Middle School Matters

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Jokes You Can Use:
How did the Vikings send secret messages?
By norse code!
Why were the early days of history called the dark ages?
Because there were so many knights!
Teacher: Where is your homework?
Pupil: I lost it fighting this kid who said you weren't the best teacher in the school
When a teacher closes his eyes, why should it remind him of an empty classroom?
Because there are no pupils to see!
Teacher: How much is half of 8?
Pupil: Up and down or across?
Teacher: What do you mean?
Pupil: Well, up and down makes a 3 or across the middle leaves a 0!
Q. Your riding a horse at full speed, a giraffe is beside you, an elephant in front of you and a lion behind you! What do you do???
A. You get off of the carousel !!!
Bill and Bob, two children, were sitting outside a clinic. Bill happened to be crying very loudly.
"Why are you crying?" Bob asked.
"I came here for a blood test," sobbed Bill.
"So? Are you afraid?"
"No. For the blood test, they cut my finger.
As Bob heard this, he immediately began crying profusely.
Astonished, Bill stopped his tears and asked Bob, "Why are you crying now?"
To which Bob replied, "I came for a urine test!"
On Our Mind:
21st Century School vs 20th Century Assessment
MAMSE 2011
#edchat, #midleved Fridays at 8:00pm.
Next week: iPads with Dr. Monte Tatom
Eileen Award
Eric from Chicago
Advisory:
Rock Paper Scissors
On the computer. With thoughts why the computer picks...
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/science/rock-paper-scissors.html?hp
Middle School Science Minute
by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])
I just did my first podcast, completely recorded on the iPad, using GarageBand. It was a lot of fun. Just attached my SnowBall mic and played a few chords on the Smart Guitar and out came the podcast.
The importance of Science...
From the Twitterverse:
News:
'Curriculum' Definition Raises Red Flags (Crvena Zastava)
By Catherine Gewertz
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/03/23/26curriculum.h30.html?tkn=XQZF8Ew7XPeRb9TDOhxfZzkTiWf%2FZYw5ZU9f&cmp=clp-edweek
What if?
http://bigthink.com/ideas/31604
Resources:
The Noun Project
Simple Graphical Images. Could be used as story starters.
http://www.thenounproject.com/
Thought Boxes
Organize everything you do.
Thoughtboxes is a simple tool that helps to organize your thoughts so you can make things happen.
Keep track of almost anything, and share your thoughts with friends.
http://thoughtbox.es/
PuzzleMaker
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=10757332&CFTOKEN=39482384
EdiStorm
http://www.edistorm.com/
Flubaroo
http://www.flubaroo.com/
66 Ways to Use Google Forms
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0AclS3lrlFkCIZGhuMnZjdjVfNzc5Y25zc201Zzc&hl=en_GB&pli=1
Toasted Cheese
Writing prompts.
http://www.toasted-cheese.com/webcal/webcal.cgi
Web Spotlight:
The Civil War:
PBS first episode available for free.
http://www.macnews.com/2011/03/23/psb-stream-civil-war-ios-devices
Events & Happenings:
Calendar of Events:
NMSA News:
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