{"id":4402,"date":"2013-07-04T00:17:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T09:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/askatechteacher.com\/?p=4402"},"modified":"2021-03-16T13:27:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T22:27:30","slug":"happy-july-4th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/askatechteacher.com\/happy-july-4th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy July 4th!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s America&#8217;s birthday and I&#8217;m celebrating. What I write today will be&#8230; anything I want&#8211;gibberish, a short story, guest articles on crazy topics. I have no idea. My son&#8217;s in Kuwait protecting America&#8217;s distant shores. My daughter&#8217;s in San Diego preparing her LPD for some future battle. I&#8217;m here, thanking both of them and every other service member who accepted the calling to protect our nation&#8217;s freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>God be with all of you.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MDkP2WaEYFE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RJvcJczKRB0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BUDs-8SxfUE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q65KZIqay4E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>Looking for a few websites to keep children busy? Try these<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/www.digipuzzle.net\/digipuzzle\/independenceday\/index.htm\">4th of July puzzle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"3\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"3\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/jacquimurray.net\/\">Jacqui Murray<\/a>\u00a0has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor\/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.structuredlearning.net\/product\/k-12-curricula\/\">K-12 technology curriculum<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.structuredlearning.net\/product\/keyboard-curricula\/\">\u00a0K-8 keyboard curriculum,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.structuredlearning.net\/product\/k-8-digital-citizenship-curriculum\/\">K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum<\/a>. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.amazon.com\/Jacqui-Murray\/e\/B002E78CQQ\/\">Amazon Vine Voice<\/a>, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/neatoday.org\/?s=jacqui+murray\">NEA Today<\/a>, and author of the tech thrillers,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B01K7VSPBW\"><strong>To Hunt a Sub<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B072NZF8N8\/r\"><strong>Twenty-four Days<\/strong><\/a>. You can find her resources at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/structuredlearning.net\/\">Structured Learning.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s America&#8217;s birthday and I&#8217;m celebrating. What I write today will be&#8230; anything I want&#8211;gibberish, a short story, guest articles on crazy topics. I have no idea. My son&#8217;s in Kuwait protecting America&#8217;s distant shores. My daughter&#8217;s in San Diego preparing her LPD for some future battle. I&#8217;m here, thanking both of them and every other service member who accepted the calling to protect our nation&#8217;s freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>God be with all of you.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/askatechteacher.com\/happy-july-4th-2\/#more-4402\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Happy July 4th!\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3093363770679689_136588513038010":"","twitter_134161434_134161434":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[606,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holidays","category-news","wpcat-606-id","wpcat-9-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/i0.wp.com\/askatechteacher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/usa-american-flag-gif-3.gif?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/wp.me\/pZUgb-190","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53485,"url":"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/askatechteacher.com\/happy-july-4th-2-2-2-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4402,"position":0},"title":"Happy July 4th!","author":"Jacqui","date":"July 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"It's America's birthday and I'm celebrating. 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