This practical resource shows educators how to use the Internet to help students communicate electronically, reaching beyond the borders of traditional classroom walls. The authors—a lifelong professional developer and a dedicated facilitator of improved K–12 education through her work with graduate students in school leadership—provide the how-to for teaching essential foundation elements, including teamwork, Internet research, evaluation of information sources, cross-cultural communication, and thinking skills. Emphasizing practical tools and techniques, their model integrates the internet, common school software, and free online technology tools to create engaging projects that advance 21st-century skills.

She’s always chosen to walk on the wild side. To save hundreds, now she has to. “Buchman just might be at the top of the game.” – RT Book Reviews Trisha O’Malley has flown her own way since before she could walk. Her Boston Irish attitude and remarkable helo piloting skills have led her to join the Army’s finest. Navy SEAL William Bruce works best on his own. For him, a team size of one ranks as perfect. When Somalia’s sea pirates run out of control, they must think and function as a true team for the first time in either of their lives—or the price of the dead will laid on their own graves. “The balance of romance with the rest of the ‘real world’ story made it something that I’ll never forget.” – Pure Jonel “Passion, emotion, and an intensity that is breathtaking and real.” – The Reading Cafe [Can be read stand-alone or in series. A complete happy-ever-after with no cliffhangers. Originally published in 2014. Re-edited 2021 for improved reader experience but still the same great story.] Buy now to join the military romance adventure.

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire. An electrifying new approach by the man who literally wrote the bible on barbecue. Cutting edge techniques meet time-honed traditions in 100 boldly flavored recipes that will help you turbocharge your game at the grill. Here’s how to reinvent steak with reverse-seared beef tomahawks, dry-brined filets mignons, ember-charred porterhouses, and T-bones tattooed with grill marks and enriched, the way the pros do it, with melted beef fat. Here’s how to spit-roast beer-brined cauliflower on the rotisserie. Blowtorch a rosemary veal chop. Grill mussels in blazing hay, peppery chicken under a salt brick, and herb-crusted salmon steaks on a shovel. From Seven Steps to Grilling Nirvana to recipes for grilled cocktails and desserts, Project Fire proves that live-fire, and understanding how to master it, makes everything taste better. “Once again, steven Raichlen shows off his formidable fire power and tempting recipes.” —Francis Mallmann