On Our Mind:

MACUL

State wide on-line testing

Eileen Award:

Liz Kolb

Carol Hix of Science Six: Recommendations: lulu.com and Edmodo.com, Google Docs, Twiddla, www.mixedink.com.

Advisory: National Geographic ‏ @NatGeo

Daylight savings time: Why and when does it begin? on.natgeo.com/yr6p1P

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

This middle school science minute is about the collaboration that can take place between math and science teachers. In the February 2012 issue of Science Scope (NSTA publication) Karen Charles, J.D. Canales, Angela Smith and Natalie Zimmerman wrote an article entitled: "Exploring the Solar System:? Let the Math Teachers Help!" They explain how attending a week long academy offered by NASA in their school district encouraged math and science teachers to consider how using models and simulations could expand their repertoire of classroom strategies and engage students more fully in their own context-rich learning.

From the Twitterverse:

News:

American Dropouts: Part I

http://transformed.teachingquality.org/blogs/03-2012/american-dropouts-part-i

A Lesson in Teaching to the Test, From E.B. White

http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/03/07/a-lesson-in-teaching-to-the-test-from-e-b-white

School Communities Wrecked by "Value-Added": Two Must-Reads

http://transformed.teachingquality.org/blogs/get-fracas/03-2012/school-communities-wrecked-value-added-two-must-reads

Resources:

Mixed Ink

http://www.mixedink.com/

K20Alt - Authentic Teaching and Learning

http://k20alt.ou.edu/

10 Open Education Resources You May Not Know About (But Should)

http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/05/10-open-education-resources-you-may-not-know-about-but-should/

CloudFTP

http://www.hypershop.com/CloudFTP-p/cftp-black.htm

Web Spotlight:

Stop Taking Pictures of the Whiteboard

http://www.edsocialmedia.com/2012/02/stop-taking-pictures-of-the-whiteboard/

GenoChoice

Good for web site evaluation.

http://genochoice.com/

Inside-Out Your Mind

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/03/02/147825237/inside-out-your-mind?ft=1&f=1130

The Civil War, Part 1: The Places

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/02/the-civil-war-part-1-the-places/100241

Old Maps Online

http://www.oldmapsonline.org/#bbox=-110.3125,-51.774806,119.609375,72.104237&q=&datefrom=1000&dateto=2010

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