Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 06/20/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/London-2012-Olympic-and-Paralympic-Values-6086530/">London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Values - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Lessons teaching about the values of the Olympics and Paralympic games. These are coming up in July/ August. You can use this powerpoint as a starting point.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-Power-of-Convergence-and-Collaboration-6257038/">The Power of Convergence and Collaboration - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">There is a nice set of videos about sustainability on the tes website including this one about convergence and collaboration.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/environment">environment</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/resourcecalendar.aspx?nt=event&nbday=20&nbmth=6&nbyr=2012">Rio +20 Teaching resources</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">If you are teaching about sustainability, environment, or politics, you should share about what is going on at the Rio +20 conference June 20-22. Here are some lesson plans that you can use relating to this conference.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.uncsd2012.org">Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">June 20-22 is the Rio+ 20 conference where delegates from around the world meet with the UN Committee on Sustainable energy. For those who care about good stewardship of this beautiful planet this is is an event to note.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Poetry-of-Qu-Yuan-6257131/">Poetry of Qu Yuan - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I created a set of Qu Yuan resources on TES. If this is your expertise, you may want to also create some resources here.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/poetry">poetry</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/china">china</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.chinapage.com/quyuan5.html">Qu Yuan the Poet - Duanwu Jie - Dragon Boat Festival</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Another overview of Qu Yuan. Another note about him is that one of his most popular poems is the "Heavenly Questions" where he asks 170 questions about life. This would be something to download and read via ebook, etc.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/china">china</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.cjvlang.com/Pfloyd/quyuan.html">Qu Yuan: The Man Who Raved at the Wall</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">A fascinating reading about the "Man who raved at the wall." It is an incredible explanation of a unique poet who used his poetry to bring to the attention the politcis of his time.<br /><br />The 'man who raved at the wall' was none other than China's oldest major poet, Qu Yuan 屈原 Qū Yuán (often spelt Ch'ü Yüan after the old system of romanisation). Qu Yuan was born in the kingdom of Chu (or Ch'u) in 340 BC, roughly 2,340 years before our time and 1,150 years before Li He's. Like Li He, he was unsuccessful in life, but the consequences were much graver than merely being excluded from the bureaucracy.<br /><br />At the time Qu Yuan was alive, China consisted of seven states fighting for dominance of the known civilised world. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/china">china</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.chinapage.com/eng1.html#QY">Chinese Poems with English Translations</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Translation of The Mountain Spirit, another Qu Yuan poem. This one has the chinese on the left and the words on the right.<br /><br />"All gloomy and dark is the day;<br />The east wind drifts and god sends down rain.<br />Waiting for the divine one, I forget to go home.<br />The year is late. Who will now bedeck me?..."<br /><br />This page includes quite a bit more Chinese poetry.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/china">china</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.shiku.org/xlib/lingshidao/hanshi/quyuan.htm">Translated Chinese Poetry: Poems by Ch'¨¹ Y¨¹an</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">If you want to discuss the Dragon Boat Festival and cover the legend of Qu Yuan, here are some translated poems. This poem "Li Sao" the Lament is one of the best known poems he wrote. If you're just curious, it is a fascinating read.<br /><br />"A prince am I of ancestry renowned,<br />Illustrious name my royal sire hath found..."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://www.cdba.org/sfdragonboat/">San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The San Francisco International Dragonboat festival is an example of the many dragonboat festivals that happen around the US.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duanwu_Festival">Duanwu Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The fifth day of the fifth moon, this festival is stated to commemorate the death of poet Qu Yuan. They drop sticky rice wrapped in triangles into the water for him to eat in the afterlife. When the locals rowed out to retrieve his body, they say this became the origin of Dragon Boat Racing. There are many other theories and this article does a nice job of outlining them. This is a great cross curricular exploration that has poetry, history, culture intertwined.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/ResourceCalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=6&nbyear=2012&evcode=4281">Dragon Boat Festival</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The Dragon Boat festival is June 23 this year. This is a lesson plan and has some videos about the Dragon boat festival. It has one of the longest histories of any festival and is being celebrated in more and more cities each year.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 06/20/2012

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Jamaica: Day 2

Friday morning we woke up with a small agenda for the day: meet with the wedding coordinator and go for the trial run of hair and makeup.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWjzaQNSaEwgMTNLTt7ZlbspyaPgTp1nLke377n2ulQHAbg2J43ARzTYwZDrQoXO0M6ppVi1cjF0493fdm4lQmkPCcetkectdu8sDfQpdg4StM4AUyk_1oq7l1-RPggsaj-9ViuQlL4o/s1600/Jamaica+2012+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWjzaQNSaEwgMTNLTt7ZlbspyaPgTp1nLke377n2ulQHAbg2J43ARzTYwZDrQoXO0M6ppVi1cjF0493fdm4lQmkPCcetkectdu8sDfQpdg4StM4AUyk_1oq7l1-RPggsaj-9ViuQlL4o/s400/Jamaica+2012+010.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Venecia was our awesome wedding coordinator at Sandals.  She had a vibrant personality and sense of humor and truly made us feel special and important in her presence.  Even though Joel and I were set on having our ceremony on the beach, she had us visit a few other wedding sites on the resort to consider as well.  In the end, we chose to have our ceremony in this gazebo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLHbuGXJaaDpGTjsvFkF6OUB0bwfIzVjWOkgr8jCpPzh5hxTeYlrn9uIB4gNapOWMMlEZ0N921ADhEAWFkTwqU38pWNGN5PCxu5aFzUSYYiFymYL0EHqs6SepMQwqZVL3MvNoF1RzDrI/s1600/sunset+wedding+gazebo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLHbuGXJaaDpGTjsvFkF6OUB0bwfIzVjWOkgr8jCpPzh5hxTeYlrn9uIB4gNapOWMMlEZ0N921ADhEAWFkTwqU38pWNGN5PCxu5aFzUSYYiFymYL0EHqs6SepMQwqZVL3MvNoF1RzDrI/s400/sunset+wedding+gazebo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Jamaica offered a level of "hot" that I had never experienced before.  Even hotter than FL in July/August (and I've been there during both of those months!).  By having the ceremony in the gazebo, we would have some shade which would alleviate some of the heat, as well as prevent squinting for the pictures.  Plus, it offered a beautiful backdrop!<br /><br />While we discussed other details of the wedding, including song choices for the first dance, etc, we also got to do a cake tasting!  YUM!  Our flavor choices were vanilla, chocolate and Caribbean fruit.  Truth be told, my favorite was really the vanilla, but we went with the Caribbean fruit to honor our setting.  This flavor tasted somewhat like gingersnaps with hints of rum.  Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a terrible flavor, but the vanilla certainly was delicious, especially with that fondant icing... holy moly!  It was only because Venecia was watching that I did not inhale all 3 samples.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0FG8vusyyzmGzxuceSDigEHS5mpDDY-4DMlm3Cb4z8-WGmOS4oTuDhEpqvL91ViU3SPqiKpB_OZU4MDRobkaM4qHdUfJf_obBidwX2Q-qPOQu7ABFWhiRT61U0Z6MtFN_gI5AuvYDU8/s1600/cake+tasting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0FG8vusyyzmGzxuceSDigEHS5mpDDY-4DMlm3Cb4z8-WGmOS4oTuDhEpqvL91ViU3SPqiKpB_OZU4MDRobkaM4qHdUfJf_obBidwX2Q-qPOQu7ABFWhiRT61U0Z6MtFN_gI5AuvYDU8/s400/cake+tasting.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQgEDWmNGQmEo0pMikZpQiyBnIkgEsP9oDC1-8mO8WI8IX7-jYAMfcWVTGtoejCtBPshWmYvfrzJnUFb5XNE1vn36ZoLYE9DYRYdCpN7d4KUOfWTdxC1ePXsQmSYWLd6GRgJQ1bwunEo/s1600/cake+tasting+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQgEDWmNGQmEo0pMikZpQiyBnIkgEsP9oDC1-8mO8WI8IX7-jYAMfcWVTGtoejCtBPshWmYvfrzJnUFb5XNE1vn36ZoLYE9DYRYdCpN7d4KUOfWTdxC1ePXsQmSYWLd6GRgJQ1bwunEo/s400/cake+tasting+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joel tried it first</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5HLltGYjRHovkRh9ftgzU74hVYmFETRQV0y1VkHnMgSHsdieo_eu_cl5Sdhb8jSlL6qMwdFZG-O0v7sF6HRpOJyK4JjuaU7Pq5mw5QYhEFZdMV9Dm67X8WqBR1St4fl2wsJUI42Czeo/s1600/cake+tasting+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5HLltGYjRHovkRh9ftgzU74hVYmFETRQV0y1VkHnMgSHsdieo_eu_cl5Sdhb8jSlL6qMwdFZG-O0v7sF6HRpOJyK4JjuaU7Pq5mw5QYhEFZdMV9Dm67X8WqBR1St4fl2wsJUI42Czeo/s400/cake+tasting+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoDOFadJZbPpcfA6TaSO4EWwHlZ0N1CCfah5d3AzTb7kbZcA8U4OvLq1r9zbiyxMr_V0bGI20N52pzNPb_TMjyxDz7ZvKVSOBexrnjJJpfvC5KAqQo0Z14rPgvk_cN5hoi4iOO3meZQo/s1600/cake+tasting+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoDOFadJZbPpcfA6TaSO4EWwHlZ0N1CCfah5d3AzTb7kbZcA8U4OvLq1r9zbiyxMr_V0bGI20N52pzNPb_TMjyxDz7ZvKVSOBexrnjJJpfvC5KAqQo0Z14rPgvk_cN5hoi4iOO3meZQo/s400/cake+tasting+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the key to my heart is obviously through sweets</td></tr></tbody></table>After our wedding meeting, we took a quick detour to the beach.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8OzJomU810uABJhe_bBRaCCrsMQnml-wODlMnl8ZOGuTeKIs2dDZK7sQhDzfACXTCwjqtz1SKJulxLDgFiZLx7CDzXEE0TfMzDafSxEXLM7f898ut44LzG0mqv2hyBYm6TpZIn5QonM/s1600/Jamaica+2012+036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8OzJomU810uABJhe_bBRaCCrsMQnml-wODlMnl8ZOGuTeKIs2dDZK7sQhDzfACXTCwjqtz1SKJulxLDgFiZLx7CDzXEE0TfMzDafSxEXLM7f898ut44LzG0mqv2hyBYm6TpZIn5QonM/s400/Jamaica+2012+036.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><br />Again, I began devouring Fifty Shades and working on my tan as much as I could before the big day. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwrnCXnHUkfap9hEueNf2aqana-34SSOaDAAtmHM-EocVB0R5xt7ep0J0B51qikhhpUmmNl6KUR_JlpMDAMCzR8CZ_MjJh4DJ5rNFemRsxlfhAJxwRWvvYN6g1hzVWrOk7AMwxYQ45Zw/s1600/Jamaica+2012+043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwrnCXnHUkfap9hEueNf2aqana-34SSOaDAAtmHM-EocVB0R5xt7ep0J0B51qikhhpUmmNl6KUR_JlpMDAMCzR8CZ_MjJh4DJ5rNFemRsxlfhAJxwRWvvYN6g1hzVWrOk7AMwxYQ45Zw/s400/Jamaica+2012+043.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />Before I knew it, it was time to set off to the Red Lane Spa for several hours of pampering.  I got a mani/pedi and my hair and makeup done.  Everything turned out perfectly!  My stylist, Wendy, even tore my hair out once she was done so Joel wouldn't know what it would look like.  I secretly wanted to keep it though - it was so nice!<br /><br />We finished up another day in Jamaica with a delicious meal all the while savoring the sunset.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyLAd8X0-T2LhlQ0-hZb6m8ahFS-W7VjAo1xsyaz-AM4dp5Cwl_LqdopMGOBmH3mDpjUnZbuVdEyv5JTzObqGbpdwWBWAl2TU8z__a_9PSz_9EXtMjv5hpQK88R4hzjrCXXWvg82J3IY/s1600/Jamaica+2012+053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyLAd8X0-T2LhlQ0-hZb6m8ahFS-W7VjAo1xsyaz-AM4dp5Cwl_LqdopMGOBmH3mDpjUnZbuVdEyv5JTzObqGbpdwWBWAl2TU8z__a_9PSz_9EXtMjv5hpQK88R4hzjrCXXWvg82J3IY/s400/Jamaica+2012+053.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><br />That night, we would go to bed for our last night as singles.  Little did we know that the next day we would awake to a dream come true!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgk9r9kcghhm3PZy6XI4CYEsRSKV1Pdl7aPuRBHNd9vcL496FmprgBdsMo2x2GRDi-uS8qsmd_CYfCLWb9wgTAuYsc_L5xRQpc1Dy4SM8JqLX9SvkYbLRI-ExTB_03VjnJbMyUGWBn5Y/s1600/038_38.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Jamaica Montego Bay Sandals wedding Jamaica: Day 2

Friday morning we woke up with a small agenda for the day: meet with the wedding coordinator and go for the trial run of hair and makeup.Venecia was our awesome wedding coordinator at Sandals.  She had a vibrant personality and sense of humor and tru…

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 06/19/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.calendarlabs.com/calendars/school-calendar.php">Free School Calendar 2012-2013 & Academic Calendar Templates</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Microsoft Office doesn't have 2012-2013 academic calendars in their templates (yet) so here are some calendars that you can download and use as you plan next year.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/calendar">calendar</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/planning">planning</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://plus.google.com/110333270386916546939/posts/SWsuSAu7c9a">(7) Sharon Hester - Google+ - Cool Carnival Games for Kids Parties</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Interesting set of carnival ideas I found on Google plus. Carnival games.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/summer">summer</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/parties">parties</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/parenting">parenting</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://familyfun.go.com/summer/summer-parties/">Summer Party Ideas - Summer Parties for Kids | FamilyFun</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">So, you're going to throw a party? Whether you're a parent or running a summer camp, here are some great ideas for parties and summer games to plan. Get creative. summer flowers and more.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/summer">summer</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/TES-Primary-Plus-Why-do-we-have-summer-3001388/">Why do we have summer? - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Why do we have summer? Some lesson plans including myths about summer. These would be fascinating stories to tel students as you celebrate the summer solstice.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessons">lessons</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/London-2012-Olympic-and-Paralympic-Values-6086530/">London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Values - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Lessons teaching about the values of the Olympics and Paralympic games. These are coming up in July/ August. You can use this powerpoint as a starting point.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/ResourceCalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=6&nbyear=2012&evcode=3799">Summer Solstice Lesson Plans</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The summer solstice is June 24. Here are some lesson plans for this day. If you're working with summer camps, you can do something more simple like water parties or other ways to celebrate the longest day of the year. Some of the ideas I like are the creation of a sundial, learning how to calculate sun altitude depending upon your latitude as well as some literature related themes.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 06/19/2012

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DOES COLD THERAPY IMPROVE PMS, REDUCE THE SIZE OF A BREAST LUMP, AND MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE?

<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A year ago I noticed something very frightening: a lump in my right breast/arm pit area. After three months of observation, I noticed it would increase in size and tenderness about 10 days before my period, but would disappear as soon as I started my menstrual cycle. Then, again, it would appear about ten days before the following period. I scheduled a breast exam with two different doctors and both said it wasn’t something I should worry about.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Each month I noticed it was slightly bigger and more obvious than the previous month. By this past February, it was worth worrying about.  There was no doubt in my mind I had a problem, so I scheduled another doctor’s visit as well as a mammogram and ultrasound. By the time I got the mammogram I had started my period, the lump was smaller, and nothing was found. I left the exam both excited, but also feeling a bit crazy.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is where cold therapy comes in. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I had been reading the blogs written by Dr. Jack Kruse where he describes the science and details to the healing benefits of cold adaptation or cold thermogenesis(CT) along with his genius application of seasonal eating. Keep in mind- his blogs are specific to a natural means to reduce leptin resistance and ailments caused by leptin induced inflammation. Being that I have very low body fat, I wasn’t thinking this information could be used to reduce or heal my own issues, but I instead I was reading to gain insight into CT as a suggestion to help other people. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAkrAogqaNyLZbVyRjgqFb6IBFTkI5SoW-XbOaEIVQ2UdJUpAzTuYYOlYB71BaHjAkLrxmXtV-5JChYDPnTLjc4wLKIXegZF0104a2WL2wUYjkM0qZY3A4v6T3McJ_Q7OSCDYmDgc1Vru/s1600/ice+bath.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAkrAogqaNyLZbVyRjgqFb6IBFTkI5SoW-XbOaEIVQ2UdJUpAzTuYYOlYB71BaHjAkLrxmXtV-5JChYDPnTLjc4wLKIXegZF0104a2WL2wUYjkM0qZY3A4v6T3McJ_Q7OSCDYmDgc1Vru/s200/ice+bath.png" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Cold therapy isn't new to me. As a college athlete, bags of ice all over my body was a daily need. I played volleyball at the collegiate level and not only did we wrap ice bags on our inflamed and over used knees, spine, and shoulders, but we jumped into the near by river for 10-15 minutes as a daily ritual- especially during two-a-day practices. I even arrived early before practice to ensure enough time to sit in an ice bath. The sports medicine trainers warned me that ice before practice might cause injury, but to me it made practice bearable.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">While reading Dr. Kruse's blog,  I connected the dots to my own obvious inflammatory problems. It became obvious that CT might be a solution to my menstrual inflammation and osteoarthritis (caused from years of over training). So I reintroduced CT to my body and hoped for the best.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But the decision to add cold therapy  has come with risk.  I do not have leptin resistance and because of my very low body fat percentage, I assumed my response to CT (from a fueling perspective) might cause fat gain. Why? Since I have less fat, my body might react differently than a person who has more fat and leptin resistance.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">From my understanding, for people who have leptin resistance, CT (as described by Dr. Kruse) </span>reduces leptin levels. The result would be reversed leptin resistance, less hunger, less inflammation, and more fat loss. Like a game of balance atop an upside down U curve (an arch like a rainbow), preventing blood leptin from levels that are too high or too low is the goal. Less leptin than ideal results in symptoms of starvation. More leptin than ideal results in resistance, fat gain, inflammation, and most modern ailments our culture experiences today. The goal is a balance on top of the curve, which would make for an optimal hormonal environment.</div><div><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My experience with this curve comes from observation of the hCG protocol. Over the last four years, I have observed- in detail- over a thousand patients through multiple rounds of Dr. Simeons hCG protocol.  It is my speculation that hCG does the opposite of CT. Low dose hCG stimulates the body to release leptin, which reduces hunger and the hormonal need for food. However, in order to avoid symptoms associated to leptin resistance, a  controlled very low calorie protocol is necessary. Rapid fat loss is a result of this hormonal balance and maximized fuel demand. Whether it's hCG or CT, the goal is to hit the optimum level of leptin at the top of the curve. This is where there is ideal fuel demand  which results in fat loss, loss of inflammation, and as an adaption - improved resting metabolic rates.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>The discovery of leptin and the scientific understanding of its influence during starvation, fueling homeostasis, fat cell multiplication, inflammation, mitochondrial biogenesis, and much more have exposed the incredible ability the body has when given the opportunity to maintain life in threatening environments. <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/101/7/2058.full">Here is a link to scientific study that describes how this can be done.</a></span></em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For me, being that I didn't have leptin resistance or extra fat to lose, I assumed cold adaptation might make me susceptible to fat gain.  If my body's reaction to CT worked in negative feedback loop-  my body might have the reverse influence from CT- stimulated leptin. Ultimately this would increase my susceptibility to fat gain. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But, even so, I was more concerned about reducing these symptoms:</span></div></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Osteoarthritis in my spine.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">2)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Restless leg syndrome.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">3)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Inflammation with weather related cold fronts.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">4)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>My right breast lump.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In my mind, it <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">was worth the risk.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />It took about 2 months at 15 minutes each day to acclimate to 52-55 degree showers, and here is what I observed:</span><br /><div></div></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>I no longer take anti-inflammatory meds for chronic osteoarthritis. It is manageable with CT, and postural alignment exercises (Egoscue Method).</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">2)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Restless leg syndrome occurs less often.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">3)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Cold fronts aren’t noticeable, but I am now aware all pressure fronts influence my fluid retention and inflammation.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">4)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>The breast lump has reduced in size and tenderness. It also goes away sooner which has made it very easy to predict the start date of my period.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">5)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>My periods are shorter in during.</span><br />6) <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My legs have less circulation problems during my period.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">7)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>I have gained 5 pounds of fat (just as I predicted).</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">8)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>I get heartburn with citrus fruits, especially during the 10 day period before my period.</span><br />9)Now that its summer and I have more time in heat and the sun, I've noticed a weird throat feeling that is difficult to explain.  This weird fluttery feeling doesn't occur as often when I add back starches to my diet. I'm assuming this is thryoid????<br /><div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've noticed that my fat gain occured during the luteal phase of my menstrual cycles. During this time hunger is minimal and I have intolerance for fruit (heart burn). Except for 3 days before my period, where my hunger dramatically increases (and so does the weird throat fluttering). I've come to realize my diet has needed to change depending on where I am during my menstrual cycle. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> It’s pretty obvious why, when you look at articles that describe significant increases in leptin levels during the luteal phase. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is thought that the recorded increases in leptin during the luteal phase correlates with the increase in estradiol and progesterone. Here is a picture of this cycle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOaw6seR7pHf17h7KO23hveuG7Cm3KRE6R3_42FSVoHjzU9p4xhyphenhyphentFdJQDahRY8DubB_vRMEn8114zj1tZUVLAP0ifOUTVINiKkozMABtyBd1GfbNVSeqIToDJFg5uQfrM5jnC0EQVZLS/s1600/CT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOaw6seR7pHf17h7KO23hveuG7Cm3KRE6R3_42FSVoHjzU9p4xhyphenhyphentFdJQDahRY8DubB_vRMEn8114zj1tZUVLAP0ifOUTVINiKkozMABtyBd1GfbNVSeqIToDJFg5uQfrM5jnC0EQVZLS/s640/CT.jpg" width="452" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:formulas></v:stroke></v:shapetype>MY QUESTIONS:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><ol><li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With the natural increase in leptin related to the increase in estradiol and progesterone, is CT at that time making me more sensitive to gain? </span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In a woman who has excess body fat, would she lose fat during that time? </span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If I remove all carbs during that week would my leptin levels have less of a slope, which would reduce my sensitivity and symptoms of heartburn, fat gain, and the increase in my breast lump? </span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Does the increase in core body temperature during the luteal phase increase further with CT or does CT reduce this temperature? </span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm thinking this increase in leptin after ovulation has to do with preganancy.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> Maybe the upswing in leptin is necessary to increase hCG release from a newly implanted egg, which would further increase projesterone levels that are necessary to sustain the placenta for full term pregnancy? </span></li></ol></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">My goal would be to reduce the slope of the (progesterone/estrodial) curve but not eliminate the slope of the curve (which I'm assuming would stop menstruation all together).</span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With this in mind, for the last two months I've increased my starches just before and during my period. But immedialty after ovultation, I've removed both fruit and starch from my diet. All the while, I've continued daily CT. As a result I've noticed my body fat hasn't increased, but it hasn't gone back down. The luteal occurance of heart burn is gone, <em>and the breast lump has reduced in size and tenderness even more</em>. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As a woman, and knowing my body cycles hormonally, integrating CT and change in diet to offset my symptoms has been an awesome experiment. I will continue to adjust and adapt my diet, but it has required I stay tuned into my body, into hunger, and that I adjust to it's rhythms. I've had to adapt to monthly rhythms, to changes in sleep, with alcohol intake, and now I've adjusted with the change in season.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I believe this capacity to adapt, as Dr. Kruse preaches, <em>is a big deal</em>. The less adaptable we are, the more prone to disease we become. And to all of you lean people- you aren't immune. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For those of you who are implementing CT either with the hCG protocol or alone, what have your symptoms been during your menstrual cycle? Have you been able to compare a protocol with CT to a protocol without CT? I am very excited about what CT has to offer and as a woman I know we can use this science to reduce symptoms during our menstrual cycle that are less understood by the science community. </span><br /><br />Dr. Kruse has done us a huge favor. He's taken modern science and made it applicable. But for CT to work, there is a large amount of personal responsibility to change your eating lifestyle and that you have tolerance for fleeting physical discomfort. The questions you need to ask yourself are:<br /><div><ol><li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Would you be willing to sit in a bathtub was water that is 55 or less degrees Fahrenheit for enough time that your body acclimates? </span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Is it worth the risk to understand your body isn't flawed, but our desire for "comfort" is? </span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Are you desperate enough to set your ego aside to open your mind to witness your body's capacity is to survive and heal itself? </span></li></ol></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />And if CT does reduce premenstrual symptoms, it could in fact- make the world a better place. <br /><br /><em>I would like to thank Dr. Jack Kruse for putting himself out there by delivering this incredible science. </em><a href="http://jackkruse.com/jacks-blog/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">HERE IS A LINK TO DR. JACK KRUSE'S BLOG</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">REFERENCES</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><div></div></span><div><a href="http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/16/9/1827.full.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Oestradiol plus progesterone treatment increases serum leptin concentrations in normal women</span></a>.</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><div><a href="http://endo.endojournals.org/content/150/1/304.full"> Up-Regulation of Placental Leptin by Human Chorionic Gonadotropin</a></div></span><div></div><span id="goog_202111486"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Relation of menstrual cycle and alimentary consumption of women<span id="goog_202111487"></span></span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://molehr.oxfordjournals.org/content/9/7/395.short">Modulation of placental vascular endothelial growth factor by leptin and hCG.</a><br /><br /></span>

DOES COLD THERAPY IMPROVE PMS, REDUCE THE SIZE OF A BREAST LUMP, AND MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE?

A year ago I noticed something very frightening: a lump in my right breast/arm pit area. After three months of observation, I noticed it would increase in size and tenderness about 10 days before my period, but would disappear as soon as I started my…

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Twist my arm already. After too many people nagged me about it for too long, I have finally pulled the trigger and gotten <a href="https://twitter.com/LittleBlackDoor" target="_blank">myself on twitter</a>.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51hR-W4ao-QoI__HHxdKUiKvP4gjO5TnwKJ4f2AH1uWCklpkdio-kz1r6AWJjcRenr7-OaAhrGa6I-2bAsKeVPHDU5V9niC-52FRJ9woVpjAHiYyDRA-RTYjWsZmzGVbKCTKzUTLOAJnw/s1600/4015379242_52fe350a00_o.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51hR-W4ao-QoI__HHxdKUiKvP4gjO5TnwKJ4f2AH1uWCklpkdio-kz1r6AWJjcRenr7-OaAhrGa6I-2bAsKeVPHDU5V9niC-52FRJ9woVpjAHiYyDRA-RTYjWsZmzGVbKCTKzUTLOAJnw/s320/4015379242_52fe350a00_o.jpeg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33158682@N06/4015379242/sizes/o/in/faves-melisaki/" target="_blank">Flicker</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />So now I need tips from all of you twitter experts. Who should I follow? What's with the whole # thing? Only 140 characters, really?

twitter chatter

Twist my arm already. After too many people nagged me about it for too long, I have finally pulled the trigger and gotten myself on twitter.via FlickerSo now I need tips from all of you twitter experts. Who should I follow? What's with the whole # th…

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Acquisitions & Financial Services Team Leader - The University of Connecticut Libraries

<b>Acquisitions & Financial Services Team Leader</b> - The <span style="color: #48286d;"><b>University of Connecticut Libraries</b></span> seeks an Acquisitions & Financial Services Team Leader, a University Librarian III (UCP 9). JOB SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Vice Provost or a Program Area Director, the incumbent leads the Acquisitions & Financial Services (AFS) Team, ensuring that acquisitions and financial services operations and services are conducted efficiently and effectively. He/she coordinates ordering, receipt, and payment functions; establishes library expectations for vendor performance and methods to track vendor performance; and supervises all AFS Team members. Working in close collaboration with the Electronic Resources Management Librarian, this position assists in the documentation and management of the collections budget for electronic resources. The incumbent works with the Acquisitions Librarian and other AFS Team members to oversee the Libraries budgets for continuations, one-time collections expenses, and collections support expenses. The incumbent also works with the Libraries’ Finance Director and other AFS Team members to oversee expenditures related to compensation, commodities, contract, and equipment expenses. This position also oversees fund accounting and end-of-fiscal-year closure in the libraries’ integrated library system and internal library and accounting systems and reconciles expenditures with the University’s financial accounting system. He/she coordinates the preparation of budget projections and analyses as required or requested. For a complete position description with minimum qualifications please go to <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.jobs.uconn.edu/" href="http://www.jobs.uconn.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.jobs.uconn.edu/</a>. Appointment Terms: This is a full-time, permanent position. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience and includes a full benefits package. To apply please submit a cover letter addressing your qualifications for the position, a current resume, and names and contact information for three references via Husky Hire. The University of Connecticut is an EEO/AA employer. Deadline: <span style="color: red;">July 20, 2012</span>.

Acquisitions & Financial Services Team Leader - The University of Connecticut Libraries

Acquisitions & Financial Services Team Leader - The University of Connecticut Libraries seeks an Acquisitions & Financial Services Team Leader, a University Librarian III (UCP 9). JOB SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Vice Provost or a Program Ar…

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Six fun competitions for SA teachers and their classes

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are a number of competitions available for SA teachers at the moment. I will advertise them here by their closing dates:</span></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. (21 June closing date): Sub-Saharan Africa Schools Olympic Truce Competition</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_t7p-TGvjyRU1K0cyNUqx7J0tznqJ9kDgjd2ZUlcMSCJeMWG04hdQAk9ExKFsjb2qSyhoGWIIRcEVk-IXe7ctfA6AGPphKqUWkR5anCOQe3xaMEMr-oYM1y8RFGSLQ6sNv2dEGL7apf0/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5m24rG7E2ecujUa5NW_07h6pDGDAee41W5z2y5ZTbIlJOyshIZTEbvcXbYhELUaf3ujartcNUJgmWPLyKo93dqkx4cUBXXYfIXUC0szaIoG6BuxkGH3aUECThdj2DLf_RkfzEm7bfp2U/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click </span><a href="http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/warm-up-for-the-games/warm-up-for-the-games-competition" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> for more information on the Olympic Truce competition</span>.</span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The competition is simple and flexible, to meet the needs of any classroom. It gives students the opportunity to go beyond sport and learn about the ideals behind the Games. Pupils will work together as a team, participate in exploratory learning and engage with the spirit of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Winning entries will be selected from each of the following regions - Eastern Africa, Western Africa and Southern Africa. The winning schools will receive £500 to run an international event for pupils, teachers and the school community. The winning class will receive a certificate, and you’ll also get the opportunity to show your work to a wider audience. Winning entries will be displayed in a special online gallery and in exhibitions at the British Council office in your country</span>.<br /><br /><b><u>C<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">ompetition formats</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Entries to the competition should be in one of the following three formats:<br />Poster - A3 size, scanned or digitally photographed<br />Digital presentation - PowerPoint, slideshow, Photo Story or any other digital format<br />Newspaper or magazine article - digital text format (MS Word, Adobe PDF or similar) with or without photos</span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>Getting started</u></b><br />We’ve got a range of great ideas to kick start your school’s work on the Games. Download our free <a href="http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/warm-up-for-the-games/resources">project templates</a>, get inspiration from the Olympic Truce Project Templates, or take a look at our <a href="http://getset.london2012.com/en/get-set-goes-global/get-set-for-the-olympic-truce">Olympic Truce learning resources</a>. And find out what other teachers from around the world are doing in our <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/137a258718f4f7e9">discussion forum</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. (</span></b><b>19 May 2012 to 1 September 2012):</b> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Global Rockstar competition</span><br /><a href="http://www.global-rockstar.com/?ct=t%28New_Contest6_12_2012%29" title="http://www.global-rockstar.com/?ct=t(New_Contest6_12_2012)">http://www.global-rockstar.com/?ct=t(New_Contest6_12_2012)</a></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFauYu_D33lyRxDeSlnfIsE_MGl5p-QHQ126kgdujmW9nphxtdXMfCNQ1AUU2P32IU1Bw_nBfPIlt__YCCeRnD_3pPS1EVR8WLCXf4rpl7skHMWVcTiPoaGvugbSNJWaQRmI2zAnJDDGM/s1600-h/image%25255B7%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3QWBd7qfvkbO-vCK9wuk_Ot9shK92CqKfYFGTwPa-Ru2kfa5BFBwYE7gM3U6w8Q3JEc_uq8GDXVmc_JA_sXWYjGMs0NcWYrvdBV5FhLsnGb1vK2itugUzpPCwFMwr1QERNiHokc2qxE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After the great success of <a href="http://www.global-rockstar.net/">http://www.global-rockstar.net</a><br />we launched <a href="http://www.global-rockstar.com/">http://www.global-rockstar.com</a> today<br />to give musicians and bands great opportunities to promote their careers globally</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Become Global Rockstar 2012 & get featured on the new album.<br />Go to <a href="http://www.global-rockstar.com/">http://www.global-rockstar.com</a>. to find out more. </span><br /><b><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">It is simple!</span></b> <br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. upload your video or share a YouTube Link on Global Rockstar from 19 May 2012 to 1 September 2012 </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. get people to vote for your video from 1 September 2012 to 1 December 2012.</span></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">3. (6 September - closing date): <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/cartoon-network-animation-generation-competition-2012/">Cartoon Network Animation Generation Competition 2012</a></span></b></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Go to <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/">http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/</a> for more details plus the entry form. This competition is for 6 – 14 years old students</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9wtcWo2XrTEp7MK0mUzwFiIPY2QkWmoAU5aOeSXjJyPPn6d32Vx4yYCWiULuhe_qrTFRS-g8YZnfFo9P1jgfuO1dBMm2g8KyQamB-AyR1FS5almBhLBzitDBsW9znEivhvcPNqadANM/s1600-h/image%25255B25%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FcHPhk9dYM-xDDlj2mBI7Ek4M3TX2audMtuWkLcYxGEkqubqEUl4dltg8TfgdbI4yhxQeAde2OinmkPasuekIHMwTANXaPEsA7ZyU-EJQ6P2Jm9Ra0U0_ozOoMgScVEw66NEACTDo1w/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="282" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To enter the competition, all learners need to do is draw a NEW character for “The Amazing World of Gumball”, and to incorporate their character into a colourful poster design. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are only two conditions: the learners’ work must be original (so no tracing); and as imaginative and original as possible! </span></div><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. (21 September 2012 - closing date): Classroom of the Future Grade 6 competition</span></b><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Go to <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/">http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/</a>  for more details plus the entry form</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2FJIuJkEaFNX-faAK3N2yEfjAS7smmAo9y5oEupoHbkoOqusBDTqalyx6DrXTse6Tb1ElWa-EbX9IwC5yyWGOP81yyrXQJ8kK_3qiOZ1gGsSDqSBwmz3QNPM6trngBc9E4_6x6iDmtA/s1600-h/image%25255B10%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHm7S80hKIwnGRSwtiMQAdqwi35onFzxBD93k8EIZbcGPviZcMuZVr_yYx2ihnQddccx1O8uEDYLInv-MJ5luB-99ysCuFqzTNBX3Zm1jZwjLky6Ed8gWtIzdgQH_SZMXdFlxs35F22QI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What should teamwork, originality, communication, and critical thinking look like in a classroom of the future? What tools and systems should today’s teachers use to prepare their students for tomorrow?</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">5. (30 September - closing date ) Lucky Star competition</span><br /> </b><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Go to <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/">http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/</a> for more details plus the entry form</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKv3F7Q2BoBdgVnwASrYXhH4h_tBAgWTmRWA-HYsyfXsKdVW_pgq4i_d8xxiNVSLJc_S_WqRPli0-GWaFM0iTC4gKxxePTnyptQ8na8tQ5Si_HnACywk_vy1cytJW2vMCynxKFts6vcU/s1600-h/image%25255B14%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOxm6y9drGjmWhcum_j-Vhe11B0pgIY-rwmxa8OqsIDmpakrshU4vNeQ8sZ5eXrq74-dvylu1z8mfezJkUwOPhWKyLrGep2SEIPC-8Q56vLYi0iUBZwKaHu3kIIrhxb0HBQ9-JLcrKQg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="332" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Learners need to create their very own unique and delicious fish dish and submit their entries. Your entries should include: The recipe of your fish dish typed or written out Photos showing us your delicious fish dish Open to all Schools and Age Groups. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">6. (31 October 2012 - closing date): Collect-a-can 2012 Schools Competition</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Go to <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/">http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/</a> for more details plus the entry form</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzIhOWVsqx6QdBY8aek7ZuCCu6N_hbpfbHss6Q-Gq51v3tsUVYClnGlLpOzykQmeajxFa0u-YNDy482GobpMtfNk2q2tizqWRsGYhSigC24knL_Si7tAU2hcXJBX0sgjd2s6mJKpar_4/s1600-h/image%25255B22%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmxlokEybo0UfeQ5HTCeruCKBIAtiCm198HH2VEC6Hhtbkx5iElbcEc43B9a9fUvLzcYsixkCOe_Tgc-9s5odUNNqdSErFIvTLZnXmKGBEkrTLn63PIZzJJQ-YF9pC-mujzYfhe5zZZ0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="304" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Competitions Six fun competitions for SA teachers and their classes

Submitted by Fiona BealThere are a number of competitions available for SA teachers at the moment. I will advertise them here by their closing dates:1. (21 June closing date): Sub-Saharan Africa Schools Olympic Truce Competition Click here for more i…

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ISTE 2012: Going to be Great!

Looking forward to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/2010/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="ISTE 2010">ISTE</a> 2012. Here are the sessions where I'm presenting, there are a few spots open in some of them, so if you're coming, go ahead and register as usually they are full. They put us in larger rooms so some of them have more spots than usual and also, one session (bookmarks) will be in remote iste.<br /><br />I'll be in the Edublogger lounge to try to see people I don't get to see.<br /><br />If you're there, the one thing I ask you is that you come say "hi." I do want to talk to you. I do want to meet people who read this blog and tweet and comment with me. I might look tired or excitedly talking to someone I haven't seen in a long time but the day I don't have time to make new friends is the day I'll quit blogging. I want to help you and meet you. <i>(One tip I'll give - if you want me to do something for you - write it on the back of your business card so I'll remember - I'm weak on auditory anyway.)</i><br /><br />Due to a family wedding, I'll have to leave early on Wednesday but am heading in early to see some of San Diego.<br /><br />See you at ISTE!<br /><br /><h2> Saturday June 23</h2>SocialEdCon<br />Will be presenting a keynoter smackdown for 4 minutes for ISTE at 10:25 am.<br /><br /><h2> Sunday June 24</h2><div>Global Education Summit - Room 5</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=70109720" style="background-color: white; color: #0060a9; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Flat Classroom Projects--Transform Learning through Global Collaboration</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #3c2415; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-left;"> [Learning Station Session; Global Collaboration Project] </span><br /><i style="background-color: white; color: #3c2415; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Location:</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #3c2415; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-left;"> SDCC Halls DE Lobby, Table 39</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3c2415; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Who should come by: If you're interested in global collaboration in your classroom (or want your book signed) this will be a great time to come by and see me. My daughter will be there and she's done 3 projects and won a video award or two so she can talk about what she learned.</span><br /><div style="text-align: -webkit-left;"><span style="color: #3c2415; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #3c2415; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-left;"><br /></span><br /><br /><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="2" style="color: #3c2415; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><tbody><tr align="left" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" valign="top"><td colspan="3"><strong>Monday, June 25</strong></td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td class="planner_time" width="125">2:30-3:30pm<br /><div class="indented"><img align="left" alt="speaker" height="16" hspace="1" src="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/images/speaker.gif" vspace="1" width="16" /></div></td><td><strong>BM117</strong>   <a href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=70215358" style="color: #0060a9; font-weight: bold;">Wonderful World of Wiki Teaching</a> [Concurrent Session; BYOD]<br /><i>Location:</i> SDCC 31AB<br />This is with Adam Frey - we'll share the latest powerful aspects of wikis and also drill down into wikispaces as well. I'll also be sharing a few notes from my upcoming book about collaborative writing and the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Core" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Common Core">common core</a> and relate common core writing standards to the use of wikis so you can adapt what you're doing now to integrate the common core. Adam always rocks it with new cool things and I learn a lot too. Ben Curran is going to kick off his backchannel magic. He and Neil did an incredible job with our Flat Classroom book club this year and he's becoming a friend.</td><td align="right" width="30"></td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td class="planner_time" width="125">5:30-6:45pm<br /><div class="indented"><img align="left" alt="speaker" height="16" hspace="1" src="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/images/speaker.gif" vspace="1" width="16" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Afterwards</div></td><td style="border-top-color: black; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px;"><a href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=71348194" style="color: #0060a9; font-weight: bold;">Flat Classroom and Global Collaboration</a> [Concurrent Session; Birds-of-a-Feather]<br /><i>Location:</i> SDCC 30CD<br /><a href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/planner_groupShare.php?share_action=SHARE&plannerdtlid=76733776" style="color: #0060a9; font-weight: bold;">T</a>he purpose of this session is to help educators connect and plan global projects around your areas of interest. While we share some about the flat classroom framework, this is for anyone who connects and collaborates globally - if you want to connect around platform or grade level that is fine too. This is open for everyone collaborating globally and our goal is to help you start your own projects (with some guidance.)<br /><br /><br />*After the Birds of a Feather, we usually all go out dutch at Dinner. If you want to join in the Flat Classroom fun, come to the birds of a feather and message @julielindsay or @coolcatteacher before then. </td><td align="right" width="30"></td></tr><tr align="left" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" valign="top"><td colspan="3"><strong>Tuesday, June 26</strong></td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td class="planner_time" width="125"><br /></td><td></td><td align="right" width="30"><a border="0" href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/planner_removeitem.php?planneritem=76724687" style="color: #0060a9; font-weight: bold;"><img align="right" alt="remove" border="0" hspace="1" src="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/images/trash.png" vspace="1" /></a> </td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td class="planner_time" width="125">10:00-11:00am<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />10:00- 12:00 pm<br /><div class="indented"></div></td><td style="border-top-color: black; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px;"><a href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/planner_useritem.php?plannerdtlid=76724571" style="color: #0060a9; font-weight: bold;">Book Signing with Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay</a> [Personal Appointment; ]<br /><i>Location:</i> Exhibit Hall -- Booth 3513 (Note: Julie will be signing again on Wednesday.)<br /><i>Description:</i> Pearson Booth in Exhibit Hall<br />We will be signing inserts to put in your book - so even if you don't have the book yet, you can come by - this will be the oNLY time we're signing books together. If you have your book, bring it because ISTE will only sell ISTE books in their bookstore and we or Pearson aren't allowed to sell the book. (Sorry) but we can sign the book inserts that will glue into your book. Otherwise, order the book and bring it and we'll sign in there.<br /><br /><br />Also note: 10-12 on Tuesday some of our "Rock Star" Flat Classroom certified  teachers are going to be at Table 31 talking about what they are doing in the projects (grades kindergarten) and global collaborations of all kinds (these teachers do lots of fantastic projects!)<br /><a href="http://www.murcha.wordpress.com/">Anne Mirtschin</a>, <a href="http://stampcat2technified.blogspot.com/">Sandy Wisneski</a>, <a href="http://flatclassrooms.ning.com/profile/KathyScarpato">Kathy Scarpato</a>, <a href="http://modelofchange.blogspot.com/">Cindy Shultz</a> (possibly)</td><td align="right" width="30"><a border="0" href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/planner_removeitem.php?planneritem=76724571" style="color: #0060a9; font-weight: bold;"><img align="right" alt="remove" border="0" hspace="1" src="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/images/trash.png" vspace="1" /></a> </td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td class="planner_time" width="125">12:15-1:15pm<br /><div class="indented"><img align="left" alt="speaker" height="16" hspace="1" src="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/images/speaker.gif" vspace="1" width="16" /></div></td><td style="border-top-color: black; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px;"><a href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=70227874" style="color: #0060a9; font-weight: bold;">Collaborative Writing and Common Core Standards in the Classroom</a> [Concurrent Session; Spotlight]<br /><i>Location:</i> SDCC 8<br /><a href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/planner_groupShare.php?share_action=SHARE&plannerdtlid=76733777" style="color: #0060a9; font-weight: bold;">T</a>his is going to be a powerful session that I'm moderating with Leigh Zeitz, Jennifer Roberts, and Julie Lindsay. Ben Curran is going to be doing his backchannel magic so we can get your questions asked and answered.</td><td align="right" width="30"></td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td class="planner_time" width="125"><br /></td><td style="border-top-color: black; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px;"></td><td align="right" width="30"><a border="0" href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/planner_removeitem.php?planneritem=76725045" style="color: #0060a9; font-weight: bold;"><img align="right" alt="remove" border="0" hspace="1" src="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/images/trash.png" vspace="1" /></a> </td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td class="planner_time" width="125">3:45-4:45pm<br /><div class="indented"><img align="left" alt="speaker" height="16" hspace="1" src="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/images/speaker.gif" vspace="1" width="16" /></div></td><td style="border-top-color: black; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px;"><strong>BT219</strong>   <a href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=70221093" style="color: #0060a9; font-weight: bold;">Bookmarks, PLNs, and More: Supercharge Your Learning, Teaching, and Research</a>[Concurrent Session; BYOD]<br /><i>Location:</i> SDCC 31AB<br /><a href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/planner_groupShare.php?share_action=SHARE&plannerdtlid=76720828" style="color: #0060a9; font-weight: bold;">T</a>his is going to be with Maggie Tsai and Suzie Nestico with Ben Curran Backchannel moderating and will be part of Remote ISTE. There are so many amazing things behind Diigo - it is a secret weapon for me and my sharing. Love it. We use it in Flat Classroom projects as well.</td><td align="right" width="30"></td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td class="planner_time" width="125">5:00-6:15pm<br /><div class="indented"></div></td><td style="border-top-color: black; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px;"><a href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=71407130" style="color: #0060a9; font-weight: bold;">Engage, Retain, and Thrive--Getting Girls into Technology</a> [Concurrent Session; Birds-of-a-Feather]<br /><i>Location:</i> SDCC 30AB<br />I'm not moderating this session but it is being run by Sylvia Martinez - such an amazing, inspirational person. My daughter was recipient of an NCWIT award in Georgia this year and is going to be working the GenYes! booth and will be at this session with me. This is an important -- VITAL topic to the future of any successful country. I hope that MEN and WOMEN will come because it will take all of us to help young ladies realize that technology related professions are important.<br /><a href="http://www.isteconference.org/2012/planner/planner_groupShare.php?share_action=SHARE&plannerdtlid=76724633" style="color: #0060a9; font-weight: bold;">Share this</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title"> Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin-left: 0; padding: 0;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="display: block; float: left; font-size: 12px; height: 240px; list-style: none; margin: 10px 40px 20px 0px; text-align: left; width: 80px;"><a href="http://vickidavis.me/post/25174741926/iste-conference-needs-a-conference-chair" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/94637169_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #999; margin: 0; padding: 0;" width="80" /></a><a href="http://vickidavis.me/post/25174741926/iste-conference-needs-a-conference-chair" style="display: block; height: 90px; line-height: 14pt; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; width: 80px;" target="_blank">ISTE Conference needs a conference chair</a><div style="clear: both; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;"><hr style="margin: 0;" /></div></li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="display: block; float: left; font-size: 12px; height: 240px; list-style: none; margin: 10px 40px 20px 0px; text-align: left; width: 80px;"><a href="http://www.angelamaiers.com/2012/05/iste-newbie-project.html" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/89620100_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #999; margin: 0; padding: 0;" width="80" /></a><a href="http://www.angelamaiers.com/2012/05/iste-newbie-project.html" style="display: block; height: 90px; line-height: 14pt; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; width: 80px;" target="_blank">ISTE Newbie Project</a><div style="clear: both; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;"><hr style="margin: 0;" /></div></li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="display: block; float: left; font-size: 12px; height: 240px; list-style: none; margin: 10px 40px 20px 0px; text-align: left; width: 80px;"><a href="http://annmic.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/iste-2012/" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/noimg_11_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #999; margin: 0; padding: 0;" width="80" /></a><a href="http://annmic.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/iste-2012/" style="display: block; height: 90px; line-height: 14pt; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; width: 80px;" target="_blank">Iste 2012</a><div style="clear: both; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;"><hr style="margin: 0;" /></div></li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="display: block; float: left; font-size: 12px; height: 240px; list-style: none; margin: 10px 40px 20px 0px; text-align: left; width: 80px;"><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2012/06/its-good-to-be-geek.html" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/92447352_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #999; margin: 0; padding: 0;" width="80" /></a><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2012/06/its-good-to-be-geek.html" style="display: block; height: 90px; line-height: 14pt; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; width: 80px;" target="_blank">It's Good to be a Geek</a><div style="clear: both; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;"><hr style="margin: 0;" /></div></li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=7b603480-b7a8-49bc-ad34-097a3d490332" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

ISTE 2012: Going to be Great!

Looking forward to ISTE 2012. Here are the sessions where I'm presenting, there are a few spots open in some of them, so if you're coming, go ahead and register as usually they are full. They put us in larger rooms so some of them have more spots tha…

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/19/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vicki.a.davis/posts/10151062325250318?ref=notif¬if_t=like">(2) Shocked at people...</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Sometimes the best conversations happen out of the blue on FAcebook, this is one of them I made a comment how some people don't google potential employees to which many people responded with different and very inconsistent policies on hiring and social media. Miguel Guhlin makes a lot of sense that we need consistent policies.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/jobs">jobs</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/resourcecalendar.aspx?nt=event&nbday=20&nbmth=6&nbyr=2012">Rio +20 Teaching resources</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">If you are teaching about sustainability, environment, or politics, you should share about what is going on at the Rio +20 conference June 20-22. Here are some lesson plans that you can use relating to this conference.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.uncsd2012.org">Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">June 20-22 is the Rio+ 20 conference where delegates from around the world meet with the UN Committee on Sustainable energy. For those who care about good stewardship of this beautiful planet this is is an event to note.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Poetry-of-Qu-Yuan-6257131/">Poetry of Qu Yuan - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I created a set of Qu Yuan resources on TES. If this is your expertise, you may want to also create some resources here.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/poetry">poetry</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/china">china</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.shiku.org/xlib/lingshidao/hanshi/quyuan.htm">Translated Chinese Poetry: Poems by Ch'¨¹ Y¨¹an</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">If you want to discuss the Dragon Boat Festival and cover the legend of Qu Yuan, here are some translated poems. This poem "Li Sao" the Lament is one of the best known poems he wrote. If you're just curious, it is a fascinating read.<br /><br />"A prince am I of ancestry renowned,<br />Illustrious name my royal sire hath found..."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://www.cdba.org/sfdragonboat/">San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The San Francisco International Dragonboat festival is an example of the many dragonboat festivals that happen around the US.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duanwu_Festival">Duanwu Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The fifth day of the fifth moon, this festival is stated to commemorate the death of poet Qu Yuan. They drop sticky rice wrapped in triangles into the water for him to eat in the afterlife. When the locals rowed out to retrieve his body, they say this became the origin of Dragon Boat Racing. There are many other theories and this article does a nice job of outlining them. This is a great cross curricular exploration that has poetry, history, culture intertwined.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/ResourceCalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=6&nbyear=2012&evcode=4281">Dragon Boat Festival</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The Dragon Boat festival is June 23 this year. This is a lesson plan and has some videos about the Dragon boat festival. It has one of the longest histories of any festival and is being celebrated in more and more cities each year.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/19/2012

(2) Shocked at people... Sometimes the best conversations happen out of the blue on FAcebook, this is one of them I made a comment how some people don't google potential employees to which many people responded …

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