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Memorial Day Weekend

Red Skelton - Pledge of Allegiance

From the Twitterverse:

Advisory:

1. 10 YouTube Videos of People Doing Amazing Things

*Note- turn the sound off for the breakdance video

http://mashable.com/2010/05/24/youtube-amazing-people/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29

2. Time to revisit one of your Advisory activities from the Fall!

Remember measuring your Advisory students' height this past fall? We talked about an activity to help your students see their growth over the course of the year. In case you missed that podcast, you take a length of twine and have the student put one end at their heel and the other end at their head. Try to get as exact as you can (you'll be off by a little, don't worry about it) and then label each students' string for June. When the last week of school comes around do the activity again and have the students compare strings. Some will be dramatically different, some not so much.

Listeners:

From Dave Bydlowski, RESA Science Specialist:

10a. You Be the Chemist on TV This Week

9a. Introduce Your Students to Nanoscale Science

9c. New Science Teacher Academy

9d. Spark Interest in STEM Careers

MWM’s inquiry- and design-based STEM program trains teachers on what are called Materials World Modules, teaching units focused on matter and its applications. The idea is to give teachers the lessons and tools to increase student interest and achievement in STEM subjects and careers. The program pairs teachers with scientists and engineers, who will also serve as mentors and resources after the program is completed. Just visit:

http://www.materialsworldmodules.org/

From the website:

1. Todd Williamson Says:

May 27th, 2010 at 9:35 pm

Hey Troy, thanks for your thoughts on the iPad. I’m still holding out (though barely) for the 2nd Generation as I think there will be some significant changes between the 1st and 2nd. I know during one of my MLE sessions someone mentioned having a class set of iPod Touches and that they were able to sync them all to a single iTunes account. I’d love some clarification on that from a legal standpoint, but it seems like that is likely what has happened so far with the Touch. That would mean that Apps purchased for the account were available to all Touch/iPads connected to that account. Seems like a loophole Apple would want to clarify one way or the other.

I really think we’re going to see a significant price drop or production drop on the eReaders from Amazon and B&N now that apps exist for both companies for the iPad. Overall, those two companies are focused on selling books, both digital and dead tree. Why stay in a market you aren’t built for (eReader hardware design) when there is a platform available that you can pump money into the software side, and still sell your books? Time will tell…

Thanks again!

Tech Tools:

Online Stickies:

(similar to WallWisher).

http://en.linoit.com/

FedFlix:

http://www.archive.org/details/FedFlix

Technology Assessment

A plethora of links to evaluate technology planning, web resources, technology impact, and evaluations & reports.

http://www.4teachers.org/inttech/index.php?inttechid=ta

GradePad

iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad app that lets you take grades in a rubric format while you circle the room.

Webspotlight:

Cognitive Surplus: The Great Spare-Time Revolution

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_pink_shirky/all/1

Videos: Making Data Matter

http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/video-galleries/april10-event-data.html

News:

Banking Giant Offers Financing for Charter Schools

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/05/28/33jpmorgan.h29.html?tkn=PPYFbNdxAuarBPKe2qcSOmnhI+20xtqZ+oV6&cmp=clp-edweek

School's out, but should it be?

But experts say extended school year would avoid "summer slide"

http://www.denverpost.com/education/ci_15178799

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