Issue #10
“Take 5” is a weekly update containing information related to teaching and learning for today and beyond...
Take just 5 minutes (or less) to look over these resources and see what might be helpful for your and/or your students. Better yet, set aside at least 15-30 minutes a week (yes, that's been increased from last year!) to focus on finding resources and ideas that will improve student learning and prepare them for their future!
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Tips and Tools for Teachers
- NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month (November) - So... If you’re not too busy with Pepsi votes, conferences, holiday preparations, (oh!), AND teaching, how about writing a 50,000 word novel this month? Although you only have 18 days or so left, I’m sure some novels have been written in less time! Good luck!
NaNoWriMo Info
NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program
Podcast and tips for writing
- DocsTeach – search more than 3,000 primary-source documents from the National Archives and find lessons/activities... Sample documents to use/examine: U.S. Constitution, Kennedy family tree, map of Gettysburg battlefield, photographs of presidential inaugurations, and much more!
- SMART Board Viewer – Parents can download this Viewer (see links below) to open any SMART Notebook file you would like to share with them... they don't need the full program! Perhaps there's a lesson you'd like your students to review over break, or you had an Open House Notebook file you'd like to share with those who couldn't attend. Upload the Notebook file to your teacher web page (or email them, if not too big), then send them this link or put it on your teacher page... and Viola! It's like they're in your classroom! (sort of!)
WINDOWS USERS - Download
MAC USERS - Download
Ponderings
- TED Videos: A Love Affair (Awwwwww...) - How and why use TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) "Ideas Worth Spreading" website for teaching. In addition to TED topics, they also have short video speeches on Business, Science, and Global Issues... and Education. Highlights from the article...
...this revolution in accessible high-level concepts, should be tapped into as a teacher. The students may understand the tools, but it is up to us to introduce our students to the diversity and rigor of content that is out there so that they aren't always seeking out burgers when they could be digesting lobster.
Cheryle Lemke, President and CEO of the Metiri Group said the following: "we are no longer at the center of the learning for our students." Our task now, she says, is to leverage the learning possibilities from outside our school walls and from the online possibilities that are out there, and harness them into ways to teach our students how to find their own lessons and how to love the act of learning.
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a conference of the brightest minds on the planet speaking on the topics in their expertise. Want a brain massage? Just jump online and pull up a 20-minute lecture on the topic of your choice and recharge your batteries or reinvigorate your knowledge base with one of their videos.
See specific subject selections... in the article!
Learning Opportunities
- In-District Professional Development Opportunities - Calendar
- NWO's STEM Education Inquiry Series (at Rossford High School!) - Thurs., Dec. 16th - a low-cost, local opportunity for elementary teachers and JH/HS science, math, and technology teachers offered 7 times from September 23 - April 14, 2011.
- In the right margin of this blog, enter your email to receive future postings into your email Inbox (Take 5s and more!) -- plan on 1-3 posts per week.
;-) Just for Fun! (and a little learning, perhaps)
- For Equal Time: Coca-Cola's Happy Factory - Coke drinkers... sick of all the Pepsi stuff? This one's for you! (so to speak) - Flash player games of skill! NOTE: takes a little while to get the games ready, so try on a "fast" computer! I'm sure there's some educational value in here somewhere!!!
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