MSM 193: A Whole “Latte” Stuff in This Show!
Jokes You Can Use:
Mom: Were you a good boy today?
Son: Yep. You can’t get in too much trouble standing in the corner.
I wouldn’t say the restaurant was suspicious, but there were 3 shakers on the table: Salt, pepper and alka-seltzer.
Eileen Award:
- Jamie Cruikshank
- Steve Collis
Advisory:
Best Ad Campaigns of All Time.
http://www.englishblog.com/2012/02/infographic-best-ad-campaigns-of-all-time.html
A Short History of Calendars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kzprsR2SvrQ
Middle School Science Minute
by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)
This middle school science minute is about writing lab reports. In the January, 2012 issue of Science Scope (NSTA publication) Fred Enge wrote an article entitled, “Not Another Lab Report.” Fred shares his ideas on helping his 8th grade students improve on their lab reports. Two important factors came into play:
1. Relevance
2. Guidance
From the Twitterverse:
| Monte Tatom @drmmtatom
Six Strategies for Differentiated Instruction in Project-Based Learning | Edutopia #fhuedu508tinyurl.com/7dsv85w Character Scrapbook – A Tool for Student Reflections on Stories #fhuedu508 |
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baldy7 Tony Baldasaro Speaking Up Is Hard to Do: Researchers Explain Whyon.wsj.com/ysY3kG via @WSJ |
@rmbyrneRichard Byrne Hot Apps for Higher Order Thinking. ow.ly/8TYrB |
| Jerry Blumengarten @cybraryman1
#edcampchicago #edcampstl #bbedcamp Please send me your Smackdown link to add on My Smackdown pg: tinyurl.com/4by2uxk TY |
| Distance Education @onlinecourse
Seven Tips for Writing Strong Grant Proposals – dedu.org/aWNxvY |
| Library of Congress @librarycongress
Happy 165th Birthday Thomas Edison! “The Sneeze” is the earliest surviving copyrighted film. 1.usa.gov/sAfw3 |
 * Larry Ferlazzo @Larryferlazzo
Nice PBS News Hour Story On Teaching English Slang bit.ly/x0OyAE |
 CooLHeadS @CooLHeadSInc
Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. |
 DeeAnna Nagel @TherapyOnline
The Whens, Whats and Hows of iPad 3 shar.es/fUgMn |
 Richard Byrne @rmbyrne
Want People to Return Your Emails? Avoid These Words [INFOGRAPHIC] feedly.com/k/yHVD9R |
 Ron Peck @Ron_Peck
RT @web20classroom: An Educators Guide To Evernote: bit.ly/yrpq5I #edtech |
 Steven W. Anderson @web20classroom
Some pretty neat ways to use Audacity (and audio) with students: bit.ly/i8nuQA |
 Terie Engelbrecht @mrsebiology
Cube Creator by ReadWriteThink-make biographies, mysteries, or stories bit.ly/dksZjI #edchat #midleved #elemchat #edtech |
News:
ISTE Island
ISTE Island has been a resource for many educators over the years. February 28th the Island goes into LOST mode (vanishes completely) as ISTE will no longer make payments to Linden Labs to maintain the island. There’s a party on the 27th and all are invited to attend.
Resources:
Algebra in the Real World Movies
Videos to help show how algebra is used in the real world.
http://www.thefutureschannel.com/algebra/algebra_real_world_movies.php
Latte
Latte is a Mac OS X application that uses such Web engines asCodeCogs and Google Chart to typeset formulas written in LaTeX. Formulas can be dragged to other applications (e.g. Keynote, Pages) and, in the case of PDF formulas, scaled to an arbitrary size. Both the LaTeX input and the rendered output can be saved onto your local disk, making it easy to build a library of formulas.
http://olivierlabs.com/latte/index.html
Text to Speech
Mac Only. Extends the functionality of the built-in Text to Speech.
http://www.tuaw.com/2012/02/10/daily-mac-app-text2speech-lets-hear-what-you-write-in-record-ti
Web Spotlight:
English Slang
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2012/02/10/nice-pbs-news-hour-story-on-teaching-english-slang/
Solve for X
A forum to encourage and amplify technology-based moonshot thinking and teamwork.
Somewhat similar to TED.
http://www.wesolveforx.com/
Strategies:
AMLE 2011:
Mastery and How to Assess It
Rick Wormeli
This is based on Fair is Not Always Equal.
Has a discussion guide, participant study guide, and videos
Define Mastery
Can use it and apply it in another context?
Must incorporate it later in the year . . .
Final exams given over last 2-3 weeks and never for a long period of time/sitting.
What evidence will you tolerate?
Sit down with your team/department and decide.
What exemplars?
What are teachers putting on their tests?
“Agree on a commonly accepted definition of mastery.”
What is the difference between proficient in the standard/outcome and mastery of the standard/outcome?
What does exceeding the standard mean?
Common Assessments
Written by local teachers
Given when the kids are ready to take them.
Do a variety of them.
They don’t count a huge amount on the report card.
Ask him for the article on Clarifying the Curriculum.
Feedback vs. Assessment
Feedback: holding up a mirror to students, showing them what they did and comparing it to what they should have done – There’s no evaluative component!
Assessment: Gathering data so we can make a decision.
Greatest impact: Formative Assessment.
Be clear: We mark and grade against standards/outcomes, not the routes students take or techniques teachers use to achieve those standards/outcomes.
Events & Happenings:
Calendar of Events:
Ohio Middle Level Association:
- The Ohio Middle Level Association will hold their annual conference.
AMLE Affiliate Conferences:
- The Michigan Association of Middle School Educators Annual Conference is coming up March 2012 in Warren Woods, MI.
- The North Carolina Middle School Association’s Annual Conference March 13-15, 2012
Classroom 2.0’s Live Calendar.
- Classroom 2.0’s Ning Blog: Archived content is available.
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