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MSM-242 Quayle Hunting
Category: Education
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2013-04-27 13:00:06
Description: Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education. Jokes You Can Use: Eileen Award: Advisory: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE MINUTE-SENSE OF PLACE http://k12science.net/Podcast/Podcast/Entries/2013/4/8_Middle_School_Science_Minute-Sense_of_Place.html From the Twitterverse: #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. Resources: Sound Gator Looking for sounds for a presentation? http://www.soundgator.com/ Online Timers Cursive Writing . . . There’s an App for That! "Cursive Writing HD” is an useful application for all ages who are taking their first step into learning cursive writing. Web Spotlight: The Oyez Project 8 Amazing On-line Courses for Students The recent surge in free online courses, led by top universities such as MIT, has opened up a whole new level of distance learning to students all around the globe. As well as entire degree and university courses that can be pursued online, it’s also possible to find fantastic shorter courses on specific topics that can be ideal for use in the classroom, or for students to follow in their own time, whether researching a specific project, or as part of a flipped classroom model. Here are 8 of the best free online courses for students... http://www.fractuslearning.com/2013/04/26/free-online-courses-for-students/ http://visual.ly/monolingual-vs-bilingual?utm_source=visually_embed Testing Examples http://www.ccsstoolbox.com/parcc/PARCCPrototype_main.html http://www.parcconline.org/samples/mathematics/grade-7-mathematics Listener Response: What are your thoughts on homework assignments? Read the Twitter chat (Storify version) with Ken O'Connor, Rick Wormeli, Nancy Blair, and many others. http://storify.com/thomascmurray/sbgchat-on-quality-assignments-4-10-13?utm_source=t.co&awesm=sfy.co_q4Sh&utm_campaign&utm_content=storify-pingback&utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter News: The Future is Uncertain. It's Time to Start Asking the Right Questions. Asking questions is essential to learning. That was an essential lesson from one of history's first great teachers, Socrates. Or, as the wise Rabbi Steven Greenberg puts it: "we train children at the Passover seder to ask why, because tyrants are undone and liberty is won with a good question." And yet, children are not asking questions nearly enough. In fact, data from the U.S. school systems tells us that the average high school student asks one question of substance per month in a classroom. http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/the-future-is-uncertain-its-time-to-start-asking-the-right-questions iPad App/idea: Cursive Writing . . . There’s an App for That! "Cursive Writing HD” is an useful application for all ages who are taking their first step into learning cursive writing.
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