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Teachers As Pawns

Educational Activist — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Excerpt from Teachers As Pawns by Myles Hoenig: It is reported in an exclusive article in the Baltimore Sun that a principal last year in a Baltimore City high school had signed teachers in her school to sell Mary Kay products. As unbelievable as this is, or believable if you know this school system, what makes matters worse is that these exploited teachers were some of the 600 or so Filipino teachers working for this system. In their culture, when asked by a boss to do something, it is expected...(read more)

1000 Digits of Pi

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:59:07 GMT

If you are working with Pi , this is simple 'poster' resource is an ideal way to get children thinking and talking about this special number. The 15 page download * contains two different posters: Read More......(read more)

Character Education Songs

HaveFunTeachingDotCom — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:25:00 GMT

Character Education is important for every day learning. If you kids are not showing good character traits, it will be hard for them to focus, learn, and interact with others.

Character Education Songs - Click Here to Listen

These character songs are perfect for kids of all ages and will help teach positive character traits and behaviors.

Character Songs - Click Here

1. Community Song (Citizenship Song)

2. Caring Song Remix

3. Respect Song Remix

4. Responsibility Song

5. Patience Song

6. Fairness Song

7. Friend Song

8. Truth Song (Honesty Song)

9. Courage Song Remix

10. Hey Bully Song

11. Caring Song

12. Respect Song

13. Courage Song

Character Education Songs for Teaching

HaveFunTeachingDotCom — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:25:00 GMT

1. Community Song (Citizenship Song)

2. Caring Song Remix

3. Respect Song Remix

4. Responsibility Song

5. Patience Song

6. Fairness Song

7. Friend Song

8. Truth Song (Honesty Song)

9. Courage Song Remix

10. Hey Bully Song

11. Caring Song

12. Respect Song

13. Courage Song

Measures of Success

Theresa Milstein — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:45:00 GMT

“Let’s just be thankful that Cezanne didn’t have a guidance counselor in high school who looked as his primitive sketches and told him to try accounting.” - Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw and other adventures Elana Johnson just wrote a post asking, Read More......(read more)

I didn't get one. AAaannnnnnndddDDD!!! You Don't Listen!

MysteryTeacher — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:24:00 GMT

Here it is Thursday and we have worked on the reading packet since Monday. Today, a student says, "I don't think you gave me one." What? Weren't you here on Monday? Of course I gave you one. We have been working on them all week. I don't make extras anymore because of the paper and money shortage. So they are responsible for making sure they don't lose them. I have been repeating this all year. All I can say is..."I'm sorry. I hope you find it because it contains your grades for everything in Language Arts for this story. That is an awful lot of grades."

Then there are the non-listeners. These are some very smart kids. However, they don't listen to directions because they have already finished the assignment. Therefore, they did it wrong because I changed the directions. I said, "Did everyone understand what I just said? Repeat what you are to do. Okay. Any Questions? You may begin." The non-listeners are already done and I am to the point that I am just taking points off and marking things wrong because they didn't pay attention.

Finally, there are the kids who didn't do the assignment on the day we went over it and practiced it and then assigned it. They want one-on-one instruction so they wait several days until it is due and then they want to hurry and have me teach it to them again. Sorry. You should have paid attention the first time.

Do I sound crabby? Perhaps I am.

measuring the twigs while the tree dies

John Spencer — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:00:00 GMT

While sitting in a PLC Audit meeting, a teacher sits their quietly for forty minutes. It's common in a group of mostly white males to unintentionally censor and African-American woman. Call it white noise. Sometimes a screaming injustice just sounds like Read More......(read more)

Podcasting the Conference

lfox368806 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:44:00 GMT

I just learned how to use Audacity. Here's the result. Download the podcast, foxatetv-mp3, or just listen to it....(read more)

Trust.

halpey1@yahoo.com — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:22:00 GMT

I give my class a new sight word book every week. They each have a plastic bag full of books and also a word ring with all the sight words. They love these books. They can read them, they can color them, and they are successful readers when they practice Read More......(read more)

No School Today, Hooray, Hooray!

lfox368806 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:37:00 GMT

Which is NOT to say that I'm not working. I'm at a technology conference in Columbia, SC. It's being held at SCETV. I've learned about how to use a Promethean board's software - you can start using it, even if you don't have an interactive whiteboard. The download is here. Also, found a lady who knows more about the social media than anyone who has a life - her professional learning network site is here. In a podcasting workshop, I heard of a web conferencing software that is free to 20 or fewer...(read more)

Silly Texas, textbooks are for kids!

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:07:29 GMT

I will never be ashamed to admit I was born in Austin, Texas. Texas has produced great women such as Molly Ivins, Ann Richards, Barbara Jordan, and yours truly. But, not so much this group: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/12/texas-education-board-app_n_497440.html Read More......(read more)

The Day I Quit…

KauaiMark — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:57:00 GMT

It happened to me last week in a 6th grade class. I’ve worked with this class before when they were 4th and 5th graders. Nothing has changed. If anything it’s gotten even worse. This class behaves as if every school day is a party day. That’s not to say Read More......(read more)

Save the Sea Turtles!

sylvandellpublishing — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:09:06 GMT

Last week, the federal government recommended that the loggerhead sea turtle be listed on the endangered species list. Why are these beautiful marine creatures disappearing so quickly? To answer this question, we must dig a little deeper into the life Read More......(read more)

Free E-book - Amazing Web 2.0 Projects

stemjen — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:38:00 GMT

It's Thursday, and yes, you are welcome for the reminder! Here is a great discovery- The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book by Terry Freedman. Read all about it and download the book here at Paul Hamilton's blog.

Paul writes, " The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book is a collection of 87 projects that have used Web 2.0 tools to facilitate learning in classrooms around the world. The book offers concrete examples of some highly effective ways that teachers are using blogs, microblogs, wikis, podcasts, video conferencing (Skype), Animoto, VoiceThread, Voki, Google Maps, Google Docs, and numerous other Web 2.0 resources."

I'm sold, how about you?

Have a great day!!

gadgetorial seduction

Sneaker Teacher — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:00 GMT

My good friend shared an article with me yesterday on controlling impulses. I spend a good amount of time in her classroom with a few students who are working on some behavior issues. The article was interesting and had some really funny terms such as Read More......(read more)

The True March Madness

drpezz — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:03:06 GMT

Has anyone created a March Madness bracket for the Race to the Top states? It really is the true madness. Filed under: Money Read More......(read more)

TWIT2TEL: Free Voice Communication Via Twitter

John Goldsmith — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:00:31 GMT

Greetings, TWIT2TEL is a free web service that adds free phone communications to Twitter. I confess that I have not actually used this service. I’m still learning the intricacies of Twitter; tweets, re-tweets, hash marks, lists, etc., etc. I finally have Read More......(read more)

Stop-Motion Animation…

Laura Smith — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:06:13 GMT

Our first project is underway. The art teacher and I have got our set-up ready, and filmed about 8 seconds of a trial claymation film yesterday and it went swimmingly. Eh…pun. We will be guiding a class of second-graders through a stop motion animation Read More......(read more)

DCF Can Provide, But Only You Can Provide For Your Heart.

Teaching Alternative Art Lessons — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:52:57 GMT

One of my kids is a father. Jarell is 18, and has a one year old son. Jarell’s also a DCF kid. He lives in a group home and gets money from DCF. They will help him out until he’s 21…as long as he stays in school and lives up to his end of the deal: no Read More......(read more)

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Don't Forget to Submit!

noreply@blogger.com (Patrick Black) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Don't forget to submit a post for the for the March AT Blog Carnival. If you've checked out our previous 2 this year - January & February - you'll know they've been a huge success! So get your submissions in today. I will post the March AT Blog Carnival Read More......(read more)

Cut MP3

dkapuler — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:25:00 GMT

Cut MP3 is a great site to cut snippets of your favorite Mp3 file. All a person has to do is upload their song, drag the play head into position (start/stop) and click on cut. Super easy!! Give CutMp3 a try by clicking here . Read More......(read more)

The Group Is Inactive

rogerhudson — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:58:00 GMT

Due to changes in PLC requirements, it appears this forum will no longer be useful. Thanks for the interaction.

Respect Song - Respect Yourself, Respect Others, Respect the School

info@havefunteaching.com (Have Fun Teaching) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT

The Respect Song is a Character Education song that teaches respect in the classroom and at school. Respect Yourself, Respect Others, and Respect the School. This is a song for teaching and learning respect. The Respect Song - Click Here to Listen Description: Read More......(read more)

Students found their hearts in Joe Fran’s classroom

Perry Binder — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:56:00 GMT

I enjoy reading these stories and passing them on: By Cate Murway, Correspondent, Bristol Pilot News We all have favorite teachers. Whether they taught us how to read, write or do arithmetic, encouraged us, challenged us or gave sound advice in times Read More......(read more)