Summary: Title: Show Me The Money! (Next week's show is done too.) Jokes: Drill Sergeants A drill sergeant had just chewed out one of his cadets, and as he was walking away, he turned to the cadet and said, "I guess when I die you'll come and dance on my grave." The cadet replied, "Not me, Sarge...no sir! I promised myself that when I got out of the Army I'd never stand in another line!" During a recent password audit, it was found that a young woman was using the following password: "MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento" When asked why she had such a long password, she said she was told that it had to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital. On Our Mind: Class Size http://www.publicschoolinsights.org/class-size-really-irrelevant?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+LFA+%28Public+School+Insights%3A+What+is+WORKING+in+our+Public+Schools%29 What can you do with an iPhone (or 4)? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QD5Mj_wC-I&feature=related New Directions for Music Programs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QD5Mj_wC-I&feature=related (There are other videos of this lady performing other pop songs without the OMG cat.) From our Listeners: Troy & Shawn, Thanks for all that you do! I've attached a 4 minute comment on your current podcast. (Any chance on sharing what apps the University puts on those iPads/iPhones/iPod Touches?) (FHU's iKnow + FHU) Rationale, Applications, Research structure, Paradigm, Hey guys, interesting article about paying for performance in schools. If this catches on, then I will write my former middle school, asking for my "back pay" from when I was a student there. Robert (Mr. Jackson to some of us. ;-) ) PS What is a good book for advisory about study skills? Carol Josel 1. Other-wise and School-wise could be a resource (http://www.schoolwisebooks.com/html/owsw.html) 2. The Parenting School-wise Tips book certainly could be used to teach kids study skills. 3. I'd sign up for the newsletter also. That and the cooking ideas at the end of the newsletter are rather tasty! Susan Krueger Haven't tried it, but: SOAR Curriculum. 7 Habits for Highly Effective Teens, Sean Covey Have tried it. You can also get it in audio format and use with the kids. Make sure you have money committed to the program over time. The Middle School Student's Guide to Ruling the World! by Susan Mulcaire We've reviewed this work in a previous podcast. Should Kids be Bribed: http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100409/us_time/08599197858900 http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1978589,00.html From listener Dave Bydlowski From the Twitterverse:
