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MSM 305:  Bring on the Monkey, Visual Jokes, and Picto-graphs.
Category: Education
Duration: 01:05:13
Publish Date: 2015-05-09 18:49:03
Description: MSM 305:  Bring on the Monkey, Visual Jokes, and Picto-graphs. Jokes You Can Use: Advisory: Learn Chinese: Chineasy TED Talk http://chineasy.org/films/ted-talk.aspx Book Review this week. 101 (More) Amazing Facts - mental_floss on YouTube - List Show (307) May need to edit the first couple. As always, watch first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdfaafOJhOo French School Deems Teenager’s Skirt an Illegal Display of Religion PARIS — A secondary school in northeastern France has sent a 15-year-old student home twice in the last two weeks for wearing a long skirt that the principal judged was “an ostentatious sign” of the girl’s Muslim faith. Could tie in well with a school uniform discussion. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/world/europe/french-school-teenagers-skirt-illegal-display-religion.html What are Girls Good For http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/05/what-girls-are-good-for-happy-birthday.html Future Me Email to be delivered in the future. https://www.futureme.org/ Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE MINUTE-WRITING IN SCIENCE I was recently reading the February, 2015 issue of "Science Scope," a magazine written for middle school science teachers, published by the National Science Teachers Association. In this issue, I read the article, "Reading and Writing Alignment Across Content Areas" written by Susan Merten. In the article she explains how her school reached their goal of improving student expository writing overall in every written response, extended or brief, and in all subjects, especially science. http://k12science.net/Podcast/Podcast/Entries/2015/5/7_Middle_School_Science_Minute-Writing_in_Science.html From the Twitterverse: #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Resources: Deekit https://www.deekit.com/ Ultimate Guide to Taking Notes in Class http://wbsa.co.uk/the-ultimate-guide-to-note-taking-in-class-infographic/ http://wbsa.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/note-taking-feature.jpg?891a21 PictoGraph Creator http://primaryschoolict.com/pictograph/ Topographical Maps http://nationalmap.gov/ustopo/history.html Web Spotlight: The School That Silicon Valley Thinks Will Save Education http://www.wired.com/2015/05/altschool/ Principals: Are you brave enough to ask for staff feedback? http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/faculty-staff-survey-form/ President Obama on His Teacher https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/04/29/email-president-obama-my-fifth-grade-teacher Contrary to Conventional Wisdom, New Teachers Are Staying on the Job http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/04/contrary-to-conventional-wisdom-new-teachers-are-staying-on-the-job/391985/ John Oliver on standardized testing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6lyURyVz7k Random Thoughts . . . Personal Web Site
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