We Need To Talk About An Injustice
If you only watch one presentation from TED 2012, watch this one from Bryan Stevenson. Read more...
The Fischbowl, May 21, 7:13pm
ugh...worst. blogger. ever.
Yes, it's been a month...Is it obvious that school is back in session? Read more...
anonymous teacher blog..., May 21, 7:13pm
the monkeys.
The students have had two four-day weekends in a row. They are bouncing off the walls this week. We (the teachers) have all decided that there is such a thing as too much time off. They've completely gotten out of the routine. I have an odd feeling it's going to take the next several weeks to get them back in the routine. Read more...
anonymous teacher blog..., May 21, 7:13pm
Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 05/21/2012
Myths and Legends - Resources - TES An introduction to “Myths and Legends” and “Mythical Monsters”. Text studied, Robert Nye’s “Beowulf”. tags: education engchat literature beowulf teaching lessonplans ... Read more...
Cool Cat Teacher Blog, May 21, 3:30pm
Learning about Learning: Research and Edreform News and Views 05/21/2012
Miss Sweet Teeth This student for her 20% time project created a blog and Twitter account @misssweetteeth. I was able to teach her a lot about social media and blogging and she's been working hard on the project. Read more...
Cool Cat Teacher Blog, May 21, 12:30pm
Learning About Creatives
Clay Shirky, one of the best thinkers, writers, and presenters on living in a digital world, recently posted a wonderfully engaging talk about his work with the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Think MIT Media Lab for the humanities. His topic is what we can learn [...] Read more...
AssortedStuff, May 21, 7:42am
TED-ED Launches
I wanted to point to a new resource that some of you might find valuable: TED-ED. (Full Disclosure: While I did not play a major role, I was part of the planning process for this.) Read more...
The Fischbowl, May 21, 7:13am
Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 05/21/2012
Portfolio - Morgie Rai Another nice student website. I bookmarked this page in particular because my precious student quoted me. Yes, I often say this but to have someone remember it - that means it is getting through. Such a sweet student. Her apps for autism project is amazing. tags: education news portfolio The Life of Destiny - Home ... Read more...
Cool Cat Teacher Blog, May 21, 6:31am
TTT #296 String Art with Fred Mindlin - 05.09.12
Download TTT #296 String Art with Fred Mindlin - 05.19.12On this episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers, +Fred Mindlin/@fmindlin starts with string art, and pulls us into his world of anthropology, story-telling, collaborative learning, and more!
Fred inspires and entertains all of us in this episode of TTT: +Lacy Manship/@now_awake, +Gail Desler/@GailDesler, +Kelsey Shelhart, +Denise Colby/@Niecsa, +Paul [...] Read more...
Teachers Teaching Teachers, May 20, 11:16pm
Quotes Worth Spreading
I had the opportunity to attend TEDActive last week. (Full Disclosure: TED - with the generous support of the Kohl's Foundation - kindly paid my way so that I could give them feedback on their soon-to-launch TED-Ed initiative. All expense paid trip to Palm Springs at the end of February. It's rough, but I took one for the team.) Read more...
The Fischbowl, May 20, 7:13pm
Learning about Learning: Research and Edreform News and Views 05/20/2012
China clears Google acquisition of Motorola, eliminates last barrier to Googorola bliss -- Engadget Looks like it is all clear for Google to buy Motorola. tags: news Google motorola mlearning Read more...
Cool Cat Teacher Blog, May 20, 12:30pm
A Fundamental Flaw
From the May 21st issue of Fortune Magazine (article not online yet), comes this quote from Fred Smith, founder and CEO of FedEx: Read more...
The Fischbowl, May 20, 7:14am
Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 05/20/2012
Google Further Integrates Google+ Profiles Into Gmail [VIDEO] Gmail gets even more Google plus integration. tags: news eduapp Google gmail Read more...
Cool Cat Teacher Blog, May 20, 6:31am
Diigo Links (weekly)
Google Docs gets new Research tool, lets you search without leaving your work — Engadget Google Docs gets new Research tool, lets you search without leaving your work http://t.co/TJFiyuCu via @zite Flipping Blooms Taxonomy | Powerful Learning Practice Flipping Bloom’s Taxonomy a la @wrightsroom http://t.co/IJKXPeBk #plpnetwork #edchat #smart tags: plpnetwork edchat smart Remind101 Releases iOS [...]This post originally appeared on huffenglish.com and is © Dana Huff.Diigo Links (weekly) Read more...
huffenglish.com, May 20, 4:30am
That Something Else Better
I saw this thing from John T. Spencer consisting of the first two columns below, 'Management' and 'Leadership' respectively, and while I get that 'Leadership' is supposed to be something better and to be aspired to, it left me short. So I think there's a need to characterize another attitude, one that is neither 'Management' or 'Leadership', which gets to the core of a more ideal state. Read more...
Half an Hour, May 19, 7:13pm
Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 05/19/2012
Whole school Assemblies teaching resources – TES A list of assembly ideas indexted by topic and event. As you plan the end of the school, look at some ideas and improve what you're already doing. tags: education news teaching assemblies Read more...
Cool Cat Teacher Blog, May 19, 3:30pm
Edu app news: apps, ebooks, and sites for your classroom #mlearning 05/19/2012
Free Technology for Teachers: GoClass - Create and Deliver Lessons on iPads Another lesson deployment app for the iPad that you can compare to NearPod. Another one worth testing. tags: education eduapp edapp ipad Read more...
Cool Cat Teacher Blog, May 19, 1:30pm
Quotes I'd Like My Future Principal to Ponder: Isolation Costs Too Much
I'm currently reading Jeff Jarvis's book Public Parts. I'm not that far into it, so I don't know yet if I'd recommend my future principal read the book, but this quote from p. 45 is one that I'd like that person to ponder: Read more...
The Fischbowl, May 19, 7:14am
The Rise of MOOCs
Responses to interview questions posed by Kevin Charles Redmon, Independent Journalist and Middlebury Fellow in Environmental Journalism Read more...
Half an Hour, May 19, 7:14am
Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 05/19/2012
PBL Program Shows How to Tap Local Expertise | Edutopia Fascinating overview of a PBL school. I would like to point out that now that I have a 20% time project where students spend 20% of their time in my class working on a technology-enriched project of their choice - that my students are doing many of these incredible things. Every school should have their students doing personal interest projects as a core requirement of what you do to graduate from that school. End of year portfolio websites should be something all students do on a platform that they can "take with them" after high school. This is all part of finding your passion. This is a great overview from Suzie... Read more...
Cool Cat Teacher Blog, May 19, 6:31am
Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 05/19/2012
PSHE Global Game - Lego - Resources - TES This game uses legos. Use this presentation and the legos to have a picture of how wealth is distributed around the world. This is a fascinating activity that I think you could do at all ages. tags: flatclass education globalcompetency Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are Read more...
Cool Cat Teacher Blog, May 18, 9:31pm
The Argument from Theft
The argument from theft once again rears its ugly head, this time in an OER discussion forum. Read more...
Half an Hour, May 18, 7:14pm
Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 05/18/2012
Discussion Toolkit - Resources - TES A toolkit to encourage discussion in the classroom,. Make sure students have things to do in these last days that encourage thinking. Many teachers complain all year that they don't have time to encourage higher order thinking but in the last few days of school, when they have freedom, they show movies. Have meaningful discussions. tags: education teaching discussion Read more...
Cool Cat Teacher Blog, May 18, 3:30pm
Knowledge and Recognition
Responding to x28, 'Lower Levels of Connectivism' Read more...
Half an Hour, May 18, 7:14am
Undaunted: Stories of Navy Life
Author:Anne Scott McElroyCategory:Non-FictionReviewer:Barbara StahlhutDepartment/Position:MathSummary: This memoir by my 83 year old mother was published in May 2005.Her life married to a 1943 graduate of the Naval Academy is eloquently conveyed.The book spans her life from the early 1940's through the 1960's.It is sometimes humorous but always accurate as to the trials and tribulations a military wife faces.Recommended Audience:Adult readers (and anyone who wants to know a little gossip about me) Rating:5... Read more...
The AHS Book Shelf, May 17, 7:14pm
The City of Night (Frankenstein, Book Two)
Author: Dean Koontz Read more...
The AHS Book Shelf, May 17, 7:14pm
Bringing Out the Best in Others
Author:Thomas K. Connellan PH. D.Category:ProfessionalReviewer:Lindsey FrasierDepartment/Position:Marketing Instructor/DECA AdvisorSummary: An outstanding lesson for anyone!This book discusses how people will perform better:1.)If the expectations are clear.2.) If they are held responsible 3.)If they are given feedback.The book shows how and why this is so important.The book touches on the Hawthorne effect (when we are watched we do better), it explain how to get the very best out of those you have contact with.The points were relayed in a simplistic matter. Recommended... Read more...
The AHS Book Shelf, May 17, 7:14pm
Gandhi; His Life and Message for the World
Author: Louis Fischer Read more...
The AHS Book Shelf, May 17, 7:14pm
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Author: Mitch Album Read more...
The AHS Book Shelf, May 17, 7:14pm
Ideas I'd Like My Future Principal to Consider: The Schedule
We have a problem with time. Specifically, the way we allocate it in schools. As Chris Lehmann points out: Read more...
The Fischbowl, May 17, 7:14pm
Mary, Mary
Author:James PatersonCategory:FictionReviewer:Jan WoodcockDepartment/Position:Library/MediaSummary: FBI agent Alex Cross is on vacation with his family at Disneyland when he gets a call from the Director. A well-known actress was shot outside her home in Beverly Hills. Shortly afterward, an editor for the Los Angeles Times receives an e-mail describing the murder in vivid detail. Alex quickly learns that this is not an isolated incident. The killer, known as Mary Smith, has done this before and plans to kill again. Right from the beginning, this case is like nothing Alex has ever confronted. Is this the plan of an obsessed fan or a spurned actor, or is it part of something much more frightening? And particularly... Read more...
The AHS Book Shelf, May 17, 7:14pm
Carolina Way
Author:Dean Smith and Gerald D. BellCategory:ProfessionalReviewer:James HolmanDepartment/Position:Math teacherSummary: The book is written by the winning-est college basketball coach in the history of the sport.The book does not have a focus on basketball but will draw interest from people who are interested in the sport.The main focus of the book is how to apply the strategies of his coaching philosophies to applications in the business world.At the end of each chapter is a summary and application of the philosophy from a former player who actually lived through an experience that they began to learn playing under Coach Smith.The book has many practical applications... Read more...
The AHS Book Shelf, May 17, 7:14pm
The Eye of the Wolf
Author:Margaret CoelCategory:FictionReviewer:Jan WoodcockDepartment/Position:Library/MediaSummary: Father John O'Malley isalarmed on receiving a cryptic voice-mail message that leads him to a century-old battlefield and three newly slain Shoshones. Could these be revenge killings for the bloody battle that took place between the now co-existing Arapahos and Shoshones? When a client of Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden, Frankie Montana, is accused of the murders, Vicky's law partner and lover, Adam Lone Eagle, urges her to pass Montana to the attractive new lawyer in town. Past experience sets off her warning bells, and Vicky begins to wonder about Adam's interest in the beautiful blond newcomer. The wary... Read more...
The AHS Book Shelf, May 17, 7:14pm
First Things First
Author: Stephen Covey, Roger Merrill, Rebecca Merrill Read more...
The AHS Book Shelf, May 17, 7:14pm
Zorro
Author:Isabel AllendeCategory:FictionReviewer:Anne SmithDepartment/Position:Language Arts TeacherSummary: Zorro is the story of Diego de al Vega's ascension into the role of Zorro.It is a fictional tale of his birth to Regina and Alejandro, who are a mismatched couple from completely different backgrounds, but whose passion for one another leads to their marriage and conception of Diego.We are also introduced to Diego's "milk brother" Bernardo.We see the two boys grow up and apart through distance but still manage to maintain a wonderful spiritual connection through their Indian background.The tale is set in early California, ventures down to South America, and... Read more...
The AHS Book Shelf, May 17, 7:14pm