Saturday, February 8, 2014

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: Presidents Day

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: Presidents Day: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm So many speeches--you can choose so many presidents--what a great resource. I would ch...

Teachable Moment: Presidents Day

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm

So many speeches--you can choose so many presidents--what a great resource. I would chose this one.

John F. Kennedy

Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Program

The text of this speech is frequently included on state tests here in California. Plus, it is just so neat to here him give it. A true orator.

1. Crafts, Activities, and Worksheets for Presidents Day
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/presidentsday/

2. Presidents' Day Activities

presidents-day-activities.html

3. Presidents Worksheets(K-12)

http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?keywords=Presidents&media=worksheets&gclid=CKTKtrGxr7UCFSHZQgodJTgAOA

4. Presidents' Day (lots of printables, very interesting)

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/holidays-months-and-seasons-holidays-presidents-day-3659-2-1

5. Presidents' Day Activities

http://pinterest.com/pediastaff/presidents-day-activities/

6. Presidents' Day

http://www.history.com/topics/presidents-day

7. Presidents' Day - What Does it Mean?

http://usparks.about.com/od/historicalparks/a/Presidents-Day.htm

I like that we now need more crayons to color the presidents. I also like TR's 'stache. Harding, no so much.

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 2/8/14

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 2/8/14: http://www.specialolympics.org/ 1. Paralympics 2014 Sochi http://www.sochi2014.com/en/paralympic 2. A Truly Socially Inclusive Sc...

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 2/8/14

http://www.specialolympics.org/

1. Paralympics 2014 Sochi

http://www.sochi2014.com/en/paralympic

2. A Truly Socially Inclusive School Benefits Everyone

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/socially-inclusive-school-benefits-everyone-maurice-elias#comment-169626

3. Gene Family Mutation, Autism Linked

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2014/02/gene-family-mutation-autism-linked.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

4. Timely Flu News and Updates on Pediatric Deaths

http://shotofprevention.com/2014/02/07/timely-flu-news-and-updates-on-pediatric-deaths/

5. Project Unify

http://media.specialolympics.org/soi/files/resources/Project_Unify/Social-InclusionLessons-FromtheField.pdf

6. Professional resources for teachers and parents (autism)

http://www.autismclassroom.com/index.php/78-updated-news/204-picture-of-all-books

7. Canadian Paralympic stars feature in new documentary series for Sochi 2014

http://www.insidethegames.biz/paralympics/winter-paralympics/2014/1018242-canadian-paralympic-stars-feature-in-new-documentary-series-for-sochi-2014

Sonja Gaudet shares the story of her journey to the Sochi 2014 Paralympics in episode two of Milestones of Champions: The Journeys of Canada's Paralympians ©Bongarts/Getty Images

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 2/8/14

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 2/8/14: 1. You are Here! Curiosity’s 1st Photo of Home Planet Earth from Mars http://www.universetoday.com/109095/you-are-here-curiositys-1st-...

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 2/8/14

1. You are Here! Curiosity’s 1st Photo of Home Planet Earth from Mars

http://www.universetoday.com/109095/you-are-here-curiositys-1st-photo-of-home-planet-earth-from-mars/

2. How Can Busy Teachers Learn Next-Gen Skills?

http://www.edudemic.com/next-gen-skills/

3. The Week In Review - The Olympic Edition

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/02/the-week-in-review-olympic-edition.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo#.UvZikrRDytc

4. Online Educational Websites for Classroom and Home

http://edtechreview.in/e-learning/925-online-educational-websites-for-classroom-and-home

5. Los Angeles: FB Page Goes Viral Calling for “Repairs, Not iPads”

http://dianeravitch.net/2014/02/08/los-angeles-fb-page-goes-viral-calling-for-repairs-not-ipads/

6. 10 Strategies To Reach The 21st Century Reader

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/10-strategies-reach-21st-century-reader/

7. 10 Great Lesson Planning Templates and Resources

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/02/06/lesson-planning-templates/

MzTeachuh: Teaching the Really Big Picture Tweets of the Day ...

MzTeachuh: Teaching the Really Big Picture Tweets of the Day ...: 1. 10 Social Media Tips for Reaching World Language Learners http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-media-for-world-languages-sarah-wike-loy...

Teaching the Really Big Picture Tweets of the Day 4/8/13

1. 10 Social Media Tips for Reaching World Language Learners

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-media-for-world-languages-sarah-wike-loyola

2. Will Degrees in Creativity Be the Next New Hot Commodity?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/02/will-degrees-in-creativity-be-the-next-new-hot-commodity/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

3. Rich Resources for Celebrating Black History Month

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/02/rich-resources-for-celebrating-black-history-month/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

4. Multiple Intelligences Theory & Learning Styles – Science or Quack?

http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/multiple-intelligences-theory/

6. For the Sake of Argument: Writing Persuasively to Craft Short, Evidence-Based Editorials

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/for-the-sake-of-argument-writing-persuasively-to-craft-short-evidence-based-editorials/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

7. Addressing Our Needs: Maslow Comes to Life for Educators and Students

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/addressing-our-needs-maslow-hierarchy-lori-desautels

The fulfilled teaching assignment: all the way from writing poetry to writing bathroom passes.

MzTeachuh: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

MzTeachuh: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?: William Shakespeare SONNET 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do...

MzTeachuh: Awww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #5

MzTeachuh: Awww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #5: Dean Martin - On The Street Where You Live (Nelson Riddle arrangement) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAZYbzy3j78

Awww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #5

Dean Martin - On The Street Where You Live (Nelson Riddle arrangement)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAZYbzy3j78

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

William Shakespeare

SONNET 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st;
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Friday, February 7, 2014

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 2/7/14

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 2/7/14: 1. The Classroom and the Cloud: A Bright Forecast for 2020 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/classroom-cloud-bright-forecast-2020-tacy-tro...

MzTeachuh: [love is more thicker than forget]

MzTeachuh: [love is more thicker than forget]: Ellsworth Kelly, Wild Grape, Nothing better than pure emotion and irrationality. [love is more thicker than forget] By E. ...

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: Learning About Lincoln

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: Learning About Lincoln: Spielberg's 'Lincoln.' It is always an important moment to learn about Abraham Lincoln. But Steven Spielberg has bro...

MzTeachuh: Black History Month: The Original Glee Girls

MzTeachuh: Black History Month: The Original Glee Girls: The Marvelettes in a 1963 promotional photo.Clockwise form top left, Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson, Georgeanna Tillman, and Wand...

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 2/7/2014

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 2/7/2014: 1. Establishing a Positive Classroom Climate: Teacher Advice http://www.interventioncentral.org/behavioral-interventions/schoolwide-cla...

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 2/7/14

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 2/7/14: 1. Teachable Moment: Activities for Lincoln's Birthday http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/teachable-moment-activities-for....

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 2/7/14

1. The Classroom and the Cloud: A Bright Forecast for 2020

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/classroom-cloud-bright-forecast-2020-tacy-trowbridge

2. 10 Social Media Tips for Reaching World Language Learners

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-media-for-world-languages-sarah-wike-loyola

3. Resources For Teaching About Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction

http://www.edudemic.com/teaching-about-drugs-alcohol-and-addiction/

4. Demystifying 5 Myths About iPads in The Classroom

http://www.edudemic.com/demystifying-5-myths-ipads-classroom/

5. 10 Tech Trends Students Say Are Changing Their Education

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/02/10-tech-trends-students-say-are-changing-their-education/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

6. Microsoft Makes Bold Commitment to Connect America’s Students

http://higherinnovation.net/announcements/2014/02/04/microsoft-makes-bold-commitment-to-connect-americas-students/

7. Untangling the Web: 20 Tools to Power Up Your Teaching (book review and giveaway)

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2014/02/untangling-web-20-tools-power-teaching-book-review-giveaway.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCornerstone+%28The+Cornerstone+Blog%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo .

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 2/7/14

1. Teachable Moment: Activities for Lincoln's Birthday

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/teachable-moment-activities-for.html

2. The World Is Our Classroom Tweets of the Day 2/1/14

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/bigger-wider-stronger-tweets-of-day-2114.html

3. Black History Month Activities

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-activities.html

4. Ed Tech and STEM Monday Review 2/3/14

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/ed-tech-and-stem-monday-review-2314.html

5. Special Needs Tweets of the Day 2/3/14

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/special-needs-tweets-of-day-2314.html

6. Aww Garsh--Loves Songs for Valentine's Day # 17

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/aww-garsh-loves-songs-for-valentines.html?spref=bl

7. In 61 Days, Spring Will Have Sprung
http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-61-days-spring-will-have-sprung-210.html?spref=bl

8. Black History Month: George Washington Carver

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-george-washington.html

George Washington Carver (front row, center) poses with fellow staff members at the Tuskegee Institute (now known as Tuskegee University) located in the U.S. state of Alabama. 1902

Thanks to our international audience: USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Ukraine, India, Indonesia, Australia, Japan. It is a privilege to serve you.

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 2/7/2014

1. Establishing a Positive Classroom Climate: Teacher Advice

http://www.interventioncentral.org/behavioral-interventions/schoolwide-classroommgmt/establishing-positive-classroom-climate-teacher-ad

2. How to Integrate Social-Emotional Learning into Common Core

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2014/02/how-to-integrate-social-emotional.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

3. Common Core Literacy Anchor Connections for Teens with Autism

http://www.autismclassroom.com/index.php/78-updated-news/203-common-core-literacy-anchor-connections-for-teens-with-autism

4. Citing Special Education Background, Clay Aiken Running For Congress

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/02/05/citing-clay-aiken/19082/

5. Managing Life with Asperger’s On and Off The Court

http://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/2014/02/06/managing-life-asperger%E2%80%99s-and-court?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AutismSpeaksBlog+%28Autism+Speaks+|+Official+Blog%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

6. It’s All the Parents Fault!

http://www.specialeducationadvisor.com/its-all-the-parents-fault/

7. 8 Sentence Starters to Use When Talking to Teachers

http://www.ncld.org/students-disabilities/rti-parent-school-relationship/conversation-starters-talking-to-teachers

Black History Month: The Original Glee Girls

The Marvelettes in a 1963 promotional photo.Clockwise form top left, Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson, Georgeanna Tillman, and Wanda Young

These girls were in their high school glee club when they were signed by Motown. They were the first successful girl group for Motown.

I like the integrated audience way back in 1961. BTW the Beatles did a cover of this song (what an amazing compliment for the girls from Detroit; the Beatles very much appreciated black artists--young women artists, too.)

So we celebrate Black History Month with encouragement to all teens everywhere to sing, sing, sing.

The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman

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

As an aside, music of all kinds provided impetus to the Civil Rights Movement, and I would like to give the Beatles some credit for appreciating all types of music as well as standing up for human rights at the beginning of their world fame when money and even their safety was at state. (The KKK threatened them and demonstrated at some of their concerts.)

Beatles Refused To Play For Segregated Audiences, Contract Reveal

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/16/beatles-refused-to-play-segregated-audiences_n_966541.html

1965 Pro Integration Beatles Contract Sells For $23K

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/09/21/1965-pro-integration-beatles-contract-sells-for-23k/

And the Beatles gave homage to the Marvelltes, with John Lennon requesting to 'delivah da lettah, the sooner the bettah.' And a little British humor.

Please Mr. Postman - The Beatles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pvt2YK88MI

Teachable Moment: Learning About Lincoln

Spielberg's 'Lincoln.'

It is always an important moment to learn about Abraham Lincoln. But Steven Spielberg has brought him to current prominence in a huge manner, much like Ken Burns did in the 90's with 'The Civil War' documentary.

These are incontrovertible facts about Lincoln: he was born into extreme poverty in Kentucky during the formative years of the US; he was a pioneer boy, self taught--reading, too-- in Indiana. He lost his mother at an early age, and revered her input into his life. He was highly intelligent and motivated, becoming a successful pioneer lawyer in the early days of Illinois. He could read people. He had a conscience based on his morality. He was courageous. Did he have flaws? Of course. He retained a bias against Native Americans but continued to be willing to risk everything due to his belief that all men are created equal.

What a time to be a hero! An American period raw with passion, polarization, and violence. Kind of sounds like now.

Here are links that will help teachers put together pertinent information on Lincoln.

I love American Rhetoric. Of course, there is not a recording of his voice, but you can find excellent actors reading his eternal speeches. Then you could compare them to Daniel Day-Lewis' interpretation. And you know I'll be reminding you to listen to FDR's 'Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself' speech on Dec. 7.

1. American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States
www.americanrhetoric.com/
I'm thinking you can find these in the library, but don't tell Amazon.com I said so,

2. THE 10 BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN

http://www.amazon.com/BEST-CHILDRENS-BOOKS-ABRAHAM-LINCOLN/lm/RDGZFLW2A0MKB

Doris Kearns Goodwin is the author of Team of Rivals, the basis of Spielburg's film and Barrack Obama's cabinet (he says the book inspired him.) Henry Louis Gates is a highly respected author and filmmaker who recently has specialized in helping folks find their genetic roots and family history and making documentaries, such as African American Lives. I can't imagine a better team for this assignment. Check it out.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/

Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his Lincoln books. It is great history with a poetic flair every so often.

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years: Carl ...

For the upper grades:

Abraham Lincoln

http://ushistorysite.com/lincoln.php

Thank you, Poetry Foundation, again, for having such wonders convenient and waiting.

Walt Whitman

Here are only two poems about Lincoln, both by Walt Whitman.

O Captain! My Captain!

By Walt Whitman
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174742

When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d

By Walt Whitman
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174748

Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation.

Lincoln freed all Americans, including those in the future. A free and appropriate education for all, including the handicapped. Voting rights, even for women. Equal pay for equal work. Freedom to be who you are, and the right to say it.

The Civil Rights Movement is still moving because of Lincoln; let's keep in step.

[love is more thicker than forget]

Ellsworth Kelly, Wild Grape,

Nothing better than pure emotion and irrationality.

[love is more thicker than forget]

By E. E. Cummings

love is more thicker than forget

more thinner than recall

more seldom than a wave is wet

more frequent than to fail

it is most mad and moonly

and less it shall unbe

than all the sea which only

is deeper than the sea

love is less always than to win

less never than alive

less bigger than the least begin

less littler than forgive

it is most sane and sunly

and more it cannot die

than all the sky which only

is higher than the sky

Thursday, February 6, 2014

MzTeachuh: Black History Month: Chuck Berry

MzTeachuh: Black History Month: Chuck Berry: Chuck Berry Music contributed significantly to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Some say Chuck Berry is ...

Black History Month: Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry

Music contributed significantly to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Some say Chuck Berry is Rock and Roll, and due to the pervasiveness of radio, his music united kids across the country with fun. No one noticed or cared about race when you listened to Berry's imaginative music peppered with humor, and he would 'play the guitar just like a ringing a bell.'

According to Wikipedia, Berry's recording of "Johnny B. Goode" was included on the Voyager Golden Record, attached to the Voyager spacecraft as representing rock and roll, one of four American songs included among many cultural achievements of humanity. Because of this, Carl Sagan, a fan of Chuck Berry, said "this music will last a billion years".

Like John Lennon said, "If you wanted to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry." I'm of the opinion that the Beatles, in their appreciation of Black American artists, also aided the Civil Rights Movement.

Here is a version of that song with Chuck and John Lennon (must have been Lennon's dream come true. Don't know about Yoko.) Love it when Chuck says to Lennon, "Johnny be good." This clip is from The Mike Douglas Show, February 1972.

Chuck Berry & John Lennon - Johnny B. Goode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Hy2n2Up3I

1973 El Dorado

Chuck Berry is a part of the newly opened Smithsonian National Museum of African American History. His Cadillac is in there. Here's the article from NPR.

Chuck Berry's Cadillac A-Rollin' To The Smithsonian
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/03/143049687/chuck-berrys-cadillac-a-rollin-to-the-smithsonian

Roll over Beethoven...

Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven (1956) (2 minutes 25 seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOrMg3pY7hw

And here's the Beatles' version (2 minutes 20 seconds-- George Harrison shaved 5 seconds off it!) )

..and tell Tchaikovsky the news!

The Beatles Roll Over Beethoven Live at Washington

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=LExuSagY0sI

Lyrics Roll Over Beethoven

I'm gonna write a little letter,
Gonna mail it to my local DJ.
Yeah an' it's a jumpin' little record
I want my jockey to play.
Roll Over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again today.

You know, my temperature's risin'
The jukebox's blowin' a fuse.
My heart's beatin' rhythm
And my soul keeps a-singin' the blues.
Roll Over Beethoven and tell Tchaikowsky the news.

I got the rockin' pneumonia,
I need a shot of rhythm and blues.
I caught the rollin' arthiritis
Sittin' down at a rhythm review.
Roll Over Beethoven they're rockin' in two by two.

Well, if you feelin' like it
Go get your lover, then reel and rock it.
Roll it over and move on up just
A trifle further and reel and rock with it,
Roll it over,
Roll Over Beethoven, dig these rhythm and blues.

Well, early in the mornin' I'm a-givin' you a warnin'
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
Hey diddle diddle, I am playin' my fiddle,
Ain't got nothin' to lose.
Roll Over Beethoven and tell Tchaikowsky the news.

You know she wiggles like a glow worm,
Dance like a spinnin' top.
She got a crazy partner,
Ya oughta see 'em reel and rock.
Long as she got a dime the music wont never stop.

Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven, dig these rhythm and blues.

You may wish to check this one out, too.

School Days (Daze?)

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/07/school-days-daze.html

MzTeachuh: Where I Get My Tweets of the Day 2/6/14

MzTeachuh: Where I Get My Tweets of the Day 2/6/14: 1. http://www.edutopia.org/ 2. http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/ 3. http://www.ed.gov/blog/ Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the D...

MzTeachuh: Where I Get My Special Needs Tweets of the Day 2/6...

MzTeachuh: Where I Get My Special Needs Tweets of the Day 2/6...: Special Needs Digest 1. http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/ 2. http://www.disabilityscoop.com/ 3. http://www.ncld.org/ ...

MzTeachuh: Movie Review: Lincoln

MzTeachuh: Movie Review: Lincoln: Daniel Day-Lewis portrays Abraham Lincoln. It has taken me weeks to write this review because I was profoundly impacted by this film...

MzTeachuh: How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways

MzTeachuh: How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways: The Brownings, Elizabeth and Robert. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height ...

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #19

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #19: Earthquake Movement Graphic--California I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King - With Lyrics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbQ4m...

MzTeachuh: Where I Get My Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day ...

MzTeachuh: Where I Get My Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day ...: 1. http://www.edudemic.com/ 2. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning http://www.educatorstechnology.com/ 3. http://www.freet...

Where I Get My Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 2/6/14

1. http://www.edudemic.com/

2. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/

3. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

4. The Learning Network
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/

5. http://higherinnovation.net/

6. Ed Tech Review
http://edtechreview.co/

And here are a few valentines for our ed tech and STEM friends:

Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #19

Earthquake Movement Graphic--California

I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King - With Lyrics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbQ4m-NqeF8

I feel the earth move under my feet

I feel the sky tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around

Oh, baby, when I see your face
Mellow as the month of May
Oh, darling, I can't stand it
When you look at me that way

I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around

Oh, darling, when you're near me
And you tenderly call my name
I know that my emotions
Are something that I just can't tame
I've just got to have you, baby

I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down

I just lose control
Down to my very soul
I get hot and cold all over

I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
Tumbling down
Tumbling down
Tumbling down
Tumbling down

How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways

The Brownings, Elizabeth and Robert.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday'sMost quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

Elizabeth was so shy she put this sonnet into Robert's dressing gown pocket for him to find.

Movie Review: Lincoln

Daniel Day-Lewis portrays Abraham Lincoln.

It has taken me weeks to write this review because I was profoundly impacted by this film, (went to see it twice to get it right), and needed to process the experience.

I consider 'Lincoln' to be a sequel to Ken Burns' melancholy mini-series 'The Civil War.' Here in the United States we are required to study American History Junior year of high school and usually Grade 4 of elementary school (nine and ten year-olds.) Abraham Lincoln is the only president with a separate national holiday on his birthday, February 12th. We all know he is the 16th president. His image is on the one cent coin (penny) and the five dollar bill. Some Americans dislike him for 'the War of Northern Aggression.' Most Americans pretty much canonize him. So much scholarship concerning Lincoln, including in film and on television, is wonderfully now available to folks in general that Spielberg's film is simply scheduling a personal appointment for each of us to meet Abraham Lincoln. We know so much about him and his times. Now we feel so much about him.

I have always deeply appreciated Daniel Day-Lewis' ability to morph into other persons and characters. He was Christy Brown ('My Left Foot); he brought one of my favorite heroic characters to a wider audience (Nattie Bumppo, Last of the Mohicans.) I had complete confidence the uniquely talented team Steven Spielberg brought to this project would manifest Abraham Lincoln and his experience.

I was unprepared for my personal response to this movie. I met Lincoln, like a much beloved member of my family. I listened to his chuckles, funny stories. I watched as he enjoyed a word and a joke with his soldiers. I saw his brilliant lawyer's mind work. I walked with him to see his little boy and his distraught wife, and heard his reasons for pardoning 16-year-olds in the Civil War. I heard his complete moral conviction bellow at his cabinet. And then I lost him to a bullet.

Not enough praise can describe the accomplishment of the writers, designers, actors and director. As Abraham Lincoln 'now belongs to the ages,' now Steven Spielberg's film also belongs to the ages..

This may be helpful, a previous blog: Teachable Moment: Lincoln.

It is always an important moment to learn about Abraham Lincoln. But Steven Spielberg has brought him to current prominence in a huge manner, much like Ken Burns did in the 90's with 'The Civil War' documentary.

These are incontrovertible facts about Lincoln: he was born into extreme poverty in Kentucky during the formative years of the US; he was a pioneer boy, self-taught--reading, too-- in Indiana. He lost his mother at an early age, and revered her input into his life. He was highly intelligent and motivated, becoming a successful pioneer lawyer in the early days of Illinois. He could read people. He had a conscience based on his morality. He was courageous. Did he have flaws? Of course. He retained a bias against Native Americans but continued to be willing to risk everything due to his belief that all men are created equal.

What a time to be a hero! An American period raw with passion, polarization, and violence. Kind of sounds like now.

Here are links that will help teachers put together pertinent information on Lincoln.

I love American Rhetoric. Of course, there is not a recording of his voice, but you can find excellent actors reading his eternal speeches. Then you could compare them to Daniel Day-Lewis' interpretation. And you know I'll be reminding you to listen to FDR's 'Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself' speech on Dec. 7.