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MSM-210 Whats Wrong with the Teenage Mind
Category: Education
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2012-06-16 13:21:47
Description: AMLE Feature: Jokes You Can Use: Boss: I’ve noticed that you go out and get your haircut during work hours. Employee: It grows during work hours. Boss: It also grows during non-work hours. Employee: I didn’t get it all cut. What did the leftovers say when put into the freezer? Foiled again. What’s another name for a nursery? Bawlroom. On Our Mind: Eileen Award: ●Annie Murphy Paul ●Alise Herrara ●Joe Webb ●Sara Davenport Sisk Advisory: World of Coins http://twentytwowords.com/2012/06/09/a-world-map-made-of-the-worlds-coins/ Food Tweeting Around the World http://foodmood.in/ Challenges http://twentytwowords.com/2012/06/11/10-bets-youll-always-win-unless-the-other-bettor-has-se en-this-video-too/ Fun with Visual Charades and Narrated Slideshows Based on Fairy Tales In their recently published article, “Five-Picture Charades: A Flexible Model for Technology Training in Digital Media Tools and Teaching Strategies,” in the journal Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, Curby Alexander and Tom Hammond present a persuasive case for using “visual charades” as a learning activity with students involving media and creativity. http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2012/06/06/fun-with-visual-charades-and-narrated-slideshows- based-on-fairy-tales-edtech4u/ Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) In the Spring Edition of "Green Teacher," Emily Harris wrote an article entitled, "Fostering Students' Water Wisdom." The purpose of the article was to bring water awareness into the classroom and contribute to a better global future. She says that teachers play a vital role in helping foster an early appreciation of this most precious resource. For this reason, WaterCan developed curriculum resources in both English and French which can be freely downloaded from the "Water Wisdom Portal" at: http://www.watercan.com/students She then goes on to share one of her favorite lesson plans for 7th - 8th grade students, entitled "Water Around the World." This class project introduces students to water usage, and to data gathering and analysis. Dave’s Water Cycle Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw275056JtA Hey Dave, what do you think about this? “Voyager 1 Spaceship to Break Out of Solar System, Into Outer Space http://abcn.ws/N0eYA8” From the Twitterverse: News: Thompson: The Humiliation Of High-Stakes Standardized Testing http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/2012/06/thompson-pearson-anti -testing-rally-illuminates-the-essence-of-bubble-in-testing.html Future Shock I'll have more to say on the iPad later but one can't help being struck by the volume and vehemence of apparently technologically sophisticated people inveighing against the iPad. http://speirs.org/blog/2010/1/29/future-shock.html Computers Grade Essays Fast ... But Not Always Well http://www.npr.org/2012/06/07/154452475/computers-grade-essays-fast-but-not-always-well?ft= 1&f=1019 What's Wrong With the Teenage Mind? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577181351486558984.html Tools: Quipper Quipper produces entertaining and educational quiz apps. We also allows users to create their own apps! Also available on iOS and Android. http://www.quipper.com/ Go Class http://www.goclass.com/guestapp/index.aspx Resources: 50 Summer Learning Activities for Kids Common Sense Media has produced a 16 page guide to summer learning activities. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/06/50-summer-learning-activities-for-kids.html Summer Reading List http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/06/11/summer-reading-list-2012/ Web Spotlight: TIMMS/PISA vs. Entrepreneural Spirit: http://zhaolearning.com/2012/06/06/test-scores-vs-entrepreneurship-pisa-timss-and-confidence/ Events & Happenings:
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