Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.6
June 2009
Cover Story by Graysen Walles
Teaching – The Power of Influence
The impact of teaching is clear, and the influence of the profession is immeasurable. All it takes is one moment, one situation, one discussion to turn the life of a young learner.
Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching
Nine Year Summary of Articles, 2000 to 2009
On April 26, 2009, President Obama hosted the four 2009 finalists for America’s top national teaching honor, the National Teacher of the Year award. Alex Kajitani, who teaches mathematics at Mission Middle School in the Escondido Union (Elementary) School District in San Diego County was one of the four finalists.
Columns
» The Three R’s for Summer— Rest, Relax and Recharge! Sue Gruber
» Buddy Programs for Elementary Schools Leah Davies
» Moving to September Todd R. Nelson
» Ronald Reagan and the Art of Influence Marvin Marshall
» The Busy Educator's Monthly Five Marjan Glavac
» Substitute issues: Bathroom Passes & Anger Management Barbara Pressman
» Preparing Students for Travel: Films and Immunizations Josette Bonafino
» A Message to Share with Parents about Summer Learning Dorothy Rich
» Classroom Clean-Up and Clay in a Can Rick Morris
Articles
» Schools and Filters: Ice Age, the Meltdown Matt Levinson
» Effort: It Can be Taught! Deborah Granger
» Homework: Damned if you do, and if you don’t Alan Haskvitz
» Parents Are Recruits, Teachers Are Responsible, Kids Are Victims, and Schools Are Culpable For At-Risk Problems Bill Page
» 12 Ways to Stop Conflict in its Tracks! Susan Fitzell
» Using Photographs To Inspire Writing VIII Hank Kellner
» The Writing on the Wall Tim Newlin
» More Brain Teasers Steve Sherman
» Teacher of Facts - and of Life Rachelle Ann A. Abad
» Grant Writing Tips Kimberly McCloud
» Bald is Beautiful! Teachers, Students Lose Locks to Fight Childhood Cancer David Peter Marchesseault
Features
» Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes Barb Stutesman
» Today Is... Daily Commemoration Ron Victoria
» The Lighter Side of Teaching
» Video Bytes; Literacy Empowers (Illiteracy Awareness), The Underground Railroad, Wikis in Plain English - CommonCraft tutorial, Twitter in Plain English – a CommonCraft tutorial, Naturally 7 music group on Tavis Smiley Show, Tour the International Space Station!
» Teacher Blogs Showcase
» Printable - Ice Cream in a Baggie Recipe
» Featured Lessons, Wisdom from the Chat Achives, and Timely Printables Especially for June!
» What Is A Document Camera? What Does It Do?
» Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers
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by BattleShip Ron
Regular contributor to the Gazette
June 1, 2009
Literacy Empowers (Illiteracy Awareness)
Illiteracy is a plague that affects 600 million Asians. It hinders development and progress. It is the root of poverty and exploitation.Raise awareness. Literacy empowers. Footage by Giovanni Compiled by Chichi and Yashika (gr. 11) Narrated by Vikram (gr. 3) Singapore American School - Modern Asian Perspectives Class (3:09)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfQEC029caw
The Underground Railroad
Mini-course on the Underground Railroad effort to transport slaves to freedom. (8:06)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8nwJDR2O40
Wikis in Plain English - CommonCraft tutorial
A short explanation of wikis and how they can be used to coordinate a group. (3:52)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
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The plague of illiteracy; Twitter and wikis explained; a musical interlude and a fascinating tour of the expanding space station
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About BattleShip Ron (aka “BSR”) in his own words...
I came to Teachers.Net right after 9/11 looking for teachers that would be interested in having their class send thank you cards to world leaders for their sympathy and support after the attacks on our country. It wasn't huge success but some teachers participated and I think it helped with the healing process that was desperately needed.
I am not teacher, but many on the chatboards have told me that, though I don’t have a license to teach, they have learned much from my contributions.
I was born in N.J. and later as an adult moved to Cape Canaveral Florida, home of the Kennedy Space Center and the space shuttles. Cocoa Beach is just down the street from me, where the 1960's sitcom I Dream of Jennie took place.
I love living here in Florida. It gives me the chance to work, vacation and retire a little everyday. I feel lucky to be able to witness live space shuttle and rocket launches. I've learned much about the process of launching humans into space and enjoying bringing that knowledge to teachers here at T-net.
My profession is in print media where I have worked most of my life. I enjoy photography. I like making Cross Eye 3D photos and lately, recording videos. I enjoy computer video games and the challenge of having a computer that can run them.
I have two sons and between them both I’ve been gifted with 5 grandchildren and another on the way.
I’m single now and I love it! I live just upstairs from where I work and I ride my bicycle just about anywhere I need to go. I don’t own a car but will rent one when I need it.
I never eat at home which frees up my refrigerator for valuables when I need to evacuate during a hurricane.
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Past Videos on Teachers.Net...
Literacy Empowers (Illiteracy Awareness), The Underground Railroad, Wikis in Plain English - CommonCraft tutorial, Twitter in Plain English – a CommonCraft tutorial, Naturally 7 music group on Tavis Smiley Show, Tour the International Space Station! (June 2009)
Are You Going to Finish Strong?, Antarctica, Ted Talks - Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?, How Big Is Will?, The Sling Shot Man, Styrofoam Cup vs. Deep Sea (May 2009)
Meet Bill Martin Jr. and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Creative Quotes from Shakespeare, Massive Ant Colony Uncovered! AMAZING science!, Tim Hawkins - Cletus Take the Reel, Lovefield, and Dolphin Bubbles: An Amazing Behavior (Apr. 2009)
Modeling Guided Reading FAQ, Periodic Table of Videos – Fascinating Chemistry!, Carl Sagan - 4th Dimension Explanation, Parabolas in the Real World, Al Jolson sings - Brother Can You Spare a Dime?, Lovers’ Waltz - Casey Willis on violin, Meet Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (Mar. 2009)
All of the Presidents in Under 2 Minutes!, Needle Sized Art, I Am a Teacher!, How It’s Made: Copy paper, and If My Nose Was Runnin’ Money (Feb. 2009)
Dr. Martin Luther King, One Minute “I have a dream” speech by Daniel Stringer, Crystal Photography – Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley, FDR Fireside Chat on the Banking Crisis – March 1933, President Elect Barack Obama Reassures Americans – Thanksgiving 2008, T-Netter ron nj aka “Man of Steel” plays Sleepwalk, Big Dog Robot (Jan. 2009)
Why Let our Students Blog?, Cool Water Fountain!, Re-Creation of the Inaugural of George Washington, Sam Cooke-One More Time, Physics of Ultralight [Flight], Homage to Magritte (Dec. 2008)
Guided Reading FAQ; Tour of Solar System; Wikis; How We Elect; Posters Using EXCEL; 5th Grader Addresses Teachers (Nov. 2008)
Brain Based Education, Monday Morning, Rockin' the Standards, A Utopian School, Friday vs. Monday (performed hilariously by critters), Did You Know III, Make It So - Star Trek’s Picard Song Music Video, Triangle Song by Rockin' the Standards (Oct. 2008)
Explosions and science from UK Sky One series Brainiac, Let's See the Dog Whisperer Do This!, Amazing Pilobolus Dance, Power Teaching, Kids Living With Food Allergies, and Music Classroom Tour (Sept. 2008)
Mathmaticious; Stand up for P.E.! Becoming a teacher; Teaching toy; Lewis Black on Starbucks; Christian the lion (Aug. 2008)
The "Impotence" of Proofreading - Taylor Mali, Did You Know?, Walkthroughs and Learning Objectives, Alfie Kohn on Punishment, Levitating a cork by Quirkology, and Power Teaching's Classroom Management System: 6th Grade (1) (July 2008)
James Blunt sings Carry You Home, Perfect Literacy Centers for Elementary Classroom, Quincy, Massachusetts Teachers Demonstrate, Operation Opt Out State Exams - Parent Info Campaign, Google Docs, and Applying Trigonometric Functions (June 2008)
A Hidden Lesson, Baptism By Fire, ESL vocabulary lesson, I teach, therefore I learn, Ruben's Tube Physics Experiment, and Mother's Day Video: Kids Answer Questions About Their Moms (May 2008)
Abbott and Costello - Math, Education Today and Tomorrow, Pay Attention, Problem Based Learning, Lewis Black - Back In Black 04/25/07, and Middle School Science Lesson (April 2008)
A Teacher Leader Speaks About Merit Pay, Tai Chi Relaxes Kids Between Lessons, Veggie Tale for St. Patrick's Day, A Dad On Asperger's Syndrome and Dr. Asperger's research, Make a Worm Farm!, and Animals Inspire Robotics (Mar. 2008)
The Teachings of Jon, State Teachers of the Year Speak Out Against NCLB, An Introduction to the Interactive Whiteboard, Math "trick," find squares near 100, and Hilarious Professional Development (Feb. 2008)
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