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MSM 301:  Bowling for Podcasts, Support Writing Everywhere, and Moodle Me.
Category: Education
Duration: 00:53:08
Publish Date: 2015-03-07 11:24:05
Description: MSM 301:  Bowling for Podcasts, Support Writing Everywhere, and Moodle Me. Jokes You Can Use: Advisory: The Kids Should See This There’s just so much science, nature, music, art, technology, storytelling and assorted good stuff out there that my kids (and maybe your kids) haven’t seen. It’s most likely not stuff that was made for them… But we don’t underestimate kids around here. Search & enjoy 1,850+ smart & super-cool, “not-made-for-kids, but perfect for them” videos in the classroom or together at home, curated by Rion Nakaya with her 4 & 7 year olds. Click play and start a conversation. http://thekidshouldseethis.com/ 15 Sneaky Ways Grocery Stores Control Your Mind and Money http://twentytwowords.com/grocery-store-tricks/ Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) MORE ON THE EQUIP RUBRIC I was recently reading the January, 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 an article written by Molly Ewing, entitled "EQuIP-ped for Success. She explains that the Educators Evaluating the Quality of Instructional Products (EQuIP) Rubric for science is a new tool for science educators that provides criteria by which to examine the alignment and overall quality of lessons and units with respect to the Next Generation Science Standards. http://k12science.net/Podcast/Podcast/Entries/2015/3/2_Middle_School_Science_Minute-More_on_the_EQuIP_Rubric.html *AND THANKS FOR THE BOWLING REFERENCE! Keep up the great work and congrats on bowling (ok, podcasting) at "300 game!" That is pretty awesome. From the Twitterverse: #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: 7 Easy Ways to Support Student Writing in Any Content Area http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Content-Area-Writing-02.png http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/content-area-literacy-writing/ Resources: 3 Things Students Should Have Before They Leave High School 1. Students should be connected through a social network with other people in their field of choice. 2. Students should have a digital portfolio. 3. Students should have an “about.me” page. http://connectedprincipals.com/archives/11240 DraftBack Draftback is a Chrome extension that lets you play back any Google Doc’s revision history (for docs you can edit). It’s like going back in time to look over your own shoulder as you write. http://draftback.com/ Web Spotlight: Stanford History Education Group http://sheg.stanford.edu/us The United States Reading Like a Historian curriculum includes 71 stand-alone lessons organized within 11 units. These lessons span colonial to Cold War America and cover a range of political, social, economic, and cultural topics. Each lesson includes a 1-2 day plan that outlines the lesson’s activities and sets of adapted and modified documents along with guiding questions and graphic organizers to support student analysis, use of evidence, and development of historical claims. When appropriate, lessons also include original copies of documents. We encourage teachers to further adapt these lessons and materials for their particular classrooms. Performance Assessments of Social Studies Thinking http://passtmoodle.wmisd.org/login/index.php PASST stands for “Performance Assessments of Social Studies Thinking”. It is a Michigan led group developing assessments aligned to the Michigan Content Expectations in Social Studies as well as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework. Random Thoughts . . . Personal Web Site
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