Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education.

Jokes You Can Use:

Eileen Award:

Scoopit:

Twitter: Robert McGarry, Ashley Blankenship, Michelle Corbat, Jonathan Swegels, Sally Baldridge, Andy Zimmer, Emil Ahangarzadeh

Facebook: Karen Decker, C. Joan Seager, Linda Perukel

Google+: Jason Neiffer

iTunes:

eMail:

Diigo: Keith Schoch, Ron King

Advisory:

Brain Food

Lateral Thinking Puzzles

http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/p/latreal1.shtml

Good Will Hunting

http://twentytwowords.com/2013/03/04/the-math-on-the-chalkboard-in-good-will-hunting-was-relatively-simple/

Restaurant run by Owner with Down’s Syndrome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y6He0FWoFj0

Oreo Separating Machine

http://twentytwowords.com/2013/03/02/physicist-builds-ultra-important-machine-an-oreo-separating-robot/

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Fire Blanket

I was recently reading the NSTA Ready Reference Guide for Safer Science, Volume 2, written by Ken Roy, director of environmental health and safety for Glastonbury Public Schools in Glastonbury, CT. Within the book are topics dealing with "Safer Science" and questions that teachers have sent him regarding "Safer Science."

From the Twitterverse:

Free World Digital Library for Teachers & Students http://flip.it/shSB2 #fhuedu642 #fhuedu320 ~ for @MSMatters followers

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.

Resources:

Twitter Is Perfect for Socially Awkward People

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2013/02/twitter_is_perfect_for_socially_awkward_people.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-TW

Use Celly to Setup a Free Text Messaging Group Chat

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2013/03/03/use-celly-to-setup-a-free-text-messaging-group-chat/

Web Spotlight:

Students Share Characteristics Of Their Favorite Teachers

http://edudemic.com/2013/02/characteristics-favorite-teachers/

Homework Why’s and Homework-Wise

If we are relying on homework as the main way to teach responsibility, we are in trouble.

http://chriswejr.com/2010/10/13/homework-whys-and-homework-wise/

Words Matter: What Values Do Your Words Convey?

http://www.angelamaiers.com/2013/03/words-matter-what-values-do-your-words-convey.html

Primary Source Analysis Guides for Students and Teachers

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/03/primary-source-analysis-guides-for.html

Why we have our best ideas in the shower: The science of creativityPosted on Thursday, February 28th, 2013

http://blog.bufferapp.com/why-we-have-our-best-ideas-in-the-shower-the-science-of-creativity

News:

Amplify Tablet comes to the Education Market

http://www.amplify.com/tablet/

iPad App:

Too Noisy for iPhone, iPad, and iPod