Month: July 2012

advisory, AMLE, ISTE, PodcastBy Troy Patterson

MSM 213 More ISTE, Scheduling and Let’s Chat

AMLE Feature:  Scheduling

More on scheduling:

 

Master Time Schedule

6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade
A2 8:00-8:15 A2 8:00-8:15 A2  8:00- 8:15
Core 1 (Block) 8:19-9:48  Core 1/ Elective  8:19-9:16  Block 1 (Core) 8:19- 9:50
Core 2  9:52-10:48  Core 1/ Elective  9:20-10:17  (Core)  9:54- 10:48 
Lunch 10:52-11:22 Block 1 (Core 2) 10:21-11:50 Core 3/ Elective  10:52-11:50 
Core 3 (Block) 11:26-12:53  Lunch  11:54-12:24 Core 3/ Elective 11:54-12:52
Core 4 or Elective 12:57-1:54 Block 2 (Core 3)  12:28-1:48 Lunch 12:56-1:21
Core 4 or Elective 1:58-2:55 Core 4 1:52-2:55 Block 2(Core 4) 1:25- 2:55

 

 

2 day Cycle (6th Grade)

Team 6A & 6B

A B
8:00-8:15 A2
8:19-9:48 Core 1 (Block) Core 2 (Block)
9:52-10:48 Core 2 Core 1
10:52-11:22 Lunch
11:26-12:53 Core 3 (Block) Core 4
12:57-1:54 Core 4 Core 3
1:58-2:55 Elective

 

 

2 day Cycle (6th Grade)

Team 6C & 6D

A B
8:00-8:15 A2
8:19-9:48 Core1 (Block) Core 2 (Block)
9:52-10:48 Core 2 Core 1
10:52-11:22 Lunch
11:26-12:53 Core 3 (Block) Core 4 (Block)
12:57-1:54 Elective
1:58-2:55 Core 4 Core 3

 

 

2 day Cycle (7th Grade)

Team 7A

A B
8:00-8:15 A2
8:19-9:16 Elective
9:20-10:17 Core 1 Core 2
10:21-11:50 Block 1 (Core 2) Block 3 (Core 1)
11:54-12:24 Lunch
12:28-1:48 Block 2 (Core 3) Block 4 (Core 4) 
1:52-2:55 Core 4 Core 3

Team 7B

A B
8:00-8:15 A2
8:19-9:16 Core 1 Core 2
9:20-10:17 Elective
10:21-11:50 Block 1 (Core 2) Block 3 (Core 1)
11:54-12:24 Lunch
12:28-1:48       Block 2 (Core 3) Block 4 (Core 4) 
1:52-2:55 Core 4 Core 3

Team 8A

A B
8:00-8:15 A2
8:19-9:50 Block 1 (Core 1) Block 3 (Core 2)
9:54-10:48 Core 2 Core 1
10:52-11:50 Elective
11:54-12:52 Core 3 Core 4
12:56-1:21 Lunch
1:25-2:55 Block 2 (Core 4) Block 4 (Core 3)

Team 8B

 A B
8:00-8:15 A2
8:19-9:50 Block 1 (Core 1) Block 3 (Core 2)
9:54-10:48 Core 2 Core 1
10:52-11:50 Core 3 Core 4
11:54-12:52 Elective
12:56-1:21 Lunch
1:25-2:55 Block 2 (Core 4) Core 3

* Electives are semester based

Electives
8:00-8:15 A2
8:19-9:16 7th A
9:20-10:17 7B
10:21-10:51 Lunch
10:55-11:52 8A
11:56-12:53 8B
12:57-1:54 6A
1:58-2:55 6B

 

Lunch
Elective Teachers 10:21-10:51 
6th Grade 10:52-11:22
7th Grade 11:57-12:27 
8th Grade  12:57-1:27

6th Grade Example by Teacher (*Note that there usually is a first column containing teacher names.)

8:00-8:15 8:19-9:48 9:52-11:21 11:25-11:50 11:54-12:52 12:56-1:54 1:58-2:55
Room # 6th Grade A2 Core Core Lunch Core Core 4 or Elective Core 4 or Elective
Team Day A2 Block 1 Block 2 Core 3
103 A A 999600-01 Western Hem. 200600-01 Sci 300600-01 Sci 300600-02 Sci 300600-03 Prep
B Sci 300600-02 Sci 300600-03 Western Hem. 200600-01 Sci 300600-01
101 A A 999600-02 Western Hem. 200600-02 LA 100600-01 LA 100600-02 LA 100600-03 Prep
B LA 100600-02 LA 100600-03 Western Hem. 200600-02 LA 100600-01
100 A A Western Hem. 200600-03 Math 400600-01 Math 400600-02 Math 400600-03
B Math 400600-02 Math 400600-03 Western Hem. 200600-03 Math 400600-01
102 A A 999600-03 SS-ELL ELL-Math –  LA-ELL ELL-Sci-
B LA-ELL ELL-Sci- SS-ELL ELL-Math 
107 B A 999600-06 Math 400600-03 Math 400600-04 Sci 300600-03 Sci 300600-04 Prep
B Sci 300600-03 Sci 300600-04 Math 400600-03 Math 400600-04
106 B A 999600-07 Western Hem. 200600-07 Western Hem. 200600-08 LA 100600-04 LA 100600-05 Prep
B LA 100600-04 LA 100600-05 Western Hem. 200600-07 Western Hem. 200600-08
105 C A 999600-08 LA 100600-04 Sci 300600-XX Sci 300600-04 Prep Sci 300600-05
B Sci 300600-04 Sci 300600-05 LA 100600-04 Sci 300600-XX
104 C A 999600-09 Western Hem. 200600-04 Math 400600-xx Math 400600-04 Prep Math 400600-05
B Math 400600-04 Math 400600-05 Western Hem. 200600-04 Math 400600-xx
108 C A Western Hem. 200600-XX Western Hem. 200600-XX LA 100600-XX LA 100600-XX
B LA 100600-XX LA 100600-XX Western Hem. 200600-XX Western Hem. 200600-XX
113 D A 999600-04 LA 100600-XX LA 100600-XX Math 400600-XX Prep Math 400600-XX
B Math 400600-XX Math 400600-XX LA 100600-XX LA 100600-XX
112 D A 999600-05 Sci 300600-09 Western Hem. 200600-07 Sci 300600-06 Prep Sci 300600-07
B Sci 300600-06 Sci 300600-07 Sci 300600-09 Western Hem. 200600-07

 

Jokes You Can Use: 

This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I’d never met herbivore.

What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.

On Our Mind:  

#mschat restart on Twitter August 9 – 8:00 pm EST  (Todd Bloch)

 

Eileen Award:

 

  • Scoopit:  Jennifer Mangler
  • Twitter:  National History Bee, Electric Eggplant, Toshiba Innovation, Scott Newcomb, Bethany Beaudrie, Professor Michael Mills, the Doceri Team, Sandra Wozniak, Ellie Dix, Haikuary, Round Lake Middle, Scott Ziegler, Present Me, and Kyle Pekurney.
  • Facebook:  Stacy Nichols Belson,
  • iTunes:  No new follows this week.

Advisory:

Fictitious Dishes:

 

http://www.dinahfried.com/fictitious-dishes/

 

Middle School Science Minute  

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)

 

Summer Reading Through Time and Space

 

The Summer, 2012 edition of Science Scope, a magazine for middle school science teachers produced by the National Science Teachers Association, featured an article entitled “Book Your Summer Vacation.”  The article was written by Juliana Texley. This is the second in a three part series of podcasts, on this article.  In this podcast, three  more books are featured.  They include:

 

Billions of Years, Amazing Changes: The Sory of Evorution, by Laurence Pringle

 

Mission Control: This is Apollo, by Andrew Chalkin

 

Space, Stars, and the Beginning of Time, by Elaine Scott

 

All of these books are available in the NSTA Store:

http://nsta.org/store

 

 

From the Twitterverse:

Miss Noor ㋡ ‏@missnoor28

RT @BrunoELT: “@tomwhitby: This has been RTed many times “The Hierarchy of
Professional Development Needs” http://vsb.li/BG3DBd#Edchat”

Mark Barnes ‏@markbarnes19

Today’s Resources On The Olympics – I’m not anticipating posting daily updates now
on the Olympics, since The Best S…  ow.ly/1lHalS

Vicki Davis ‏@coolcatteacher
*** Announcing! Flat Classroom Certified Teacher Course – 2012-2013 schedule
vsb.li/RYJMpg

Terie Engelbrecht ‏@mrsebiology

Turn “Grading” into “Analysis and Reaction”
Can Kids Be Taught Persistence? http://goo.gl/tyv9Z #edchat

Eye On Education ‏@eyeoneducation

5 Ways Apple’s Culture Can Improve YOUR Classroomhttp://bit.ly/Nrxu6I
@edudemic #edchat #teaching #ntchat

Diane Ravitch ‏@DianeRavitch

What Michelle Rhee Told the British Education Ministerhttp://wp.me/p2odLa-13z via
@wordpressdotcom

David Andrade ‏@daveandcori

Free Project Based Learning Resources from Edutopiahttp://bit.ly/GzFqLN #BYOTchat
#PBL #edchat

Chris ONeal ‏@onealchris

I will begin playing these sound effects, as appropriate, during future meetings
www.instantchan.com

Erin Klein ‏@KleinErin

Back to School Tech Gadgets!
http://www.kleinspiration.com/2012/07/back-to-school-tech-gadgets.html

Sabrina Stevens ‏@TeacherSabrina

NOOOOOO!!!!! “Say Goodbye to ‘Weekly Reader'” (children’s magazine closes) – via
@TheAtlanticWire http://bit.ly/NGFxtv #edchat#journchat

Ian Jukes ‏@ijukes

4 Online Infographics Generators bit.ly/SxZMeR

Miss Noor ㋡ ‏@missnoor28

RT @enginstructor: 10 Free Text to Speech Tools for Educatorshttp://vsb.li/LSGZ3f
#edchat #edtech #tools

Scott McLeod ‏@mcleod

@mcleodreads: A Submarine Captain On The Power Of Leadership Language
http://bit.ly/PILGHD  #suptchat #edadmin #satchat
August 9th is the restart for #midleved (now #mschat) on Twitter.  Join up starting at 8:00
pm Eastern Standard Time.

 

ISTE:

Social Media

See mightybell link.

https://mightybell.com/spaces/3e577dc0c5b498a7

 

Positive emotions prior to a test increase cognitive performance.

 

Provide students with opportunities to communicate.

 

We need to teach this to students from the get go.

 

Making connections with real world.

 

Show and Tell. This is the most advanced presentation that you can do.

  • Defines the
  • Unwritten rules in Show/Tell.
  • Until we’ve mastered Show/Tell, we can’t be very effective on-line.

 

Take happiness as seriously as we take test scores. Zappos. They don’t sell shoes, they deliver happiness.

 

How many of your teachers do you remember?

Which ones do you remember?

 

Touchy feely is not a nicety. Brain research shows that you don’t get learning without it.

 

Social-Emotional is about performance. It is about energy.

 

Misiko Ito did research on social context.

 

What does in “feel” like for students in your school?

Do teachers know?

Can we do something about this?

 

 

ISTE 2012

Using iPads in the Classroom Edubloggercon/SocialEdCon session.  

Brad Flickinger hosting.

 

What are people using in their classrooms>

Open mic time

Wanted the iPads as a tool not as a thing to learn in itself.

App Craft:  Kids creating apps and animations for other kids to use.

The free version has a lot of Japanese commercials.

 

Penguin Palooza on wikispaces.com

apps were the tacky/techie? books.

Smithsonian institute book on penguins.

Penguin app that hooks up with an aquarium in Calif.

Consumer apps:  used apps.

Producer apps:  created content with the app.

Comic Creator, etc.  Digital Storytelling.

 

Use teleprompter software and sandwich two iPads together.

Use it with English Language Learners.

Prompterous:  teleprompter software.

Collabaracam: combine 4 different iphones or ipads to one.

One person becomes the director and then combine the feeds on one device.

http://collabracam.com/

 

Animation

Puppet pals

Animate on the fly.  Use it with kids to do digital storytelling.

Toontastic

Animating in real time.

Facejack:  Does the same thing as Blabberize.

Stopmotion Animation

iStopmotion

Stopmotion Pro

Smoovie

Scott Meech

Stopmotion Studio

 

QR Code Scavenger Hunts.

Putting QR codes next to teacher names as a way to connect with teachers and content.

 

Green Screens

Action Movie app.

 

Music creation with the iPad

Google easy chords for the song.

iPad Band . . . hehehe

Give the kids a chance and they’ll go for it like nobody’s business.

Kids learn on the virtual instrument and it leads to the real instrument.

 

Assessories

iRig

 

Teaching with one

App:  Reflection

reflectionapp.com

Air Parrot:  mirror your MacBook.

Use Reflections and put an iPEVO next to the computer and then you can show your fingers touching the screen.

Stylus:  Just mobile

An allupen . . . ?

 

Events & Happenings:

Calendar of Events:

Ohio Middle Level Association:  

 

 

 

AMLE Affiliate Conferences:  

 

 

 

Classroom 2.0’s Live Calendar.

advisory, AMLE, Conferences, ISTE, MSM, Podcast, TechBy Troy Patterson

MSM 212: ISTE Redux, Redux (or Take 2!)

AMLE Feature: Scheduling

Scheduling:
Key Principles:

  • There are two drivers to the schedule: bus and lunch.
  • Everything else can be adjusted. Don’t be locked into “this is how we’ve always done it”.
  • Decide what you want to “solve”. There is no perfect schedule.
  • Look at multiple days.

Prep for teachers to move to a new schedule?
Routine?

AMLE Resource:

  1. http://www.amle.org/Publications/OnTarget/BlockScheduling/tabid/296/Default.aspx
  2. http://www.amle.org/portals/0/pdf/publications/On_Target/scheduling/scheduling_5.pdf
  3. Research Rationale:  http://www.amle.org/Research/ResearchSummaries/FlexibleScheduling/tabid/1140/Default.aspx

Can’t access some of the articles on AMLE?  Become a member!
Contact:  middleschooleducators@gmail.com

Jokes You Can Use:

Puns:

  • How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it.
  • I changed my iPod’s name to Titanic. It’s syncing now.
  • I know a guy who’s addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop any time.

Middle School Chemistry Theme Song (this one’s for Dave):

  • Sodium-Sodium-Sodium-Sodium-Sodium-Sodium-Sodium-Sodium-Batman!

On Our Mind:

Highland Park Public Schools Sued:  

http://t.co/UylIRygp

81,904 4th graders (note: number is the entire state of MI, not just Highland Park) still not proficient in Reading.  (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2012)


David Gornto- Nice work. Let us know how the kids react.

Thought about using Google Docs for your script then copy/paste into your blog as a transcript?  Up for screencasting like Camtasia?  Me either.  Not yet.


Eileen Award:


  • Scoopit:  Jennifer Mangler
  • Twitter:  Valia Reinsalu, Pora Ora,
  • Facebook:  Jennifer McAvoy-Anteau (liked a link on FB)
  • iTunes:

Advisory:

The 11 Ways That Consumers Are Hopeless at Math

This is your brain on shopping, and it’s not very smart.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/07/the-11-ways-that-consumers-are-hopeless-at-math/259479/

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)

The Summer, 2012 edition of Science Scope, a magazine for middle school science teachers produced by the National Science Teachers Association, featured an article entitled “Book Your Summer Vacation.”  The article was written by Juliana Texley.  In this podcast, three books from the article are featured.  They include:
Stories in Stone: Travels Through Urban Geology, by David B. Williams
The Visitor’s Guide to American Gardens, by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Concrete Planet, by Robert Courland
All of the books can be found at:
http://nsta.org/store

From the Twitterverse:

* Scott McLeod ‏@mcleod
Two Thirds of New Mobile Buyers Now Opting For Smartphones | Nielsen Wire Implications for #edtech!
* Stephanie Sandifer ‏@ssandifer
Lecture As Content Delivery Is Dead | The Thinking Stick | @scoopit
* HP Teacher Exchange ‏@HPTeachExchange
Is the Cell Phone the New Pencil? #k12 #education
* Miguel Guhlin ‏@mguhlin
How I’m Using My iPad in a Classroom of 30 StudentSample http://dlvr.it/1rVbxm
* Cheryl Lykowski ‏@CLykowski
Web 2.0 for the Under 13s crowd http://zite.to/KVBztA via @zite
* Tim Wilhelmus ‏@twilhelmus
Tools for Building your PLN http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit/207036 #EVSCREV12
* Will Richardson ‏@willrich45
Thinking: The central question is no longer “Why do we need schools?” It’s “Why do we WANT schools?”
* Vicki Davis ‏@coolcatteacher
URGENT: Check to see if your email was leaked here, if so change password NOW! http://vsb.li/Gl2KAX #edchat
* CAMLE ‏@camlecolorado
Persuasive Writing is a Key Focus in Common Core Standards http://www.edutopia.org/blog/common-core-standards-persuasive-writing-heather-wolpert-gawron #midleved
* TeacherVision ‏@TeacherVision
Did you get today’s FREE creative writing printable about time travel and ancient Rome? Happy #FreebieFriday. #midleved
5 Jul Terie Engelbrecht ‏@mrsebiology
Curriculum Applications for Podcasting: http://goo.gl/EMshO #edchat #edtech #midleved #elemchat

Ideas for Podcasting in the Classroom: http://goo.gl/v9oyX #edchat #edtech #midleved #elemchat
* Kris Nielsen ‏@klnielsen74
This series is complete, albeit out of order. Whatcha think? What Middle School Students Need From Us http://mgmfocus.com/category/what-they-need-from-us-series/ #midleved #edchat
* Scott McLeod ‏@mcleod
New bookmark: Differentiating Instruction Through Interactive Games

DangIrrel: Want students to be more creative and innovative? Give them the gift of time. [VIDEO] #edtech #edtechlead
* Ginger Lewman ‏@GingerLewman
My newest livebinder: Apps for the PBL Classroom http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit/444394 #PBLchat #nagc #confratute
* P. F. Anderson ‏@pfanderson
SecondLife competitor Blue Mars drops PC development for Apple’s iOS http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/01/16/second-life-competitor-blue-mars-drops-pc-development-for-apple/ #vw

ISTE:

iPad Flipped Classroom:
Troy’s notes from ISTE.

Half-Baked Idea:

A “school only” cell phone
Ingredients:
1.  Cheap cell phone (www.pandawill.com & cheapest available at this posting:  F8 Quad Band Phone Dual SIM)
2.  Google phone number and app
3.  Optional:  Pay-As-You-Go card (H20)  

Web Spotlight:


Homograph/Homophone Venn Diagram

If, like me, you have difficulty remembering the difference between homophones,homographs, homonyms, heterographs, and heteronyms, you should find this WikipediaVenn diagram useful.
http://www.englishblog.com/2012/07/homographhomophone-venn-diagram.html

Events & Happenings:

Calendar of Events:

Ohio Middle Level Association:




AMLE Affiliate Conferences:




Classroom 2.0’s Live Calendar.


Conferences, ISTEBy Troy Patterson

MSM 211: The ISTE Show Redux (Part I).

On Our Mind:

ISTE:  After conference thoughts
Preparing for AMLE in November

Eileen Award:


  • Twitter:  Rich Kiker, Steve Chen, Chris Sousa, Gina Gallo, Pora Ora, IAIB Network, Michael Richardson, Charles Perry, Mary Clark, Elana Leoni, Riaz Abdulla, Michael Cohen, Vilia Reinsalu, Ann-Caryn Cleveland, Jason Eifling, Diethild, ViewARcom, Valencio Cardoso, Schoology, Jeff Bradbury, TeacherCast, Sandra Wozniak, @Lilylauren, DonFriesen, Tori McMurray, Ellie Dix,  “Teenage Whisperer”, Jazz Caine, Epic Limo Bus (which we didn’t use . . . ), and Emil Ahangarzadeh (Director of the Calif. Tech Statewide Education Tech Service).
  • Facebook:  Kyle Paul

If I had to guess what was the ISTE PLN vehicle of choice, I’d guess . . .

Advisory:

Book Club.

Here is one example:
http://2busybrunettes.com/2012/03/23/25-series-to-read-if-you-love-the-hunger-games/

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)

In the Summer, 2012 issue of Science Scope, a publication of the National Science Teachers Association, the safety question of the month was “After lab work, should students use antibacterial hand wipes or just plain soap and water to clean their hands?”

Ken Roy, director of environmental health and safety for Glastonbury Public Schools in Glastonbury, Connecticut provides a great answer.  If you would like more information on science safety, you can purchase Ken’s book, “The NSTA Ready-Reference Guide to Safer Science,” through the NSTA bookstore.

From the Twitterverse:

* Cheryl Lykowski ‏@CLykowski
Web 2.0 for the Under 13s crowd http://zite.to/KVBztA via @zite
* Richard Byrne ‏@rmbyrne
New post: How to Ace Your Interview for a Teaching Position http://goo.gl/fb/t3qEa
* Monte Tatom ‏@drmmtatom
Proposal for the Creation of a Subdiscipline: Education Informatics #fhuedu508 http://tinyurl.com/7xcl9b2
* Shelly S Terrell ‏@ShellTerrell
Bloom’s Taxonomy According to Homer Simpson via @Larryferlazzo @GrammyLatino #edchat #education #eltchat #teachers
* Larry Ferlazzo ‏@Larryferlazzo
NEW: “My Social Studies Curriculum Is Freely Available Online”
* Susie Highley ‏@shighley
Big Campaign $$ for Indiana Supt. of Public Instruction comes from… New York and Pennsylvania?
* Miss Noor ㋡ ‏@missnoor28
100 Serious #Twitter Tips for Academics | @scoopit http://vsb.li/S8R3tx #EdTech #EdchatTI #SM
 tombarrett ‏@tombarrett
Why relationships matter in school http://gu.com/p/38zqa/tw great piece by @jactherat – cc @dabbs
* Bernajean Porter ‏@BernajeanPorter
To those who missed my ISTE transmedia storytelling [also transliteracies]-explore the concept through Nick DeMartino @http://ow.ly/bVMRM
 anabellem ‏@anabellem
Connecting more with colleagues improves craft, practice, and morale. Here are 25 ways to do a better job at it http://zite.to/MZz6yb #edchat
* Digital Maverick ‏@digitalmaverick
Challenge Based Learning: Making Movies with an iPad via @Ilotimo | @scoopit
* Stephanie Sandifer ‏@ssandifer
#ISTE12 Reflections | @scoopit
* Stephanie Sandifer ‏@ssandifer
ISTE 12: Escalators, Apps, and Sitting – Home – Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog | @scoopit
* Summer Howarth ‏@EduSum
RT @EduSum: That.Just.Happened- ISTE musings I A View From The Middle I #iste12 http://edusum.edublogs.org/2012/07/02/that-just-happened/

ISTE News:


Guest Post: “Four ISTE Challenges”

July 1, 2012 by Larry Ferlazzo
GUEST POST by Ben Curran

  • Less Tools, More Teaching
  • The End of the Echo Chamber
  • Diversity is Lacking
  • The End of Excess

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2012/07/01/guest-post-four-iste-challenges/

ISTE Keynote: What were they thinking?

Posted by Brad Flickinger on Jun 26, 2012 in school technology
As I have said before in this blog, I attend edtech conferences to be inspired and to steal ideas to take back to my own school. But when I left the keynote that opened this year’s ISTE 2012 Conference, I was scratching my head wondering what was the purpose of what I had just witnessed. I felt embarrassed to be an educator. Did ISTE really just do this to me? Did they sell out? Did they take inspiring me too far?
http://www.schooltechnology.org/2012/06/26/iste-keynote-what-were-they-thinking/

ISTE Resources:

All of my notes can be found here.

ISTE Web Spotlight:

TIMMS/PISA vs. Entrepreneural Spirit:
http://zhaolearning.com/2012/06/06/test-scores-vs-entrepreneurship-pisa-timss-and-confidence/

Events & Happenings:

Calendar of Events:

Ohio Middle Level Association:



AMLE Affiliate Conferences:




Classroom 2.0’s Live Calendar.