Jokes You Can Use:
A teacher asked little Johnny if he knows his 1 to 10 well
“Yes! Of course! My pop taught me…even more than 10”
“Good. What comes after three?”
“Four,” answers the boy.
“What comes after six?”
“Seven.”
“Very good,” says the teacher. “Your erm…dad did a good job. Now…so what comes after…lets say ten?”
“A jack”
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Anytime you see a young man open a car door for his girlfriend, either the car is new or the girlfriend is.
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Q: What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
A: Frostbite.
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Two Antartians were speeding down the highway at well over 90 mph.
“Hey,” asked Bob, who was at the wheel, “any cops following us?”
Henry, his passenger, turned around and had a long look at the road behind them.
“Yeah, looks like it,” he responded.
“Are his flashers on?” asked Bob.
Henry turned around again…
“Yup…nope…yup…nope…yup…nope…yup…”
Advisory:
Motivational Posters
http://twentytwowords.com/you-cant-handle-all-this-motivation/
The 25 Best Self-Improvement Books To Read Before You Turn 25
http://blog.nsays.in/2015/03/the-25-best-self-improvement-books-to-read-before-you-turn-25/
Middle School Science Minute
by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)
Science Journaling. Part 1 of a 2 part series.
I was recently reading the February, 2015 issue of “Science Scope,” a magazine written for middle school science teachers, published by the National Science Teachers Association.
In this issue, I read the Guest Editorial written by Kristin Kandel and Natalie Brew, entitled “Our Science Story: When Science Inquiry Meets the Common Core.” They explain, in this first part of a two podcast series, why they developed an interactive science journal for their middle school students.
From the Twitterverse:
| miGoogle @michGoogle
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| Lori DiMarco @TCDSB21Csup
10 Ways to Use Google Maps in the Classroom | The Thinking Stick @jutecht #tcdsb21c http://sco.lt/5YvlQ1 |
| nancyflanagan @nancyflanagan
If CNN asked me what I’d tell newbie teachers, here’s what I would say: http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teacher_in_a_strange_land/2015/04/four_things_i_want_to_say_to_novice_teachers.html … Welcome to a changed profession… |
| Erin Klein @KleinErin
The Homework Help Desk: Amazing [FREE] Interactive Resource to Help Kids and Parents! http://goo.gl/11MXbw |
| #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” |
Strategies:
How to Improve Test Results & It’s Free
The results suggest that 12-min of aerobic exercise improved the SVA of low- and high-income adolescents and that the benefit lasted for 45-min for both groups.
The SVA improvement among the low-income adolescents was particularly large. In fact, the SVA improvement among the low-income adolescents was substantial enough to eliminate a pre-existing income gap in SVA. The mean reading comprehension score of low-income adolescents who engaged in 12-min of aerobic exercise was higher than the mean reading comprehension score of low-income adolescents in the control group.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4052664/
Goodbye, math and history: Finland wants to abandon teaching subjects at school
Finland already has one of the best school education systems. It always ranks near the top in mathematics, reading, and science in the prestigious PISA rankings (the 2012 list, pdf) by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Teachers in other countries flock to its schools to learn from a country that is routinely praised as just a really, really wonderful place to live.
http://qz.com/367487/goodbye-math-and-history-finland-wants-to-abandon-teaching-subjects-at-school/
How to Create a Multi-faceted BackChannel
from Richard Byrne
A few weeks ago I reviewed a new backchannel/ message board tool called Tozzl. Then two weeks ago I had this horrendous experience with TodaysMeet. As a result I’m switching to using Tozzl for most of my backchannel needs. Tozzl allows me to create sections for chat, file sharing, and YouTube videos within one backchannel. I can also import the feed of a Twitter hashtag into my Tozzl backchannel. In the video embedded below I provide a demonstration of how to create a Tozzl backchannel.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/03/how-to-create-multifaceted-backchannel.html#.VSAAZBPF_ww
Resources:
TweenTribute
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- Twice-daily AP news articles
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http://microsite.smithsonianmag.com/tweentribune/
ReadWorks
Informational Articles to Build Knowledge
http://www.readworks.org/rw/informational-articles-build-knowledge
Renderman
RenderMan is now free for all non-commercial purposes, including evaluations, education, research, and personal projects. The non-commercial version of RenderMan is fully functional without watermark or limitation.
http://renderman.pixar.com/view/non-commercial-renderman
Web Spotlight:
15 Things Students Really want from Teachers
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/15-things-students-really-want-from-teachers.html
Engineering Prints as Wall Paper
MAKE YOUR HUGE PHOTOS EVEN HUGER WITH AN ENGINEER PRINT MURAL
http://photojojo.com/engineerprints/wallpaper/
Family Income, parental education and brain structure in children and adolescents
For a Million Dollars, You Could at Least…
by Tom Martellone • March 21, 2015
“For any young and potential educator that may read this post, I urge you, do not waiver from your desire to help children and make a difference in public education. You can absolutely be creative in today’s educational climate, and you can innovate and make a difference for many young children that need a dedicated teacher willing to put in the time, and navigate the tumultuous educational times we are living in. You can and will make a difference for children, and I guarantee you that you can make a difference in the education profession. Those of us that have worked in education for any length of time are depending on you to join us, work hard, and reshape what happens in education for the betterment of our children and our world.”
http://connectedprincipals.com/archives/11427
PE Note
Random Thoughts . . .
Social Wall Format
Lower the barrier to using Moodle by making Moodle look and act more like a social network. Posts are done in reverse chronological order. You still have the full power of Moodle when you need it though.
http://www.remc13.org/moodle-ecommunity/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2e1cGJId7M
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