachers Convention in March 2012.  Way to go! When she was a student in Teaching With Primary Sources, a Wisconsin science teacher discovered primary sources are not just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maryalicea.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2303474&amp;post=844&amp;subd=maryalicea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TIES 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Alice Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Personal! Transforming Pedagogy with Technology was the theme of this year&#8217;s very well attended annual TIES technology conference.   As always I  came home with new resources and ideas to incorporate in online courses. Web Tools for Grades 4-8 In-Depth Inquiry captured my attention; two teachers shared easy to implement ideas such as  using Todaysmeet.com [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maryalicea.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2303474&amp;post=1659&amp;subd=maryalicea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mrs. Keckley and Mrs. Lincoln</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Alice Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I visited  Ford&#8217;s  theater earlier this year I learned  walking tours of downtown DC led by &#8220;Mrs. Keckely&#8221; are offered. Bummer!  I would have loved to learn more about Mrs. Keckley&#8217;s neighborhood, but  was unable to go for a tour that day. I met Mrs. Keckley in Mrs. Keckly* and Mrs. Lincoln, a fascinating biography [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maryalicea.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2303474&amp;post=1576&amp;subd=maryalicea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s all relative!  Keeping up to date!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Alice Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media Specialists]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mary Alice can take care of the e-newsletter; she has the tech skills.&#8221;   The skills I have acquired continue to be valuable in so many ways &#8212; creating e-newsletters or databases, helping others, teaching online classes and working on education related  projects.     It&#8217;s all relative!  There is always someone who knows more than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maryalicea.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2303474&amp;post=1570&amp;subd=maryalicea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pizza at a former blacksmith shop; remembering Great-Grandpa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Alice Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An evening out for pizza at a former blacksmith shop (the buildings limestone shell was built in 1857) got me thinking about a newspaper photo of my great-grandfather, Henry Einhorn, visiting with blacksmith William Benz. Located on Winona&#8217;s east end, Benz Blacksmith was Winona&#8217;s last surviving blacksmith shop. The April 5, 1954 Winona Republican Herald said a Benz worked in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maryalicea.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2303474&amp;post=1500&amp;subd=maryalicea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Off the beaten path</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Alice Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s trip to the Reads Landing Brewing Company turned out to be a history lesson. We’ve driven through the Mississippi River town of Reads Landing countless times, but hadn’t ever turned off Highway 61. First stop: the Wabasha County Historical Society. The museum’s brochure describes the building, built in 1870, is the oldest schoolhouse in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maryalicea.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2303474&amp;post=1480&amp;subd=maryalicea&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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