Saturday, December 22, 2012

MzTeachuh: Special Ed., Tech Ed. and Nature Ed.Tweets of the ...

MzTeachuh: Special Ed., Tech Ed. and Nature Ed.Tweets of the ...: Google for the teacher? Uh, apple? 1. 10 Powerful Ways To Use Google In Education http://edudemic.com/2012/10/10-powerful-ways-to-use...

Special Ed., Tech Ed. and Nature Ed.Tweets of the Afternoon 12/22/12

Google for the teacher? Uh, apple?

1. 10 Powerful Ways To Use Google In Education

http://edudemic.com/2012/10/10-powerful-ways-to-use-google-in-education/

2. 10 Helpful Dyslexia Resources

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/helpful-resources

3. Pick a Side: Warm-Up & Discuss

All Grades, ELA, Debate

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/quick-classroom-warm-up/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post12221201&utm_campaign=fbt

4. In Some Cash-Strapped Schools, Kids Bring Their Own Tech Devices

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/02/in-cash-strapped-schools-kids-bring-their-own-tech-devices/

5. Chapter 6: Eligibility Determination: Determining Your Child's Need for Special Education

http://www.ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/idea-guide/chapter-6-eligibility-determination-determining-your-childs-need-for-special-education

Birdie buddies enjoy lunch recess, too.

6. 25 Ways Teachers Can Integrate Social Media Into Education

http://edudemic.com/2012/07/a-teachers-guide-to-social-media/

7. BIRD FEEDER AND RECIPE CARDS

http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/ideas/advent

/door_22.htm?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nd_adventbirdfeeder

MzTeachuh: Coming Home

MzTeachuh: Coming Home: Yesterday evening, a chilly December. Turning onto my cul-de-sac. Playing my favorite Christmas music. There's snow in the San Gabriel Mo...

Coming Home

Yesterday evening, a chilly December. Turning onto my cul-de-sac. Playing my favorite Christmas music. There's snow in the San Gabriel Mountains in the west. Vacation starts tomorrow.

A tremendous winter sunset in the SoCal High Desert. The ravens squawk, a dog barks. Take a moment of reverie. Into the driveway; the holiday whirl begins.

MzTeachuh: Put On Your Thinking Cap Tweets of the Day 12/22/1...

MzTeachuh: Put On Your Thinking Cap Tweets of the Day 12/22/1...: Math kind of grows on you. Demystifying Math Struggles & Identifying Strategies to Help http://dyslexia.yale.edu/math.html Ch...

Put On Your Thinking Cap Tweets of the Day 12/22/12

Math kind of grows on you.

Demystifying Math Struggles & Identifying Strategies to Help
http://dyslexia.yale.edu/math.html

Chunky Puzzle House Scene

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11985327&gcsct=0ChMIiL-wgIyTtAIVxrjmCh0GZAAAEAQ

Sandy Hook Shootings Bring Unions Into Gun Control Discussion

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/sandy-hook-shootings-unions_n_2341181.html?ir=Education

N.R.A. Envisions ‘a Good Guy With a Gun’ in Every School

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/us/nra-calls-for-armed-guards-at-schools.html?smid=FB-nytimes&WT.mc_id=US-E-FB-SM-LIN-NRA-122112-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click&_r=0

Why Teachers Are (And Aren’t) Using Educational Video Games

I must be hungry, that looks kind of good.

http://edudemic.com/2012/10/why-teachers-are-and-arent-using-educational-videos-games/

School Lunch: Should the Government Be Feeding Schoolchildren Lunch? (Debate)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/school-lunch-project_n_2340259.html?ir=Education

For Low-Income Kids, Is More Time in School the Answer?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/12/for-low-income-kids-is-more-school-time-the-answer/

Longer schoolday: more interesting, more boring?

Thursday, December 20, 2012

MzTeachuh: Here Are Some Good Ideas Tweets of the Day 12/21/1...

MzTeachuh: Here Are Some Good Ideas Tweets of the Day 12/21/1...: 1. Transforming Digital Natives to Digital Citizens http://www.teachhub.com/transforming-digital-natives-digital-citizens 2. Class...

Here Are Some Good Ideas Tweets of the Day 12/21/12

1. Transforming Digital Natives to Digital Citizens

http://www.teachhub.com/transforming-digital-natives-digital-citizens

2. Classroom Management During Centers

Grade K, Math, Centers

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/classroom-management-during-centers?fd=1%2F%3Futm_source%3Dfb&utm_medium=post12201201&utm_campaign=fbt

3. Ohio School Safety Training To Expand, Guns In Schools Left Up To Districts, Attorney General Says

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/19/ohio-school-safety-training_n_2331992.html

4. The Gift of Mark

http://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/2012/12/12/gift-mark

5. Video: How Do I Request an Evaluation?

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-how-to-request-a-learning-disability-evaluation

6. How To Talk To Children About The Tragedy In Newtown

http://www.newyorkfamily.com/how-to-talk-to-children-about-the-tragedy-in-newtown/

7. The Well-Behaved Teacher: Avoiding Santa's "Naughty" List

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teachers-avoid-santas-naughty-list-nicholas-provenzano

Hmmm, let's check it thrice just to be fair.

MzTeachuh: Feliz Navidad (por supuesto)

MzTeachuh: Feliz Navidad (por supuesto): 1970! Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad (lyrics) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dww89PBB4NM

Feliz Navidad (por supuesto)

1970!

Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad (lyrics)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dww89PBB4NM

MzTeachuh: Knowing Your Students Tweets of the Day 12/20/12

MzTeachuh: Knowing Your Students Tweets of the Day 12/20/12: 1. No Linkage Between Autism and Planned Violence http://special-ism.com/no-linkage-between-autism-and-planned-violence/ 2. Teachi...

Knowing Your Students Tweets of the Day 12/20/12

1. No Linkage Between Autism and Planned Violence

http://special-ism.com/no-linkage-between-autism-and-planned-violence/

2. Teaching Children Value for Money at Christmas

http://childhood101.com/2010/11/teaching-children-value-for-money-at-christmas/

3. Without Magic, Santa Would Need 12 Million Employees

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/12/19/167570321/without-magic-santa-would-need-12-million-employees?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20121219

4. Informational Writing Can Be Informational Learning: A Guest Blog Post by Christopher Lehman

http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/lehman/

5. Ask Angela Anything: December Edition

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2012/12/ask-angela-anything-december-edition.html

6. My Name Is David

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_O0vRTkaaY

7. “Worry cards” – Free download card game activity to help kids with ASD deal with anxiety

http://autismteachingstrategies.com/autism-strategies/worry-cards-free-download-card-game-activity-to-help-kids-with-asd-deal-with-anxiety-2/

8. How to Thank a Teacher

http://www.edutopia.org/how-to-thank-a-teacher-gift-resource-guide?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=guide&utm_campaign=thankguide

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

MzTeachuh: Excellent Christmas Short Story by Pearl S. Buck

MzTeachuh: Excellent Christmas Short Story by Pearl S. Buck: This is a very short, very spec ial short story by Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck. It is an internal narrative of a man and his revela...

Excellent Christmas Short Story by Pearl S. Buck

This is a very short, very special short story by Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck. It is an internal narrative of a man and his revelation many years earlier on a cold, cold, early Christmas morning.

We are empowered by love that validates our existence, creates the knowledge we are unique and valuable. We are of import and assigned an exclusive mission in life because of love. We are not expendable; we are loved.

Please enjoy this story with a secondary-aged kids, maybe your own middle-schooler or teen. It's good for them to realize they are loved, too, even if they can't milk the cows to reciprocate.

Here is a bio of Pearl S. Buck and the complete text of the story. It transcends demographics.

Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck and the Importance of a Father’s Love

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/kathyschiffer/2012/06/pearl-s-buck-and-the-importance-of-a-father%E2%80%99s-love/

MzTeachuh: Merry Christmas? Happy Hanukkah? Joyful Kwanza? Tw...

MzTeachuh: Merry Christmas? Happy Hanukkah? Joyful Kwanza? Tw...: The Real War on Christmas: No Teaching of Religion http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2039458,00.html 1. Teaching Channel...

Merry Christmas? Happy Hanukkah? Joyful Kwanza? Tweets of the Day 12/19/12

The Real War on Christmas: No Teaching of Religionhttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2039458,00.html

1. Teaching Channel Presents - Kindergarten

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_j0FMWpypI&feature=youtu.be

2. Understanding Asperger's Syndrome

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Understanding_Aspergers_Syndrome/?cid=80.

3. Video Writing Prompt: Cheetah Robot

http://www.teachhub.com/video-writing-prompt-cheetah-robot

4. Why I Wanted to be An Author

http://blog.firstbook.org/2012/12/18/why-i-wanted-to-be-an-author-2/

5. For a Holiday Gift, Board Game or App of Board Game?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/12/for-a-holiday-gift-board-game-or-app-of-board-game/

6. 'I Want to Help': A Teacher and Columbine Survivor Speaks Out

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/12/18/fp_lyles_newtown.html

7. 35 Digital Tools That Work With Bloom’s Taxonomy

http://edudemic.com/2012/11/35-digital-tools-that-work-with-blooms-taxonomy/

Ah, yes, Bloom's Taxodermy--woops I mean--Taxonomy.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

MzTeachuh: The Rainy Day: Longfellow's Poem of Comfort

MzTeachuh: The Rainy Day: Longfellow's Poem of Comfort: Add caption The Rainy Day The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains,and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to th...

The Rainy Day: Longfellow's Poem of Comfort

The vine still clings to the mouldering wall...My thought still cling to the mouldering past...and the day is dark and dreary.

The Rainy Day

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains,and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains,and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart, and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Written after the tragic death of his wife in 1861.

MzTeachuh: I Teach. What's Your Superpower? Tweets of the Day...

MzTeachuh: I Teach. What's Your Superpower? Tweets of the Day...: 1. Clearly, A Conversation About Gun Control in the United States Has to Happen http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/12/clearly-a-convers...

I Teach. What's Your Superpower? Tweets of the Day 12/18/12

1. Clearly, A Conversation About Gun Control in the United States Has to Happen

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/12/clearly-a-conversation-about-gun-control-in-the-united-states-has-to-happen/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

2. 2012 Holiday Technology Gift Guide for the Classroom
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2012/12/2012-holiday-technology-gift-guide-classroom?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

3. Let the Nurturers Nurture

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/12/let-the-nurturers-nurture/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

4. 6 Apps That Teach Math Concepts

http://edudemic.com/2012/11/7-apps-that-teach-math-concepts/

5. What Motivates Teachers: It's More Than Money

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/12/05/fp_passanisi_peters_motivates.html?tkn=PQXFpncEKiuY9DsUEDedSgiVIY2QbCkz2m4t&cmp=ENL-TU-NEWS2

6. Spokesperson for Autism Speaks

17 December 2012 08:49

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151387148673033

7. What to Do When Reading Is Too "Sitty"

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/55246/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia

Trees and reading--great match.

Monday, December 17, 2012

MzTeachuh: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shado...

MzTeachuh: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shado...: http://www.sharingandhealing.org/resources/newsletters.html First published 1000 B.C. Yea, though I walk through the valley of t...

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

http://www.sharingandhealing.org/resources/newsletters.html

First published 1000 B.C.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I will fear no evil for Thou art with me KJV

Psalm 23

The Message (MSG)

A David Psalm

23 1-3 God, my shepherd!
    I don’t need a thing.
You have bedded me down in lush meadows,
    you find me quiet pools to drink from. 

True to your word,

    you let me catch my breath
    and send me in the right direction.

⁴Even when the way goes through
    Death Valley,
I’m not afraid
    when you walk at my side.
Your trusty shepherd’s crook
    makes me feel secure.

⁵You serve me a six-course dinner
right in front of my enemies.
You revive my drooping head;
my cup brims with blessing.

⁶Your beauty and love chase after me
every day of my life.
I’m back home in the house of God
for the rest of my life.

It is beautiful to listen to Alexander Scourby's version.

Scourby Audio Bible (Psalms 23) KJV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR2YsHAMuYU

MzTeachuh: Making Tracks Tweets of the Day 12/17/12

MzTeachuh: Making Tracks Tweets of the Day 12/17/12: Grab your mittens, let's go! 1. Winter's a great time to look for animal footprints in the mud, frost or snow. Print off this ID she...