MSM-179 Common Core Bad Baseball iPad Resources

On Our Mind:
Changing positions
Start of the school year
Eileen Award:
Dr. Tatom: Thanks for the mention on Twitter!
Advisory:
Permanent Record
http://www.slate.com/id/2301449/
The Secret to Success
https://plus.google.com/117689362923608221663/posts/8v7RBNncmAJ
How many really?
http://howmanyreally.com/
Middle School Science Minute
by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])
Part two on lab safety and focuses in on personal safety of students.
From the Twitterverse:
Don’t forget to join the conversation on MiddleTalk and Twitter at #midleved this Friday at 8:00 pm EST.
News:
Beautiful Teenage Brains
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/10/teenage-brains/dobbs-text
Resources:
Writing Prompts
http://writingprompts.tumblr.com/
YouTube for Teachers
http://www.youtube.com/teachers
http://www.youtube.com/education
iPad App Resources:
In iTunes, go to the iTunes Store (sidebar on the left).
Then select App Store on the bar along the top of the window.
Then select the drop down Education under Categories on the right
(OR-Just to the right of the word App Store on the top will be a small triangle- click that and select Education)
This will reveal App categories for Teachers including:
Apps for Teachers
Special Education
Education Volume Purchasing
Mobile Learning
http://www.eschoolnews.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2011/09/mobile_star.pdf
Alternate Assessment Apps for Eighth Grade
Eighth graders need to demonstrate their mastery of skills in English, math and science.
http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=3110
Web Spotlight:
Implementing Common Core Standards
Over the next year, the accomplished teachers I met at CTQ will face down these tough questions. They will design—and test-drive in their own classrooms, with their own students—lessons and assessments linked to the Common Core State Standards.
http://transformed.teachingquality.org/blogs/advancing-teaching-profession/09-2011/implementing-common-core-standards
Cheating
Here’s an overview of some of the most shocking instances of teacher cheating, plus a few episodes that may have been overblown.
http://www.propublica.org/article/americas-most-outrageous-teacher-cheating-scandals
Students need to develop Grit
http://edcommentary.blogspot.com/2011/09/teaching-character-strengths-and-values.html
Common Core Maps
From the website:
“Common Core has released a new, Second Edition of the K-12 Curriculum Maps in English Language Arts. The Maps are designed to help educators meet the expectations of the Common Core State Standards, which call for the standards to be “complemented by a well-developed, content-rich curriculum.”
Our draft ELA Maps have received more than three million views since last August. We’ve listened to your advice and have added many new features, including:
Nearly 200 new writing, grammar, and research activities
Guidance for differentiated instruction
Library of seventy digital resources
More informational and contemporary texts throughout
Map users can now:
Rate and comment on each of the seventy-six unit Maps along with thousands of suggested works, activities, and resources
Submit lesson plans
Get preferred pricing on Maps services and tools that are under development
Common Core has been inundated with requests for professional development services, more Maps-based curriculum tools, and more Maps, including math Maps. In order to generate the resources needed to respond to these requests, we are offering the opportunity to become contributing members of the Mapping Project for a nominal cost.”
Strategies:
Inside Story Flash Cards
Combine visuals with vocabulary words to help increase retention.
http://www.insidestoryflashcards.com/
Jokes You Can Use:
Events & Happenings:
Calendar of Events:
NMSA News: