Friday, June 15, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Science In the Know Now 02/06/2012
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EdNET Insight | States To Lead Effort To Write New Science Standards
press release for the 20 states charged with writing the new Common Core Science Standards.
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Next Generation Science Standards
information about the process and product of the the "Next Generation Science Standards". Kansas is one of the 20 states given the job of developing new common core standards
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Lesson 3: Cycles of Change uses Drylongso as the literature springboard for learning about drought, seasonal change, overcoming environmental challenges
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Teacher to Teacher: Multicultural Books in Family Literacy Programs
" Drylongso, written by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, is a bit longer picture book than most. The story of an African-American farm family living through a recent drought, Drylongso evokes old legends and folk heroes and makes history feel like a living, breathing part of our beings. If you've not read any books of Virginia Hamilton, considered by some to be our country's best children's author, this would be a wonderful place to start. Young girls especially will like the winsome character of Lindy. "
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DRYLONGSO by Virginia Hamilton, Jerry Pinkney | Kirkus Book Reviews
the complete Kirkus Review
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Science In the Know Now 01/04/2012
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Interesting read > R @JHerbertArtist: #Neuroscience Versus The Law http://t.co/Pp1vRQ2v
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Science In the Know Now 11/28/2011
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A Sense of Scale : Visualising the Big and the Small | The Whiteboard Blog
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Welcome to Easy Java Simulations home page
input your data here and create a java simulation
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here is how your tax dollars work to help teachers, parents, and life-long learners
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Science In the Know Now 11/25/2011
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Veritasium Science Videos: Atomic Rant
showing atoms at a different level...a rant
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Science In the Know Now 11/24/2011
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Kids' Games, Animals, Photos, Stories, and More -- National Geographic Kids
various games and other interactive activities to help children learn.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Science In the Know Now 10/07/2011
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National Schools Partnership - Developing innovative educational resources for you and your school
this a motherlode, yet some are sponsored by businesses.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Not "gonna" Turn It Down!
"Company officials say they have no qualms about taking all the tax breaks legally available to them. To do otherwise would be like a consumer “insisting on paying full price during a store sale,” wrote Jeff Brown, a company spokesman. Even E.A.’s competitors acknowledge that its tax strategies aren’t particularly aggressive compared with others in the industry."
POINT TAKEN! Time for Congress to get to work.
Self-Sabotage? or Self-Preservation?
Self-sabotage is an ongoing concern. I appreciate your take on the subject, as it provides another perspective in my ongoing efforts to use it to my benefit. I’ve read some of this research about the fixed and incremental theories of ability, yet this take is interesting. So, I’m wondering if the point is “Never give up! Never surrender!”?
As I thought about the poorly attended lecture on the ride home, I realized something. I have been expecting that the incremental message should be enough to motivate my students to do the little, doable things, like coming to class or section, that slowly build up to success. And it dawned on me that it the issue here may not be that the students haven’t been listening to the message about incremental learning, but rather, that they’ve been listening closely.
These findings show us that even when we believe that our abilities are the result of our effort- a mindset I have urged my students to adopt– we are not out of the woods when it comes to academic motivation. The knowledge that our effort (as opposed to our genetics) is tied to our abilities can be threatening precisely because it’s in our hands, and incredibly, puts us at risk for self-sabotaging our own success to protect ourselves– just in case our efforts are not enough.
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