June 2011
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July 2010
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Newsweek: How Congress Keeps Screwing Up Education →
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mustamuseme:
How disappointing. Rigid “last hired, first fired” rules are a disaster for schoolchildren. They mean that across the country, teachers of the year will be pink-slipped simply because they are young. Yep—some of our very best teachers will be driven out of the profession. Meanwhile, older, incompetent teachers will be kept on. That’s unconscionable. We now know...
xkcd: 3x9
via xkcd.com Found on twitter, found this really funny :) Posted via email from Math in the middle | Comment »
Great animation of the pythagorean theorem. . .
via i.imgur.com Wish my teacher had showed me this in school … Posted via email from Math in the middle | Comment »
June 2010
27 posts
Ways to integrate wallwisher into the classroom. ....
Credit back to original site it was found on per creative common’s. Posted via email from Math in the middle | Comment »
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MeTA musings: How do you remediate?
How do you remediate? So, you’re using standards-based grading. Rather than recording quizzes and tests by name, you record numbers on some sort of sliding scale connected with a narrative to describe how each student is doing related to specific learning targets. Next comes the hard part: How do you handle student re-assessments? via mctownsley.blogspot.com I read this posting...
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Spencer's Scratch Pad: video - a sketchy...
via jtspencer.blogspot.comDownload: FLVMP43GP Love this. Found it on a blog called Spencer’s scratch paper. Great little motivational video on how to form PLN’s or personal learning networks for the uninitiated. Love the video! Posted via email from Math in the middle | Comment »
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Optical character recognition (OCR) in Google Docs...
For the technically curious: we’re using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) that our friends from Google Books helped us set up. OCR works best with high-resolution images, and not all formatting may be preserved. via googledocs.blogspot.com This is great news! Well maybe not for OCR software makers… I can see this being a great free tool for students and for educators…Yay for...
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Drawings of Scientists
Who’s the Scientist? Seventh graders describe scientists before and after a visit to Fermilab. via ed.fnal.gov Wonderful fun here. . . it is obvious that these kid’s lives were changed for the better. Much to my chagrin, if you ask a lot of kids these days what they want to be, it is sad to find that not many will say things like scientist any more. Posted via email ...
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Teacher Appreciation Song: A Song for Teachers -...
via youtube.com Beautiful song dedicated to teachers - “You have made a difference!” - yea…we need more positive stuff like this…I’ll be purchasing it :) Posted via email from Math in the middle | Comment »
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A Classroom Management Plan That Works | Smart...
A classroom management plan is a contract you make with your students that promises you will protect their right to learn and enjoy school without interference. And once it’s presented to your class, you’re bound by this contract to follow it every minute of every day and without exception. Otherwise, if you don’t, you’re breaking your word—and your students’ trust. A classroom management...
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Teacher Appreciation Song: A Song for Teachers -...
via youtube.com Beautiful song dedicated to teachers - “You have made a difference!” - yea…we need more positive stuff like this…I’ll be purchasing it :) Posted via email from Math in the middle | Comment »
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Confessions from the Couch » New Late Work Policy
via missteacha.com Over at missteacha, she gave out a good recommendation on what to do when you don’t receive your work back from your students. Loved reading about her new makeup policy, makes me think a little about next year myself and what I need to do. Head on over there and give her your comments - she runs a great blog. Posted via email from Math in the middle...
What Does Showing Students How College May Affect...
Of course, the key way to help students see the importance of college and learning is not just by showing them a bunch of statistics, but developing a relationship with them; learning their hopes and dreams for the future; and help them see how in many areas — not just economically — furthering their academic career will help them achieve their goals. These materials are just a few tools that...
End of keyboards and typing class? →
Readability - a bookmarklet that is cross... →
It basically does what Safari 5’s new ‘reader’ function does in any browser. Let me tell you that it is awesome.
Kyron Horman's family expected to make first... →
Kid just disappeared after a science fair - hope he is found safe.
t r u t h o u t | Teachers Without Jobs and... →
What a depressing situation.
Mass. teacher finds 1792 document in classroom -... →
Proof that teachers hang on to stuff for a long time?
Glenn Reynolds: Higher education's bubble is about... →
This is one thing that should get cheaper.
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Safari 5 is out!
It rocks. If you have a mac, you’ll want to check your updates…
NYT Mag letter - Brill →
“Are those who call themselves reformers the enemy of good teaching?”
What Was the Public Feedback on the Common... →
I don’t recall being asked myself… . (stares increduously at monitor)…
Four-Day School Week Is on the Rise, Story Says →
Hmm - where do I apply ?
(I jest)
Ready for the tablet glut? Meet the 2 x 14″ Kno →
“The chatter began weeks ago as armchair engineers brainstormed for ways to stop...”
– Nuclear Option on Gulf Oil Spill? No Way, U.S. Says - NYTimes.com
“A U.S. appeals court heard arguments Thursday over whether school officials can...”
– AP News: US court weighs school discipline for Web posts
CPS teacher compensation fails to pay off -... →
Another look at the initiative from a local level.
The Answer Sheet - Chicago's teacher... →
No surprise here - wonder if anyone will listen.
May 2010
10 posts
Mobile Devices Push Apple To Front Of Tech Stock... →
I admit, I’ve helped. 2 ipod touches (wife and I) - a mac mini, and a nano for my son… now drooling over a macbook… sigh.
Subway To Start Tessellating Cheese July 1? →
Yay for math!
Former Justice Says 'No Child' Law Undermines... →
Just now understanding this?
Animating GeoGebra →
College Students Unplugged: 24 Hours without Media... →
Lol, I’d have the same reaction.
Oil reaches Louisiana shores →
An experiment in grading homework →
Trust Me: Start Getting Ready for the End of the... →
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My son placed into Calculus 1 (he just finished...
Got my son’s compass math placement score. He just finished 10th grade. He scored high enough on the test where it says he should skip straight to calculus 1. The test proctor said it was the highest score she’d ever seen any high school student make (and she’d been there a while) He scored almost perfect on the algebra section. He scored a high “B” on the college...
today was a partially awful day, but:
ohmuffins:
i got a ton of compliments on my necklace today - but they were all from boys? a lot said it was because “it looked like a snake” — i guess that’s why.
yea I have some Crocodile cufflinks that some quiet kid always notices….
April 2010
4 posts
A Progressive Participle: 5 weeks, 2 days →
You must teach middle school. I feel the same way.
The girls were gone for various reasons most of the day, and the boys and I had SO much fun. They are just less tense and bothered without the girls agitating and picking and being catty. We rallied behind their absences and got everything done (and done well) really fast and then felt really good…
Transforming Your Teaching Style: A... →
When I started teaching 27 years ago, like the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz I believed that just having a brain would make me successful. And so each class session I would literally “take the…
Don’t talk to aliens, warns Stephen Hawking -... →
Interesting concept. So aliens that have mastered intersteller travel need our resources? Hmmm. .. .
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I'm so tired of this school year :P
I know you shouldn’t wish your life away, but I can’t wait for summer.
Doctors. . .
About three weeks ago, I decided to get a doctor. After all, I pay health insurance and I never had a doc. So I get one and schedule and appointment. The reason was I noticed that my pressure was a little high at the last employee wellness check. I’m 35 and figured what the heck - I’ll go. Anyway, I go and I get prescribed some meds for the high blood pressure.
A week later, I could...
March 2010
41 posts
Subject Of 'Stand And Deliver' Dies →
Jaime Escalante, the math teacher who was the subject of the film stand and Deliver, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 79.
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Nine Teens Charged With Bullying In Girl's Suicide →
Two of the teens were also charged with statutory rape. The district attorney said the events before Phoebe Prince’s death were “the culmination of a nearly three-month campaign of verbally…
More On The Takeover Of Education By Big Business →
How Content Standards Enable Corporate Takeover of Public Education
Somewhere on Wall Street there is a frustrated investment banker. He’s run model after model and he can’t understand it. No…
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Recycle an Old Book Into a Journal - DIY -... →