https://www.digitalfrog.com/blog Virtual frog dissection, nature, and science education for teachers, students and homeschoolers Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:51:15 +0000 https://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Digital Frog International web site was offline for just short of 24 hours from approximately 5 p.m. Friday, April 25 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 26 We apologize for any inconvenience, but we're happy to say that everything is back up and running ... https://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2008/04/26/were-back/ We are often asked what grade level our software is designed for. When we answer Grades K-12, we suspect it sounds like a sales pitch. Although we originally intended the field trips to be used in middle schools, our designers became so engrossed that they kept adding more and ... https://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2008/04/25/can-educational-software-truly-be-applicable-for-k-12/ Today is Earth Day and a dear friend of mine sent me a fascinating eCard to mark the event, and, at the same time, saved one square foot of rainforest. She knows that this is a subject dear to my heart, especially since we developed The Digital Field Trip to ... https://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2008/04/22/one-small-way-to-save-a-square-foot-of-rainforest-on-earth-day-2008/ I am glad the frogs don't have to depend on me alone for their survival—I never managed to get my frog safely across the road. Frogster is a new game for children on the Vancouver Aquarium website. The idea is to lead your frog safely across the road avoiding various natural ... https://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2008/04/22/why-did-the-frog-cross-the-road-we-dont-know-but-frogster-proves-it-sure-is-hard/ When we set out to re-launch our web site earlier this year, we wanted to make it easier than ever to find out about our range of educational software products, try them for yourself and do a better job of opening communication with educators and parents (not to mention, with ... https://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2008/04/15/the-online-digital-frog-shop-is-now-open-for-business/ Sitting anxiously awaiting the signs of spring, I was listening to a radio program asking listeners to call in with their favorite signs of spring. It got me thinking about mine. Thinking about it I realized I have favorites for different senses. I love to see the first buds ... https://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2008/04/14/the-peep-that-says-that-spring-has-sprung/ Being dubbed the "frog lady" by all and sundry results in friends and family alerting me to all things froggy. So I regularly receive emails about froggy topics such as the 70-million-year-old fossil of a giant frog unearthed in Madagascar, the killer disease chytridiomycosis (a fungal disease that has ... https://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2008/04/13/the-frog-lady/ We recently returned from the National Science Teachers' Conference in Boston, exhausted but at the same time exhilarated. Our booth was busy the whole time and teachers were excited about our software. One lady rushed up to our booth insisting "I cannot live without Digital Frog". We love quotes like ... https://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2008/04/12/nsta-report/ At 8 p.m. on March 29, the world will turn off its lights for just one hour – Earth Hour. Some of you may already know about Earth Hour, I know I didn't until my daughters told me about it. The idea started last year, with World Wildlife Fund in ... https://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2008/03/25/earth-hour-2008/ If you teach science this conference is a must. We have been exhibiting at the National Science Teachers Association national conference for many, many years and we always learn something new—from the teachers who visit our booth to other exhibitors and, when we have time, from session presenters. Our favorite presenter ... https://www.digitalfrog.com/blog/2008/03/17/are-you-planning-on-attending-nsta/