Summary: Jokes: Phones After the telephone was installed in her home, the lady called the operator. My telephone cord is too long, she said. Would you please pull it a little from your end? Daughters A certain little girl, when asked her name, would reply, "I'm Mr. Sugarbrown's daughter." Her mother told her this was wrong, she must say, "I'm Jane Sugarbrown." The Vicar spoke to her in Sunday school, and said, "Aren't you Mr. Sugarbrown's daughter?" She replied, "I thought I was, but mother says I'm not." Positive Attributes A doctor examining a woman who had been rushed to the Emergency Room took the husband aside, and said, "I don't like the looks of your wife at all. "Me neither doc," said the husband. "But she's a great cook and really good with the kids." On Our Mind: Google Apps for All in Oregon From Our Listeners: Thanks to Michael DePass for the podcast requests. We hope that you enjoy them. Gentlemen, Just listened to ep 114 (sorry I'm a little behind) and enjoyed your discussion about allowing students to text the teacher an answer to a problem in class. One question: What phone # should the students be given to text to? I for one, would not give my cell phone # to the class. Keep up the good work! Mike Cohen This weekend I attended WAMLE10 and had the opportunity to listen to Christian Moore present on his program Why Try? Listening to him present, he reminded me of so many of my "at risk" kids. He talked about how many of "them" are visual learners, yet many teachers predominately use auditory ways to present information. His program is built around visual metaphors and music and I thought it was right on target. He said something surprising during his breakout session though. He mentioned presenting at NMSA this year and there being an absence of dropout prevention presenters. While I was not able to attend, do you recall that being true? Do you know anything about his program? Did either of you attend his session this year? I have included some to links in case you aren't too familiar with him. It sounds to me like a great advisory or enrichment program for schools to look into. What do you think? Ron From Doc. Tatom: The 2010 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge is for students grades 5-8. Ten finalists will be selected to receive an all-expense paid trip to New York City to compete in the final challenge in October. The winner will receive $50,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds ($25,000 cash value), a tour of 3M's Innovation Center in St. Paul Minnesota given by the world's top scientists, and the title of "America's Top Young Scientist." Competition Details: 1. Middle school students in the U.S. are challenged to create a 1-2 minute video communicating the science behind the danger of one of the following safety and security issues that are present in everyday life, and offer a possible solution: a. Preventing the spread of germs and diseases b. Food safety c. Sun protection d. Wind resistant structures 2. All video entries must be submitted online at www.youngscientistchallenge.com by May 27, 2010. 3. Videos will be evaluated by a panel of judges based on creativity, persuasiveness, classroom suitability, and overall presentation. Students can learn how to craft a winning video by checking out Entry Video Tips at www.youngscientistchallenge.com/about/entry_video_tips.html, which features advice from previous winners. 4. The official submission rules can be found at www.youngscientistchallenge.com . From Dave Bydlowski: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Middle School Science Teachers From the Twitterverse:
