MSM-117-Tales from the Web




Middle School Matters show

Summary: Jokes: Qualifications for Presidency An eighth grade teacher was leading a discussion on the qualifications for being president of the United States. After the teacher commented that a person must be a natural-born citizen, one of the students raised her hand. Does that mean that if you were born by Caesarean section that you can't be president? From the Twitterverse: * Monte Tatom drmmtatom 5 Trends in Education Technology Leadership -- THE Journal http://tinyurl.com/2a2f9l5 * Glen Westbroek gardenglen Solar observation spacecraft delivers stunning close-ups of sun http://usat.me?89018 * OH Science Teachers OCESS State Board of Ed agrees teachers' address, phone, e-mail shouldn't be released to public http://ow.ly/1B8z7 * russeltarr russeltarr Stupeflix: Video creation made easy (does this have an edge over Animoto?) http://tinyurl.com/mw5xta * Casey Mayfield mayfieldc Manual to begin using Twitter for social networking; http://bit.ly/a0pUpj * Casey Mayfield mayfieldc Wallwisher in a science classroom, ideas for use: http://bit.ly/aJ79Yy o Concept Wall o Interactive KWL o Interactive Science Games o Project Based Learning * russeltarr russeltarr iPhone Apps for Education: A particularly well organised list: http://tinyurl.com/y8hm6ok * russeltarr russeltarr World Clock - nice for to have up on the Whiteboard between lessons - http://tinyurl.com/nlmm37 * Debra Lee debralee7 Are You A Teacher or a Babysitter?: http://ow.ly/1BDT6 #edchat (via @Aaron_Eyler) * Scott McLeod mcleod Grading "formative" assessments? http://goo.gl/qW2Q Superb post by @mctownsley * Miguel Guhlin mguhlin Graphs: Digital Tool Use in Middle and High School http://ff.im/-iW3n1 * Patrick Larkin bhsprincipal RT @snbeach: New Prof Development for teachers-- Don't teach them; Help them learn by enabling them to build a global network. * Twilliamson15 #MLE2010 Webspotlight: Wacky Web Tales http://www.educationplace.biz/tales/ Relaxed Minds Learn better http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62N4VJ20100324 Difference Between: http://www.differencebetween.net/ Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/ America on the Move: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/ Hear Names: http://www.hearnames.com/index.php Video Science http://www.sciencehouse.com/videoscience-experiments.html Virtual Owl Pellet: http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm MiddleTalk: This We Believe http://www.nmsa.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/MiddleTalkListserve/tabid/1212/Default.aspx Siftables: http://sifteo.com/ Etherpad Alternatives http://tech4teaching.org/wpblog/?p=929 Ning Ends Free Service: (See TechCrunch's Article) Alternatives: -Cubetree -Jabbster -Shoutem Texas' Textbook Influence http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/04/22/30texts_ep.h29.html?tkn=ROMFSqn2MnKy5KlKQ6xol0G2%2BkVr2NP6ZRwL&cmp=clp-edweek Math Curriculum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlvKWEvKSi8 Events & Happenings: