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Attached here is an interactive PDF of the conference registration form.
Thank you, Angela. Glad you've found the discussion interesting. What technology do you have access to? Can you and your kids get out on the web from class?
Great, Angela! Keep us posted on how this unfolds for you.
Just wanted to let you know that I have been reading this exchange and find it interesting. Unfortunately, I have so little technology in my room that I have found it difficult to participate. Thanks,
Angie
Any takers on this? Anyone committing to making something happen?
MSP2 is offering registration scholarships ($299 value) for 100 MSP2 members to
attend this year’s National Middle School Association Annual
Conference in Baltimore, MD, November 4-6, 2010.
Recipients of the scholarships will have access to all co…
Thanks, Mary, for explaining how the four Cs look in your classroom. It certainly makes sense that students know these as explicit learning objectives.
Just occurs to me that each of these Cs could be a theme that a team or even the whole school we…
It IS amazing to think about the fact that our students today will have (and create) jobs that don't exist and aren't even envisioned today. (Hmmmm....perhaps an interesting professional development activity would be to have teachers brainstorm a li…
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Service learning and STEM
There have been a couple of posts on MSP2 about service learning and STEM. Eric Biederbeck shared information and his thoughts from a conference session entitled Teaching STEM through Service Learning. Tom Jenkins shared posed the question, "Service Learning-Why not it Math, Science and STEM?" after attending a workshop.
It's safe to say that Eric, Tom, and I… Continue
It's safe to say that Eric, Tom, and I… Continue
Posted on June 24, 2010 at 5:19pm — 5 Comments
The trail from Glogster to drawing and mapping tools
The following is cross-posted to a discussion on the Integrating Technology Group
I was exploring Glogster this morning, wondering, "How can Glogster help in a learning
and teaching setting?" My search for "education" on the Glogster site turned up a glog about Web 2… Continue
I was exploring Glogster this morning, wondering, "How can Glogster help in a learning
and teaching setting?" My search for "education" on the Glogster site turned up a glog about Web 2… Continue
Posted on February 18, 2010 at 10:30am — 3 Comments
The Future of Teaching (a borrowed title)
One of the messages in my inbox this morning came from the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ). The item announced the inauguration of TeacherSolutions 2030--an initiative to explore and help shape teaching as a "student-centered profession." There were references and links to the most recent blog posts at the Future of Teaching blog. Two that caught my eye were… Continue
Posted on October 1, 2009 at 9:16am —
The Edible Schoolyard
Somewhere in the email and blogposting universe, I tripped over a link to an Edutopia story about the Edible Schoolyard.
Martin Luther King Middle School, in Berkley, CA, has a one-acre garden where students grow food, raise chickens, learn about soil, pollination, water cycle, and all the other good stuff that is part of life. They also learn the value of… Continue
Martin Luther King Middle School, in Berkley, CA, has a one-acre garden where students grow food, raise chickens, learn about soil, pollination, water cycle, and all the other good stuff that is part of life. They also learn the value of… Continue
Posted on August 18, 2009 at 4:43pm — 2 Comments
Problem Based Learning Meets Needs?
Two interactions with members of MSP2 a couple of weeks ago (I know, not good Web 2.0 response time!) prompted me to go looking in NMSA's resources. Both interactions were with MSP2 members: Carla Watts, a teacher in Illinois, and Bernardo Leon De La Barra, lecturer in engineering at University of Tasmania. Carla posted a question to the… Continue
Posted on July 2, 2009 at 9:30am — 22 Comments
Comment Wall (102 comments)
- At 2:18pm on June 25, 2010,
Mary LeFever said… - Thanks! Glad to be here:)
- At 8:48am on April 1, 2010,
Pat Hemler said… - Mary,
Thanks for the message. I'm a retired mathematics teacher currently working as a math content specialist. We have received a grant from NSF to develop a pathway for elementary mathematics. We're exploring your site to help us generate ideas about what our online community might be, and what resources we might offer. We would welcome any suggestions you have. Thanks.
- At 5:50am on March 18, 2010,
Shirley Casper said… - Hi Mary,
Aussie schools have had a great boost to It as our Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has given a substantial amount of money so that every public student gets their own laptop computer.Of course this has not been fully resourced as maintaining wireless connections in all schools has not been perfected. Nevertheless it is a great incentive.
I am fortunate in that I am teaching at an independent school in Sydney and we are very much into integrating technology into our daily lessons. Again, we are fortunate in that we do have an excellent IT integrator.
I do use IT in some form in virtually every lesson and I am always on the look out for new ways of approaching particular topics, processes and skills.
I look forward to engaging with this group.
- At 5:50pm on March 17, 2010,
Timothy Rupp said…
- If you want to post it under your name that is fine with me. I think that other teachers with this district would agree with what I have said.
- At 9:32am on March 17, 2010,
Timothy Rupp said…
- Dear Mary,
Only if my name is not part of the thread. I still have to get a contract with the district and hopefully tenure.
- At 12:39am on March 17, 2010,
Timothy Rupp said…
- The district has several proficiency tests, math, science, and english for right now. There is talk of adding a history test. The students have to pass all the tests in order to graduate. The math is probably the hardest one to pass.
I may be looking at this the wrong way, but the math test covers topics in geometry and trig. Unless you are going to college you really don't need that information. Why is it on a test that prevents students from graduating? The tests are given before students have taken some of the classes where that information is presented. It seems like the district is setting the student up for failure.
- At 6:51pm on March 15, 2010,
Timothy Rupp said…
- Dear Mary,
I am about half way through an alternate route to licensure program in secondary math for the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, NV. I also work as a substitute teacher with the district.
It seems that here too many students do not graduate high school because they can't pass the proficicency test. I am leaning towards teaching middle school to try and change that for the students I can help.
The reality is I will take what ever job I am offered.
- At 10:52am on March 15, 2010,
Chris Cox said…
- Hi Mary! Thanks for the message this morning. I am working with Kristen Morio at the Ohio Evaluation & Assessment Center as a graduate assistant. I'm looking forward to perusing through the mathematics resources available here.
So a bit about myself... I have a broad mathematics education background that includes both middle and high school mathematics teaching. Prior to starting my PhD work at Miami University, I was the K-12 mathematics curriculum coordinator for Kalamazoo Public Schools in Michigan. At the moment, I find myself wearing several hats as a PhD student, graduate assistant, and I also do mathematics curriculum consulting and professional development.
Again, thanks for the welcome! I'm looking forward to digging into the site.
Chris Cox
Miami University
- At 8:45pm on March 14, 2010,
Jacquelyn Varcadipane said…
- Thanks for the welcome... = )
- At 9:27am on March 12, 2010,
Donna Fox Collins said…
- Thanks for making me feel welcome.
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