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Friday, November 19, 2010 Pass It On Education Content: The Periodic Table of Elements This is a really nice .pdf version of The Periodic Table of Elements. I bet you know a Science teacher (or a few) who might like to receive this from you. Check It Out! Pass It On!  Credit: http://education.jilab.org/ Check It Out! Pass It On! Posted at 11:19 AM (permalink)
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Friday, November 19, 2010 Money Out There: Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation"Money Out There" will be a recurring feature on this blog. These entries will make you aware of opportunities for schools to qualify for money at little to no cost. The money is out there...you just need to know where to find it!  Posted at 10:49 AM (permalink)
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 Trends: Child Nutrition & Physical Education to Improve AcademicsWe try everything to improve student performance, particularly with our struggling and "bubble" students. We require more differentiation, relevance, and real-world application in the classroom. We offer tutoring "camps", tutoring detentions, and tutoring during special class periods. We pull students out of other classes. We tutor before school, and after school. Principals arrange for "late" buses, or tutoring transportation, to drop students off at their doorstep. We mentor before, during, and after school. We disaggregate data like a statistician. And these are but a few of the measures we take to improve student success.Where do we consistently miss the mark in the majority of American schools? I was always amazed during my thirteen years as a teacher and administrator how poor the food is that we feed students. Performance engines do not circle the track running on regular unleaded gasoline.
Too often, I'd argue, good nutrition is a missing component of our academic strategy. Couple that with trends toward less physical education during the school day, plus less overall fitness by young people in general. Are nutrition and physical education/exertion the most often ignored factors in improving student academic performance? Presumably, our more at-risk populations are disproportionally affected by poor nutrition. All young people have the potential to be high performance...the fuel our schools serve them should be as well! Putting Nutrition At The Front of the Line By LESLEY ALDERMAN Published: November 5, 2010  Read the entire article here.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 Pass It On Education Content: Why Learn Spanish?I bet your Spanish language teachers will really like this Powerpoint! Maybe this makes up for my earlier post highlighting World Lingo! It makes a fine case for learning Spanish in school, though a couple of the sparsely planted sound effects took me by surprise. Check It Out! ...or, just Pass It On to your Spanish teaching colleagues! credit: Aimtrans1's Docs at teachertube.com Posted at 3:55 PM (permalink)
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 STAAR: A New Assessment Model (for Texas)"The state assessments will continue to be based on the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), the standards designed to prepare students to succeed in college and careers and to compete globally. However, consistent with a growing national consensus regarding the need to provide a more clearly articulated K–16 education program that focuses on fewer skills and addresses those skills in a deeper manner, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is implementing a new assessment model for the STAAR tests for elementary, middle, and high school. The majority of the new STAAR assessments will test content students studied that year, as opposed to testing content studied over multiple years. Doing so will strengthen the alignment between what is taught and what is tested for a given course of study.....for more click: STAAR: A New Assessment Model Quoted from TEA .pdf document available above and at TEA's STAAR Webpage. Posted at 11:13 AM (permalink)
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 Pass It On Education Tools: Graphic OrganizersPass It On Education Tools is a recurring feature on this blog. It features educator tools and resources so cool you are likely to pass them along to colleagues and friends! Teacher Tube includes a collection of resources called Teacher Vision. One really thorough and useful link is for Graphic Organizers. This is quite a collection of printable graphic organizers! A truncated screen shot is included below.  Check It Out! Pass It On! Posted at 11:08 AM (permalink)
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 Pass It On Education Tools: The Great CoursesOver the past two decades I have enjoyed numerous courses from "The Great Courses." I learned quite a bit from each one. The course offerings are plentiful and each one that I have "taken" has the mark of professionalism and is well worth the time. These can be excellent professional development materials. Pass It On! "The Great Courses brings engaging professors into your home or car through courses on DVD, audio CD, and other formats. Since 1990, great teachers from the Ivy League, Stanford, Georgetown, and other leading colleges and universities have crafted over 350 courses for lifelong learners. We provide the adventure of learning, without the homework or exams." "With input and feedback from our customers since 1990, we've found the top 100 teaching professors in the country." "With those great professors, we have produced 350 great courses—over 3,000 hours of material in literature, philosophy, history, fine arts, the sciences, economics, and religion."  To access this website, click here! Check It Out! Pass It On! Posted at 10:23 AM (permalink)
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 Education History: ...or Modern Day Creativity-- The Triple Filter TestI came across The Triple Filter Test in a forwarded email years ago. It had a single spicy punchline that made the otherwise fascinating story unfortunately suspect. I copied the email here, less the final "joke" sentence. It seems that there is quite a bit of discussion on the net about the truth of this story. Is this part of Socrates teachings? Has there been a definitive ruling? There seem to be more doubters than believers. Regardless, it is an instructive piece. The Triple Filter Test Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you either hear or are about to repeat a rumor.In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?" "Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test." "Triple filter?" asked the acquaintance. "That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?" "No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it." "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?" "No, on the contrary ...". "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, even though you're not certain it's true?". The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued." You may still pass the test though, because there is a third filter - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?" "No, not really..." "Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?" The man was defeated and ashamed. Posted at 8:06 AM (permalink)
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Education Funny: We All Experience Learning CurvesThis is a technology help desk joke. Learning curves are part of the human experience, as is resistance to change! Enjoy! |
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Pass It On Education Content: Instructions Commonly Used in Content Area CurriculaInstructions Commonly Used in Content Area Curricula This is a simple document you can download here to Pass It On! to colleagues who may benefit from it.  (from Kate Kinsella, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and College of Education, San Francisco State University) Check It Out! Pass It On! Posted at 2:01 PM (permalink)
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Trends: Poll- Americans In Favor Of Teacher Merit PayPoll: Americans In Favor Of Teacher Merit Pay By Bryan Toporek 9/14/10 "More than 70 percent of Americans believe that teachers should be paid based on the merits of their work rather than on a standard-scale basis according to a recent survey conducted by Phi Delta Kappa and Gallup."
"The annual PDK/Gallup Poll surveyed more than 1,000 Americans—77 percent of them over the age of 40—about their thoughts on public school education. While the poll shows declining support for President Obama’s education agenda, it highlights a strong public interest in bolstering teaching quality."
"Forty-four percent of those surveyed said that "improving the quality of our teachers" is the most important national education program—placing it ahead of initiatives such as "developing demanding education standards," "creating better tests," and "improving the nation's lowest-performing schools." Click here for the full article. Posted at 1:01 PM (permalink)
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Education Funny: College Exams Can Be ToughI came across this years ago and it made me laugh! It would be tough to even begin to prepare our secondary students for this college assessment! HUMANITIES FINAL EXAM Instructions: Read each question carefully. Answer all 13 questions. 4 hour time limit. Begin immediately. 1. HISTORY Describe the history of the papacy from its origin to the present day, concentrating especially but not exclusively on its social, political, economic, religious, and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific. 2. MEDICINE You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and & a bottle of scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until your work has been inspected. You have 15 minutes. 3. PUBLIC SPEAKING 2,500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek. 4. BIOLOGY Create life. Estimate the difference in subsequent human culture if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the English parliamentary system. Prove your thesis. 5. MUSIC Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your seat. 6. PSYCHOLOGY Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustrations of each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisias, Ramses II, Gregory of Nicea, Hammurabi. Support your evaluation with quotations from each man's work, making appropriate references. It is not necessary to translate. 7. SOCIOLOGY Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory. 8. ECONOMICS Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the possible effects of your plan in the following areas: cubism, the Donatist controversy, the wave theory of light. Outline a method for preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all points of view possible. Point out the deficiencies in your point of view, as demonstrated in your answer to the last question. 9. POLITICAL SCIENCE There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start WWIII. Report at length on its sociopolitical effects, if any. 10. EPISTEMLOGY Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your position. 11. PHYSICS Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics and science. 12. PHILOSOPHY Sketch the development of human thought; estimate its significance. Compare with the development of any other kind of thought. 13. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Describe in detail. Be objective and specific. ---------------- (I wish I knew who to credit for it. If you know, let me know!) Posted at 11:47 AM (permalink)
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Trends: Minnesota Adopts Stricter Teacher License RequirementsMinnesota Adopts Stricter Teacher License Requirements By Chris Williams 11/2/10 "A new licensing system is being tested in 19 states that includes filming student teachers in their classroom and evaluating the video, also candidates must show they can prepare a lesson, tailor it to different levels of students and present it effectively. Most states only require that would-be teachers pass their class work and a written test. California and Arizona are the only states that currently require performance testing to license teachers. Two of California's three different performance tests use video review. The third California test and the one in Arizona requires evaluators to sit in the classrooms and observe the teachers-in-training." Click here for the full article.Posted at 9:05 AM (permalink)
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Pass It On Education Tools: World LingoLanguage teachers...beware! Are you assigning translations? Websites like World Lingo offer free translation services ideally suited for an English to Spanish (for instance) translation homework assignment! All for free. The rather large silver lining for the rest of us educators is that we can use this service to translate for our English Language Learners, parents and students. This is a great tool for free. Pay a small fee for even more service. I like it! Sorry Foreign Language teachers!  Check It Out! Pass It On! Posted at 8:22 PM (permalink)
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Pass It On Education Content: Electing a US President In Plain EnglishThis is a really neat video from Teacher Tube, a place where there is plenty of junk but some hidden jewels. I'll find many of them for you. Check back often! You've probably seen other videos in this series. Blogs in Plain English, is one. Wikis in Plain English, is another. I bet you know some educators (and parents) who would like for you to forward this video on to them! |
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Education Funny: Spell CheckerSpell checkers sometimes miss the mark: Eye halve a spelling chequer It came with my pea sea It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the error rite Its rare lea ever wrong. Eye have run this poem threw it I am shore your pleased two no Its letter perfect awl the weigh My chequer tolled me sew. I am not sure who to credit for this. Whomever it is......can't spell very well!! Posted at 3:47 PM (permalink)
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Trends: Influence of Teachers Unions In QuestionInfluence Of Teachers Unions In Question by Mitchell Landsberg The Los Angeles Times November 7, 2010 "A nationwide school reform movement with bipartisan support has collided head-on with unions over three ideas that labor has long resisted: expansion of charter schools, the introduction of merit pay for teachers and the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations. Even the long-held protections and prerogatives conferred by seniority and tenure no longer seem sacrosanct."  For full article click here.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 STAAR: Goodbye TAKS, Hello STAARThis four page TEA document is "A Comparison of Assessment Attributes: Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) to State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR)" To download the pdf document click: Comparison of TAKS to STAAR This file is also available at TEA's STAAR Webpage. Posted at 7:47 AM (permalink)
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Monday, November 15, 2010 STAAR: Texas Education Agency Assessment Program WebpageThe Texas Education Agency has created an important webpage to disseminate information about the developing STAAR Assessment Program. The page already has important information and more will be added as the process unfolds. Click here for: TEA's STAAR Webpage  Posted at 6:41 PM (permalink)
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Monday, November 15, 2010 In The News: California Teacher Ratings Released; New York Teacher Ratings Release DelayedThe Los Angeles Times has introduced a feature on its website that allows the public to query individual teacher names, as well as school names, in order to view a report of individual teacher and school ratings using a Value-Added Model. The world continues to grow smaller and more transparent. This is an interesting web page, with related feature articles: LA Times-- Grading the Teachers: Value-Added Analysis  This is what the teacher rating page looks like. Out of courtesy, I have blurred the teacher's name and school.  Meanwhile, The New York City school system agreed Thursday to delay releasing teacher ratings until after a court hearing in late November.  Click here for the link to this story. Posted at 2:55 PM (permalink)
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Sunday, November 14, 2010 Pass It On Education Content: Thinking Skills Mind MapPass It On Education Tools is a recurring feature on this blog. It features educator tools and resources so cool you are likely to pass them along to colleagues and friends! This is an interesting Mind Map of Thinking Skills. It can be downloaded here: Thinking Skills Mind Map  My only credit information is Renetwork from You Tube. Thanks to you, Renetwork! Check It Out! Pass It On! Posted at 7:12 PM (permalink)
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Sunday, November 14, 2010 Education Funny: The Age of Accountability! Posted at 10:11 AM (permalink)
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Saturday, November 13, 2010 In The News: Student Boredom"….The “2009 High School Survey of Student Engagement,” conducted by the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University, reveals that 66 percent of the students surveyed said they are bored at least on a daily basis in school, with 17 percent reporting that they are bored in every class. Two percent of the students said they are never bored in school, raising suspicions that they could be Russian spies. (Kidding about that last part.) Perhaps not surprisingly, the factor students most frequently cited as the cause of their boredom was that the “material wasn’t interesting,” with “lack of relevance” of the material following not too far behind. Some 35 percent of the bored students, however, indicated that the source of their boredom was a lack of interaction with their teacher..."  View the entire article here. Published Online: October 1, 2010 Published in Print: October 12, 2010, as 'Anyone?... Anyone?' by Anthony Rebora Posted at 6:00 PM (permalink)
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Saturday, November 13, 2010 Guest Post: What's your last lecture?
In one of Dan's recent posts, he talked about the Alice Project, begun by the late Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture. Randy knew he was dying and wanted to create one last lecture, not so much for the benefit of his students and colleagues but for the benefit of his own kids. Randy's Last Lecture (over 12 million views on YouTube) generated a lot of interest in the notion of a last lecture, and many other academics created or at least considered the idea of a last lecture of their own. What would they say? What would you say? In particular, what would you say to your students? University professors like Randy are experts in their fields of specialization. But a last lecture is typically about LIFE. Randy Pausch's lecture wasn't about computer science, it was titled, Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams. There's a lot of wisdom in Robert Fulghum's book, All I really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Here's what is particularly interesting about those involved in K12 education: you are involved in teaching the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for living well. Since the "last lecture" typically is about insights on living well, it follows that K12 faculty, addressing their last lecture to their students, are particularly well suited to create an interesting last lecture. So, what would your last lecture say? Posted at 8:00 AM (permalink)
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Saturday, November 13, 2010 Pass It On Education Tools: AlicePass It On Education Tools is a recurring feature on this blog. It features educator tools and resources so cool you are likely to pass them along to colleagues and friends! Alice Alice is a free teaching tool from Carnegie Mellon University that allows programming novices to use a simple drag-and-drop interface to create 3D computer animation.The Alice Project was begun by the late Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon alumnus and professor of computer science and author of The Last Lecture. The FBI, in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, is expanding their ongoing Safe Online Surfing program (SOS) to include a national competition in which middle and high school students will create 45-second animations using Alice. Carnegie Mellon is a leading center for research on cybersecurity and Internet privacy and has developed innovative programs for educating young people about online safety. See more here: Alice Competition An interesting four minute video about Alice is at: Alice Video The Alice website is located at: Alice Website  Check It Out! Pass It On! Posted at 7:37 AM (permalink)
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