Summary: MSM 282: Own your own stuff, just don’t call a plumber. Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education. Jokes You Can Use: Eileen Award: Twitter: André Sprang, Joseph Kenney, KJ Wari, Jochen Horst Advisory: Humans Need Not Apply The video below is long (15 minutes), but thoughtful and riveting. It make the case that just as horses have been replaced by technology, humans are next. If that sounds like silly logic, invest one minute, just to see what you think. www.loopinsight.com/2014/08/16/humans-need-not-apply Getting Over Procrastination http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/a-procrastination-gene Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute -- Think Apps I was recently reading the Summer, 2014 issue of "Science Scope," a magazine written for middle school science teachers, published by the National Science Teachers Association. In this issue, I read an article entitled "Think Instruments, Think Apps: Using App-Based Technology in the Science Classroom" written by Nancy H. Heilbronner. In the article, Nancy describes 10 apps that would be helpful to use in the science classroom. All 10 of the apps could take the place of costly scientific instruments. From the Twitterverse: #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: Who's a Math Nerd? *raising hand* http://iamamathnerd.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/countingcircles/ 4 Big Things Transformational Teachers Do http://www.edutopia.org/blog/big-things-transformational-teachers-do-todd-finley Resources: 27 Ways To Promote Intrinsic Motivation In The Classroom by TeachThought Staff http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/27-ways-promote-intrinsic-motivation-classroom/ Web Spotlight: 4 Steps Towards A More Personal Classroom by Linda Pruett http://www.teachthought.com/learning/getting-started-personalized-learning/ 5 Ways to Assess Learning without Giving a Test I ran into a little push-back about assessment. The chief complaint was that increasing the number of assessments requires teachers to give up more instructional time to test kids. I couldn't agree more with. We don't need more tests. We need more instruction. But here's the deal. Assessment is not testing. Assessment is determining if learning is actually taking place. In fact, assessment is a vital component on excellent instruction, and without assessment, you're not delivering instruction. You're disseminating information and opportunities to learn. http://leadlearner2012.blogspot.com/2014/07/5-ways-to-assess-learning-without.html Why All Students Should Write: A Neurological Explanation by Judy Willis M.D., M.Ed., radteach.com http://www.teachthought.com/literacy-2/why-all-students-should-write-a-neurological-explanation-for-literacy/ A strange definition of a ‘bad’ teacher http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/08/09/a-strange-definition-of-a-bad-teacher/ Ideas Of The Mind (Wandering, Divergent And Flipped) In many organizations, we are so intent on the problems and walls that stand before us, that we never allow ourselves the time necessary to think past, around or beyond them. We spend our waking time and mental capacity being now-focused. Completely immersed in plodding forward…and pushing those walls and obstacles with us. Never realizing that taking a step back will not only improve our perspective, but unveil a variety of routes forward that may have not been noticeable, previously. http://dculberh.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/ideas-of-the-mind-wandering-divergent-and-flipped/ Random Thoughts . . . Own your information. eCommunity for Moodle Personal Web Site
