Summary: Jokes: Tuning The doorbell rang, and the lady of the house discovered a workman, complete with tool chest, at the front door. "Lady," he announced, "I'm the piano tuner." The lady exclaimed, "Why, I didn't send for a piano tuner." The man replied, "I know, but your neighbors did." Age A teacher said to her student, "Billy, if both of your parents were born in 1967, how old are they now?" After a few moments, Billy answered, "It depends." "It depends on what?" she asked. "It depends on whether you ask my father or my mother." Space When the Smith family moved into their new house, a visiting grandparent asked five-year-old Tommy how he liked the new place. "It's great," he said. "I have my own room, Alex has his own room, and Jamie has her own room. But poor mom is still in with dad." Painting Mary goes to her first show at an art gallery and is looking at the paintings. One is a huge canvas that has black with yellow blobs of paint splattered all over it. The next painting is a murky gray color that has drips of purple paint streaked across it. Mary walks over to the artist and says, "I don't understand your paintings." "I paint what I feel inside me," explains the artist. "Have you ever tried Alka-Seltzer?" On Our Mind: NMSA 2010 Conference From the Audience: Guys- I have just recently started to listen to your podcasts and follow you on Twitter. I am impressed and look forward to learning from the networking. I am a middle school principal in Lowell, Indiana. I need some help with a couple of things. First, it is a Science adoption year here in Indiana and I need help locating quality digital resources for adoption instead of textbooks. Do you guys know of any that I could research. Second, I am interested in Second Life and how you guys use this web tool. Reid Will Richardson’s Keynote California: Open Source Textbooks Second Life Curriki Udemy Science Sites Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Cell Phones, iPods and energy. What do your students need to know? Advisory: Have your students take a short quiz on World Hunger. You could have the students take the quiz collaboratively, or take it yourself first, then give it to the students. Good discussion topics. Plus a donation is made every time someone takes the quiz. http://gifts.wfp.org/quiz/ From the Twitterverse: This Part for Infamous40000 . . . : Waiting to hear back from Infamous40000 . . . NSMA 2010 Session 3: Session 3 Professional Learning Communities Making a School Great: Professional Learning Communities ************************************************************************************* NMSA 2010: Developing Adolescent Thinkers News: Students, Ownership and Creativity: 35 Resources Events & Happenings: Calendar of Events:
