Summary: On Our Mind: MACUL State wide on-line testing Eileen Award: Liz Kolb Carol Hix of Science Six: Recommendations: lulu.com and Edmodo.com, Google Docs, Twiddla, www.mixedink.com. Advisory: National Geographic @NatGeo Daylight savings time: Why and when does it begin? on.natgeo.com/yr6p1P Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) This middle school science minute is about the collaboration that can take place between math and science teachers. In the February 2012 issue of Science Scope (NSTA publication) Karen Charles, J.D. Canales, Angela Smith and Natalie Zimmerman wrote an article entitled: "Exploring the Solar System:? Let the Math Teachers Help!" They explain how attending a week long academy offered by NASA in their school district encouraged math and science teachers to consider how using models and simulations could expand their repertoire of classroom strategies and engage students more fully in their own context-rich learning. From the Twitterverse: News: American Dropouts: Part I http://transformed.teachingquality.org/blogs/03-2012/american-dropouts-part-i A Lesson in Teaching to the Test, From E.B. White http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/03/07/a-lesson-in-teaching-to-the-test-from-e-b-white School Communities Wrecked by "Value-Added": Two Must-Reads http://transformed.teachingquality.org/blogs/get-fracas/03-2012/school-communities-wrecked-value-added-two-must-reads Resources: Mixed Ink http://www.mixedink.com/ K20Alt - Authentic Teaching and Learning http://k20alt.ou.edu/ 10 Open Education Resources You May Not Know About (But Should) http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/05/10-open-education-resources-you-may-not-know-about-but-should/ CloudFTP http://www.hypershop.com/CloudFTP-p/cftp-black.htm Web Spotlight: Stop Taking Pictures of the Whiteboard http://www.edsocialmedia.com/2012/02/stop-taking-pictures-of-the-whiteboard/ GenoChoice Good for web site evaluation. http://genochoice.com/ Inside-Out Your Mind http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/03/02/147825237/inside-out-your-mind?ft=1&f=1130 The Civil War, Part 1: The Places http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/02/the-civil-war-part-1-the-places/100241 Old Maps Online http://www.oldmapsonline.org/#bbox=-110.3125,-51.774806,119.609375,72.104237&q=&datefrom=1000&dateto=2010 Events & Happenings: Calendar of Events:
