Saturday, May 24, 2014

MzTeachuh: Vincent's Welcome

MzTeachuh: Vincent's Welcome: Sunflowers, 1888, Vincent Van Gogh Info from the British National Gallery: This is one of four paintings of sunflowers datin...

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 5/24/14

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 5/24/14: Essential Skills for Becoming Your Child’s Advocate http://ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/ld-rights/essential-skills-for-becoming-...

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 5/24/14

Essential Skills for Becoming Your Child’s Advocate

http://ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/ld-rights/essential-skills-for-becoming-your-childs-advocate 

Video: IEP Advice - What If Your Child Is Not Eligible For an IEP? 

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-iep-advice-not-eligible 

John Robison at IMFAR: On Autism Rights, Ethics, & Priorities

http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/2014/05/john-robison-at-imfar-on-autism-rights.html


Large Study Finds No Autism-Vaccine Link
http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/05/21/large-study-autism-vaccine/19383/ 
 
Persuasive Discipline

http://thepsychoeducationalteacher.blogspot.com/2014/05/what-is-persuasive-discipline.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThePsycho-educationalTeacher+%28The+Psycho-Educational+Teacher%29 

Deal In Congress Would Discourage Sheltered Workshops

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/05/23/deal-discourage-sheltered/19389/

5 Common Myths About Auditory Processing Disorder

http://ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/adhd-related-issues/auditory-processing-disorders/common-myths-about-auditory-processing-disorder 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Next Week's Lesson Plans 5/24/14

MzTeachuh: Next Week's Lesson Plans 5/24/14: Here are some end-of-school ideas: Great End of the Year Lessons Great End-of-Year Lessons -- Volume #3 Great End-of-Year Lessons --...

Next Week's Lesson Plans 5/24/14

Here are some end-of-school ideas:
Great End of the Year Lessons
Great End-of-Year Lessons -- Volume #3
Great End-of-Year Lessons -- Volume #3Great End of the Year Lessons
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson345.shtml

End Of School Lessons and Teacher Resources

http://lessonplanspage.com/endschool-htm/ 

Tips to Wrap Up the School Year!

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/tips-wrap-school-year 

 Articles to reflect on this schoolyear

Reflections on the School Yearhttp://www.inspiringteachers.com/classroom_resources/articles/end_of_the_school_year/reflections.html

 

Transformation Begins With Reflection: How Was Your Year?

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/transformation-begins-with-reflection-elena-aguilar 

Reflecting on the School Year

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/classroom-solutions/2010/05/improving-instruction-next-year 

 This might be fun next year (I know you're already thinking about next year!)

10 Podcasting Projects Every Teacher Should Try

http://www.weareteachers.com/community/blogs/weareteachersblog/blog-wat/2013/05/22/10-podcasting-projects-every-teacher-should-try 

The following is about the cutest ed website ever.

Keyhole garden, UK.

Garden to School Café

http://growtolearn.org/view/GardentoSchoolCafe 

Keyhole Gardens

http://www.inspirationgreen.com/keyhole-gardens.html 

Teach Square Dancing

Videos for learning Square Dancing 

http://kssquaredancing.com/joomla/square-dance-lesson-videos.html 

Word to the Wise from the Organized.

These topics from the Clutter-Free Classroom look helpful, though I am a little confused about 'purging.'

Purging Before Packing
Packing Up the Classroom
Getting the Classroom Ready for the Summer
Getting Ready for the New School Year...Before You Leave  

http://clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/2013/06/tips-from-other-teachers-ending-school.html 

The teacher below is actually taking down a classroom at the end of school. It's always rather poignant. The kids stay in our hearts.

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/11/teaching-is-creating-living-classroom.html

 

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Memorial Day Collection

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Memorial Day Collection: Boy Scouts placing leis on graves at the National Cemetary of the Pacific (Punchbowl) Hawaii. Teachable Moment: Memorial Day  http://...

MzTeachuh's Memorial Day Collection

Boy Scouts placing leis on graves at the National Cemetary of the Pacific (Punchbowl) Hawaii.

Teachable Moment: Memorial Day 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/teachable-moment-memorial-day_19.html

 All-American Music To Grill To 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/all-american-music-to-grill-to.html 

Pfc. Haviland John Link, Korean War

One Memorial Today 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/one-memorial-today.html 

All American Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/all-american-cheesy-jokes-and-serious_20.html 

Feeling the Melancholy of War 

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/feeling-melancholy-of-war.html

5th Vermont, Civil War

What America Means to Me 

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/what-america-means-to-me.html

Just an American 

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/just-american.html

Vincent's Welcome

vincent-van-gogh-sunflowers.jpg
Sunflowers, 1888, Vincent Van Gogh

Info from the British National Gallery:

This is one of four paintings of sunflowers dating from August and September 1888. Van Gogh intended to decorate Gauguin's room with these paintings in the so-called Yellow House that he rented in Arles in the South of France. He and Gauguin worked there together between October and December 1888.

Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in August 1888, 'I am hard at it, painting with the enthusiasm of a Marseillais eating bouillabaisse, which won't surprise you when you know that what I'm at is the painting of some sunflowers. If I carry out this idea there will be a dozen panels. So the whole thing will be a symphony in blue and yellow. I am working at it every morning from sunrise on, for the flowers fade so quickly. I am now on the fourth picture of sunflowers. This fourth one is a bunch of 14 flowers ... it gives a singular effect.'

The dying flowers are built up with thick brushstrokes (impasto). The impasto evokes the texture of the seed-heads. Van Gogh produced a replica of this painting in January 1889, and perhaps another one later in the year. The various versions and replicas remain much debated among Van Gogh scholars.

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/vincent-van-gogh-sunflowers
To see this painting in person is a remarkable experience; it has a presence, like a friend happy to see you.

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/24/14

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/24/14: Five-Minute Film Festival: The Basics of Blended Learning http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-blended-learning-resources    ...

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/24/14

Five-Minute Film Festival: The Basics of Blended Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-blended-learning-resources 

 STEM to STEAM: Resource Roundup

http://www.edutopia.org/stem-to-steam-resources

What’s Really At Stake? Untangling the Big Issues Around Student Data

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/05/whats-really-at-stake-untangling-issues-around-student-data-privacy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

5 ways to remember STEM’s forgotten ‘E’

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/05/23/5-ways-engineering-302/ 

11 Quick Tips For Creating A Great Classroom Website

http://www.edudemic.com/classroom-website/ 

Great Creativity Apps That Every Teacher with an iPad Must Know

http://edtechreview.in/news/1221-great-creativity-tools-that-every-teacher-with-an-ipad-must-know 

7 Ideas for Implementing Technology For A Purpose

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/05/7-ideas-for-implementing-technology-for.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29#.U4DCiyiKjhA 

 

 

Friday, May 23, 2014

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/23/14

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/23/14: http://www.exquisite-minds.com/gifted-resources-lessons-and-curriculum/ For Frustrated Gifted Kids, A World of Online Opportunities h...

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/23/14

http://www.exquisite-minds.com/gifted-resources-lessons-and-curriculum/

For Frustrated Gifted Kids, A World of Online Opportunities

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/05/for-frustrated-gifted-kids-a-world-of-online-opportunities/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

7 Ideas for Implementing Technology For A Purpose

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/05/7-ideas-for-implementing-technology-for.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29#.U395tCiKjhA 

Cyberbaiting: a New Teen Trend That Humiliates Teachers

http://www.takepart.com/article/2011/12/07/cyberbaiting-teens-find-high-tech-ways-humiliate-teachers?cmpid=wfs-fb

Teachers can help students boost reading comprehension

 http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/05/14/readworks-reading-comprehension-709/

How Do We Teach Digital Literacy to Digital Natives?

http://www.edudemic.com/teach-digital-literacy-digital-natives/ 

30 apps for educators and students

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/05/22/30-apps-educators-634/ 

 Social Media in the Education Space

http://blog.eduflack.com/2014/05/16/social-media-in-the-education-space.aspx?ref=rss 

 

MzTeachuh: Special Needs of the Day 5/23/14

MzTeachuh: Special Needs of the Day 5/23/14: Eight Ideas to Get Your Kids to Stop Fighting in the Car  http://ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/family-coping-ld/ideas-solutions...

Special Needs of the Day 5/23/14

Eight Ideas to Get Your Kids to Stop Fighting in the Car 

http://ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/family-coping-ld/ideas-solutions-kids-stop-fighting-car-rides

ADHD Medications and How They Work 

http://ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/adhd-related-issues/adhd/adhd-medications-how-they-works

Toddlers Given ADHD Meds Despite Pediatric Guidelines

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/05/20/toddlers-being-prescribed-adhd-meds-despite-pediatric-guidelines-study-finds 

NCLD Asks: How Much Do You Know About Dyslexia? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYhrK0Ro1G8 

Wide Disparities in Graduation Rates Remain for Students in Special Education

http://www.smartkidswithld.org/hot-topics/wide-disparities-graduation-rates-remain-students-special-education 

New Meta-analysis Confirms: No Association between Vaccines and Autism

http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/science-news/new-meta-analysis-confirms-no-association-between-vaccines-and-autism 

Exercising the Mind to Treat Attention Deficits

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/exercising-the-mind-to-treat-attention-deficits/?_php=true&_type=blogs&emc=edit_ml_20140515&nl=style&nlid=68965193&_r=0 

 

 

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 5/23/14

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 5/23/14: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/18/14  http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/ed-tech-and-stem-tweets-of-day-51814.html   Ed Tech a...

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 5/23/14

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/18/14 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/ed-tech-and-stem-tweets-of-day-51814.html 

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/21/14 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/ed-tech-and-stem-tweets-of-day-52114.html 

Tofu dog: only in America.

Barbeque or Cookout? 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/barbeque-or-cookout.html 

Bringing Classes to Life Tweets of the Day 5/22/14 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/bringing-classes-to-life-tweets-of-day.html 

Best Articles for Educators 5/18/14 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/best-articles-for-educators-51814.html

We're All From Africa 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/were-all-from-africa.html

Apps for Special Needs Tweets of the Day 5/20/14 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/apps-for-special-needs-tweets-of-day.html?spref=bl 

One Memorial Today 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/05/one-memorial-today.html 

1st Lt. Orvis Henry Sweet, Company A 5th Vermont, 1864.

Thanks to our international audience. USA, Germany, UK, France, Ukraine, China, Spain, Poland, Turkey, Canada.




















 

 


 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Just an American

MzTeachuh: Just an American: My life is enhanced because I, by chance, was born an American. I have an education provided by the State of California, and enrich...

Just an American


My life is enhanced because I, by chance, was born an American.

I have an education provided by the State of California, and enriched by the federal government; using scholarships and grants to be a teacher. 

I, by the grace of God, own a home, three vehicles (two running), various investments, and two retirements which puts me in the lower middle class, I think. I will vote on many propositions, and in the general election; and I am free to express an opinion.
I have access to more information than I ever imagined, and can communicate with the entire world through the internet.
I choose my beliefs and express them openly in public worship.
I have a passport and can freely travel internationally because I am an American citizen. I can travel within my country between the states, whenever I wish.
I reasonably expect no harassment for my gender, race (ethnicity), age, or religion (beliefs.)
I can marry whom I wish, and have as many or few children as I want, although the number of pets in my family is limited by the town in which I live.
I can own and register a firearm, if I wish.
I can expect privacy of my personal information and in my home. And my vehicles, too.
I can leave whatever I wish to whomever I wish in a Last Will and Testament.


I have been free to research my ancestors and discovered I am a Girl of the World--but my pedigree would never indicate I deserve these rights and freedoms, except maybe a few British nobility escaping Cromwell. My people were not the fortunate sons and daughters. They were slaves, indentured servants, ne'er-do-wells, adventurers, seekers of religious freedom, Native Americans, and the last of the immigrants to America was a very good little teenaged Irish girl who was trained by Victorian Catholic nuns to be an excellent dressmaker.


It is true, I have chosen to obey the laws of the land, and, to the best of my ability, fulfill my educational, professional, and civic expectations. However, I am still very grateful for these opportunities.

I feel safe. I feel hope. I feel pride.

MzTeachuh: Love Is Blue

MzTeachuh: Love Is Blue: Field of Yellow Iris at Giverney Monet Love Is Blue Original Instrumental Song  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6D4ps_sS-s

Love Is Blue

Field of Yellow Iris at Giverney Monet

Love Is Blue Original Instrumental Song 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6D4ps_sS-s 

Thursday, May 22, 2014

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/22/14

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/22/14: Possible new meteor shower Friday night and Saturday morning http://earthsky.org/space/comet-209p-linear-meteor-shower-storm-may-2014  ...

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/22/14

Possible new meteor shower Friday night and Saturday morning

http://earthsky.org/space/comet-209p-linear-meteor-shower-storm-may-2014 

Bay area kids turn out in force to support ocean conservation and birds

http://www.audublog.org/?p=12684 

Raw Video: Marshmallow Launch at the White House Science Fair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Reimvk8D2Ho 

Math and science videos from BLOSSOMS

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/05/21/blossoms-math-science-373/

Your Principal Dismisses the Value of Technology in Your Classroom...Now What?

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/05/your-principal-dismisses-value-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29#.U3zqISi7xvQ 

Promoting Students’ Self-Efficacy in the Online Classroom - See more at: http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/promoting-students-self-efficacy-online-classroom/#sthash.TkBf6hia.dpufhttp://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/promoting-students-self-efficacy-online-classroom/

Promoting Students Self-efficacy Online

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/promoting-students-self-efficacy-online-classroom/

5 Reasons Teaching With Video Games Makes More Sense Now Than Ever

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/teaching-with-video-games-makes-sense/ 

 

MzTeachuh: Bringing Classes to Life Tweets of the Day 5/22/14...

MzTeachuh: Bringing Classes to Life Tweets of the Day 5/22/14...: Ellis Island simulation. Simulations Can Change the Course of History . . . Classes http://www.edutopia.org/blog/simulations-can-c...

Bringing Classes to Life Tweets of the Day 5/22/14

Ellis Island simulation.
Simulations Can Change the Course of History . . . Classes

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/simulations-can-change-history-classes-matt-levinson 

For Frustrated Gifted Kids, A World of Online Opportunities

 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/05/for-frustrated-gifted-kids-a-world-of-online-opportunities/

National Landscape Fragments as States Plan Common-Core Testing

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/05/21/32assessment_ep.h33.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

For Effective Schools, Teamwork is Not Optional

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/effective-schools-teamwork-not-optional-sean-glaze 

Is there a TV in your child's room? 

http://www.greatschools.org/technology/7950-effects-of-tv-in-children-bedroom.gs?cpn=20140518weekly 

Poor parents: Federal data show more parents going into more debt to send kids to college

 http://educationbythenumbers.org/content/poor-parents-federal-data-show-parents-going-debt-send-kids-college_1263/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29

How The World Worked Before Social Media

http://www.edudemic.com/before-social-media/ 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 5/22/14

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 5/22/14: Special Education is Not a Place: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act http://65454531.nhd.weebly.com/ Summer Reading Tips for P...

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 5/22/14




Summer Reading Tips for Parents 

 http://ncld.org/students-disabilities/homework-study-skills/summer-reading-tips-parents

Why We Feel So Intensely: Understanding ADHD Emotions

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/66/slide-1.html 

A Great Summer Vacation for Your ADHD Child

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/705.html 

Thousands of Toddlers Are Medicated for A.D.H.D., Report Finds, Raising Worries

 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/17/us/among-experts-scrutiny-of-attention-disorder-diagnoses-in-2-and-3-year-olds.html?_r=0

Arts Program Shows Promise in Special Ed. Classes

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/05/21/32arts_ep.h33.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducationWeekSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week%3A+Special+Education%29 

Speech and Language Therapy for Teens

http://special-ism.com/the-importance-of-speech-and-language-therapy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: All-American Music To Grill To

MzTeachuh: All-American Music To Grill To: This is mostly for Americans. And maybe you wish to grill in quiet--that's okay, too. Multi-generational fun. But for us in t...

All-American Music To Grill To

This is mostly for Americans. And maybe you wish to grill in quiet--that's okay, too.
Multi-generational fun.
But for us in the States, these might be fun tunes.
1. Born in the U S A Bruce Springsteen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZD4ezDbbu4

A traditional song sung with soul.
2. Ray Charles - "America, the Beautiful"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRUjr8EVgBg 


Maybe this is Juneteenth.
The History of Juneteenth
http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm

This includes some good ole America poetry with the music.

3. Ragged Old Flag * Johnny Cash * USA 

Johnny makes non-verbal comment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIHYNPjUd50&feature=related 

 While we're on Johnny Cash and poetry, the lyrics began as a poem by Julia Ward Howe

4. Johnny Cash sings The Battle Hymn Of The Republic 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9quPWDoLxF0&feature=related 

Friends can have a cook out, too.

5. Simon & Garfunkel - American Tune 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBqCpd31JPA&feature=related 

6. Bob Dylan "With God on our side" 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCp8Q2S_bZQ 

7.  Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Fortunate Son"

Good field for football later, soccer, or baseball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU7H--USv6Y 

Here's classical based on the Quaker tune, "Simple Gifts." Another poem.

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd,
To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come 'round right.[2]
Earliest American Bar B Que: Jamestown

8.  Aaron Copland - "Appalachian Spring"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U7hPHSkNJo 

9. God Bless The USA (Lee Greenwood) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWC8liHX_G8 

Little known fact about Jimi Hendrix--he served in the U S Army as a paratrooper. 

Jimi in the 101st

 

10. Jimi Hendrix - "The Star-Spangled Banner"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMhq1L0cJf0 

And just a little homage to my home state--

11. The Beach Boys California Girls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boVY83PQvX8 

Beautiful place for a picnic

I've heard many folks say, who were from other nations on the continents of North and South America, that they, too, could claimed to be Americans.

America the Multicultural.

So, here is Celine, our Canadian friend, to sing God Bless America.

12. God Bless America - Celine Dion (With Lyrics & History) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXLQ2RPLO78 

 Don't forget the marshmallows and s'mores.


MzTeachuh: One Memorial Today

MzTeachuh: One Memorial Today: Orvis Henry Sweet, Union Army, Vermont Orvis, age 21, will be shot in the lung one week after this picture was taken by Matthew B...

One Memorial Today

Orvis Henry Sweet, Union Army, Vermont

Orvis, age 21, will be shot in the lung one week after this picture was taken by Matthew Brady in Washington, DC. His younger siblings on the family farm in upstate New York (he volunteered from St. Alban's, Fifth Vermont) grew up and after the Civil War moved West to Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and California to become lawyers, Congressmen, ambassadors, journalists and teachers. His father, Haviland Livingston Sweet, died earlier in the War. Their sacrifice was not in vain.

He volunteered while working at a Print Shop in Vermont, where his family had lived on Grand Isle for generations since the Revolutionary War. His ancestors were Pilgrims and Wampanoags.

He was a regular kid who lived and died for great things.
He fought with his unit through all the major battles of the Civil War, being mortally wounded in the Second Battle of the Wilderness. If you ever watchedKen Burns' documentary on the Civil War, you know how that one was particularly hellish.

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/

One of Orvis' younger sisters was Alice Eliza Sweet Link, my great grandmother; she went West after the Civil War and became a teacher.


Trip to the Wilderness Battlefields 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ege_iMAo5w 

With that haunting music that always brings tears to my eyes, Ashokan Farewell.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/21/14

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/21/14:  Understanding Google Certification http://www.edudemic.com/understanding-google-certification/   Cell Phones in Schools: Lessons fro...

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 5/21/14

 Understanding Google Certification

http://www.edudemic.com/understanding-google-certification/ 

Cell Phones in Schools: Lessons from the Front Line 

 http://www.wnyc.org/story/living-cell-phones-schools-focus-engagement/#commentlist

Global Education Strategy at Dell

http://edtechreview.in/voices/interviews/1217-global-education-strategy-at-dell 

3 ways to solve data and communication shortcomings

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/05/21/data-communication-solutions-563/?ps=354339-001a000001Q42fK-003a000001tKWH8 

12 big technologies on the education horizon

http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2014/05/21/12-big-technologies-on-the-education-horizon/ 

Ten Tips for Grabbing Students’ Attention With Mobile

https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-05-19-ten-tips-for-grabbing-students-attention-with-mobile 

Flipped Larning

 http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/05/awesome-new-flipped-learning-graphic.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+educatorstechnology%2FpDkK+%28Educational+Technology+and+Mobile+Learning%29

 

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 5/21/14

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 5/21/14: Special Olympics: Athlete Daniel Fletcher http://www.myfoxny.com/story/25478430/special-olympics-athlete-daniel-fletcher 11 Tips for...

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 5/21/14

Special Olympics: Athlete Daniel Fletcher

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/25478430/special-olympics-athlete-daniel-fletcher

11 Tips for No-Shout, No-Tears Discipline

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/81/slide-1.html 

An Inspired Way to Explain ADHD to Your Child

http://www.additudemag.com/adhdblogs/30/10758.html

Rutgers students graduating on the autism spectrum

http://www.app.com/story/news/education/college-news/2014/05/16/rutgers-university-autism-graduation/9159959/ 

Understanding Your Child’s Trouble With Making Friends 

 http://www.ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/social-emotional-skills/understanding-your-childs-trouble-with-making-friends

7 Tips for Reducing Risky Behaviors in Teens 

http://www.ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/teens/tips-for-reducing-risky-behavior-in-teens 

Common Warning Signs of Dyscalculia in Children Pre-K to Grade 2 

 http://ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/dyscalculia/common-warning-signs-of-dyscalculia-in-children-pre-k-to-grade-2