Middle School Matters

MSM 502: Expectations, Bad Influence, Moneyball for Education, “You What…”

Summary:

Ratholes are most of the show. We talk about conferences, teaching and technology and more.

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Careers in Entomology

I was recently reading the January/February 2021 issue of “The Science Teacher” a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the section “Career of the Month” written by Luba Vangelova. Luba wrote an article entitled “Entomologist Ary Faraji.”

Entomologists study insects and may work for educational or research institutions, government agencies, private industry, and consulting. Ary Faraji works as an entomologist in a local government agency in Salt Lake City, Utah. The mission of his agency is to reduce the annoyance levels posed by biting mosquitoes and to protect residents from pathogens mosquitoes can carry.

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

Teen Vogue

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/business/media/teen-vogue-editor-alexi-mccammond.html

Future Predictions

https://www.demilked.com/future-predictions-from-the-past/#annotations:zJ8zto11EeucU8u_r0933w

Resources:

Complete Knot List

https://www.animatedknots.com/complete-knot-list#annotations:53Jv3oXpEeuVOsM_Zo3nZQ

Eyes on the Prize

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/eyesontheprize/

MSM 501: Door Prize, Field Trip, Paraphrasing, Interstitially.

Summary:

Shawn and Troy share pandemic strategies, a site about paraphrasing, and more. Dave has some Field Trip information for a lifetime.

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Field Trips Last a Lifetime

I was recently reading the January/February 2021 issue of “The Science Teacher” a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the section “Current Science Classroom” written by Chris Anderson. Chris wrote an article entitled “Field Trips Last a Lifetime.”

Nothing can replace the authenticity and impact of an in-person field experience for kids, however, until the public health and school funding battles are won it’s up to us to get creative and bring the world to our students.

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

Rocking Chair Hat Knitter

https://mashable.com/2018/03/27/rocking-knit/#annotations:561AmIKuEeu8mffpwXW9Ig

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Resources:

National Virtual Teacher Association Resources

https://virtualteacherassociation.org/resources?fbclid=IwAR0amZxnIF8b2CGDran-Bvhbra0HL8AQGM309wOfxdcQpGoYJZ_uszOa8wI

QuillBotParaphrasing tool

https://quillbot.com/

Web Spotlight:

Female historians and male nurses do not exist, Google Translate tells its European users

https://algorithmwatch.org/en/google-translate-gender-bias/#annotations:FNzsQoKsEeuwhHsQvc362Q

Random Thoughts . . .

ArchiTechs of Learning

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/architechs-of-learning/id1541761752

MSM 500: Where The Swear Words Are...This is Instantly Wild...not just once but 500 times and counting

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Instant Wild: A Citizen Science Project

https://instantwild.zsl.org

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Resources:

ISTE on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP7TnhcyFNxaZglIVWCswYg#annotations:znLaWnonEeu7ZSdJXsVBBQ

Project GuccibergAn AI project that uses Gucci Mane’s voice to read classic literature.

https://projectgucciberg.mschfmag.com/

Web Spotlight:

Folded Map Project

https://www.foldedmapproject.com/

An Incomplete (yet heavily annotated) List of Things That Don’t Help Me as a Teacher Right Now¹.

https://mrtomrad.medium.com/an-incomplete-yet-heavily-annotated-list-of-things-that-dont-help-me-as-a-teacher-right-now%C2%B9-bd5b397a3ddf

The Culture Translator - Axis

Slang of the Week

Random Thoughts . . .

MSM 499: Whistle, not while you work, but at home and on Video

Troy and Shawn discuss video options and thoughts. Dave engineers the science.

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

What is Engineering?

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

Emoji Writing Prompts

https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/11/emoji-writing-prompts.html#annotations:GrjKjHdxEeu1oUP2D6HMsA

Resources:

75 Questions Students Can Ask Themselves Before, During, and After a Lesson.

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/questions-students-ask-before-during-after-teaching/?fbclid=IwAR20GZxB7zRHbT01nNpC5r7W-NIz1jJ3_6v9Ui9Qc_3r_0VXlkRMQWPFz-0

AXIS: The Culture Translator

On Knowing

Same Energy

https://same.energy/

Web Spotlight:

1000 Fails Lead to a Single Success

https://kottke.org/21/02/1000-fails-lead-to-a-single-success

Random Thoughts . . .

Legislative Update:

H.R.542 — 117th Congress (2021-2022) Save Education Jobs Act

S.45 — 117th Congress (2021-2022) School Security Enhancement Act

H.R.204 — 117th Congress (2021-2022) STEM Opportunities Act

MSM 498: Pin and Click - You told on yourself

Jokes:

Eileen Award:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Middle School Science Minute -- Pinterest

http://k12science.net/pinterest/

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

Word(s) of the Year - George Grant, wordsmith

https://soundcloud.com/world-news-group/word-play-pandemic

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

Toolkit for “Mathematics in Context: The Pedagogy of Liberation”

https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/spring-2021/toolkit-for-mathematics-in-context-the-pedagogy-of-liberation#annotations:Wkb08m_8EeukKX_rM-MXIg

Resources:

The in-school push to fight misinformation from the outside world

https://hechingerreport.org/the-in-school-push-to-fight-misinformation-from-the-outside-world/#annotations:ASbRzHCREeu7ri91FYG40Q

Web Spotlight:

Wad-Ja-Get

https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/z316q358r#annotations:AGualHCZEeuLne9aK4-6jQ

WWII Museum

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers

Speak Up About Racial Microaggressions in Schools

https://www.iste.org/explore/education-leadership/speak-about-racial-microaggressions-schools#annotations:oHJWdnCaEeu9kx_6yVWStQ

I Tracked Down The Girls Who Bullied Me As A Kid. Here’s What They Had To Say.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/middle-high-school-bully-depression_n_602c0800c5b65259c4e52240

MSM 497: TicToc Pasta Dancing Down By the Bayeux

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Outstanding Science Trade Books for Middle School Students

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

Life Lessons from 100 Year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AThycGCakk&feature=emb_logo

9 habits of highly successful people, from a man who spent 5 years studying them

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/28/9-habits-of-highly-successful-people.html#annotations:cgwH4GsKEeufsRcgeHiMHg

Free Bayeux App

https://mymodernmet.com/historic-tale-construction-kit/#annotations:LZQgTmjeEeuhQ4MwaacqYQ

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

Hold a School Dance . . . At Home . . .

Resources:

How to Spot Fake News

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-to-spot-fake-news/#annotations:TIGZ9GypEeu0sQcYollOVw

100-Plus Mentor Texts for Documenting Your Life in 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/learning/100-plus-mentor-texts-for-documenting-your-life-in-2020.html#annotations:J9vf1GwXEeutKKuT8fxHqw

First Book Free Resources

https://www.fbmarketplace.org/free-resources/#annotations:3aMfOmvREeutP386Og75iQ

Synth Podcasting Platform Updates

https://medium.com/gosynth/education/home

The Culture Translator

TikTok On a Platter

What is Love?

What does love look like? No, not that .. . .

400 Years of Literary Examples

Web Spotlight:

Maintaining Classroom Discipline (1947)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9TWBV_gKf8&feature=emb_logo

Why most schools won’t ‘reinvent’ themselves after the pandemic

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2021/01/why-most-schools-wont-reinvent-themselves-after-the-pandemic.html#annotations:nMo78GjfEeud3qeMjn2rVw

Random Thoughts . . .

MSM 496: Crisis or Opportunity

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

The Big Fib (Formerly Pants On Fire)

https://youtu.be/C1cMdXs6wG0

Where Are You From?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crAv5ttax2I#annotations:BsML9Gb2Eeuoun_1jQ-sIA

The World’s Most Dangerous Fart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfttRfTmtuE&feature=emb_logo

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

It’s a “Selfie” Thing: The Role of Artifacts in Teacher Evaluation

https://www.amle.org/its-a-selfie-thing-the-role-of-artifacts-in-teacher-evaluation/

17 Bellringer Activities for Remote Learning

https://hookedoninnovation.com/2021/02/04/17-bell-ringer-activities-for-remote-learning/

Scheduling

https://catlintucker.com/2021/02/hybrid-schedule/

Resources:

Primary Source Sources for Primary Source of the Day . . .

Identifying children at risk of later being frequent online-technologies users

https://news.psu.edu/story/645008/2021/01/22/research/identifying-children-risk-later-being-frequent-online-technologies#annotations:KwBUGGAgEeuH07NmUeKgaw

Open Middle Problems

https://www.geogebra.org/m/jazvukfd#annotations:PKpPtmJ4EeuHcCdUnIyUdA

Great Gatsby

https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-great-gatsby

Trinket

https://trinket.io/

Web Spotlight:

Snowflake Generator

https://viviariums.com/projects/snowflake/interactive/

Proposed Legislation

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8570?s=2&r=17

HR-8551 The Interstate Teacher Mobility Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8551?s=2&r=19

HR-8550 The Students Helping Younger Students Act of 2020

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8550?s=2&r=20

HR-8623 Supporting Students with Disabilities During COVID Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8523?s=2&r=22

Virtual Based Opportunities from the Arab American National Museum

AXIS - The Culture Translator

https://www.amle.org/2021-self-c-a-r-e/

Student ‘Compliance Does Not Equal Engagement’

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-student-compliance-does-not-equal-engagement/2021/01#annotations:g8TsMmfGEeuGn1doKOmRrw

MSM 495: Online Learning is the New Coke

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Meteorology

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

Along - SEL Software for the COVID Era

https://www.along.org/

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

Teacher Health: Sleepwatch App

https://www.sleepwatchapp.com/

Primary Source of the Day: A Warm-Up Activity

Resources:

Backyard Meteorology

https://online-learning.harvard.edu/course/backyard-meteorology-science-weather?delta=1

Web Spotlight:

Random Thoughts . . .

Mastodon - open source Twitter like experience. Follow me https://scholar.social/@troypatterson

MSM 494: Just Don’t Break Federal Law

Jokes:

Eileen Award:

WeChat: Becessie of Shijiazhuang

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Interdisciplinary Science

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

5 Ways to Take the Distance Out of Distance Learning

https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-ways-take-some-distance-out-distance-learning

Low-Tech Scientific Exploration for Students at Home

https://www.edutopia.org/article/low-tech-scientific-exploration-students-home#annotations:cAc2-lstEeuwAmOE6WFKog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS5fTzMP_mg

Resources:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d5iRi2ooD5n9coC3JFv_h37Qjf2GT0v8tJP5fDFxssk/preview?pru=AAABdwE7O4E*yseDaIYDQAlBMb_8zxvhNw

Interdisciplinary At Work! Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments Aren’t Blank

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dead-sea-scrolls-reveal-invisible-text-1865685?fbclid=IwAR1xgBGcrXOTbi1R603mKSfEu-WvxJxehC4AST_JjcwvR5e8a0zbCMq6G2I

Ozone Layer Game

https://www.engadget.com/un-reset-earth-ozone-layer-game-144340172.html

From AXIS: The Culture Translator - Spotify Playlists as conversation starters

Bleak

https://benhoneycutt.com/bleak#annotations:XaeyFFwJEeuJylvsWw4X6Q

Whiteboard Chat

https://www.whiteboard.chat/#annotations:cg8tYFshEeuvUkPhL5NwXw

Web Spotlight:

Can PBIS Build Justice Rather Than Merely Restore Order?

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314013323_Can_PBIS_Build_Justice_Rather_Than_Merely_Restore_Order#annotations:gvx8zl2LEeuZi3_5zqrGlg

The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/misremembering-i-have-dream/#annotations:Cbx-kFtCEeustOP7vD_IXg

In Congress Assembled . . .

Random Thoughts . . .

VidGrid

4 Channels of News

https://vidgrid.tk.gg/

MSM 493: Day, Night, Hold on a Minute (or 59 seconds)

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

The Day-Night Cycle

Reports from the Front Lines

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Resources:

Plagiarism Checker

https://searchenginereports.net/plagiarism-checker#annotations:-BQGZlSGEeuviCdTLZ7b0w

The University of Vilnius puts documents online for FREE!

Music for a Pandemic

Baroque: https://youtu.be/CuU9q2VKOyc

Stay at home with Tchaikovsky: https://youtu.be/uN4ty0xlqp8

Sponsor a Musician: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/falsobordone/1350-music-for-a-plague/description

Web Spotlight:

How to Be Talent

https://leo.fm/2020/09/talent/#annotations:SmPXRlavEeupQi_KuVAVCQ

Why Scientists Want to Shorten the Minute to 59 Seconds

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a35165130/leap-second-shorten-minute-earth-rotation/

Looks Aren’t Everything, Believe Me I’m a Model

https://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_russell_looks_aren_t_everything_believe_me_i_m_a_model

Taking a Stand Does Not Imply Bias

http://www.michaelkaechele.com/taking-a-stand-does-not-imply-bias/