August 2012 Blog Posts (33)

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1.http://storybird.com/ 

It is a website for digital…

Going back to school means that teachers and students will confront two philosophical statements. One statement is the school’s mission statement that quite literally confronts them as they enter a school building. The second statement is the statement of purpose for the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) that currently guides the curriculum for K-12 teachers in states that adopted the CCSS.

Here is an interesting exercise. Below, there are three randomly selected school mission…

The Advanced Virtuality Lab at the Interdisciplinary Centre in Israel and the Beziers Technology Institute in France have used fMRI scanner to allow someone to control a robot with thought alone.…

A new Gallup poll studied factors related to student engagement, optimism, and well-being revealed that students scored relatively high on all these factors.

Except when you examine the…

This post is for my friends that begin their American History course with a Reconstruction Unit. I will share lesson ideas that I used during my years of teaching Part 2 of U.S. History and in my AP class. In my Part 2 U.S. History classes, it had been several years since students had taken the first half of U.S. History in 8^th grade, yet at that…

Teaching About Pre-Columbian Native American Cultures

It’s time to plan that first social studies unit. Some of us have the lesson plan pretty much handed to us by the state or district, and told not to veer off of it. Others are given standards as guidelines, but are left to our own creativity and students’ needs to determine how we will teach them. Some of us fall in between. If you are in the first group, you’re probably not looking for new ideas, but if…

The Age of Exploration…oh such a big topic and so little time to teach. Most scope and sequences don’t provide for a lot of time-or a lot of depth on this subject in American history classes. Fortunately it is also taught in the World history curriculum so the burden is split. In this post I will share ideas that can be used in both courses at the middle grade and high school levels, and sprinkle in some tips and resources for elementary. To see details about the…

Curated links for overseas students considering applying to a USA College.
http://www.scoop.it/t/usacollege

Here's a terrific website that I discovered with educational videos, lessons, and games for kids from K-12.  All videos are reviewed for appropriateness, accuracy, and safety:

http://www.neok12.com/

HARVEST OF DREAMS

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has…..  Margaret Mead

When we first brainstormed the idea of a schoolyard community garden back in 2002, Paula Cassidy (former Warren School principal) and I (former 6^th grade teacher; presently Elementary Wellness Teacher and Educational Technologist) wanted the garden to be a way…

This is the story of ”Jano Hindi Bee”. We are always trying to find ways to motivate our kids in Hindi class to talk in Hindi. As all kids come from different backgrounds it becomes hard for a teacher to constantly talk in Hindi and make kids talk in Hindi. We get motivated by constant parents’ effort of teaching kids our national language here in US and we are always thinking of ways to increase Hindi conversation in kids’ life, that’s how we started JANO INDIA –…

In honor of Leadership Day and Connected Educator Month here is a creative, hopefully a little funny blog:

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The first day of school. Do you still get the tingles when you think of it? I bet your students do. You want to set just the right tone for the fresh new school year. You want to keep that excitement alive in your students. You want to let them know yours is a classroom that will be fun—but still values learning above all. So what do you plan? You probably want to start with an ice-breaker to…

How do you think top colleges such as Harvard feel about admitting potential students who have been homeschooled? Do you think they encourage it? Frown upon it? One Harvard student, a co-founder of a homeschooling group at Harvard called "Homeschoolers Anonymous" is quoted as saying:

“Homeschooling almost prepares you better for college, and especially a college like Harvard,” Hudson says. “As a homeschooler, a lot of it is kind of up to you in taking very personal…

Education Secretary Arne Duncan declared August Connected Educator Month. To the delight of many connected educators, this was a validation for much of their time spent and their many accomplishments achieved through the use of technology in general, and using the Internet specifically. Many connected educators have gathered virtually to assemble panels, webinars, podcasts and blog posts about all of the advantages of being a “connected educator” and its possibility of transforming education…