MSM-92: Advisory Cartoons
Districts ban Facebook & social networking:
Chicago Public Schools: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/district-299/2009/08/school-board-bans-facebook-twitter-for-teachers.html
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6639197.html?nid=2413&source=title&rid=140246606
Cyberbullying: http://cyberbullying.us/blog/teachers-prohibited-from-using-facebook-to-communicate-with-students.html
Should districts ban teachers from social networking?: http://ow.ly/oEXp
Dallas-Fort Worth area district bans then unbans Social Networking: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/tech/McKinney-ISD-May-Pull-Plug-on-Teacher-Student-E-Mail-Text-Ban-61266222.html AND http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/McKinney-ISD-Backs-off-Teacher-Student-E-Mail-Text-Ban-62679187.html
Two Mississippi districts ban social networking: http://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/doh-school-districts-ban-texting-between-teachers-and-students/
Podcast Awards Nominations due October 18th. http://podcastawards.com/
Jokes:
How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.
2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?
Wrong Answer.
Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals
attend …. Except one. Which animal does not attend?
Correct Answer : The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. This tests your memory. Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.
4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and
you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?
Correct Answer:? You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the
Professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals do not have the brains of a four-year-old.
From the Twitterverse:
- blairteach RT @ShellTerrell: RT @ozge: Free lecture videos
- willrich45 I think like the idea of Twitter as “mindcasting” instead of lifecasting. Though I will stop to congratulate @jonbecker on his new baby!!!
- web20classroom Collaborative Story Telling with Storybird….http://is.gd/4puhj
- web20classroom Another free curriculum to teach Digital Citizenship, Grades 6-12….http://is.gd/4pu2i
- mmkrill Checking out eduperience.com | Bloggings for Teachers and Students via www.diigo.com/~mmkrill
- thetechtiger I am really enjoying Google’s Fast Flip! It could be useful for students and their current event podcasts.
- kjarrett RT @web20classroom RT @bethstill New post Looking forward to hearing ur comments. <–Why You Need A PLN! Thx @bethstill
Advisory:
Body Image: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1130618347958&ref=mf
(Alternate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqlzBKFPxyE)
(Submitted by AK Jenny)
This idea is simple enough to implement in any size advisory group, in any amount of time, and in any way that best suits the needs of the students and teacher in the group. Students can be asked to list 5, 10, 20, or 25 random things about themselves. Students can create written or verbal lists or both. Lists can be kept private or volunteers can be asked to share them.
Students can be asked to tally how many things they have in common with other students if the lists are shared. Students can be asked to choose their 3 most random things to be explored at a later date, possibly as an assignment in another class. Depending upon how often advisory groups meet and how long each advisory class lasts, the “25 Random Things” can be done in one day or spread out over one week.
http://middle-school-lesson-plans.suite101.com/article.cfm/found_on_facebook_an_advisory_activity
Chad Fry: Illustration Guy: http://www.chadfrye.com/ Monster a day for a month. Not so much an idea as a resource for an advisory . . . http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/notes.php?id=66977838632 .
Webspotlight:
Wolframalpha Homework Day:
http://homeworkday.wolframalpha.com/
Meet us here on October 21, 2009, for the first Wolfram|Alpha Homework Day. This groundbreaking, live interactive web event brings together students and educators from across the country to solve your toughest assignments and explore the power of using Wolfram|Alpha for school, college, and beyond.
Comic Creation Online:
http://www.wittycomics.com/
http://www.toondoo.com/ (Demo)
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
Seven Free software Apps (6 for Mac users):
http://www.digmo.co.uk/news/software/7-free-apps-for-education/
News:
This time, we are starting out with our Brainypics flashcard contest, in which students create interesting sentences and pair them up with memorable pictures as a visual cue. Between now and Dec. 7, we’ll be selecting 5 Brainypics each week which will qualify for our Grand Prize of $200. We are also giving out iTunes songs for every 5 Brainypics created and gift cards to the runner ups of the finale. Full details here: http://brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules.
Growing Up Scripted
And Losing Freedom Along the Way
By Christopher L. Doyle
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/14/07doyle.h29.html?tkn=PPZFBvRZ3nUselC6N3%2FU%2BX%2FYmVRt9PQZn6gb
Events & Happenings:
Calendar of Events:
NMSA News:
- NMSA’s Annual Conference: NMSA ‘08 Technology Focus Video. NMSA ‘09 Invitation Video: Indianapolis, IN Conference November 5-7, 2009. Individual Registration is now open. September 30th early registration deadline is approaching (Use MAMSE09 as your source code.)
- Video Competition: NMSA is looking for student based videos for the transitions between events at their annual conference. Information is at their website.
- Indiana schools may apply for a waiver and send their staff to the Friday sessions as a professional development day.
- Steps to obtain waiver request
- Franklin Community Schools Request (example)
- NMSA teacher session sheet (Note: It only has four, so if you’re not part of the Indiana crew, you’ll want to print one off for each day of the conference.)
- NMSA follow up sheet. (Note: This is geared to the Indiana group. I would suggest simplifying this for your own group.)
- Steps to obtain waiver request
- Dan Pink is keynoting the conference. Here’s a teaser at TED.
- NMSA 09 Housing Information now available. Some hotels are nearing full if not so already. Special housing rates end October 5th.
- NMSA 09 Conference Connection: Stay connected before, during, and after the conference! Start your packing lists for the conference using packwhiz.com!
Other News:
- ISTE Eduverse Talks are the recorded sessions held on ISTE Island every week. Join ISTE in their Second Life conference location for their weekly talks on education.
- The Ohio Middle Level Association will hold their annual conference February 18 & 19, 2010. Jack Berckemeyer will be keynoting.
- The Michigan Association of Middle School Educators Annual Conference is coming up March 4-5, 2010 in Dexter, MI. MAMSE will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary!
- Theater Education Opportunity: Eastern Michigan University’s Quirk-Sponberg Theater has announced their Fall 2009 Season.
“The Prince, the Wolf and the Firebird”
By Jackson Lacey
Directed by Pam Cardell
December 4, 5, 10, 11 at 7PM
December 5, 6, 12 at 3PM
School Matinees: December 9 and 10 at 10:00 am. Tickets $4.00 for students and every 15 students gets a chaparone in for free. - Classroom 2.0’s Live Calendar.
- Classroom 2.0’s Ning Blog: Archived content is available.
- Second Life:
- No Events specified. Regular Tuesday meetings are scheduled. See the board on the ISTE Island for up to the minute details.
- Video: Educational Uses of Second Life