February 2011
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Teachers: What's your teaching philosophy?
Though I’ll be very impressed if you can convey it in 150 characters, you can also reblog or use the Disqus comments section* if you need more space.
*you’d have to go to the actual posting to do this
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Incredible essay written by a professional essay... →
forradicalteachers:
You’ve never heard of me, but there’s a good chance that you’ve read some of my work. I’m a hired gun, a doctor of everything, an academic mercenary. My customers are your students. I promise you that. Somebody in your classroom uses a service that you can’t detect, that you can’t defend against, that you may not even know exists.
I work at an online company that generates...
Positively Persistent Teach: About that Teacher in... →
positivelypersistentteach:
You can see the letter here.
The author e-mailed me this morning thanking me for sharing it.
I e-mailed back right away, because the posting of it on facebook that I had found did not include a name or blog link. I always want to give proper credit (and you should too). I asked him if it was…
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Disney Acquires Social Network For Kids... →
Disney has just acquired Togetherville, a social network for kids 10 years of age or younger, we’ve confirmed with the company. Terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed at the moment.
Togetherville, which exited beta last year, mimics the experience of adult social networking sites, i.e. Facebook but in an age-appropriate and parent-monitored environment. Togetherville promises a safer,...
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“A Teabagger, a Union Member, and a CEO are sitting at a table with a dozen...”
– via Reddit.
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Last U.S. World War I veteran dies →
Frank Buckles, the last U.S. World War I veteran, has died, a spokesman for his family said Sunday. He was 110.
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What's the best educational song you learned as a...
The alphabet song is set to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
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My Favorite Teacher: Miss Turner
via zephyrintheskyatnight
My favourite teacher was Miss Turner, My drama teacher. She was my favourite teacher for tonnes of reasons, one of them being she was laid back most of the time, apart from when we needed her not to be. She said we were her favourite class, and when we had her for last period on a friday, we invented ‘Fizzy Friday’ where she’d bring us sweets in to...
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“Forgive me. I must start by pointing out that three years after a horrific...”
– CHARLES FERGUSON, co-winner of the Best Documentary for the Wall Street expose Inside Job, accepting his award. (via inothernews)
I immediately want a new Sherlock Holmes movie.
girlwithalessonplan:
I wanted one at the credits of the first one!
Are we declaring a Hipster Off?
I immediately want a new Sherlock Holmes movie.
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I like the auto-tuned Oscars, but I still think...
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Oprah Presenting Is a Terrible Idea
YOU get an Oscar! And YOU get an Oscar! AND YOU GET AN OSCAR! YOU’RE ALL GETTING OSCARS!
Anyone else rolling over the autotuned Harry...
ZACHARY LEVI!
CHUCK!
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The top of Mila Kunis' dress looks like she has...
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My Favorite Teacher: She Opened My Eyes
via allowtheoceantowakeinyou
My favorite teacher would have to be from Contemporary World Issues my senior year. I’ve always been an A+ student, and world-minded, but that class… beginning with an intensive human trafficking unit.. was mind-blowing. It’s part of the reason that I am volunteering in Ecuador this year and this teachers is even more the driving force because her...
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Abraham Lincoln’s 3 Lessons for College Students →
A funny yet poignant take. Here’s the first. Click through to read more.
1. Develop Your Social Network
Lincoln made friends wherever he went. When he moved to the town of New Salem, Illinois as a young adult, the people of the town loved him. When he was in deep in debt and needed a job (which was often), his friends would put the word out and find one for him. They even managed to get...
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Aspiring Educator
aspiringeducator:
This blog is dedicated to my progression as an educator (English, History and the Social Sciences). I am in my final year at University, have been out on two practicums and I am constantly learning. This will be a collection of my thoughts, ideas, lesson plans, activities, resources, worksheets (made and found) and more or less anything related to teaching.
Welcome to...
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How to 'Gamify' Your Class Website →
I decided to search for a compromise. The longer process of grading is essential, but game elements could reward participation and engagement without directly correlating with a grade—and, ideally, without requiring my continual input. I wanted to automate the “game” as much as possible so that the site itself could provide some of that instant feedback. And since designing a new class is already...
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Quick observation about SNL
Jay Pharoah (newer cast member) does a spot-on impersonation of Jay-Z. Close your eyes and you can’t even tell the difference.
girlwithalessonplan asked: There's no way Ohio's timezones are more complicated than Indiana's.
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Anyone else up this late AND on Tumblr?
Why?
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A Classic: No Dentist Left Behind →
forradicalteachers:
My dentist is great! He sends me reminders so I don’t forget checkups. He uses the latest techniques based on research. He never hurts me, and I’ve got all my teeth, so when I ran into him the other day, I was eager to see if he’d heard about ...
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Seven Ways to Build Your Own Educational Games →
I’m a huge proponent of gaming, and think you should look into it.
Here are the first two sites from the article. Click through to read more.
Sharendipity makes it possible for students and teachers to quickly create and share simple video games. Sharendipity’s drag and drop creation tools can be used to create a game in as few as four steps. For new Sharendipity users the tutorials...
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Five K-12 Technology Trends for 2011 →
Here’s a preview of the first two. Click through to read the rest in full.
1. There will be more momentum for mobile devices in classrooms with an eye toward affordable alternatives to traditional 1:1 rollouts.
The popularity of 1:1 laptop implementations and related initiatives have left many school districts wondering how to introduce mobile computing into the classroom in the most...
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“If you go to a nightclub in any city in the world, the pretty girl has an iPhone...”
– This effectively sums up my complaints with Android phones. They named it after a robot and were surprised when their rabid fans turned out to be geeks and not trend setters (not that there’s anything wrong with being a geek; Facebook, Twitter, and Google weren’t created by hipsters).
I...
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Google Search Becomes More Social, Integrates... →
The first major change is that Google Social Search results will no longer appear only at the bottom of the page, but will instead be “blended” throughout the page. This is done through an annotation system that lets you know when a friend has shared a specific link or search result. If your friend writes a blog about how to create honey, that result will have an annotation that your friend has...
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The Inevitable Happens in Ohio →
The chancellor of Ohio’s recently established university system, Eric Fingerhut, announced his resignation Tuesday, a year before his five-year term was to expire and four months after his political ally, former Governor Ted Strickland, lost his re-election bid.
Fingerhut said in an interview Tuesday that he had decided to leave on his own terms (to “pursue other opportunities”)...
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“Looking at both digital memory and analog devices, the researchers calculate...”
– Mind = Blown
How Much Information Is There in the World? - USC News
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Social Media Class Skypes with Internet Celebs →
Awesome, awesome, awesome! I’m a big supporter of Skype and the opportunities it allows in the classroom. They’ve got a free directory of educators who want to use Skype in the classroom, and while FreeTech4Teachers doesn’t have a dedicated doc for Skype, they do have 15 Ways to Use Webconferencing in Your Classroom (free and open Google Doc). Go, use, learn, teach!
Students...
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