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MSM-277 eHes Got eSkeleton in eCloset
Category: Education
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2014-06-21 12:14:59
Description: MSM 277: eHe’s got eSkeletons in e’s Closet! Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education. Jokes You Can Use: Advisory: A few minutes with ... a kid who helps the homeless Robby Eimers spends his Saturdays like a lot of 12-year-olds, heading to baseball games or handing out meals to 150 homeless people. Whoa. Wait. Say what? http://www.freep.com/article/20140615/NEWS/306150058/1001/news Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Neuroscience for MS Teachers This is the third in a four part series on neuroscience with special guest Aneesha Badrinarayan, Outreach Programs Manager with the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, in Ann Arbor, MI. You can visit the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum online at: http://www.aahom.org In this podcast, we look at the question of "Why is neuroscience important for middle school science teachers?" From the Twitterverse: #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: 20 WORDS THAT ONCE MEANT SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT http://ideas.ted.com/2014/06/18/20-words-that-once-meant-something-very-different/ Visual Note Taking http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2014/06/19/inspired-by-ipadpalooza-2014-visual-notetaking/ http://www.slideshare.net/wfryer/visual-notetaking-with-ipads-june-2014 Resources: Etymonline http://www.etymonline.com/ eSkeletons http://www.eskeletons.org/ Invasion of America Between 1776 and the present, the United States seized roughly one eighth of the habitable world by treaty and executive order. Explore how it acquired North America in this interactive map of every Native American land cession since the birth of the nation. http://invasionofamerica.ehistory.org/ http://www.ehistory.org/ Library of Congress The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching. Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/ Web Spotlight: No one can credibly argue that teachers are trained well enough to be effective and efficient in today’s classrooms http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2014/06/no-one-can-credibly-argue-that-teachers-are-trained-well-enough-to-be-effective-and-efficient-in-todays-classrooms.html 40 Before and After Shots That Demonstrate the Power of Visual Effects http://twistedsifter.com/2014/06/before-and-after-shots-of-visual-effects-in-film/ 11 facts about US teachers and schools that put the education reform debate in context The debate over teacher compensation and job security and its relationship to student performance is incredibly bitter and divisive, featuring two competing sides with drastically competing narratives and visions of education. One good place to start with the issue, however, is with some basic facts. Here are eleven. http://www.vox.com/2014/6/16/5810438/11-facts-about-americas-teachers-and-schools Blog? Wiki? Website? One of the questions that I am asked on a fairly frequent basis is, "should I create a blog, a wiki, or a website for my classroom?" Each platform serves a slightly different purpose. Years ago I created a small set of slides to outline the features of each platform. Yesterday, I rediscovered those slides and found that they are still useful. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/06/blog-wiki-or-website-key-points-to.html#.U6WanY1dXSd Random Thoughts . . . eCommunity for Moodle Personal Web Site
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