MSM 496: Crisis or Opportunity

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

The Big Fib (Formerly Pants On Fire)

https://youtu.be/C1cMdXs6wG0

Where Are You From?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crAv5ttax2I#annotations:BsML9Gb2Eeuoun_1jQ-sIA

The World’s Most Dangerous Fart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfttRfTmtuE&feature=emb_logo

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

It’s a “Selfie” Thing: The Role of Artifacts in Teacher Evaluation

https://www.amle.org/its-a-selfie-thing-the-role-of-artifacts-in-teacher-evaluation/

17 Bellringer Activities for Remote Learning

https://hookedoninnovation.com/2021/02/04/17-bell-ringer-activities-for-remote-learning/

Scheduling

https://catlintucker.com/2021/02/hybrid-schedule/

Resources:

Primary Source Sources for Primary Source of the Day . . .

Identifying children at risk of later being frequent online-technologies users

https://news.psu.edu/story/645008/2021/01/22/research/identifying-children-risk-later-being-frequent-online-technologies#annotations:KwBUGGAgEeuH07NmUeKgaw

Open Middle Problems

https://www.geogebra.org/m/jazvukfd#annotations:PKpPtmJ4EeuHcCdUnIyUdA

Great Gatsby

https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-great-gatsby

Trinket

https://trinket.io/

Web Spotlight:

Snowflake Generator

https://viviariums.com/projects/snowflake/interactive/

Proposed Legislation

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8570?s=2&r=17

HR-8551 The Interstate Teacher Mobility Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8551?s=2&r=19

HR-8550 The Students Helping Younger Students Act of 2020

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8550?s=2&r=20

HR-8623 Supporting Students with Disabilities During COVID Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8523?s=2&r=22

Virtual Based Opportunities from the Arab American National Museum

AXIS - The Culture Translator

https://www.amle.org/2021-self-c-a-r-e/

Student ‘Compliance Does Not Equal Engagement’

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-student-compliance-does-not-equal-engagement/2021/01#annotations:g8TsMmfGEeuGn1doKOmRrw