Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Silly Music For Halloween #2...I Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts




Well, I'm not.
Writing prompt: 5 Reasons I Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts 
Can include illustrations of inventions, such as the Ghost Vacuum (Portable Containment Unit.) 




Ghostbusters song 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rarRiqWH8v4

Music For When You Feel Pressured


Hubble Space Telescope records the beauty surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Circinus Galaxy.

You're not really headed for a black hole--it just feels like it for now. 

Not letting the stress define you--but I do like the little voice saying 'Ay ay ay' in the background. 

Let us take a trip on the solar ship and chill for awhile.

Solaris Navis - Blissful Memories 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9IFszWf2GM

Monday, October 9, 2017

Educational Links 10/10/17


Grants for Teachers

HOW TO MAKE YOUR TEACHING SOMETHING SPECIAL

Response: We Need to let Students 'Read, Read, Read'

Why the school ‘accountability movement’ based on standardized tests is nothing more than ‘a charade’


Should Teachers Take Mental Health Days?


When the News Traumatizes Young Children: What Can We Do?




Disruptive Behavior: Why It’s Often Misdiagnosed


Most children have occasional temper tantrums or emotional outbursts, but when kids repeatedly lash out, are defiant, or can’t control their tempers, it can impair their functioning in school and cause serious family turmoil.
The first challenge in helping a child manage his behavior better is to understand why he’s doing what he’s doing. In the same way that a headache or a fever can be caused by many things, frequent outbursts — which clinicians call “emotional dysregulation”— can reflect a number of different underlying issues.

Helpful Hints for When Teacher Is Overwhelmed


Time Saving Tips for Teachers 
http://www.educationoasis.com/resources/
Articles/time_saving_tips.htm 

Replacing Classroom Chaos with Control 
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/coach_gs_teaching_
tips/2010/10/going_from_classroom_chaos_to_control.html 

Understanding the Common Core
http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/commoncore

Understanding the Common Core
Dealing with Angry Parents
 http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin474.shtml

The Teacher’s Guides To Technology And Learning
http://www.edudemic.com/guides/  

How to Get Along With ANY Teaching Colleague

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2012/06/15/how-to-get-along-with-any-colleague 

Classroom Management: 10 Ways to Deal with Difficult Students http://www.teachhub.com/10-ways-deal-difficult-students  

Solutions for Teachers Bullied by Colleagues

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teachers-bullied-by-colleagues-2-todd-finley  

A Curriculum of Concerns

 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/a-curriculum-of-concerns-mark-phillips

Vincent's Autumn Perspective

Van Gogh – Landscape with House and Ploughman 1889


Getting perspective from Vincent with lovely music to listen to.

Autumn Music.Piano Music.lyrics music.autumn scenery.10 min .丘の雲 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6MYFSxndJA

Sunday, October 8, 2017

Educational Links 10/8/17

Why Flipped Learning Is Still Going Strong 10 Years Later

Reading Skills: What to Expect at Different Ages


5 Things That Happen When We Empower Students



Four points to consider before you quit teaching


Why Assessments Don’t Really Measure Understanding


Skills That Can Be Affected by ADHD


You may already know the major symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. But how do they impact your child’s abilities, whether at home or school? Here are some of the skills that may be affected by ADHD.

a wind has blown the rain away

Four Trees, Egon Schiele
a wind has blown the rain away
by E.E. Cummings

a wind has blown the rain away and blown
the sky away and all the leaves away,
and the trees stand. I think i too have known
autumn too long

          (and what have you to say,
wind wind wind—did you love somebody
and have you the petal of somewhere in your heart
pinched from dumb summer?
          O crazy daddy
of death dance cruelly for us and start

the last leaf whirling in the final brain
of air!)Let us as we have seen see
doom’s integration………a wind has blown the rain

away and the leaves and the sky and the
trees stand:
        the trees stand. The trees,
suddenly wait against the moon’s face.

This poem is actually a Shakespearean sonnet.