MzTeachuh: Las Vegas: A Nerd's Spring Break

MzTeachuh: Las Vegas: A Nerd's Spring Break: Robby the Robot, "Quiet, please, I am analyzing."   http://www.nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/ Las Vegas is beautiful now--du...

MzTeachuh: Cinco de Mayo and other Tweets of the Day 5/4/13

MzTeachuh: Cinco de Mayo and other Tweets of the Day 5/4/13:   Traditional Folklorico Dance in Old Town State Historic Park, San Diego 1. Mexico Activities for Kids (including Cinco de Mayo...

Cinco de Mayo and other Tweets of the Day 5/4/13

 

Traditional Folklorico Dance in Old Town State Historic Park, San Diego

1. Mexico Activities for Kids (including Cinco de Mayo)

http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/mexico/ 

2. Honoring Hispanic Heritage on Cinco de Mayo 

http://www.teachhub.com/honoring-hispanic-heritage-cinco-de-mayo 

3. 14 Educational Websites Students Will Want to Visit 

 http://www.teachhub.com/14-educational-websites-students-will-want-visit?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=14+Education+Websites+Students+Will+Actually+Want+to+Visit&utm_content=mzteachuh%40yahoo.com&utm_campaign=Newsletter+5-3

4. EdTech’s 2013 Must-Read IT Blogs Nominees

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/04/edtechs-2013-must-read-it-bloggers-nominees 

5. Dyslexia Is

http://www.explore1in5.org/what-is-dyslexia/

6. 27 Ways To Be A 21st Century Teacher

http://edudemic.com/2013/04/27-ways-to-be-a-21st-century-teacher/ 

7. Principal fires security guards to hire art teachers — and transforms elementary school

http://dailynightly.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/01/18005192-principal-fires-security-guards-to-hire-art-teachers-and-transforms-elementary-school?lite 

This is just my way of apologizing for the typos I sometimes make. And me, an English major!

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 5/3/13

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 5/3/13: Picasso MzTeachuh's Mother's Day Card  http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/mzteachuhs-mothers-day-card.html   Imaginativ...

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 5/3/13

Picasso

MzTeachuh's Mother's Day Card 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/mzteachuhs-mothers-day-card.html 

Imaginative use of bubble wrap.

Nothing But Spring Arts and Crafts 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/nothing-but-spring-arts-and-crafts.html 

 

Fun for All

Ooo Oooo Child, Things Are Gonna Get Easier.. 

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/ooo-oooo-child-things-are-gonna-get.html

 

 

 Teaching: You Gotta Have Heart Tweets of the Day 4/28/14 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/teaching-you-gotta-have-heart-tweets-of.html 

  And How Does That Make You Feel? Tweets of the Day 5/1/13 

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/blog-post.html?spref=bl

 

 My Avatar Wears a Toga and other Tweets of the Day 5/3/14 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-avatar-wears-toga-and-other-tweets.html 

 

Learning the Eloquence of Language Tweets of the Day 5/2/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/05/learning-eloquence-of-language-tweets.html?spref=bl 

 

Being Brilliant 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/05/being-brilliant.html 

  Thank you international readers. It is a privilege to serve you.USA, Russia, France, Germany, UK, Canada, Belarus, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia.

 

MzTeachuh: My Avatar Wears a Toga and other Tweets of the Day...

MzTeachuh: My Avatar Wears a Toga and other Tweets of the Day...: 1. A New Role for Avatars: Learning Languages http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/05/a-new-role-for-avatars-learning-languages/?utm_so...

My Avatar Wears a Toga and other Tweets of the Day 5/3/14

1. A New Role for Avatars: Learning Languages

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/05/a-new-role-for-avatars-learning-languages/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher  

2. How to Raise a Moral, Responsible Child -- without Punishment

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/Loving_Guidance_Responsible_Moral_Child_without_Punishment/ 

3. 5 Ways to Boost Summer Learning- article to share with parents

http://www.teachertime123.com/2012/07/5-ways-to-boost-summer-learning-article-for-parents/ 

4. First Person: How Autism Has Affected Our Lives

http://news.yahoo.com/first-person-autism-affected-lives-215200882.html 

 

5. Lyme Disease, Autism Link Debunked 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/05/lyme-disease-autism-link-debunked.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

6. Google Glass Might Pose the Biggest Challenge Public Education Has Seen Since Desegregation

http://jackcwest.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/google-glass-mmight-pose-the-biggest-challenge-public-education-has-seen-since-desegregation/#comment-1081 

7. Instruction of Metacognitive Strategies Enhances Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Achievement of Third-Grade Students

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/21160/ 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Being Brilliant

MzTeachuh: Being Brilliant: Here are several recent blogs from Annie Murphy Paul. You may want to get an RSS feed for her blog . Brilliant: The Science of Smart An...

Being Brilliant

Here are several recent blogs from Annie Murphy Paul. You may want to get an RSS feed for her blog.

Brilliant: The Science of Smart

Annie Murphy Paul.

New research on learning can help us all expand our intelligence

Learning is the master skill, the ability that allows us to realize our ambitions: succeeding in school, getting ahead at work, playing a sport or a musical instrument, speaking a second language. Yet until recently, even the experts didn’t understand how learning works. Now research in cognitive science, psychology and neuroscience is revealing the simple and surprising techniques that can help us learn to be smarter.

 

The Innate Ability To Learn

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/04/the-innate-ability-to-learn/ 

From The Brilliant Report: The Power of Affirming Your Values

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/04/from-the-brilliant-report-the-power-of-affirming-your-values/ 

The Reasons Why Students Go To College Matter

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/04/the-reasons-why-studens-go-to-college-matter/ 

Sleep is a beautiful thing.

After The Lesson, Your Brain Keeps Processing What You’ve Learned

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/04/after-the-lesson-is-over-your-brain-keeps-processing-what-youve-learned/ 

Classroom Laptop Users Distract Others As Well As Themselves

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/04/classroom-laptop-users-distract-others-as-well-as-themselves/ 

Are You Exploiting Your Environment, Or Exploring It?

Time to hang a u-ey.

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/04/are-you-exploiting-your-environment-or-exploring-it/ 

From The Brilliant Report: How To Unlearn Mistaken Ideas

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/04/from-the-brilliant-report-how-to-unlearn-mistaken-ideas/ 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Learning the Eloquence of Language Tweets of the D...

MzTeachuh: Learning the Eloquence of Language Tweets of the D...: 1. English Learners and 21st Century Literacy http://www.edutopia.org/blog/english-learners-twenty-first-century-learning?utm_source=...

Learning the Eloquence of Language Tweets of the Day 5/2/13

1. English Learners and 21st Century Literacy

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/english-learners-twenty-first-century-learning?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

2. Slug Bug Math

http://special-ism.com/slug-bug-math-by-special-ed-expert-joanna-keating-velasco/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

3. Game Jam Your Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/game-jam-your-classroom-andrew-miller?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

4. 5 Rules for Working in a High Poverty Environment

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2013/05/5-rules-for-working-in-a-high-poverty-environment/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

5. MOOCs for Teachers: Coursera Offers Online Teacher Training Program

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/04/new-online-teacher-training-program-joins-mooc-madness/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

6. Guest Post: Autistic Traits in Children with ADHD: A Marker of Severity? 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/05/guest-post-autistic-traits-in-children.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

7. Top 12 Effective End of the Year Activities 

http://www.teachhub.com/top-12-effective-end-year-activities 

8. Midsummer Night's Dreaming | Billy trailer | Royal Shakespeare Company 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AaWHqi4yNRQ 

 

Oh, dainty duck!

THE BEATLES - THISBE & PYRAMUS 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5maoWOa670 

 I truly don't know why this play always makes me really laugh--no matter who plays it.

 

 

MzTeachuh: And How Does That Make You Feel? Tweets of the Day...

MzTeachuh: And How Does That Make You Feel? Tweets of the Day...: Ah, come here and give me a hug, you big lug. A digital one. 1. Social, Emotional Learning: Instructional Support Goes Online http://...

And How Does That Make You Feel? Tweets of the Day 5/1/13

Ah, come here and give me a hug, you big lug. A digital one.

1. Social, Emotional Learning: Instructional Support Goes Online

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-emotional-learning-online-support-second-step-maurice-elias 

2. What are you willing to tolerate?

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2013/04/what-are-you-willing-to-tolerate.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dangerouslyirrelevant+%28Dangerously+Irrelevant%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

3. From The Brilliant Report: The Power of Affirming Your Values

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/04/from-the-brilliant-report-the-power-of-affirming-your-values/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-the-brilliant-report-the-power-of-affirming-your-values  

4. Suspension Rates 'Shock The Conscience,' Says Researcher

http://www.npr.org/2013/04/30/180065491/suspension-rates-shock-the-conscience-says-researcher?ft=1&f=1013 

5. 14 Educational Websites Students Will Want to Visit This Summer 

http://www.teachhub.com/14-educational-websites-students-will-want-visit-summer 

6. 20 Ways To Get Closer To Your Child Today 

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/What_will_you_do_with_your_child_today/ 

7. Examining Blended Learning Models: Student To Student Interactions

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/examining-blended-learning-models-student-to-student-interactions/ 

 

MzTeachuh: Ooo Oooo Child Things Are Gonna Get Easier..

MzTeachuh: Ooo Oooo Child Things Are Gonna Get Easier..: Camp No Limits ...ooo ooo child, things will get brighter. Camp No Limits: The incredibly courageous children having just as much a...

Ooo Oooo Child, Things Are Gonna Get Easier..

Camp No Limits

...ooo ooo child, things will get brighter.

Camp No Limits: The incredibly courageous children having just as much adrenalin-fueled fun this summer despite the loss of their limbs

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2186037/Camp-No-Limits-Childrens-amputee-camp-provides-adrenalin-fuelled-summers-despite-loss-limbs.html

Ooh Child Original- The Five Stairsteps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmDakhg45rk 

MzTeachuh: Nothing But Spring Arts and Crafts

MzTeachuh: Nothing But Spring Arts and Crafts: Giant Tissue Paper Flowers http://spoonful.com/crafts/giant-tissue-paper-flowers   Tweet-tweet beedul-ly deep Light showers fore...

Nothing But Spring Arts and Crafts

Giant Tissue Paper Flowers

http://spoonful.com/crafts/giant-tissue-paper-flowers 

Tweet-tweet beedul-ly deep

Light showers forecast?

Spring Arts and crafts ideas 

http://pinterest.com/oleinap/spring-arts-and-crafts-ideas/ 

Beautiful instead of a spring wreath...using a child size umbrella!

http://pinterest.com/pin/55661745365896686/ 

I've got my eye(s) on you

 Grow A Grass Head Monster

http://www.babycenter.com/210_grow-a-grass-head-monster_15890.bc 

Spring Arts and Crafts: Painting Cherry Blossoms Using Upcycled Materials

http://greening.queenslibrary.org/blog/spring-arts-and-crafts-painting-cherry-blossoms-using-upcycled-materials 

Cherry Blossom Time

 

Name Bugs – Cursive Handwriting Craft 

http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2008/06/naptime-creations-for-your-older-children.html 

What's in a name? A bug, apparently.

Bugs and Insect Craft

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/insects/crafts.htm

Bee busy...bee happy.

Bubble Wrap Bee Hive

http://www.kiwicrate.com/projects/Bubble-Wrap-Bee-Hive/629

 

On Your mark, get set, slow!

And here's a link for a few springtime chuckles:

Cheesy Jokes for the Garden (These May Bug You) 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/cheesy-jokes-for-garden-these-may-bug.html?spref=tw  

Crepe Paper Rose

http://www.firstpalette.com/Craft_themes/Nature/crepepaperroses/crepepaperroses.html

First blooms?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Arriba! Tweets of the Day 4/30/13

MzTeachuh: Arriba! Tweets of the Day 4/30/13:   http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/cinco-de-mayo/ 1. The Benefits of Team Sports  http://www.education.com/magazine/artic...

Arriba! Tweets of the Day 4/30/13

 

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/cinco-de-mayo/

1. The Benefits of Team Sports 

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

2. I Caught My Child Looking at Porn -- What Do I Do? 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristen-howerton/i-caught-my-child-looking-at-porn-what-do-i-do_b_3042096.html?utm_hp_ref=parents&ir=Parents&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009 

3. What Happens When Students Are Simply Free To Learn?

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/what-happens-when-students-are-simply-free-to-learn/ 

4. A Must-Read Guide: Talking to Kids About Standardized Tests

http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/04/26/how-talk-kids-about-standardized-tests?cmpid=wfs-fb 

  Candy Factory - I Love Lucy

http://www.schooltube.com/video/fa42507c38494dd39fe2/ 

 

5. What "I Love Lucy" Can Teach Us about Executive Function 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/04/what-i-love-lucy-can-teach-us-about.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

6.  The Impact of Shakespeare on Teachers and Students

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/impact-shakespeare-teachers-students-heather-wolpert-gawron?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

7. Making Melted Bead Suncatchers

http://www.artfulparent.com/2012/06/making-melted-bead-suncatchers.html 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: The Community Advocate: Conserving and Recycling E...

MzTeachuh: The Community Advocate: Conserving and Recycling E...: In Apple Valley, CAL, being a drip is a good thing--at the Spring Conservation Fair! jmoon@applevalley.org Conserving and recycling...

The Community Advocate: Conserving and Recycling Event

In Apple Valley, CAL, being a drip is a good thing--at the Spring Conservation Fair! jmoon@applevalley.org

Conserving and recycling resources is not only a concern in SoCal's High Desert--where I live--but world-wide. This is a great event to educate the inhabitants of our town. Games and prizes, too, for young, old and canine.

Do you know where your water is?

The event was sponsored by Apple Valley Ranchos Water, one of the water companies in the area. Students from Apple Valley High School volunteered to help distribute free shopping bags and help the sign-in lady.

'Earth Day is every day,' this young man told me. This booth described the water cycle using a bracelet.

She's got the whole world in her hands.

Another kid's event was doubly recycle-oriented, teaching about water conservation and using bird seed in the balloon for the local flying inhabitants.
I don't think the balloons are recyclable. Got to figure that out for next year.

Earth: our main squeeze.

The Fire Department gives instruction in water safety this time of year in the elementary schools.

Visible role models in our town.

The lady at the table end is a public education specialist. Questions?
www.applevalleyfd.com

High-paw from McGruff.

There was a fingerprinting booth--not for arrests--but for kids' safety. And our dear friend McGruff 

McGuff greeting long-lost cousins.

was there--for humans and canines.








http://www.mcgruff-safe-kids.com/McGruff_Safe_Kids/Official_Home_of_McGruff_Safe_Kids.html

In the desert, we need to carefully choose how to landscape.
Several local businesses came with suggestions.

Family business www.firemanwholesalenursery.com

Cowboy hat optional. 

Many homeowners forego lawns and carefully select plans to enhance the idea of xeriscaping--using climate compatible
plants and methods for the Southwestern US.

I appreciated all the freebies.

There were several booths with practical suggestions to minimize erosion and water consumption.

Taking care of home hazardous waste.

The Town of Apple Valley also
had excellent information of removal of household hazardous waste.

Somebody say pizza?

A local radio station, Y102, advertised and participated in the event.

Here's another of my Mr. Bean perspectives; you can see I'm not the only 49ers fan in SoCal.