Summary:

Shawn and Troy talk about Frustration Busters, PD, and more. Dave heads out for Fieldwork Fridays. 

Jokes:  

Does Bill Nye have a daughter Dee?

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What do you call a droid that takes the long way around? 

• R2 detour.

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Karma cafe now serving just deserts!

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The urge to sing the Lion King song is just a whim away.

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As I get older, I think of all the people I lost along the way. Maybe a career as a tour guide wasn’t such a good idea.

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Animal Fact #25: Most bobcats are not named bob.

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*Reversing the car* “Ah, this takes me back”

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I met a microbiologist yesterday. 

• She was a lot bigger than I expected

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Middle School Science Minute  

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

K12Science Podcast:  Fieldwork Fridays

I was recently reading the September-October 2024 issue of Science Scope, a journal published by the National Science Teaching Association.

In this issue, I read the “Interdisciplinary Ideas” section, written by Katie Coppens.  She wrote an article entitled: “Fieldwork Fridays: Connecting Scientific Learning to Nature.” 

Each Friday, in what are referred to as “Fieldwork Fridays,” the author brings her students outside to apply what they learned that week in class to the environment around them.

http://k12science.net/fieldwork-fridays/

Reports from the Front Lines

• Presentation “Thanking Your Past Self”
• Prepping for student experience – MYIG
• Book Study
  • Bird Watching

The Social Web

Ann Morgan  @A_B_Morgan

My seven-year-old asked for a dictionary this week. We went to the bookshop today to buy one. She walked home hugging it, pausing every so often to look up a word, grinning as though she had been given a book of spells, the key to wonders.

Susie Dent  @susie_dent

I’m writing today about kennings in Old English. Essentially these are two word-metaphors that were used instead of concrete nouns, and they are exquisite. A ship was a ‘wave-horse’, the sea was a ‘whale-road’, the mind was a ‘thought-chamber’, and the sun was a ‘sky-candle’.

Mr H5P  @mrh5p

How to create a ‘Sort the Paragraphs’ activity in #H5P To see the finished example and more tutorials, check out http://mrh5p.com and subscribe to the H5P Builders newsletter. https://mrh5p.com/h5p-examples/how-to-make-a-sort-the-paragraphs-activity-with-h5p/

  #instructionaldesign

Strategies:  

AI Image Generation in Education

https://blog.tcea.org/ai-image-generation-in-education/

Ten ways to boost learning in class with pictures

https://ditchthattextbook.com/dual-coding

Resources:  

 HTML for People

https://htmlforpeople.com

Why we are teaching science wrong, and how to make it right

“An outcome confirmed in hundreds of studies: students gain a much deeper understanding of science when they actively grapple with…questions than when they passively listen to answers”: 

https://www.nature.com/articles/523272a

Web Spotlight: 

The Ada & Zangemann Movie

Released as an Open Educational Resource, under a Creative Commons By Share-Alike Licence, it tells tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.

This fascinating story, by Matthias Kirschner and Sandra Brandstätter, encourages children, especially girls, to tinker with hardware and software and encouraging them to shape their own technology.

https://fsfe.org/activities/ada-zangemann//movie

Why Do Students In My ELL Newcomers Class Appear To Be Acquiring English So Much Faster Than In Past Years? Here Are Some Possible Answers

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2024/10/05/why-do-students-in-my-ell-newcomers-class-appear-to-be-acquiring-english-so-much-faster-than-in-past-years-here-are-some-possible-answers/

AXIS The Culture Translator

English or Spanish?

What it is: A TikTok trend started by @alfonsopinpon_ involves saying to strangers, “Excuse me, English or Spanish?” Then, after the stranger answers, the speaker says, “Whoever moves first is gay,” and films how long they stand still.  

How it works: The initial question, “English or Spanish?” helps lower participants’ guard. “Why would someone be asking my preferred language?” unsuspecting subjects might think. The follow-up comment, that “Whoever moves first is gay,” is maybe the last thing they expect to hear—and many people instantly freeze. The surreal result resembles the “mannequin challenge” from a few years ago, and is sometimes soundtracked by a slowed down version of the song “Static” by Steve Lacy.

Random Thoughts . . .  

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Summary:

Shawn and Troy talk a lot about AI in education. Dave discusses the elephant not in the room. 

Jokes:  

What do you call a fish wearing a bowtie? 

• Sofishticated.

Past, present, and future walked into an ice cream store….

•  It was tense.

I used to work in a shoe recycling shop. 

• It was sole destroying.

The other day I was listening to a song about superglue, 

• it’s been stuck in my head ever since.

To the guy who invented zero… 

• thanks for nothing.

You know that cemetery up the road? 

• People are dying to get in there.

Why was Pavlov’s beard so soft?  

• Because he conditioned it.

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Middle School Science Minute  

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

K12Science Podcast:  Elephant ID

I was recently reading the September-October 2024 issue of Science Scope, a journal published by the National Science Teaching Association.

In this issue, I read the “Citizen Science” section, written by Jill Nugent.  She wrote an article entitled: “Snapshot Safari: Elephant Edition.” 

Elephant ID is an online project that leverages Zooniverse’s people-powered research platform to address behavior and conservation questions related to the African savanna elephant, a species facing pressing challenges, including habitat loss.  To learn more, visit the project website at:

https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/aeuk/elephant-id

http://k12science.net/elephant-id/ 

Reports from the Front Lines

• Kid Crud
• Shawn’s Preferred AI’s
  • JAN – local AI (Mistral 7B), open source
  • ChatGPT – content creation
  • Stable Diffusion
  • Canva
  • Adobe FireFly
  • Gemini
  • NoteBookLM

The Social Web

Susie Dent  @susie_dent

Word of the day is ‘cockalorum’ (18th century): a self-important individual who struts across every stage as though they own it.

Positive Side of 𝕏  @positivesideofx

Paired as pen pals in middle school to practice their cursive writing, they’ve stayed close friends for over 60 years. After all that time, they finally met face-to-face for the first time.  

Tutela  @TutelaCanada

NEW RESOURCES added to the Literacy H5P Resources for Online and Blended Learning Collection on Tutela! Check them out here: https://tutela.ca/Collection?ite  

Strategies:  

My God! I Can’t Believe How Much Time ChatGPT Is Now Going To Save Me In Creating One Of My Favorite Teaching Resources!

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2024/09/16/my-god-i-cant-believe-how-much-time-chatgpt-is-now-going-to-save-me-in-creating-one-of-my-favorite-teaching-resources/

Bribing students: Another ‘magical solution’ that doesn’t work

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2024/09/18/bribing-students-another-magical-solution-that-doesnt-work/

Resources:  

Journeys in Film

We transform entertainment media into educational media by designing and publishing cost-free, educational resources for teachers to accompany carefully chosen feature films and documentaries while meeting mandated standards in all core subjects. Selected films are used as springboards for lesson plans in subjects ranging from math, science, language arts, and social studies to specific topics that have become critical for students to learn.

https://journeysinfilm.org/

Youth in Government

Grants are opening up, registrations are happening, lessons in Civis to learn . . . 

https://www.myig.org

Web Spotlight: 

High School Math Students Used A GPT-4 AI Tutor. They did Worse.

A study of nearly a thousand high school math students found that using AI tutors didn’t add up to success.

Students who had access to an AI tutor for practice exams did better than students without access in these practice exams. However, on a subsequent exam, when none of the students had access to an AI tutor, the students who worked with an AI tutor did worse than other students.

https://www.techlearning.com/news/high-school-math-students-used-a-gpt-4-ai-tutor-they-did-worse

5 concerns about AI in education

1. AI bias can impact students and schools in ways we might not expect.

2. Keep humans in the loop in high-stakes decisions in education.

3. AI doesn’t help us break down historical prejudices. It only reinforces them.

4. AI poses personal and academic threats to students.

5. Protect student data and privacy.

https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai-perils

Why Teachers – & Everyone Else – Should Ignore The Dancing Guy’s Leadership Advice

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2024/09/17/why-teachers-everyone-else-should-ignore-the-dancing-guys-leadership-advice/

Family’s Holocaust Story Too Graphic for District

In the year 2000, Holocaust survivor Felix Goldberg testified at our synagogue in Columbia SC about his experiences as a slave laborer during World War II. I was in the audience, and after delivering that speech, he approached me (knowing that I was an educator) and asked me to “do something with it.”

…with the blessing of the family members, we initially created a website for teachers: www.StoriesofSurvival.org which details his story and that of his wife Bluma, starting before the war and continuing during and after the war. 

We will continue to offer educators in grades 5-12 the classroom sets of our book, after they respond to a series of questions about how they will use the book with students. One of those questions asks them if they will consider inviting us into the classroom so that we can elaborate on the text and visual content and answer student questions.

https://www.middleweb.com/51330/familys-holocaust-story-too-graphic-for-district/

New AI trick: ‘synthetic human memories’

AI-edited photos can alter memories of things you experienced in real life. This knowledge will be weaponized. Here comes the False Memory Industrial Complex.

https://machinesociety.ai/p/new-ai-trick-synthetic-human-memories

Random Thoughts . . .  

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Summary:

Shawn and Troy share Earth, Wind, and Fire Day, experiences in safety and more. Dave brings SEL to Science.

Jokes:  

I used to work for an origami company but they folded.

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Dickens: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Schrödinger: Nice.

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I asked the surgeon if I could administer my own anesthetic, they said: go ahead, knock yourself out.

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Clem entered the barn to see two horses fighting over a bale of hay. It was the last straw.

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A good dictionary gives meaning to life.

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I think circles are pointless.

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Got fired from the custom kitchen shop for making too many jokes about taking countermeasures.

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How do you keep a moron in suspense?

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They call them Jersey cows, but if you look closely you can see that they don’t even have numbers on their backs.

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I have a friend who writes songs about sewing machines. 

• He’s a Singer songwriter. Or sew it seams. 

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Middle School Science Minute  

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

K12Science Podcast:  Social-Emotional Learning

I was recently reading the September-October 2024 issue of Science Scope, a journal published by the National Science Teaching Association.

In this issue, I read the “Editorial” section, written by Patty McGinnis.  She wrote an article entitled: “Social-Emotional Learning in the Science Classroom.” 

Perhaps nowhere else in education is social-emotional (SEL) more crucial than in the middle school science classroom, a place where students are expected to collaborate, communicate, and participate respectfully in the practice of argumentation.  For more information about SEL consider exploring the site for the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), a nonprofit organization that utilizes research to guide SEL initiatives.  For more information, visit:

https://casel.org

http://k12science.net/social-emotional-learning/

Reports from the Front Lines

• Course on Teaching Exceptional Children
• Movie AD
• Exciting Times – “Testing” the Boot System
• Curriculum Work
  • iReady
  • NWEA
• Apple Vision Pro Update
• Earth, Wind, and Fire Day  

The Social Web

Alice McFlurry @Alice@beige.party

What do they teach in Social Studies nowadays? Like, do they even cover MySpace and Friendster or do kids only learn about those in History class?

Wylfċen  @wylfcen

Another wonderfully specific Old English word: merecandel ‘sea-candle’, the Sun as it rises from or sets in the sea.

Jack Berckemeyer  @JBerckemeyer

Great teams come up with awesome grade level team names along with amazing visuals. This 6th grade team is all in on the mighty ducks. #pumpedup

BERCKEMEYER Breaks are back – Read the Room and show me shocked. Feel free to share with others and if you like these check out our webinar series. http://Jackberckemeyer.com

https://twitter.com/i/status/1835304245572129107

Moodle | Online learning, delivered your way.  @moodle

Free webinar: Moodle AI plugins! Join us on Thursday, 26th September, at 08:00 UTC. Register now: https://moodle.me/aipluginswebinar  #MoodleAcademy  @moodleacademy

Resources:  

REVIEW: Why Don’t Students Like School (Daniel Willingham)

https://readwriterespond.com/2024/09/review-why-dont-students-like-school-daniel-willingham/

Not-so-great expectations: Students are reading fewer books in English class

Chris Stanislawski didn’t read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Students were given detailed chapter summaries for every novel they discussed, and teachers played audio of the books during class.

“When you’re given a summary of the book telling you what you’re about to read in baby form, it kind of just ruins the whole story for you,” said Chris, 14. “Like, what’s the point of actually reading?”

Some teachers focus instead on selected passages — a concession to perceptions of shorter attention spans, pressure to prepare for standardized tests and a sense that short-form content will prepare students for the modern, digital world.

Deep reading is essential to strengthen circuits in the brain tied to critical thinking skills, background knowledge — and, most of all, empathy, said Maryanne Wolf, a cognitive neuroscientist at UCLA specializing in dyslexia research.

“We must give our young an opportunity to understand who others are, not through little snapshots, but through immersion into the lives and thoughts and feelings of others,” Wolf said.

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/09/17/nation/not-so-great-expectations-students-are-reading-fewer-books-in-english-class/

AXIS The Culture Translator

Keeping Accounts

What it is: Meta is rolling out “teen accounts” for minors on the app.

What parents should know: Meta is claiming that this change will provide “protections for teens, peace of mind for parents.” All teens under 16 with Instagram accounts will be automatically opted in to this type of account, and those who sign up for a new account before they turn 18 will be opted in, as well.

Out to Lunch

What it is: MrBeast, Logan Paul, and KSI are teaming up to launch a Lunchables competitor called “Lunchly.”

Why pre-teens might gobble it up: Lunchly is aimed at the same demographic that has made both MrBeast’s Feastables chocolate bars and Paul/KSI’s Prime Energy drinks a smashing success—young people between the ages of 9 and 13. 

Time to Waste

What it is: Social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt partnered with the Harris Poll firm to try to capture what Gen Z really thinks about social media.

What it shows: The nationwide poll of over a thousand 18-27 year olds asked “Do you wish TikTok was never invented” (47% said yes) and also posed questions about what steps they’re willing to take to limit their social media use. Maybe most eye-opening were the questions about time spent on these apps—over 60% said they spend over 4 hours a day on social media, and almost a quarter said they spend over 7 hours a day.   

Web Spotlight: 

From Book to Podcast in Minutes: My First Experience with Google Notebook

Today, I played with Google’s Notebook, followed Alec Couros’s suggestion, and uploaded a copy of my book. I also added my blog. Within minutes it created this 9-minute audio podcast of my book.

https://ideasandthoughts.org/2024/09/18/googles-lm-notebook-made-this-podcast/

Random Thoughts . . .  

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Summary:

Shawn and Troy talk about Moodle, culture of the kids, quiet hallways, and more. Dave styles some learning about Science. 

Jokes:  

R.I.P. boiled water. 

• You will be mist.

My New Years resolution is to stop leaving things so late.

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I was just looking at my ceiling. Not sure if it’s the best ceiling in the world, but it’s definitely up there.

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I had a pair of racing snails. I removed their shells to make them more aerodynamic, but they became sluggish.

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How many seconds are in a year?

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For Valentine’s day, I decided to get my wife some beads for an abacus.  It’s the little things that count.

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My child is studying to be a surgeon, I just hope they make the cut.

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If you ever get a call from an unknown number, pick it up and say “Hi, you’re on the air.”

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Did you hear about the guy who invented Lifesavers? They say he made a mint.

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Middle School Science Minute  

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

K12Science Podcast:  Learning Styles

I was recently reading the July-August 2024 issue of Science and Children, a journal published by the National Science Teaching Association.

In this issue, I read the “Science 101” section, written by Matt Bobrowsky.  He wrote a Q and A article entitled: “Q: If Students Have Different Learning Styles, What Kinds of Science Activities Are Best for Reaching All Students?”  

For a more well-rounded educational experience, teachers can use “multimodal” teaching.  Examples include visual, kinesthetic, and auditory.  But that does not mean that students have specific “learning styles.”  If students believe they have a particular “learning style” it can lead to a self-limiting mindset.

http://k12science.net/learning-styles/

Reports from the Front Lines

• Students in the Hallways
• Annual Training
• ACTEM
  • Thanking Your Past Self – Documentation Tips
• Moodle Movement
• New Curriculum Director

The Social Web

otacke @otacke@chaos.social

Uuuh, the #H5P core is now shipped with CKEditor version 5, so get the latest update of your H5P integration (and hope it supports the latest version of H5P core already)

Marcus Green @marcusgreen@fosstodon.org

This screenshot was taken from a recent version of #Moodle 4.5dev+ (alpha code) which includes the new #AI Subsystem. #Ollama allows you to host #LLM’s on your own hardware. By that I mean you can unplug the internet and interact with various Models.
I am rather excited by it.

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library  @Ford_Library

“Civics for All of US” student Constitution programs kick off this week! Join us for a live webinar and discover how the Constitution connects to our communities: https://civics.archives.gov/webinars #ConstitutionDay #CivicsforAllofUS

iCivics  @icivics

#ConstitutionDay is coming up on Sept. 17! Teach students about the text, history, and relevance of the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and additional amendments with our video series, The Constitution EXPLAINED, created with  @CivicEducation. https://bit.ly/4d1muJG

We have the perfect game for #ConstitutionDay! Our Constitutional Compromise game challenges your students to find a way forward for a young nation as disagreements mount. Experience the main historical debates of the Constitutional Convention with https://bit.ly/4gcMaWb

Street Law  @StreetLawInc

Because #ConstitutionDay (Sept. 17th) falls in the thick of the 2024 election season, check out our curated page of Street Law curricular resources on voting, elections, and the presidency. https://store.streetlaw.org/election-votin

Susie Dent  @susie_dent

Word of the day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

Strategies:  

Free Reading  

A Way to Increase Free Reading Outside of Class

…pare down the teacher-centered lessons, and free up enough time for “Free Reading Friday,”…

Most students were able to commit to reading 100-150 pages per week. This worked out to be about the same amount of time as they were spending before, but the weekly goal gave them more agency in deciding when to read, and many students reported that this helped them develop a better reading routine.

Students don’t spend “Free Reading Friday” reading. Instead, our Friday class is focused on talking and writing about free reading.

https://www.middleweb.com/51237/a-way-to-increase-free-reading-outside-of-class/

Resources:  

26 Tips for Beginning Teachers, from A to Z

https://www.middleweb.com/51194/26-tips-for-beginning-teachers-from-a-to-z/

AXIS The Culture Translator

1. Impossible Creatures

What it is: The US edition of a fantasy book for middle-graders is expected to be one of the bestselling titles of the year.

What parents should know: Impossible Creatures, by British author (and Oxford fellow) Katherine Rundell, became an instant bestseller when it was published in the UK last year. The premise of the book is simple (and a bit Narnia-esque): a young man discovers a portal to a hidden world where creatures like griffins, sphinxes, and dragons exist. What follows is equal parts action and adventure in the vivid tradition of Robert Louis Stevenson. The book has some darker themes and violence, but reviews say it ultimately serves as a morality tale about duty, sacrifice, and doing what is right.

2. Young Americans, Online

What it is: A newly-published survey showed that Gen Z and millennials say they feel more like “themselves” online than offline.

What it tells us about the rising generation: It is, perhaps, not all that surprising that a majority (45%) of Gen Z say they feel more like themselves online. This is a generation that has grown up expressing themselves in digital spaces. What is a bit of a surprise is that those that feel more themselves online beat out those that feel more at home offline by only 3%. Compare this to the millennial split in the statistics, where 47% said they feel more at home online than offline and 40% felt more fully themselves in person. Gen Z may see online life as indistinguishable from “real life,” but they may also be more likely to bring the same sort of caution to life online that previous generations brought to life offline.

“Monday” Video

A parody on the “Friday” video . . . . But for Monday.  

https://youtu.be/qBEUIxCcqlY

Web Spotlight: 

Infinite Mac

Infinite Mac is a collection of classic Macintosh and NeXT system releases and software, all easily accessible from the comfort of a (modern) web browser.

Pick any version of System Software/Mac OS or NeXTStep/OPENSTEP from the 1980s or 1990s and run it (and major software of that era) within a virtual machine. You can also run a custom version with your choice of machine and virtual disks. Files can be imported and exported using drag and drop, and System 7 and onward have more advanced integrations as well – refer to the welcome screen in each machine for more details.

https://infinitemac.org

Sort out your life! 100 tiny tricks to help with everything from digital overwhelm to lumpy sugar and unpaid bills

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/sep/03/sort-out-your-life-100-tiny-tricks-to-help-with-everything-from-digital-overwhelm-to-lumpy-sugar-and-unpaid-bills

Food Mood

https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/food-mood/HwHnGalZ3up0EA

Random Thoughts . . .  

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Summary:

Shawn and Troy talk about the importance of the first days of school, building relationships, and more. Dave has students focused on Astrophotography. 

Jokes:  

I always wanted to look into why I procrastinate, but I keep putting it off.

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Me: I feel awful!

Doctor: Tell me what happened.

Me: I was eating an apple and…

Doctor: Wait. How many apples do you eat?

Me: One a day.

Doctor: You’re on your own.

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I heard there was a new store called Moderation. 

• They have everything there

Shout out to my grandma, that’s the only way she can hear.

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My new thesaurus is terrible. In fact, it’s so bad, I’d say it’s terrible.

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Cooking Tip: If you’re tired of always having to boil water every time you make pasta, boil a few litres at the beginning of the week and freeze it for later. You’re welcome!

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Bought a new jacket suit the other day and it burst into flames. Well, it was a blazer

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I’m reading a book on the history of glue – can’t put it down.

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What did the hat say to the scarf?

You can hang around. I’ll just go on ahead.

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I went to the zoo yesterday and saw a baguette in a cage. 

• It was bread in captivity.

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My dog used to chase people on a bike a lot. It got so bad I had to take his bike away.

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Middle School Science Minute  

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

K12Science Podcast:  Astrophotography

I was recently reading the July-August 2024 issue of Science Scope, a journal published by the National Science Teaching Association, for middle school teachers.

In this issue, I read the “Scope on the Skies” section.  In the section was an article entitled, “Capturing Photons,” written by Bob Riddle. 

One way to make astronomy more accessible and engaging to students is to introduce them to astrophotography.  The most direct way is probably with the student’s own smartphone.

http://k12science.net/astrophotography/

Reports from the Front Lines

• Students
• Opening Days
• Rules Quiz

The Social Web

Katie Powell  @Beyond_the_Desk

Boredom Busters officially released 5 years ago today! So grateful to ⁦

@burgessdave      @TaraMartinEDU   ⁦⁦@DHarrisEdS, and all those who work behind the scenes in the  @dbc_inc⁩ community for bringing my books to life. It has been such an honor.

otacke @otacke@chaos.social

Aaand yet another #H5P content type brought to you by #NDLA: Escape Room. https://www.olivertacke.de/labs/2024/07/23

Susie Dent  @susie_dent

Word of the day is ‘struthious’ (18th century): prone to ignoring unwelcome facts and letting a situation worsen without any intervention. From the Latin for ‘ostrich-like’.

Word of the day, as schools reopen, is ‘merry-go-sorry’ (16th century): a mixture of joy and sorrow.  

Bill of Rights Institute  @BRInstitute

Join us Monday night as we co-host #sschat with  @ConstitutionCtr

. See you Monday, Sept. 9th at 8:00 PM ET! We will be sharing our #ConstitutionDay resources!

Moodle | Online learning, delivered your way.  @moodle

We are pleased to announce that Nolej is now a Moodle Certified Integration! Nolej uses cognitive psychology and generative AI to transform teaching content into engaging, interactive H5P activities. https://moodle.com/news/empowering-educators-with-moodle-certified-integration-nolej/ @nolej_ai

Strategies:  

Typing

Practice touch typing by retyping famous novels. Not only will you improve your typing skills, but you’ll also enjoy some of the greatest stories ever told!

A good place to start is our step-by-step guide that kickstarts your adventure into the world of touch typing.

https://entertrained.app

Resources:  

H5P Content Types – Escape Room and Vocabulary Drill

Escape room lets you set up an escape room inside H5P and use pass codes to advance the story.  Vocab Drill is just that.  Drill.  

Escape Room:  https://www.olivertacke.de/labs/2024/07/23/ndla-brings-you-yet-another-h5p-content-type-escape-room/  

Vocabulary Drill:  https://www.olivertacke.de/labs/2024/07/18/ndla-brings-you-vocabulary-drill/  

AXIS The Culture Translator

In Grand Fashion

What it is: This Sunday, some families will celebrate Grandparents Day by making phone calls, reminiscing, and otherwise being grateful for the impact that grandparents have had on their lives.

Why it’s catching on: “Grandparents Day” is not simply the latest hyped-up “holiday” to get thrown on the calendar in an attempt to sell cards and flowers. Grandparents Day was actually first recognized as a national holiday in the US back in 1978. It was the culmination of years of effort from activist Marian McQuade, who herself was the grandmother of 43 children. Economic, cultural, and sociological factors are contributing to a rise in multigenerational households—and people are living longer, too—which means that the role that grandparents play in families is being revisited.  

QR Code Generator

https://fietkau.software/qr

Your Name in LandSat

https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/apps/YourNameInLandsat-main/index.html

Block Posters

https://www.blockposters.com

6 Ways to Tell if Students are Using AI

https://www.techlearning.com/how-to/6-ways-teachers-can-tell-students-are-using-ai

2024 Back-to-school science toolkit for teachers and administrators

Download your back-to-school science toolkit, featuring activities, research, webinars, and guides to help you reach new levels of engagement and strengthen relationships with your peers and students.

Find dynamic tools for administrators, teachers, and caregivers—all designed to activate student curiosity and build your community of scientists and supporters.

You’ll find:

• Administrator exercises to set goals and help every student thrive.
• Grade-banded, first-day classroom activities for students.
• How-to guides and webinars with strategies to apply to your practice today.

https://go.info.amplify.com/fy23_science_backtoschool_national_toolkit_pdf-toolkit_getintouch_optin

Web Spotlight: 

It began with sibling rivalry. Now he has 181 Guinness World Records.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024/08/27/david-rush-guinness-world-records

Random Thoughts . . .  

Talk Like A Pirate Day 

International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers of Albany, Oregon,^[1] who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate (that is, in English with a stereotypical West Country accent).^[2] It has since been adopted by the Pastafarianism movement.^[3]

September 19th. 

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Summary:

Shawn and Troy talk about AI, technology, algorithms, and more. Dave addresses trustworthy science. 

Jokes:  

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How many optometrists does it take to change a light bulb? 1 or 2? 1… or 2?

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I went to the store to pick up eight cans of sprite… when I got home I realized I’d only picked seven up

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There’s not really any training for garbagemen. 

• They just pick things up as they go.

Why did the barber win the race? 

• He took a short cut.

A worm is a pretty lousy prize for getting up early if you ask me.

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What happens when you anger a brain surgeon?

– They will give you a piece of your mind.

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Middle School Science Minute  

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

K12Science Podcast:  Trustworthy Scientific Information

I was recently reading the July-August 2024 issue of Science Scope, a journal published by the National Science Teaching Association, for middle school teachers.

In this issue, I read the “Commentary” section.  In the section was an article entitled, “Finding Instructional Resources for Teaching About Scientific Misinformation,” written by Andy Zucker.  

The nonprofit Media Literacy Now has developed a first-of-its-kind online database where teachers can find and access instructional materials to help student resists false and misleading information.  To access the database, please visit:

https://medialiteracynow.org/science-resources

http://k12science.net/trustworthy-scientific-information/

Reports from the Front Lines

• Welcome Back To School
  • Teachers Returned
  • Kids next week
• Teachers Return Next Week
  • Students after Labor Day
• Phones in classrooms
• Portfolios
• Shawn’s Stable of Instructional Support
  • PCT, Pharmacology, Additional Social Studies Courses & adding teachers to that course.  

The Social Web

Susie Dent @susie_dent

Time for another clarion call for ‘hurkle-durkling’ (18th-century Scots): lounging in bed long after it’s time to get up.  Word of the day is ‘overmused’: to be weary from excess thinking.

Matt Magnuson  @MattMagnuson@flipboard.com

5 free AI tools for school that students, teachers, and parents can use, too
https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-free-ai-tools-for-school-that-students-teachers-and-parents-can-use-too/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into For Youth: What Will They Need? @for-youth-what-will-they-need-MattMagnuson

Strategies:  

Gamification: Pros and Some Cons, According to Research

Gamification has become a popular educational approach, having demonstrated solid potential as a learning tool. However, it’s not always clear exactly which gamified elements are helping, and in some instances, it can foster counterproductive competition and enhance extrinsic motivation rather than the more effective intrinsic motivation.

Overall, gamification should earn an achievement badge. found the intervention had small but significant positive effects on cognitive, motivational, and behavioral outcomes.

https://www.techlearning.com/how-to/gamification-pros-and-some-cons-according-to-research

Resources:  

AXIS The Culture Translator

“Very Mindful, Very Demure”

What it is: If you’ve heard an uptick in your teen’s use of the word “demure,” you’re not alone. A new TikTok trend has exploded in popularity, and it’s got teens commenting on all things demure, all things mindful.

Where it comes from: Women are using the term to describe anything that demonstrates the qualities of patience, passivity, and mindfulness. The trend is not necessarily about leaning into these things as virtues, but about presenting yourself as reserved when it’s to your advantage.  

ChatGP Cheat

What it is: Although chatbots like ChatGPT are mostly trained on news and encyclopedias, data suggests that they’re used most often for help on homework and for writing erotic fiction.  

When Schools Want to Ban Cellphones—But Parents Stand in the Way

https://www.edweek.org/technology/when-schools-want-to-ban-cellphones-but-parents-stand-in-the-way/2024/05

Web Spotlight: 

Bored? Scientists say mindless scrolling through online videos makes it worse

Scrolling through videos on TikTok or YouTube to avert boredom may have a decidedly unintended consequence: It can make people feel more bored, according to the paradoxical findings of a recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

In experiments with more than 1,200 participants, many of them university students, Tam systematically showed that people switched to new videos when they were bored, believing the ability to switch would alleviate boredom but becoming more bored when they did.

Erin C. Westgate, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Florida who studies boredom and was not involved in the new research, said one of her thresholds when reading a new study is whether she would change her behavior based on the findings. In this case, she said, the answer is “a very chagrined yes.”

It turned out that when it came to articles, the effect was different than for videos: Boredom was similar between people who read one longer article compared with those able to skip between shorter ones.

The new results add to a growing body of scientific evidence that boredom is on the rise, despite — or perhaps because of — a world teeming with content that people can access at all times of day. People who are bored often turn to their phones, but then report being more bored, some studies have found. Scrolling on the social media platform X was linked to increases in boredom.

“When you’re immersed, you don’t feel bored. When your attention is spread, you’re almost by definition not satisfied,” Inzlicht said

Boredom is an uncomfortable emotion that serves a purpose, signaling that there is something more pleasurable to do, which can motivate people to explore their environment and stop investing time in an activity that has little to offer. But people seem increasingly intolerant of it, and Inzlicht has a counterintuitive tip for avoiding boredom: Lean into it. Sit with the discomfort of boredom for a bit before flitting to something else.

“If we’re so addicted to escaping boredom, so intolerant of boredom, it would be like a foraging animal going tree to tree, but never searching long enough to see if it bears fruit,” Inzlicht said. “Eventually, that animal will die.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/08/23/boredom-video-tiktok-youtube

How Khan Academy (And Others) Fudged Their Research

Always check the data. Always. 

Computer tutoring is the hot thing, and the big players have all sorts of sexy research numbers to back them up. Are the numbers bunk? They sure are. 

Did you notice a key phrase?

“For students who used the program as recommended.”

So how many students is that. Well, Holt checked the footnotes on the Khan Academy study and found the answer–

4.7%

https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2024/08/how-khan-academy-and-others-fudged.html

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Summary:

Shawn and Troy talk about returning to school (and parents who come back), why teachers succeed, and more. Dave waters down transparency.

Jokes:  

I had my timepiece lying on the seat next to me on the bus when this big dude got on and was about to sit. I had to say…

…whoa! Not on my watch.

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I tried taking some high resolution photos of local farmland, but they all turned out a bit grainy.

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My boss is going to fire the employee with the worst posture.

I have a hunch, it might be me.

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I was going to get a brain transplant, but I changed my mind

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Whiteboards … are remarkable.

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Because the platypus can both lay eggs and produce milk, it’s one of the few animals that can make its own custard. 

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Expect the worst, it’s the least you can do.

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Geology rocks, but Geography is where it’s at!

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Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

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Every machine in the coin factory broke down all of a sudden without explanation. It just doesn’t make any cents.

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Middle School Science Minute  

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

K12Science Podcast:  Secchi Disk Dip-In Project

I was recently reading the July-August 2024 issue of Science Scope, a journal published by the National Science Teaching Association, for middle school teachers.

In this issue, I read the “Citizen Science” section, written by Jill Nugent.  She wrote an article entitled “Summer Science With the Secchi Dip-In Project.”

The Robert Carlson Secchi Dip-In Project is a demonstration of the potential of volunteer monitors to gather environmentally important information on our lakes, rivers, and estuaries.  For more information, visit:

https://www.nalms.org/secchidipin

http://k12science.net/secchi-disk/ 

Reports from the Front Lines

• Taking a Break
  • Podcast Listening – 
• Vacation
• Back To Work
  • Curriculum Work
  • Vertical 
  • Kick-off meetings

The Social Web

Iamyesyouareno  @iamyesyouareno

The only store not looted in this South Africa mall is a book store. The jokes write themselves.

The only store not looted in this South Africa mall is a book store.

The jokes write themselves. pic.twitter.com/mQDhbZovVB

— iamyesyouareno (@iamyesyouareno) August 12, 2024

Kagan Publishing & Professional Development  @KaganOnline

Calling all Kagan educators  Are you passionate about making a difference in the educator community and spreading the word about Kagan? If so, we want you to apply to become a #KaganAmbassador!  Find all the details here: https://kaganonline.com/ambassador/ #kaganambassadors #kagan

CAMLE  @camlecolorado

Kick off the 24-25 school year right! Register today for this year’s CAMLE Conference. Join us on 9/28 for outstanding sessions like this one- Lauren Morford from Brentwood MS helps us “teach less,” & let our students take ownership. Register now! https://camle.wildapricot.org/event-5695160

Susie Dent  @susie_dent

There is always the ‘snecklifter’: someone who lifted the ‘sneck’ or latch of the tavern door and peered in to see if they knew anyone who might stand them a drink.

Resources:  

Periodic Presidents

Click to access PTOTP-Super-sized-Printable-Blank-Cells.pdf

https://periodicpresidents.com/

GenType

Make an alphabet out of anything

https://labs.google/gentype

This Not That Bell Ringers

BIG news! Edition 4 of my “This, Not That” bellringer puzzles is now released, just in time for back to school. One change for these bellringers is the format from Google’s Jamboard, which is ending soon, to Google Slides or Canva Presentations. I’ve changed all previous bellringer puzzles to those formats as well.

https://blog.tcea.org/this-not-that-bellringers/

AXIS The Culture Translator

Hauls of Learning

What it is: It’s back-to-school season across the US—which means “back to school hauls” are trending on TikTok.

What parents should know: Total back-to-school spending is projected to drop slightly, with parents of K-12 graders spending an average of $586 per student. Since the cost of school supplies has increased by 24.5% over the past four years, that means parents are prioritizing deals and trying to stretch their dollars farther. This economic reality has done little to slow down the onslaught of “hauls” on TikTok where students share items they’re excited to use in the new school year. In the past, these hauls tended to focus on school supplies like backpacks and notebooks (and sometimes still do), but posts are just as likely to include expensive fragrances and high end makeup. Low-slung, baggy sweatpants, cropped cotton tees, animal prints, Converse sneakers, and horseshoe jeans are just some of the trends that teens will be eyeing this season.

Tough Topics

What it is: A new Gallup poll reveals that teens’ mental health, social media experiences, and plans for the future are the things parents worry about very often. Four in 10 parents surveyed say it’s difficult to discuss these particular subjects.

What teens have to say about it: It’s ironic—and maybe a little telling—that the things parents worry about the most appear to be the subjects that they find most difficult to discuss with their teenagers. When a parent is worried about a topic, it would seem their default response is to avoid bringing it up—but teens are actually craving these very conversations. According to the survey, 93 percent found it helpful or very helpful to talk about their mental health, and 83 percent say it’s helpful to talk about social media use. Gen Zers also say they don’t actually want someone to advise them when things make them upset, but rather just want parents to listen.

Just a reminder, you can get the AXIS The Culture Translator Dictionary here:  https://axis.org/resource/a-parent-guide-to-teen-slang/  

Web Spotlight: 

What Motivates Teachers to Enter the Profession

New research suggests that the reason someone chooses to become a teacher could determine how successful they will be in the role.

What if why you choose to become a teacher determines how successful you will be in the role?

Recent evidence has also pointed to declining interest in becoming a teacher, aligned with the decreased professionalization, prestige and pay of the sector. Yet noble individuals press forward and choose to educate our children anyway. 

Historically, people went into teaching for relatively straightforward reasons: They desired a stable career, enjoyed having summers off, or had family members who were teachers. However, across the essay responses, we found that those motivations were not the most prevalent, nor were they related to teacher outcomes — but others were.

The two most frequent drivers were altruism (the desire to do selfless good) and intrinsic motivation (an enjoyment of teaching, helping or interacting with students or children). Other interesting but less frequently cited motivations include the impact of prior teachers, love of a content area, and a family connection to teaching.

…individuals seeking their elementary certification were more likely to enjoy working with children, whereas middle and high school preservice teachers were interested in teaching a particular content area.

…men were less likely than women to report that they had “always wanted to teach.”

While altruism was the most frequent answer given, it wasn’t the one most strongly correlated with effectiveness.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-08-05-what-motivates-teachers-to-enter-the-profession

3 Secrets to Help You Win Gold at Work, According to Greatest-of-All-Time Olympic Athletes

1. Seek group support for your individual creativity

2. Build on the innovation that others have already discovered

3. Dream, and then work like crazy

https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/3-ways-to-innovate-like-an-olympian-at-the-office/281372

Random Thoughts . . .  

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Shawn and Troy talk about AI, summer, and more. Dave has a phenomenal section on phenomena. 

Jokes:  

I got an A on my origami assignment when I turned my paper into my teacher

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The value in origami is in creasing.

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Odorless perfumes are non-scents.

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Imagine the self control required to work at a bubble wrap factory …

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I had a dream where I weighed less than a thousandth of a gram.

• I was like 0mg.

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If you’re struggling to think of what to get someone for Christmas. Get them a fridge and watch their face light up when they open it.

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It’s kind of weird that “dial it in” and “phone it in” mean nearly opposite things.

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I had an operation on my funny bone today.

• The doctor said I will be in stitches for two weeks.

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To be Frank, I’d have to change my name.

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Rare photo of a roundabout reproducing through mitosis.

Middle School Science Minute  

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

K12Science Podcast:  Phenomena in the Classroom

I was recently reading the July-August 2024 issue of Science Scope, a journal published by the National Science Teaching Association.

In this issue, I read an article entitled “Phenomena in the Classroom,” written by Patty McGinnis.  

An engaging phenomena is determined more by how the students generate compelling lines of inquiry that create real opportunities for learning.  Paul Anderson’s “Wonder of Science” website has an extensive list of phenomena organized by grade level and standard.  It is available at:

https://thewonderofscience.com/phenomenal

http://k12science.net/phenomena-in-the-classroom/

Reports from the Front Lines

• Planning Parent Contacts
  • Keeping Track of Ideas
  • Resources
• Time for?
  • Pi Time
  • Curriculum Time
  • Oracle of Ancient Civ
  • Independent Study
• Student Access to Book Material Online

The Social Web

Susie Dent  @susie_dent

I’m coming (back) to Scotland for some of the final dates of my tour. I will definitely be mentioning some of my favourites from the Scots dictionary, including ‘tartling’: hesitating when introducing someone because you’ve completely forgotten their name.  Word of the day is ‘willanthropy’: the act of leaving a gift, however small, to a charity in your will.  

BigBlueButton  @bigbluebutton

Yes, we are integrating H5P into BigBlueButton. Why? Because the goal of the virtual classroom is not to meet, it is to learn. H5P extends our built-in tools for active learning and live analytics to ensure every student learns.  @H5PTechnology  #edtech

Kris Kashtanova  @icreatelife

This is another use of AI for good. Steve Gleason is a football legend and an ALS activist. He is using AI (Adobe Firefly) with eye tracking to create images from his pre-diagnosis artwork. ALS causes loss of muscle control, so AI is a way for Steve to make art.

Trending:  Katato – a loud annoying person with a high pitched voice that can’t take a hint.  

Resources:  

AXIS The Culture Translator

Really Anxious

What it is: Lenore Skenazy, founder of the LetGrow project, makes an argument that smartphones are “trust-blockers” for parents.

Why it’s worth thinking about: There’s a lot of discussion around how smartphones can shape child development in unhealthy ways. (So much discussion, in fact, that Axis just created a whole free toolkit breaking down everything you need to know before you give your son or daughter a phone—check it out!) But there hasn’t been as much talk about how much parents have grown accustomed, and maybe a little bit addicted, to being able to call their kids at any time, track their movements, and send them a heart-eyes emoji whenever they feel like it. Parents are relying on phones more and more as a parenting tool, but Skenazy wonders if this constant communication only serves to facilitate these parents’ own neuroses.

New Teachers

https://www.middleweb.com/51048/25-of-our-best-posts-for-new-ms-teachers/

Web Spotlight: 

Sydney Letter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgtHJKn0Mck&list=TLGGqWOPRo8tEqMyNzA3MjAyNA

Random Thoughts . . .  

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Shawn and Troy share some jokes, middle school endorsements, and more. Dave gets us thinking about Science education, the why, and the cost.  

Jokes:  

Elton John’s E-reader was swept up in a tornado…like a kindle in the wind

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Three people turned up to play the part of The Cloud.

• It was overcast.

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It was an easy move from installing air conditioning units to being a Chief Information Officer.

• Both jobs are all about losing efficiency when people start opening windows.

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Just bought a boomerang from a ghost.

• That’ll come back to haunt me.

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I’m an American Sign Language interpreter, so for me, every single job is a near Deaf experience.

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What’s the difference between gray and grey?

• One is a color and the other is a colour.

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People saying ‘boo! to their friends has risen by 85% in the last year…. 

• That’s a frightening statistic.

I made a playlist for hiking. It has music from Peanuts, The Cranberries, and Eminem. 

• I call it my Trail Mix.

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Scientists finally did a study on forks. 

• It’s about tine!

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Middle School Science Minute  

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

K12Science Podcast:  Why Teach Science?

I was recently reading the book, “Transformative Science Teaching: A Catalyst for Justice and Sustainability,” written by Daniel Morales-Doyle.

In this book, Daniel looks at two questions:

• “Why teach science?”
• “How does my teaching reflect the world in which my students live and project the world they would like to see?”

http://k12science.net/why-teach-science/ 

Why Shawn does Science:  https://www.backyard-ballistics.com/  

Reports from the Front Lines

• Crowdstrike
• MAMSEBoard Meeting
  • Hall of Fame
• Prep for Teacher Return
• Book Study
  • Start with Why by Simon Sinek
  • Boredom Busters by Katie Powell  

The Social Web

Susie Dent  @susie_dent

Word of the day is ‘forslug’ (14th century): to neglect something important, or squander a good deal of time, through sheer sluggishness.  

A few smiles, dictionary-style, for those in need: the collective noun for penguins on land is a ‘waddle’, eggs were once known as ‘cacklefarts’, someone in a bad mood would be described as ‘ill-willy’ (or worse, ‘evil-willy’), and to be totally bewildered was to be ‘bumfuzzled’.

Rick Wormeli @rickwormeli2

Yes! Middle School has significant impact on future success — The Middle Matters https://ascd.org/el/articles/the-middle-matters  via  @ASCD

ZUM-Apps  @ZUMApps

Super creative! Who wants to be a millionaire as #H5P #GAMEMAP of @floriandagner

as a template for more #Gamification ! This is the #H5PWorkflow collection Gamification with H5P https://apps.zum.de/gamification Thanks for sharing! https://apps.zum.de/apps/33868 #OER #OERde #moodle #freieBildung

𝗧𝗖𝗘𝗔  Next Up: AI for EDU Conference  @TCEA

Evaluate your resources with this easy-to-remember acronym: CRAAP! Currency Relevance Accuracy Authority Purpose https://sbee.link/w8kjn6rxam via Sequoia High School Media Center #mschat #hschat #teachertwitter

Strategies:  

How Actors Remember Their Lines

In describing how they remember their lines, actors are telling us an important truth about memory.

Actors face the demanding task of learning their lines with great precision, but they rarely do so by rote repetition. They did not, they said, sit down with a script and recite their lines until they knew them by heart.

Repeating items over and over, called maintenance rehearsal, is not the most effective strategy for remembering. Instead, actors engage in elaborative rehearsal, focusing their attention on the meaning of the material and associating it with information they already know.

…actors search for meaning in the script, rather than memorizing lines.

Script lines are carefully analyzed to understand the character’s motivation. This deep understanding of a script is achieved by actors asking goal-directed questions, such as “Am I angry with her when I say this?”

At the age of 58, John Basinger began studying this poem as a form of mental activity to accompany his physical activity at the gym, each time adding more lines to what he had already learned. Eight years later, he had committed the entire poem to memory, reciting it over three days. When I tested him at age 74, giving him randomly drawn couplets from the poem and asking him to recite the next ten lines, his recall was nearly flawless. Yet, he did not accomplish this feat through mindless repetition. In the course of studying the poem, he came to a deep understanding of Milton.

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-actors-remember-their-lines

9 Habit-Stacking Tips for Low-Key Summer Prep

• Habit Stack #1: Visualize the upcoming year.
• Habit Stack #2: Identify specific, doable sanity savers.
• Habit Stack #3: Prioritize one goal.
• Habit Stack #4: Reach out to a teaching buddy.
• Habit Stack #5: Note the good things.
• Habit Stack #6: Do some homework (but not too much).
• Habit Stack #7: Learn names.
• Habit Stack #8: Create friction for distraction.
• Habit Stack #9: Practice self-compassion.

https://www.middleweb.com/50960/9-habit-stacking-tips-for-low-key-summer-prep/

Resources:  

Want to spur your child’s intellectual development? Use audiobooks instead of videos, says researcher

Listening to audiobooks requires children to focus and pay attention to the spoken word, promoting the development of listening skills.

Audiobooks are a valuable tool for expanding a child’s vocabulary and enhancing language skills. 

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-spur-child-intellectual-audiobooks-videos.html

Electoral-Vote.com

National Elections are in November.  Keep up with the current polls across the country with www.electoral-vote.com ‘s Electoral College map.  He updates it very frequently and it is a good visual to help students understand how the Electoral College works.  

Magna Carta:  Cornerstone of the Constitution

https://a.co/d/jaQuHYh

Web Spotlight:

REVOLUTIONIZE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP WITH THE HERSEY-BLANCHARD MODEL

The Hersey-Blanchard Model (pictured above) identifies four distinct leadership styles that instructional coaches and principals can employ when working with teachers. Each style combines different levels of directive and supportive behaviors to meet the needs of teachers at various stages of development.

https://blog.tcea.org/revolutionize-school-leadership-hersey-blanchard-model/

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