Shawn & Troy discuss advisory ideas, share some shout outs, spotlight a few web sites, and look forward to the NMSA09 conference.

From the Twitterverse:

* canyonsdave So true. @Edu4U: RT @baded: If you think you don't like change, wait and see how you like irrelevance. #otf09

* web20classroom RT @joycevalenza: Classroom 2.0 today: New diigo features w/MaggieTsai 12:00pm Eastern In Elluminate at http://tinyurl.com/cr20live

* web20classroom RT @stevejmoore: Google Wave Wiki for Educators http://j.mp/2goA7h

* schoolwise "...Every dollar spent on a teacher=more valuable that a dollar spent on a variety of other ed reforms." ~ Z. Vanderhoek

* Lilylauren So I just rulked (run/walked) this http://www.gmap-pedometer.c... and I am going to brag cos I can - stab me if you don't like it

* gardenglen Great resources 4 teaching about soil: http://url.ie/2qxt

* gardenglen RT @jenwagner: http://twitpic.com/nlway - @gardenglen I bet we see this used a lot at upcoming conferences. (grins)

* schoolwise Info 101 - School Bus Safety and Stopping Laws: http://EzineArticles.com/?i...

* math2go Robert Marzano & interactive whiteboards: http://bit.ly/14CFgC

* funnelbrain Happy to annouce that we have just launched the Academic Decathlon Online Srimmage with our partners from the... http://bit.ly/Xzin6

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Advisory:

One Letter off Movies: #oneletteroffmovies

* Urbane Cowboy

* A Streetcar Named Desirex

* Where the Mild Things Are

* Sat VI

* Boy Story

Longer Temper:

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/10/22/i-like-this-lesson-because-it-make-me-have-a-longer-temper-part-one/

On Our Mind:

Shout out to March Wells III: Still on dial up....2 hours to download our Podcast. The Dedicated Listener Award goes to . . .

Shout out to L.C.: Thanks for the idea- Snag jokes from Reader's Digest (so you know they're funny) and then put them into cartoon form.

Should the National Middle School Association change its name? This was brought up an annual conference or two ago . . .

Oscar the 3 legged wonder dog.

Webspotlight:

Comparison of cell sizes:

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

Schoology

https://www.schoology.com/home.php

WatchKnow:

http://www.watchknow.org/

Stress, Control, and the Deprofessionalizing of Teaching:

By Thomas Newkirk

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/21/08newkirk.h29.html?tkn=SLXFVNI0pzgQlNmS03dWjNd3b5GbnRR0ra9D

What Ted Sizer Meant to Us

By Patrick J. McQuillan

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/29/10mcquillan.h29.html?tkn=PPLF+9RZuGGEuUfRwqevXDYZDDbIdJzHfqkX