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MSM-89-"Whatta We Gonna Do Brain? Same thing we always do Pinky" . . . Middle Schoolers take over the World!
Category: Education
Duration: 00:57:32
Publish Date: 2009-09-27 16:31:13
Description: Shawn and Troy discuss getting Middle Schoolers organized, happenings around the Twitterverse, some advisory ideas, web spotlights and more. Susan Mulcaire - The Middle School Student's Guide to Ruling the World www.middleschoolguide.com From the Twitterverse: * bhsprincipal Great overview on how to create your own PLN RT @tweetmeme Thank You PLN | Teacher Reboot Camp http://bit.ly/3WIMB * mayfieldc I remember when stage 4 scared me, but I managed. "Stages of PLN adoption" http://bit.ly/hI7p2 * mayfieldc Curriculum and lessons to teach copyright: http://bit.ly/Z1WdX * mayfieldc The ultimate GoogleMap scavenger hunt: http://bit.ly/fvbZm * mayfieldc Let your students run for congress: http://bit.ly/1uJQQ * MsCLanger Thank you all for such a warm welcome... and lovin the excellent resources - Keep it up! @bbarreda - Let's talk curriculum! (Note: She's a new user, feel free to follow.) * hickstro Prepping for three upcoming episodes of Teachers Teaching Teachers. Up this week, student choice and inquiry: http://bit.ly/OOsdG (This is Troy Hicks of CMU.) * mguhlin Over 800 Videos in Core Content Area Instruction http://ff.im/-8Ojqq * johnharrison1 Twitter is changing how ed nonprofits raise funds for good causes. @donorschoose in Fast Company http://bit.ly/1aDtqT * lthumann "Just Google" - a parody of "Beat It" by Michael Jackson http://tinyurl.com/2am3r4 (considering using this at the NJEA convention) * brasst http://twitdraw.com/jr3tss @chamada Thinking this could be very useful for tutoring and homework questions in math #twitdraw * plivings RT Chris Lehmann's call for participation in EduCon http://bit.ly/boSO1 thinking of attending/presenting this year ... Advisory: Advisory idea: 1. The Middle School Student's Guide to Ruling the World!* by Susan Mulcaire 2. Video – Silent Beats Video on Prejudice. Interesting point of views. If we don't teach kids literacy beyond the printed word, we are doing them a disservice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76BboyrEl48 Webspotlight: A Three Story Intellect! BLOOM’S TAXONOMY and Costa’s Levels of Questioning http://wwwstatic.kern.org/gems/AVID/NoelleCombsInquiryLesson.pdf Molecular Workbench http://mw.concord.org/modeler/ Awesome Highligter: http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/ News: National Subject-Matter Standards? Be Careful What You Wish For By Marion Brady “American education,” said Buckminster Fuller, “has evolved in such a way that it will be the undoing of the society.” http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/09/23/04brady.h29.html?tkn=QQQF7DtpOD4Av9Mp%2FladSCvhRcONy4acLzJG The promise of technology and change, so far, has fallen short at Philadelphia’s School of the Future. By Kathleen Kennedy Manzo http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/09/30/05future_ep.h29.html?tkn=Z[OFt1k7urdzHekhD%2FWbBZWenSpHHAb%2Ftq2C
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