Jokes You Can Use:

While walking to the ninth hole, one psychiatrist said to his colleague, would you believe that yesterday I had a patient who claimed he heard music every time he put on his hat?”

“Really? What did you do?”

The psychiatrist answered, “I took it away and removed the band.”

A man was on a beach when he discovered an old lamp in the sand. He rubbed it and a genie popped out. The genie said "I will grant you three wishes. The only condition is that you cannot wish for more wishes." "Alright," said the man, "I wish for more genies."

A tribal farmer watching a Tarzan movie rushed out of the hall the moment a tiger appeared on screen, advancing menacingly towards the audience.

The gatekeeper trying to stop him argued that it's only a movie, to which the tribal replied: “I know it’s a movie, you also know it is, but does the tiger know"?

Q: How do Eskimos have babies?

A: They keep on rubbing their noses together until the little boogers come out.

On Our Mind: mthman Ron King Hey @MSMatters...do you remember the #NMSA session about HOTS question stems on colored paper in the teacher's line of sight? #midleved

Eileen Award:

Liz N. and Tim H. Thanks for the kind words.

Advisory:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Part 3: This middle school science minute is about the ELA common core standards in Reading and their relationship to science. The four areas of reading include: key ideas and details; craft and structure; integration of knowledge and ideas; and range of reading and level of text complexity. In this podcast, we look at the three reading standards that relate to science in grades 6 - 8 in the area of integration of knowledge and ideas, along with the range of reading and level of text complexity.

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News:

http://www.minddump.org/you-have-the-same-hours-per-day-as-helen-kell

https://www.sifteo.com/product Coming this summer.

Show & Tell

These results suggest children are extremely sensitive to the subtleties of a teaching scenario, Schulz says: What matters is not if children are shown a function, but how they are shown that function. If they believe that an informed teacher has taught them everything, they will be less motivated to explore.

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/06/30/if-students-believe-that-a-teacher-has-taught-them-everything-they-will-be-less-motivated-to-explore/

The original post:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/miot-dsd063011.php

What should students be able to do with technology in grade school?

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/elementary-technology-skills-mary-beth-hertz

Resources:

Fur.ly

http://fur.ly/

Brain Rules

http://www.brainrules.net/about-brain-rules

Brightstorm

Thousands of FREE video resources for Math & Science. One neat thing is that you can search by textbook. There is also Test Prep materials. Includes transcripts for the videos.

http://brightstorm.com/

National Archives Document of the Day

A different historical document every day. Includes support links. Also a mobile app is available.

http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/

Knovio:

Animaps

Create and view beautifully informative animated maps, for free!

http://www.animaps.com/#!home

Kodu

Kodu is a visual programming language made especially for creating games. Kodu’s language is entirely icon-based, fairly easy to learn, and aimed at kids 9 to 17. It works on PCs and on the Xbox.

http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/07/students-create-games-that-focus-on-global-issues/

Show Me

iPad app.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279?mt=8

Web Spotlight:

Snag Films: Red, White & Blue

Voting. 35 minutes.

http://learning.snagfilms.com/film/journeys-through-the-red-white-and-blue

Events & Happenings: