Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.5
May 2009
Cover Story by Matt Levinson
Schools and Facebook: Moving Too Fast, or Not Fast Enough?
Schools can draw a line in the sand, with zero tolerance rules written into school handbooks, or they can shift with the changing sands of social networking and utilize social networking and Facebook to enhance teaching and learning.
Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching
Teachers Are the Greatest Assets
On the first day of school, the teacher across the hall commented to me that my students are "always so good!" It's not the students; it's the procedures that have proven to work. The First Days of School helps me to manage my class, so that I can be an effective teacher.
Columns
» Comedy Highlights from Room K-1! Sue Gruber
» What Will Your Students Remember? Leah Davies
» My Mrs. Krikorian Todd R. Nelson
» Discipline Is a Liberating Word Marvin Marshall
» The Busy Educator's Monthly Five Marjan Glavac
» Help! Too Much Talk! Not Enough Work! Barbara Pressman
» Mayan Sites and Paris Easy on the Purse Josette Bonafino
» The Little Things that Count in Our Schools: Doing Something Different, Simple and Powerful Cheryl Sigmon
» Teacher Morale Matters Dorothy Rich
» Team Management - It’s in the Cards Rick Morris
» Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century Hal Portner
Articles
» The Document Camera: A Better Way to Present! Joe Frisk
» Need a Teaching Job? Here’s Where to Find One Alan Haskvitz
» Make Twitter an Ally in the Classroom! Alan Haskvitz
» Teaching Is... Bill Page
» Celebrating True Heroes Graysen Walles
» Digital Pens & Touch-Screens Tim Newlin
» 12 Ways to Improve and Enhance Your Paraprofessional- Teacher Experience Susan Fitzell
» May 2009 Writing Prompts James Wayne
» Using Photographs To Inspire Writing VII Hank Kellner
» How to Increase the Number of Physics and Chemistry Majors Stewart E. Brekke
» Bibliotherapy Booklist for Elementary Students Lisa Bundrick
» 8 Ways to Make Math Magical at School Steve Sherman
» 5 Brainteasers Steve Sherman
» What Will You Do For Shy Kids? Marjie Braun Knudsen
Features
» Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes Barb Stutesman
» Today Is... Daily Commemoration Ron Victoria
» The Lighter Side of Teaching
» Photo Tour: 3rd Grade Classroom
» Teacher Blogs Showcase
» Carol Goodrow's Kids Running Printables
» Dolch word activities, end of first grade test, first grade memory book, map and geography lessons for all levels, IEP progress, and graduation ceremonies songs
» Video Bytes; 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
» Live on Teachers.Net: May 2009
» New Teacher Induction Programs
» Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers
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Scouring the Internet for the best videos so you don’t have to.
by BattleShip Ron
New contributor to the Gazette
May 1, 2009
Are You Going to Finish Strong?
Nick Vujicic inspires us to finish strong. (2:40)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYWPLxVJca0
Antarctica
This is a short clip inspired by Hans Zimmer's music from "The Thin Red Line".
Antarctica was the last, 7th continent I visited and dove. Kind of a last stop on a journey called "Earth". But in fact the journey never ends... (4:09)
vimeo.com/3890238
Ted Talks - Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. (19:55)
www.ted.com/talks/view/id/66
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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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