Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 06/14/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.nctsn.org/resources/public-awareness/world-refugee-awareness-month">World Refugee Awareness Month (June 2012) | National Child Traumatic Stress Network - Child Trauma Home</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Word refugee awareness month is in June. June 20th is World Refugee Awareness Day. this website has videos, and an educator guide for teaching about refugees.</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></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.brycs.org/clearinghouse/Highlighted-Resources-Immigrant-Refugee-Awareness-Instructional-Materials.cfm">Immigrant/Refugee Awareness Instructional Materials</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Here are materials and videos for refugee awareness to use in the classroom. These teacher guides are targeted to the US and Canada.</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></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.refugeeweek.org.au">Refugee Week</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Refugee week is also celebrated in Australia to discuss the contribution of refugees to Australia.</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></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk">Refugee Week | Refugee Week Home</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">the UK celebrates refugee week. This is their website for celebrating "the contributions of refugees to the UK.</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></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/resourcecalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=6&nbyr=2012&evcode=1554">Resources to learn about refugees (for Refugee week)</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Students should understand about refugees - who they are and the situations unique to refugee situations. It is heartbreaking to see the many refugees in our world now. As you talk about global competency topics, don't forget those who have a country but are disenfranchised.</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/lessonplans">lessonplans</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE/us/le_parcours.html">Tour de France 2012 - The Tour 2012</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The tour de france begins June 30 and ends July 22 and is a fascinating way to study france. Here is the official website in English with a map of where the tour stops. A lovely geography lesson.</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/sports">sports</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/resourcecalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=6&nbyr=2012&evcode=32">Tour de France Lessons and information</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The Tour de France is July 22. While many northern hemisphere schools are out, there are still many who are going to school. Events of common interest, like the tour de france, give great learning experiences for students. If you teach French, this is a must discuss topic. </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/sports">sports</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessons">lessons</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/french">french</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>

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 06/13/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.rd.com/slideshows/10-fun-father’s-day-activities/">10 Fun Father’s Day Activities | Reader's Digest</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Reader's Digest has a nice set of activities to do with your Dad. This set of pictures and paragraphs would make an interesting conversation with students. You could show the slide and text and discuss each option or use them as a creative writing starter.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/fathersday">fathersday</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</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/ResourceCalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=6&nbyear=2012&evcode=26">Teaching Resources, Classroom Resources & Lesson Plans - TES Resources</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Father's Day is this upcoming Sunday in the United States. If you're working with kids this week, you'll want to include some father's day activities. Here are 21 ideas to get you started.</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/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/fathersday">fathersday</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/resourcecalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=6&nbyr=2012&evcode=1553">Lesson plans for teaching about bicycles</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">If you're going to talk about the Tour de France, you'll also want to discuss cycling or bicycling (depending upon whether it is competitive or for pleasure.) Use this opportunity to bring in a bike.<br /><br />If you're leading a summer camp or daycamps, the tour de France and bikes are a great thing to discuss and integrate into your summer plans.</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/lessons">lessons</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/biking">biking</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/resourcecalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=6&nbyr=2012&evcode=32">Tour de France Lessons and information</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The Tour de France is July 22. While many northern hemisphere schools are out, there are still many who are going to school. Events of common interest, like the tour de france, give great learning experiences for students. If you teach French, this is a must discuss topic. </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/sports">sports</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessons">lessons</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/french">french</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=58397">How to start an amazing class blog ~ Stephen's Web</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Start at Stephen Downes review of this post and then move on to the Learn Boost blog to learn how to set up a blog for your classroom and the bennefits.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blogging">blogging</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/06/how-to-use-video-game-tactics-in-the-classroom/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29">How to Use Video Game Tactics in the Classroom | MindShift</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Teacher Paul Anderson created a game-based classroom without a game. In TEDxBozeman, he talks about what he did and tthe results.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <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/gamification">gamification</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>

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First TeachMeet in KZN held at St Mary’s Diocesan School for Girls

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br />Quite a number of TeachMeets have taken place around South Africa recently. I have been privileged to attend two in the last month in person and one virtually! Just a reminder about what TeachMeets are again– they are informal free gatherings where the teacher attendees are the presenters in matters concerning technology-integration in the classroom, and the focus is on the needs and wants of those attending. They are normally directed 100% to those attending, and teachers come away excited and stimulated with new ideas. The presentations at TeachMeets are usually 3 minutes in length and whatever is shared is usually made available to the attendees. At TeachMeets we talk about ‘enthusiastic lurkers’ (attendees) and ‘keen beans’ (presenters). </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The first ever Kwazulu-Natal TeachMeet was held at St Mary’s DSG School in Kloof on 29 May at 18:00 and was organised by Linda Locke and Sheryl Gordon from St Mary as well as Anne Maw from Crawford Preparatory, North Coast. Microsoft sponsored free learning Suite DVDs, and other items to all the attendees and Obami sponsored a R5000 training voucher for all the staff at the winning school in their product. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27RXCt3lbZEwEo8ZQoTjayvAeGYKxyzGNdbqmvubLVUy5Ikh5SMtLMNoNyS1x0k4gJrGRCk6rpxz7AhyihRgZGtbDLo77GoLHqTXNYBgsyrzAAYX8u52SN2bzM4MRn15jLYhpVibmLpc/s1600-h/image37.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTl3-3J7bbhBJN_mFU8h3N4Jxd-LXEZ9Q39fMHzHA98zPd2hX0FFP5GluV07-5Wne_MBGjDpawrFPIrDBc1cdeXsNmqufRpjVKXJWOI4AfUrqx3gD09iwVjD9XNXZ-NCntojcbX0OjilY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When you drive through the gates of St Mary’s you are immediately awestruck by the views. The school is at the top of a rise with magnificent views of the surrounding countryside all around. The TeachMeet was held in their beautiful ‘Creativity Centre’ where each Grade spends a day every couple of weeks being exposed to all sorts of creative tasks.  There were about 40 teachers from around Durban and we all sat in groups around tables with three screens in front of us. One was for the Twitter backchannel, one was for the presentations from a PC and one was for the iPad presentations. I rather liked the way the types of presentations were mixed – some from iPads and some from PCs. </span><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/AVvXsEglkBa-4K68GP-zk9vs-1tSM0nF8Ku-HFQoFh9eO9FC_ReJsGaG_pfw46bCwzj5a7YJx6uUgu4_nS24V5bPF-sOdH8wT1A69WRIapliIKwWxOICZdJiuBhz2yRy_gmGHiRAIS8Rpi3S5eg/s1600-h/image5.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDGC7rPKun9IyshutAVNO0o_01COZ_z8JFmyWiEiOqAKykv-KzPzwTjCXrXKODgEMAuH75bqw2LIF6sWjrXztQczZnTBhbqjg-NAIV5vyobbtoATRQRM3clUyZb_sHcm8kK4sGky8sec/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was our table deep in dicsussion<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was great connecting with old friends again.</span><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/AVvXsEjVfX9AId71fKCMUKE3ZW1cvQcA9JRvTFbATdBFR02aSzirHXqnOTMgEV7rG6hf0FGWNbRFBBWvfATN_uvwUzDW7daEB_IKXMF5_qSf13IQbPmSXb7MeOsg4bmnfs7rldfF8fOOVyZmn20/s1600-h/image8.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDzrPZ7v3CmiXXhWfkU8A8EdLDIegtZHw4W57O7RJ-lDbmIkn2sL6Dtfi9ADCDz9BqNEqRYWFBUUw9Qx7xayst0_Z1zCbWPQzWCyFrpXEmP1TjRznV-8xMluurdjP0T1t7NJY4pxfVT4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charli Wiggil from Durban, and Deb Avery from Pietermaritzburg</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While one of the presenters was getting ready, Jonathon Manley, the principal of St Mary’s, showed us how one can easily switch to taking over the data projector screen and presenting from an iPad from wherever you are by means of a little gadget called an Apple TV.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HTX2SwjMCHOGaYjFD2MYrdjx5AeFd1c6j_vAc-soKQH-xP5MiMBLp10REi_VrBuBVqg9QVi49WwlvuFV15m5KxLceMPzRszbCvJgEIGBsZGdUBeNk2q2nNsBwyOPVIWv8nCeH36tecg/s1600-h/image2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKfsobQqnMZ4opH4VX6whLjMATR97_XuNg7WZ9LhulSbsHPpBzSWQ_8IN57Il0sH02DDHN-PU-vsBERa3rppmk4EWp4F1iV4qkEZEsyLuxtB3kJma4c0oOsgS8GjXVLcATWUwMwWDdq0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Presentations </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />There were 15 presenters, or should I say 'Kean Beans' and I am sure you would be interested to hear what they spoke about. </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><b>Margie Hartmann </b></u>gave a presentation on how she uses Scoopit (<a href="http://www.scoop.it/">http://www.scoop.it/</a>) which  scoops the web on the topic of your interest and creates a gorgeous online magazine with the topics you ‘curate’. You can follow Margie’s Scoop.it on this link: <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/bee-bot-lessons-and-ideas">http://www.scoop.it/t/bee-bot-lessons-and-ideas</a></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKR2_3iJ1d-oikpeNafqku7YnmUoQGzSfXGA11ld6iOXl9Xk8Ge6cbVUWD8LwmD9Ddc7ABG3Np25S1mg2R0cezQB-qpuhcZBvf__HGUgY9EHcrMUPQ2bfCoxdq8yg7iUzLEJPKlL3quhs/s1600-h/image11.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXO-poVSfmKkoNY7DBiU-Mp-7HQgrNMEwh8MvnkjbkdHacOn25cS-aluO3dwuqQgnOLSSMKqDQsNq5QhLcq4JYll5nUN04nzpMPFzUtxw29WGGFmMwHjhoSl4QIitRt1rmVYxsQUrGrt0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Anne Maw</u></b> demonstrated how she uses Microsoft’s Songsmith in the classroom. This is a free karaoke programme that picks up your voice and backs it. It is great for educational use. It is available on Microsoft’s learning Suite CD and is also free to teachers who join the Partners in Learning network <a href="http://www.pil-network.com/">http://www.pil-network.com/</a></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4lSUYB4k5dOYnIz42L3P76MAz9TkKZErksgC4Gv678zpg73zfEyvRDuzvNTzBxQ6D0sd4_mD0-_oCVjHjlPyjGRlFTgWKst3H6iLEJFdtxcIFYlkIdOGs1mLs62lovDI_F4YCP_ZCk8/s1600-h/image15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzh3k9oOMo48bj8p8eCrq8JeRMF6WbsVghYfJQ5IDIt8JljqOtOb4KZ9C_xQYXTR1BVf9EdmC77kK2X_cikL8Rmi5qjEWyGBvIQrUJMDW91tTsbgmwbLozu7XMI27E_2jecmkzAHNTT4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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/AVvXsEjFvvJ_fLzwkIevGEzIY1mlFRqh5UItixVFZ1YzK5Wl1uvv5AdRLC-6RvZ8Oi8QXynSzUPxGsEsJPksOxcZUb-X_f4_Ed_03KleY358tZeyNzkHuI87NKWj3OXuuq4SxJIO6QlPR964TGI/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7S59acGPc23PKjf7DoJ8pCkadsHIRMiCV9_OwFX6_tJYqAPGpfwLi8p8XTeh7-L9rlXSBktkX_bCDBTorfYmnXZHTM8OpUz3tAdSr5iZhduIAfjcqC7kLD9AnSlZlD99a0p44P2IWg5M/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sheryl Gordon (left) and Anne Maw (right) <a href="http://twitter.com/Jonman65/status/207538081434304512/photo/1" style="text-align: left;">tweetpic photo</a></td></tr></tbody></table><b><u>J</u></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>ean Viary</u></b> spoke about websites for teaching Internet rules and netiquette to Grade 4's and 5's.  “<i>I use much more severe tactics with the Grade 6's and 7's using true videos from you tube about cyber bullying”</i>.<br /><a href="http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/privacy_playground/">http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/privacy_playground/</a> <a href="http://learninglab.org/life_skills/cyberbullying/">http://learninglab.org/life_skills/cyberbullying/</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Charli Wiggill </u></b>demonstrated how his class went about creating their project making tape aids for the blind using cell phones. (They made MP3 Aids for the Blind from  in teams of two with cellphones.)  His project wiki can be viewed at <a href="http://pay-it-forward-for-the-blind.wikispaces.com/">http://pay-it-forward-for-the-blind.wikispaces.com/</a>. Charli was a winner in the recent PIL Forum competition with this project.  As Jonathon Manley commented on Twitter ‘<i>Cellphones in the hands of children and a visionary teacher influences a blind world. Outstanding</i>!” This project is now operating in 10 countries.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4w0VXxeAw9cIGW9qVHw9_GXmqiLVzZKkflEMINSM6hGPt74qlY0YCfDTINHailzV2MQaH-0ok5V3uG6gJBsiUG5lKAkNaWBn86xGN3UkOOmjSAoVVP0lxa4dkNb2N7j2TacvuMvfDYE/s1600-h/image18.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBX66Pz9GE1Kj2nhcQiB4-CtPQK4YPP19lfFhOh8UQxxWmpJsS2WYkHWiSi_vLBeop5zMqmigVBiq-pLtjQKBwxu14UhMlKuzHFbxea8laAntxhKsfVpk5_og8qPSHQoKz0Z5QIZ9Bg8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Helen Lass</u></b> who lectures at a local Teachers’ Training College spoke on the neo-millennial brain of the adolescent and how to access it. This was a very inspiring talk. She said, “<i>Up until the age of 23, learners and students have not developed a fully functioning pre-frontal cortex. As a result, I use videos to facilitate understanding and provide for brainstorming and application of theoretical knowledge</i>”.  Helen encouraged us to read the work of Cathy Nuny <a href="http://www//brains.org">http://www://brains.org</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><b>Jonathon Manley</b></u>, principal at St Mary. showed how easy it is to do video splicing using the VLC media player <a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html">http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html</a>. He showed how to use VLC for recording clips and then add voiceover. You  can also play videos and then record parts or even take screenshots.  He said it is very easy to use. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLY_8e2yM98eZKKrTvkNM-fXraAq4m4cFHavEe7liiuhsVmhXPWy01u32lOZO2ylvu0tQwexEETjpdpHSmnt6JzQMrAATzq20zWVXt1KETxBkwzEPGbqhdwFPeaFoMurgGsDUTIoL4Hs/s1600-h/image21.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1dRVi7Iumuyow0S4LG6vNR8ZcyghOZCMsTWTCVdb17D62H8Dt5a8agAgRwT8x8QNR7ARGfsWh0OQS04GX29xTj5rNDJB6u7Sf3EqWIJLCOjAmydKxUtW0JparS-nThDXL0c2sxTlGDs/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Betsy Kee</u></b> showed how she uses SMART Notebook to introduce puberty lessons.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Jo Kinsey</u></b> demonstrated her use of CAM studio to create podcasts of Maths lessons <a href="http://camstudio.org/">http://camstudio.org/</a></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFeEDS_Ezk4pWYXGu2WYc13egKKmEp8zcE7QlWiGtEi2X4tAlEjGRjz1sIZWTUSmCIaEs0IYReCr8gCQ58fgcWu6flZvHpLS-DsE06byqMCJ3Lw5O8cQuCkRu_-xTafNt45XH_MmtaBmU/s1600-h/image29.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhspcGmKn3512iTOD52DzVxR2eCKLgA2V1f-4KtJM3x_8XtO2dHIesjBZ7VujzQK-LXIsw1xj-uLGXFFsY6AEdZ7fSRYeBj4m4gB77FiMiYZ24OGg_me-byF4CktVmic7hLJ4yV1263vFU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Des Dunstone</u></b> illustrated how she uses the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/book-creator-for-ipad/id442378070?mt=8">Book Creator App</a> on the iPad with her junior classes to create beautiful books. The learners choose the shape, insert text and add page colour. Photos must already be uploaded in the camera roll. It looks so easy to use. These can then be published to iBooks.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDNAzRBX5DiSKgNz46R_iX4sa7FMtgyznwd_7iwq4Yw5QZMxRkMWTUoF4vpC7mHEgeH4JCKI4L0NoDlmZfBlsjdQMIwL_XRxDGL7URLg42wV5XEsNxLXAsgH9SNRNzlgdJ5JNzZdY_sU/s1600-h/image25.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUW_c6dO8jxs66MN3KQRzi6vfHz7Hib7zTEa7CNQI96bdWls8R9iqFRpN8II7nJhPJ3cDXNiLMWrSuDLdCC84pC_Ci32uJuSUC8F4GxiQvCHMH7CsSe8xxNl-3Hc4S49X4fgnVZiO3nU0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Lindy van der Meulen</u></b> showed how she uses the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inkling/id379351586?mt=8">Inkling App</a> on the iPad for sourcing interactive textbooks for her music lessons. The Inkling site also has the most incredible selection of books relating to other subjects in the curriculum. These can be downloaded with video and sound embedded. There is a small cost involved but also a lot of freeware. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMBxiGEWtdd1deIPH4hXpet_9y89bfRZEiQ_2V4hWtNyra_Tc-pFHlBmTN92Rp3DoyaXqM81od40HIjXRIugZ72FiaQsj54xdAAdCIJacI5Juy9nP3ce5x_EHHkLsLTyvLLAD5T54Ikw/s1600-h/image33.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMaDphsqd2xqBjZttD-prcGjtuQcaeRUowGkBVcGG-CE2hdKq4pQ_aPEb9BqdKLy5Z7ym26NITg6mGwAbq2L0iydSRXTa4d9nDFXNmMQi-LQXzlHCtc7slkDEXYU9HkibtIztEZ_u55E/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Sally Goldman</u></b> illustrated her use of Obami as a classroom learning management system in her Maths classes. <a href="http://www.beta.obami.com/">http://www.beta.obami.com/</a>. Sally sets Maths problems and the students comment and try to solve them. She also talked about Brainpop: short educational videos that can be used to introduce concepts in all subjects. They have some free videos and "focus for the day" clips. <a href="http://www.brainpop.com/">www.brainpop.com</a> (American) or <a href="http://www.brainpop.co.uk/">www.brainpop.co.uk</a> (Incidentally, one fortunate teacher ‘lurker’, Tanya, won a voucher from Obami valued at R5000 for all the staff at her school to be trained in its use). </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtIuTDkcc_yH-J5Tw2GQk7vnjN-D6yu3DK-JCm_lFrhkPY3IDiHKpQyffJaX3K0IwsbYZru_rGRTsLLOtj_Iy0VB34BHjccV0z9Urh48q-ffq-0ROWVMlDZtPgdkU-w7TY_R0-W50TMjA/s1600-h/image41.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEF3xLCGcX3Dc0itWSP9vHOLAFsfYfu53pdfZMKaF0wo-NTrpIff47lI4Va6SdH2riO-rBr0jxx7D6MdT1IsCdroyK2GHFrtnorpxjtL1qQb1PJwqtro3YNm0_I1x4c3D6MalcSecBa3s/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Michelle de Beer</u></b> demonstrated her use of Symbaloo which is a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) to visually organize and share the best of the web with students. <a href="http://www.symbaloo.com/">http://www.symbaloo.com/</a>. This looks great for bookmarking sites using categories and it is accessible anywhere. It is very visual and seems easy to use. </span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80ndlfCWY9QZJQLlZ5i4xXF1CsDAeHvqL8cpFtcty6pNznkkleYgglu9VMWTiQ0NFG4ngd7ULKUR_ZbetEiX6LNRu3tdkqC8Ds8SQWKtU8_FoLqboXabX7eb0EMVrYNFZ2vvjhNyUQPw/s1600-h/image44.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qo8iU8GhzKi07A3PjJSusg2h7g4xjhluzl2y-e2f13A257W-eA16XSENy_XB6bV_c4qNgSJ0qcOLghPGbTFs0rkO_MJ3IPsVrAVfxRK3hntJRd_oPZ1yf6G3Q64ElLTip9xS_K5quAM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Fiona Beal</u></b> showed how Classroom Dojo can be used as a motivational tool in the classroom. <a href="http://www.classdojo.com/">http://www.classdojo.com/</a></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPpK07vP5WIsWUVEZJEbKxT3l2gBAqcVk0TN-B7XPXozJS2LIiZTbsCA2XMHaH8-zfk-hILJdn1fRt4xjyqE-xpvXvpDPf1OgT1wcDwDmDtI2swswRPqRFPZ09-zNByMwtaJlujwfek_s/s1600-h/image48.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyxYZ7Osc1U1xQn_IfXdn45qMIlweTWavBUYn2UN4h3aNn8REOPojVIOwlhxO-jbxdlqwgRdk_b150jfZDqHw9vv8Nm10_G5XVUMIYImd1dbG5oLhPvsoZgOjacT9bsF0c_EP2JK-jQw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Hayley Calverley</u></b> showed how she uses a Galaxy Tablet in the classroom as well as Wizteach: WizTeach is interactive teaching software designed for use with any interactive whiteboard, any interactive projector and any touch screen hardware over a wide range of subject areas. <a href="http://www.wizteach.com/">http://www.wizteach.com/</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Sue Ausmeier</u></b> spoke about the amazing TES website <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/">www.tes.co.uk</a>. You register for free to be able to access incredible resources. It is great for downloading PowerPoints e.g. on the Olympics and customising them. Sue showed us how she did this with the ‘Who wants to be a millionaire” game (PowerPoint) from The TES website.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Twitterstream</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What I loved about the twitter stream that evening was that TeachMeeters from Cape Town were following the Twitterstream and they kept popping in and adding their greetings and comments. Arthur Preston, a principal from Cape Town who is the originator of the <i>#edchatsa</i> tweetchat amongst South African teachers on a Monday night from 8:30-9:30 invited the KZN teachers to join the chat. Sheryl Gordon, one of the organisers, asked me  to explain this invitation to the group since I was from Cape Town! I do hope that many of them will join in the conversation  on a Monday night.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All too soon the TeachMeet was over. All the people at my table loved the evening.  Melanie Whillier’s comment on Twitter summed it all up “<i>What a fantastic experience, my first teach meet. Learnt so much and came away feeling so inspired</i>.” The organisers assured everyone that they would be organising another TeachMeet in the third term. </span></div>

teachmeets First TeachMeet in KZN held at St Mary’s Diocesan School for Girls

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/13/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.rd.com/slideshows/10-fun-father’s-day-activities/">10 Fun Father’s Day Activities | Reader's Digest</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Reader's Digest has a nice set of activities to do with your Dad. This set of pictures and paragraphs would make an interesting conversation with students. You could show the slide and text and discuss each option or use them as a creative writing starter.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/fathersday">fathersday</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</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/ResourceCalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=6&nbyear=2012&evcode=26">Teaching Resources, Classroom Resources & Lesson Plans - TES Resources</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Father's Day is this upcoming Sunday in the United States. If you're working with kids this week, you'll want to include some father's day activities. Here are 21 ideas to get you started.</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/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/fathersday">fathersday</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/apple-after-steve-jobs-isnt-missing-a-beat.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29">Apple After Steve Jobs Isn't Missing a Beat</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Readwriteweb has a fan-boy-ish overview of Apple's announcements on Monday. It is worth a read no matter your feelings about Apple. They remain the "king of the hill" in technology even in a post-jobs era -- for now.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apple">apple</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/12/chemistry-experiment-at-east-valley-high-school-sends-four-to-the-hopsital_n_1590539.html">Chemistry Experiment At East Valley High Sends Four To Hospital, School Evacuated</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">If you want to understand why online and virtual experiments are so attractive to science teachers, read this article about how a mistaken identity of a chemical caused the evacuation of an entire high school. In fact, this is one complaint I've heard from science teachers about thee iPad -- many of these online experiments are in flash and have yet to be converted to updated non-flash formatss. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/chemistry">chemistry</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science">science</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://zenhabits.net/control-freak/">» How Being a Control Freak Can Set You Free :zenhabits</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I read problogger and Zenhabits so this post about letting go of goals intrigued me. I think, however, it isn't necessarily letting go of goals, it is about letting go of the traditional view of success. I agree that truly getting in touch with what you want out of life is essential. Read this post and think but realize that there may be a few semantic issues here that may cause you to want to debate. Get past the semantics into the real meaning and look at your life. Summertime is an important time to reset for teachers.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/goalsetting">goalsetting</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=58397">How to start an amazing class blog ~ Stephen's Web</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Start at Stephen Downes review of this post and then move on to the Learn Boost blog to learn how to set up a blog for your classroom and the bennefits.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blogging">blogging</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/2012/06/blackboard-collaborate/">Using Blackboard Collaborate 11 to deliver a global online conference | ALT Online Newsletter</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Stephen Downes pointed to this article from his blog and noted that the conference was well organized. We use Blackboard Collaborate as the underpinning of our Flat Classroom projects as a key essential tool. It is stable and pretty simple to administer after receiving a little training. This best practices article is a must read for anyone working to organized global conferences. From the Association for learning technology.</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/blackboard">blackboard</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/globaled">globaled</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/weekinreview/27zimmer.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">The Great Language Land Grab - NYTimes.com</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">"App store" and other words are in contention. If you like language or even current events, there are some fascinating discussions from this New York Times column about the English language. They state their opinion that Apple doesn't have much hope in protecting the term "app store" but I guess the courts will decide. I do, however, think it is absurd that Facebook claimed the word "poke." I distinctly recall poking the fire when I was a kid on campouts. ;-)</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Apple">Apple</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Microsoft">Microsoft</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Google">Google</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/legal">legal</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/06/how-to-use-video-game-tactics-in-the-classroom/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29">How to Use Video Game Tactics in the Classroom | MindShift</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Teacher Paul Anderson created a game-based classroom without a game. In TEDxBozeman, he talks about what he did and tthe results.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <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/gamification">gamification</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/chicago-teachers-strike-v_0_n_1582547.html">Chicago Teachers Strike Vote: Teachers Union On The Verge Of Authorizing First Strike In 25 Years</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Union politics heat up in Chicago where the teachers, upset over increased hours without increased pay, may strike. Expect such tensions to increase. Unfortunately all such things take our eye off of students where they should be.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/union">union</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/politics">politics</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/09/feature-phones-are-not-the-future/">In Five Years, Most Africans Will Have Smartphones | TechCrunch</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Collaborating on mobile devices is going to be an essential part of connecting students. We've only begun to understand collaboration but those of us who are doing it now know the challenges inherent in connecting with schools in Africa. If we're going to do it, we'll have to resist "bandwidth" and "device" snobbery and have ubiquitous access for the platforms where we connect. Everything used in collaborating globally will need to be mobile friendly.</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/sms">sms</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/smartphones">smartphones</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://storify.com/SherwoodKids/social-media-spotlight-for-kidzblastvbs">Social Media Spotlight for #kidzblastvbs (with images, tweets) · SherwoodKids · Storify</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This week I'm doing Kidzblast for my church. Here's an example of a storify for those of you who work with nonprofit, school, or church events and want to see an example of how social media can be used but also how you can use events to educate people about social media. Events are a great way to get people's attention and educate them.  I used storify - it is a great service because it notifies people when you are done that they are quoted in the article.</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/socialmedia">socialmedia</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/storify">storify</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>

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A report back on a TeachMeet at Somerset House on 23rd May 2012

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br />On Wednesday 23rd May at 17:30 I excitedly attended the TeachMeet in Somerset West at Somerset House Preparatory School. They were hosting the first ever TeachMeet in the Helderberg Basin, organised by their enthusiastic ICT teacher, Siobhan Louw.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyb1YfRor-XvtUBzG-eY-M0ztaKcCz_yXq3baYEdKSEc3-8smveIrno_fI5wiSSf47B6n93hmZbDIpLMmgdWFGYfC2JA98-4et3QZoL4JaObxoQ0Mrcwcng2lAIA7fSVgu_YZpxzbazhA/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBiM5qS7O4U1U73ImXddu18YmzhEJAv_ZDlhDEYEv9vNl0OT7ZzfogQYJn97NBugkcgpVqf0BuRHlL0aXV0TeE-k2QxQZis0iE6TM4v4jcUD0NFy9tzaFNdRn2YXi_f-Tj0636g6udMc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />There was an excited buzz with at least 30 teachers from the surrounding areas turning up to see what this was all about. We started off with a delicious light meal of a variety of soups and breads and then it was down to business!  There was a Twitter backchannel during the TeachMeet and Siobhan kindly presented each of the eight presenters with a small gift as they completed their presentation.  <br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Presentations</span></b><br /><b><br /></b><br />I was really impressed at how many of the presenters were from Somerset House. They are doing really well in their technology-integration.<br /><br />Clair Craig (from Somerset House) presented on using Blabberize in Grade 4, Her Grade 4 class was reading the Sheep-Pig as their setbook and they really enjoyed creating talking animals as part of their lesson plan.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-j6VkBcCquKOepjAdpKinwnU37Ebp327hLdaV90LBTAXYPyQlRc0Cy34o1npLDFKP7q_Ht725Wl2BRubvtT7F1sOvNmORLXjU-nsaxSEgnUuTx5xUtyZHo2-5sVzksYugzzCKO5TtEA/s1600-h/image2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBljqGefb2kWLsf4P0yxv-XxP599AHh7xq-XvyD6BPlMq8tDOhh1Bi3Xh96pRBw6oomqIFsmFUm6YxrS17f4qJkmdri0otKHAEMSIFDI4eT6rlitsF7TQgI0FS0W45-G1wR8l87kpswtc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><br />Debbie Underwood (from Somerset House) spoke on the MimeoView. This is not a free tool but she certainly convinced us that it is almost indispensible in a classroom!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMO4YeizHnYz-kU51svHvpbAmnfVNzdTZ9hGECaknMSUn8mkBYfp0-oJV1Jq_WknxLrxzIj5uZy4IsWNm908vE7FUy1fg4m5eRjI8fLh8nAUIWustrU1OKb0JUEhVo5aU9A0y33LcMbLI/s1600-h/image7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2YjIBKRkusYBg5_ztLensZaY2No3kFVlSbejhEN50Q56b6PA5WMpoLvODyxkiNkVveswUuk2t7F9KK7q7rx1bVKL-Mwf9Br3Ocz37LJFri5UTDyIS5qIKG9uUMObfQuQLOmXOh4pz5A/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br />Fiona Beal (that's me!) spoke on Classroom Dojo – a motivational tool for your classroom. This is a really cute way of rewarding individuals in a class or positive behaviours (and also losing points for negative behaviours).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOA56ddp-nk63dVqN8em0temvXWEBXpJMFF44O6JlRCnL3KORlZi_yWfNivOv0U7JxHA9f9QdL0G_yxyO7MVNqqJyQYVSI1OZkuwWdNpLnQpEL0x-gt5UOy2KVAtwsTMoRrozzqugB_Ds/s1600-h/image11.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_E9VN1r_o9kDelXaVRqfQUg4KV2Ka0YqLuPMnjCQ7rtszv7NJiPC0nCWF7PrIEM56rY0iG8cdkZJo173XRArz0hOXgQzxcmHmIv6pJm95vrsOyABlyIbpwAnpOkVd3bnPzvuaqavrQaI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br />Jenny Martin (from Somerset House) gave two presentations, one on Word Magnets and one on Wordstash which she says is a teacher's dream to use. Both these amazing webtools can really enhance a Language teacher’s lessons. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bz-hXqPUemyseKFqFSaaM5NvivDn1IpAduYomnCbhyxdnizbbTko5kdefYMn4onFlG_SD9PEdfO-3pIvgniTOxE0nqBZuAzxHgPRRXdz2Uz1Kveg-3N0Xfr4DcpuAXqKc6GDcwIRSzE/s1600-h/image15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4y55BIkYRtLfRfsxabDuWRWsPrSvWSSy2pUJF-KJiFi4je7Xz2DbEzNlEl-3_gMGbfIYMsgow2KyQ8HOfLNWeIjV6DHE8Y5OoISGW7Kwn9uJPN_46z237UBUFtbi0N9grdpsB2PnS9E/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYk6GrlGAJ5Upv97XGATlT4wnzO9DIuq-31Gmtjwhos-vi0UTGFvXZhTOTuqx9wT9tQenttkk6AP2VIdAyMYHQovUryrzO6RNPLNU-xdfrgblNewWBmQJQrn_MNkzHPZuK3hocivbSz0/s1600-h/image19.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXZ2Zd9VJ_D1SyZi-5a1EZ8BFz6_nonS2FTDu2ydcGPxuvHA_Irq34lW5wU3upLTQpSEn5CamonXh8cBhHOwVfkUYz_eyu8YN3YeSM_Vo4cfsJkd8Us7-HvIvn8O2dLMJX5tDyi1cCf0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br />Pam Roberts (from Somerset House) spoke on her use of Purple Mash in Grade 1 for Mother's Day cards. Purple Mash is the online version of the 2Simple software. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2Yi9dPKjL2Q-Aiu2GgWJKaRvqvZm-LstZ69rNR2ZuVSwp4pNYPejmBKV-StyBzbao3X-sZ4iABkefldTnciAldasLVvO7noMibOoR5KUZ5HcAPAeI1JLl0BWoSx4Py-W0cSz7HeYO8w/s1600-h/image23.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8oQWqj5tMR_0zXH1eiD2s0uo3u5tGdiQjqgxIX1mWbXpYd-v_3934zul3ASYR8S4PAxY4x9H6vrGoMuaiZBzdwMSBZ8oeb7qVEYPMPVdpnqUicQgnUD1z0TxPkklMjPcgq1POED69Wg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br />Siobhan Lowe, the organiser (from Somerset House) spoke on how she successfully used Google Docs for a collaborative assignment. Siobhan also mentioned how her Grade 7s were enjoying finding relevant TED talks and writing brief reviews on them. If you would like to see which TED talks they enjoyed visit <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/thattechteacher.com/shtedreviews/technology">this</a> link. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTohWr3WUW4OL0_wdg37ewq5WJzm5smfcTHPHEHVzc0ekFX4x8AG4RY_eCNu3rhhugEny1YbGLoA2cYTCbiMBrfGa_6cKV25C657cFBxpYNHFjXjvDVT94Oio-Ft1WYHVGb_RGdoGdgpk/s1600-h/image26.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Lf8naFbctlB1vPDrrX3rzbBCpqdIVDrI4aNPtyR8-W5181SI_QrAMfi432Fm4BszZVdL5TPbc_tDwsRZmeXz3YQAioPgLoQZuko473QjHckBEc1wQwCXFnvZCPu6NI4Xp1DpAMf6SWQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Michelle Botha (from Somerset House) also gave two presentations. She spoke on using Popplet to teach creatively about triangles in Grade 7. You can look at that presentation online: <a href="http://popplet.com/app/#/103497">http://popplet.com/app/#/103497</a>. Michelle also presented a very impressive writing project she did using stop animation and Windows Live Moviemaker. She said that the students actually taught her all the inns and outs of stop animation.<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2sed4iGuU2tabMCToAAk34DzHlhlq2SfjGxbWqc4SRfVcMmAgSOy7fWghQn8BxKorWksL6c2JCA8ZtXquspZf0ivo19qV-GyZtR9WwuAXzok8tkF7iDYGcwvv3xfKU_P4BOIj8t-ghc/s1600-h/image30.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TTKVzN38c3QV9h_uomlwCaA24kzshA0W7NvgGVuhWkzQ13c8-6iEzxge1t2z8wpgl_8I8nfq3awgSJFDD6M9Izr48BEmC-HMx_-PWE1TF_eQQZm-EesaFFHsSjjK4VhxGKVnrDSSs2M/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Siobhan’s report back</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><br />Siobhan Lowe, the organiser,  wrote a blog post about the Teachmeet which she called '<b>‘Host a teachmeet and you’ll create an enriching PD opportunity’</b> <br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>“</b>This past week saw Somerset House host its first teachmeet. Inspired by teachmeets attended by some of our staff at Elkanah House over the last year, we decided that hosting one of our own would be a good opportunity to expose more of our teachers to the sharing and learning experience that a teachmeet offers. <br /><br />Undoubtedly, one of the biggest challenges facing modern education is getting school staff to buy in and support the use of technology in classrooms. There are many reasons for this: age, fear, time shortages, tradition, ineffective resources and lack of personal exposure to technology. In my experience, it’s a combination of these factors that keep teachers from using and embracing many of the contemporary technological tools that have not only already changed the way we live, but that will most definitely impact on how today's youth succeed and progress through their own lives.<br /><br />In our school, as in many others, the historical reluctance to use technology to supplement the education we provide is multifaceted. Recent technical improvements to our school’s computer system have seen a growth in the confidence levels in our teachers. Coupled with positive staff development and support from colleagues, it has been inspiring to see more of our teachers improve and  increase their innovative use of technology…. Read more <a href="http://www.thattechteacher.com/past-blog-posts">here</a> on Siobhan’s blog <a href="http://www.thattechteacher.com/">http://www.thattechteacher.com/</a>.<br /><br />We most certainly look forward to more TeachMeets in the Helderberg basin! Thank you for this initiative Siobhan!<br /><br />PS. Since writing the post Siobbhan has advertised the next TeachMeet for Wednesday 29th August at 5:30 pm. Please keep watching Siobhan's blog for further details <a href="http://www.thattechteacher.com/">http://www.thattechteacher.com/</a><br /><br /><br /></div>

teachmeets A report back on a TeachMeet at Somerset House on 23rd May 2012

Submitted by Fiona Beal On Wednesday 23rd May at 17:30 I excitedly attended the TeachMeet in Somerset West at Somerset House Preparatory Sch...

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I was treated to two wonderful surprises yesterday.<br /><br />The always inspiring Naomi at <a href="http://designmanifest.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Design Manifest</a> featured one of my images in <a href="http://designmanifest.blogspot.com/2012/06/tabletop-styling.html" target="_blank">her post on styling</a>,<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5r7mXdJ0VWD0-pVgw2IK6GODT4juQRFoNzDrB3JM_H1QRpKCfmDzS3Y_FwagkXhAbDC9_i8MBr5WuST13ycQ92I3xktxVEQx_RzCJimsQbdU0tzNdV4xqa9bJZX__-y0tY35HTm7csd9/s1600/DM+blog+header+bw-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5r7mXdJ0VWD0-pVgw2IK6GODT4juQRFoNzDrB3JM_H1QRpKCfmDzS3Y_FwagkXhAbDC9_i8MBr5WuST13ycQ92I3xktxVEQx_RzCJimsQbdU0tzNdV4xqa9bJZX__-y0tY35HTm7csd9/s320/DM+blog+header+bw-1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />and the lovely and creative Vicky at <a href="http://www.decorharmony.com/" target="_blank">Decor & Harmony</a> featured me on her <a href="http://www.decorharmony.com/2012/06/coast-to-coast-creativity-little-black.html" target="_blank">Coast to Coast Creativity series</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXUGg45cmpOAJF7V4DAcsWKfAUKwsL6ZYaTdApm7gVVEuSitV2bl2qq6hAnU1OuRIYI3wQdFUOz-Q3jRKsRuO6nkUxi4dxs4NRg7YwdKs-DTF1jUW5K7vWE_DoPRtyA1R32FMputHoeWd/s1600/DecorHarmony.tiff" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXUGg45cmpOAJF7V4DAcsWKfAUKwsL6ZYaTdApm7gVVEuSitV2bl2qq6hAnU1OuRIYI3wQdFUOz-Q3jRKsRuO6nkUxi4dxs4NRg7YwdKs-DTF1jUW5K7vWE_DoPRtyA1R32FMputHoeWd/s400/DecorHarmony.tiff" width="400" /></a></div><br />Now all I need is for Brad Pitt to return my phone call and I've got one banner day!<br /><br />Thanks ladies for putting a smile on my face.

treats for me

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Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 06/13/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/2012/06/blackboard-collaborate/">Using Blackboard Collaborate 11 to deliver a global online conference | ALT Online Newsletter</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Stephen Downes pointed to this article from his blog and noted that the conference was well organized. We use Blackboard Collaborate as the underpinning of our Flat Classroom projects as a key essential tool. It is stable and pretty simple to administer after receiving a little training. This best practices article is a must read for anyone working to organized global conferences. From the Association for learning technology.</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/blackboard">blackboard</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/globaled">globaled</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/09/feature-phones-are-not-the-future/">In Five Years, Most Africans Will Have Smartphones | TechCrunch</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Collaborating on mobile devices is going to be an essential part of connecting students. We've only begun to understand collaboration but those of us who are doing it now know the challenges inherent in connecting with schools in Africa. If we're going to do it, we'll have to resist "bandwidth" and "device" snobbery and have ubiquitous access for the platforms where we connect. Everything used in collaborating globally will need to be mobile friendly.</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/sms">sms</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/smartphones">smartphones</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</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 06/13/2012

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Financial Analyst ( MBA | SAP/ BPC | Microsoft Excel | PowerPoint | Forecast | Analytics | Reports) (#108067)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1" style="color: #666666;"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title :</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Financial Analyst</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Milpitas, CA</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Fulltime</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description: </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Team:  Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis (Global Ops FP&A) team serves as a partner organization with our manufacturing operations organization.  Our role is to implement and manage financial processes that support the company's business decisions; such as forecasting, analytics, strategic operations planning, scenario analysis, risk assessment and management reporting.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Role:  Financial Analyst</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We are looking for a sharp finance professional to join our Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis team who will be responsible for forecasting, strategic operations planning, analytics, and management reporting.  The ideal candidate would have an interest in manufacturing operations and the metrics that help to drive improvements.  You will be a key contributor to driving Operations headcount planning, Gross Margin improvement, Inventory management and Materials Cost reduction. You will interact with executives and have high visibility throughout the company.  Successful candidate will be a top performer who has a passion to champion positive change throughout the organization.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Essential Functions:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Provide financial and analytical support for the company's forecasts and results.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Create and implement process improvement across the company in all regions</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Create new reports and models to meet the business' needs and drive decisions</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Perform ad hoc financial analyses and special projects</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Prepare quarter end executive reports</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Support improvements of our financial planning models and system</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Participate in all budgeting and forecasting processes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Monitor and report operating results against budget and forecast</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Create and distribute scalable weekly, monthly and quarterly management reports</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Education and/or experience desired:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">MBA Preferred</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Experience with SAP/ BPC</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Team player with a positive attitude</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Strong Analytical skills</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Strong computer skills and extensive knowledge of Excel</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fast learner with new tools and systems.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ability to think strategically and proactively</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Organized, detail-oriented, and able to multi-task</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Strong ability to partner and build relationships</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize; to troubleshoot and problem solve.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Must be comfortable presenting data to senior management.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Financial Analyst ( MBA | SAP/ BPC | Microsoft Excel | PowerPoint | Forecast | Analytics | Reports) (#108067)

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/12/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://twittertoolsbook.com/10-awesome-twitter-analytics-visualization-tools/">10 Awesome Twitter Analytics and Visualization Tools | Twitter Tools and Twitter Tips Blog</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Some incredible analytic tools for tracking and sharing onTwitter.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</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 06/12/2012

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Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 06/12/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://coolcatteacher.visibli.com/share/AsVdAS">9 Amazing Word Cloud Generators For The Classroom …Word Clouds in Education Series: Part 3</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">9 Amazing Word Cloud Generators For The Classroom http://t.co/g1b6jPlL #flatclass #edtech #engchat</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/edtech">edtech</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/engchat">engchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H0x3xLmxTCU">Eastwood High School c/o 2012 Flash Mob - YouTube</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">A flashmob at graduation? Oh yes. If you want to smile at kids and what happens in today's interconnected society watch this graduation flashmob. Without social media, I doubt this sort of thing would be possible. </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/flashmob">flashmob</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/arts_entertainment">arts_entertainment</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/www_world">www_world</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/worldonline">worldonline</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 06/12/2012

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Librarian (Part Time) - Meriden Public Library

<strong>Librarian (Part Time)</strong> - The <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Meriden Public Library</strong></span> seeks a 20 hour/week Librarian. Applicants must enjoy working with people of all ages, have excellent communication and computer skills, and knowledge of new technologies. Flexible schedule a must, some nights and weekends required. MLS from an ALA-accredited school or a Bachelor’s Degree supplemented by graduate level courses which will lead to the Master of Library Science Degree within two years of employment. Hourly rate begins at $21.28 with generous step increases in following years. Benefits: Prorated vacation and sick time, city pension. The City of Meriden is an EOE. Resumes may be submitted online at <a href="http://www.cityofmeriden.org/employment/" target="_blank">www.cityofmeriden.org/employment/</a> or sent to Caroline Beitman, Personnel Director, City of Meriden, 142 East Main Street, Meriden, CT 06450 and must be received by <span style="color: red;">June 22, 2012</span>.

Librarian (Part Time) - Meriden Public Library

Librarian (Part Time) - The Meriden Public Library seeks a 20 hour/week Librarian. Applicants must enjoy working with people of all ages,...

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In Support of Nature Education...Naturally

<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbmCgnuaLzz1u_Gmt3bBgsvzL7VAids-9Yi76dL49VeEg1AUVARVZG_oVMRtY2xsMYMHpBYh99C2oOwbHBKr-smA_IYR3aEGJ31jpFYHW4LCXuQ2twn2YUbw_JjXgxRQ2lzew42LlB2jn/s1600/Parks-DOW-Partners-Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbmCgnuaLzz1u_Gmt3bBgsvzL7VAids-9Yi76dL49VeEg1AUVARVZG_oVMRtY2xsMYMHpBYh99C2oOwbHBKr-smA_IYR3aEGJ31jpFYHW4LCXuQ2twn2YUbw_JjXgxRQ2lzew42LlB2jn/s1600/Parks-DOW-Partners-Logo.jpg" /></a>I have the good fortune in my position to oversee a grant program that helps support the state park naturalist positions in our ODNR-Division of Parks and Recreation.  In exchange for this funding, the naturalists have to devote half of their programming to wildlife and wildlife-related topics.  Seems like a no-brainer, right?</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I attended the All-State Naturalist meeting last week and was very glad to see a lot of folks I hadn't seen in several years, and a lot of new faces.  Due to budget constraints, this all-naturalist meeting had been reduced in size and scope the last couple of years.  I was very glad to see it brought back.  I think these folks need some dedicated time to network and interact with each other.  They were able to bounce ideas off of each other on topics like starting up a geocaching program, dealing with various ages of kids at their programs, drumming up attendance, and interactions with their local community.  I can say, without reservation, that this is a dedicated, passionate and fairly under appreciated group of people.  They are often the face of that park, the go-to person for issues, complaints, suggestions and more from the park patrons and the surrounding community.  </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So, why would the ODNR-Division of Wildlife support naturalist in their sister agency?  Because it's a good investment for the Division of Wildlife.  These naturalists probably number around 50 across the state, but compared to the 8 full time education staff in our agency, they reach thousands more people per year than we ever could.  Many years, they reach well over 200,000 park attendees with wildlife-related programs each year.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Why is this a good investment?  With today's public spending less and less time outdoors and growing more and more disconnected to wildlife, park naturalists have a natural opportunity to help their patrons learn more about the nature around them.  A camper, while likely an outdoor enthusiast already, may not have a good base of knowledge about the wildlife and the quality habitat that is around their campgrounds, homes, and parks.  And, whether it's the roaming naturalist with an owl or snake that talks to the campers, or the naturalist that conducts the regular Saturday evening night hike, or the naturalist that helps the community do an annual creek clean-up, these small, intimate contacts with nature are often the ones that spark the enthusiasm, interest and desire in children and adults to participate in nature even more.  Whether it's simply wanting to learn more about what they are seeing on the trails, or wanting to learn how to take a fish off of a hook, park naturalists are in a unique position to have a real impact on creating a positive experience in nature.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So, the next time you visit an Ohio State Park, seek out the naturalist and thank them for their passion, time and effort.  And tell them I said hi and thanks too!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div>

In Support of Nature Education...Naturally

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watch out, i'm armed

The upholstery bug bit me again and I blame Craigslist. I found these chairs for an incredible steal ($25 for BOTH) and I couldn't pass them up. The lady was as nice as could be. They were her mother's chairs and have sat in her garage for months. They "just weren't my style" she told me. Well, they are my style lady. Me and your 95 year old mother.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3NyMJMuox_d4ugBrC7huXz5ZOZQ-V24R_g2CC5Ikk2y2LsN2RPR4kb3HlDv0gVmwL76vNvnmMZ7UnpxiS6HZ_gJ4wcRsKgRG60z-chGLq2hDvVnue48aVwnnpiEYHbVoA6hiqOeFsCSl/s1600/P6117361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3NyMJMuox_d4ugBrC7huXz5ZOZQ-V24R_g2CC5Ikk2y2LsN2RPR4kb3HlDv0gVmwL76vNvnmMZ7UnpxiS6HZ_gJ4wcRsKgRG60z-chGLq2hDvVnue48aVwnnpiEYHbVoA6hiqOeFsCSl/s640/P6117361.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XlSnrRyDgJGEaL77sjxt2sxYqcsGnUeNKpje4TYpGqdNi4mGia1FMn-tiqulgTC-9dAnk6G2p3YcGCJ2FKkhcEiFen_1_-H0CXNCbDUkxEtZo2WfKuzqUSaWNSEGvem5Yf2PJWNMewWU/s1600/P6117365.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XlSnrRyDgJGEaL77sjxt2sxYqcsGnUeNKpje4TYpGqdNi4mGia1FMn-tiqulgTC-9dAnk6G2p3YcGCJ2FKkhcEiFen_1_-H0CXNCbDUkxEtZo2WfKuzqUSaWNSEGvem5Yf2PJWNMewWU/s640/P6117365.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />These will be easy peasy compared to <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/04/now-you-really-can-take-seat.html" target="_blank">the couch</a> and I'm wanting some fun fabric this time.<br /><br />AND, I'm going to try the cushions myself as I also scored a sewing machine on Saturday at a garage sale. Never been opened, brand new. Raise the roof to that people! Keep in mind I don't have the first clue how to sew, but I'll worry about that small technicality later.<br /><br />The bulk of the weekend however was working on the deck. And aside from a few flower pots we're done. <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/05/party-in-front-business-in-back.html" target="_blank">My house's reverse mullet</a> has officially been cut. Stay tuned for the reveal.<br /><br />How was your weekend? Anything exciting to report? Anyone know of any wonderful fabric sales going on?

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31 Things I Learned from Being Bullied as a Child

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bullying_Irfe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="English: Bullying on IRFE in March 5, 2007, th..." border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="225" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Bullying_Irfe.jpg/300px-Bullying_Irfe.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 300px;">Bullying isn't always done with fists.<br />(Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bullying_Irfe.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table>I hate to admit this. I was picked on as a child. Left out. Not included.<br /><br />Surely some of the fault was "my own." I was clueless on fashion. I played outside and petted my animals--- a lot. I may have gone to school smelling like Grunt, my black lab or Crissy my cat with a limp and 3/4 of a crooked tail. <br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"Icky Vicki"<br /> "You have no common sense."<br /> "You will never have any friends."</blockquote><br />Other things that hurt. Well, I lost weight, studied fashion magazines and was at least treated courteously by some of my classmates. But I never forgot.<br /><br />What I learned from being bullied:<br /><br /><br /><ol><li>People can be mean but...</li><li>My family loves me and supports me. They know me. </li><li>I trust my family's feedback on my weaknesses above the stranger who pretends to know everything.</li><li>No one is going to be liked by everybody.</li><li>It isn't how I am treated that is as important as how I treat others.</li><li>The more I treat others with respect and kindness, the more that comes back to me.</li><li>People see the real you when you are falsely accused or maligned.</li><li>I never forget those who stuck up for me when I was done.</li><li>I always look for the person who is new, down, or lonely to be for that person what I wish someone would be for me.</li><li>Mean people are often unhappy, bitter, unforgiving people. It isn't a way of life I want to emulate.</li><li>Kind people are happy, joyful, forgiving people. This is who I want to be.</li><li>The greatest Teacher I have ever known came to earth and was mistreated too. I should know if I am doing anything good at all that such things will happen to me.</li><li>Often in criticism is a grain of truth I can learn from. I can't stop my ears to what others are saying but neither can I let it derail me from following me dreams.</li><li>No one is going to give me my dreams. I have to seek, pray, work, and struggle and maybe a few of them will work out.</li><li>I can't let the fear of being outnumbered by unkind people keep me from speaking for those who are afraid to. God allowed me to experience the loneliness for a reason and part of it is so I can speak up and be ok with it. (See 1-12.)</li><li>Most people are great, wonderful, kind people who are afraid of being hurt themselves.</li><li>All it takes for bullying to happen is for good people to say it is none of their business and say nothing.</li><li>Sometimes teachers are the worst bullies. These teachers side with the "popular" kids and don't look deeper to know what is happening. They should know better. The "majority" doesn't always tell the truth.</li><li>Bullies gather when good people run away.</li><li>No one is perfect. Life is a succession of forgiving and being forgiven. </li><li>Thank goodness for those who let a person change course and take a new path.</li><li>There are many that choose to stereotype and let others make up their minds for them instead of getting the facts.</li><li>I need to make my classroom a safe place.</li><li>I need to make my blog a safe place.</li><li>I can't do much about other classrooms and other blogs but I can speak out when necessary.</li><li>There are lots of great amazing, trustworthy people in this world. I can't let the existence of those who are unkind, untrustworthy and hateful prevent me from making new friends.</li><li>Friends can quickly become enemies when they get jealous.</li><li>If I help others follow their dreams maybe a few of them will help me back in return, although we help because it is the right thing to do.</li><li>I can become a bully if I forget what it feels like and am not careful. It is easier for me to bully because I've seen how it is done.</li><li>Those who bully you as a child either fein cluelessness or are really clueless to what they did.</li><li>Bullying is never OK. To say you learn from it and excuse it is not fine. We have to do our best to do what is in front of us.</li></ol><br /><br />It is hard to number all the things you learn in the hard knocks of life. Sometimes the worst things that ever happened turn out to be the things that help us become the kind of person that can be of some use in the world.<br /><br />If you want to know what bullying feels like, ask someone who has been there. If you've been bullied, don't let it go to waste, use your time and energy to help people.<br /> <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=f930cc07-4485-49ea-9447-43b6e7e35158" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/11/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H0x3xLmxTCU">Eastwood High School c/o 2012 Flash Mob - YouTube</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">A flashmob at graduation? Oh yes. If you want to smile at kids and what happens in today's interconnected society watch this graduation flashmob. Without social media, I doubt this sort of thing would be possible. </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/flashmob">flashmob</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/arts_entertainment">arts_entertainment</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/www_world">www_world</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/worldonline">worldonline</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://cybraryman.com/diigo.html">Cybraryman Internet Catalogue - Diigo Resourcers</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Jerry Blumengarten (Cybraryman1) has made a list of diigo resources. Many great ones here to follow as well as instructions. I"ll be presenting on Diigo with co-founder Maggie Tsai at ISTE 2012.</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/diigo">diigo</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/">Literacy Resources For Parents | Reading Rockets</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Reading rockets has a lot of resources for parents working to help their children improve their reading over the summer. I have a child with dyslexia and each summer, reading is one of our most important things we do. Every day I set the timer and my son and I both get our favorite book and get on the couch and read.I read too. If it is important enough to have him do, it is important enough for me to do too.</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/reading">reading</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/reading_teacher">reading_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/parenting">parenting</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/100-Activities-and-Ideas-for-parents-and-kids-to-do-over-the-summer-3007101/">100 Activities and Ideas for parents and kids to do over the summer - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is a flyer that you can download and tweak to send home with kids for the summer including 100 things that parents and children can do together to keep children's minds active and learning. </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/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6197063">Child Safety Week - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I think that every school should have a safety week. Discuss the accidents and safety precautions that kids can use to protect themselves. While some schools celebrate "child safety week" in June - this is a great topic when school gets out for the summer or to be run in summer preschools or camps. It is also something that could be scheduled during the month that students return to school. Children should be empowered to protect themselves. Here are some age appropriate ways this is done by schools now.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/safety">safety</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</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 06/11/2012

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SYRIAN CONFLICT:

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxXRQtaMQPhaeedtrsfl2yCCBLSumy_B_EAmQS1Ro52o2YaZdG9b75uOsugcbytYx9-oBiCfeKd9Bi_P71ks71NDhMMWKjlKQy8ZdqRdREqB3Y7X2XnPd5nljRrhSvM8Rnx0ggXUL_9rp/s1600/bio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxXRQtaMQPhaeedtrsfl2yCCBLSumy_B_EAmQS1Ro52o2YaZdG9b75uOsugcbytYx9-oBiCfeKd9Bi_P71ks71NDhMMWKjlKQy8ZdqRdREqB3Y7X2XnPd5nljRrhSvM8Rnx0ggXUL_9rp/s320/bio.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RESULT OF BEING LEFT OUT OF THE LIBYAN EQUATION? </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The USA and its allies clearly underestimated RUSSIA'S and CHINESE persistent pro SYRIAN stance from the beginning of the instigated SYRIAN conflict and thus thought the LIBYAN matrix could be applied for SYRIA. What the USA missed in the equation was that CHINA and RUSSIA never forgave the USA, FRANCE, BRITAIN and the GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL STATES for denying them a share of the post GADDAFI LIBYAN natural resources cake. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CHINA and RUSSIA invested heavily in LIBYAN oil infrastructure and its economy during Gaddafi’s reign, in order to obtain a share of the oil bonanza, only to realize that the USA, FRANCE and BRITAIN had no intention of sharing prosperous oil revenues after the regime change in LIBYA. Learning from mistakes, this time around CHINA and RUSSIA are making sure the LIBYAN scenario is not repeated in SYRIA and keep vetoing any UN Security Council resolution on Syria. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">USEFUL EXCUSE FOR FOREIGN INTERVENTION: SYRIA’S BIO – CHEMICAL WEAPONS ARSENAL?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Even the threat by the USA to circumvent the UN Security Council some way or the other, in order to intervene in SYRIA is not such an easy undertaking and mostly </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">sable-rattling</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, for it could easily trigger a full out confrontation with RUSSIA and CHINA, the later of the two already weary of Washington’s geostrategic ASIA advance. In view of these developments it becomes understandable that US proxies are beefing up their efforts and “PSY – OPS” tactics to opinionate the public and politicians in order to create excuses as well as justifications for a foreign intervention in SYRIA. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">TACTICIANS TOOLS </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thus the SYRIAN Bio- Chemical warfare card comes in handy. The fact that SYRIA possesses a large amount of Bio- Chemical weapons is nothing new. What has changed however is that the existence of these weapons have until now never been mentioned by the media nor used as a propaganda tool. The same applies for Al Qaida presence in SYRIA. The minute the SYRIAN conflict started it was clear that fundamentalist Islamic groups would infiltrate and intervene. But because of the veto on foreign interventions by CHINA and RUSSIA, the USA and its allies now, more than a year into the conflict, beef up their serious concern over Al Qaida infiltration in SYRIA and the possibility of Bio Chemical weapons falling into the hands of Islamic terrorist groups.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">For more info see: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/israel-iran-syria.html"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/israel-iran-syria.html</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/syria-feasts-and-rites-of-confusion.html"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/syria-feasts-and-rites-of-confusion.html</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In view of these facts one either has to assume the foreign entities who instigated the SYRIAN conflict are fully aware of the consequences and consider the infiltration of Al Qaida and other Fundamental Islamic terror groups as well as possible deployment of Bio – Chemical warfare in the conflict a calculated risk in order to achieve their objective, or these entities are indeed naive enough as well as ignorant to think that a regime change in SYRIA will bring prosperity, democracy peace and harmony in the region.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Continue reading posting below: <b style="color: blue;">SYRIA’S BIO – CHEMICAL WARFARE THREAT? LEGITIMATE, OR A WELCOME EXCUSE FOR US INTERVENTION? </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><br /></div>

SYRIAN CONFLICT:

RESULT OF BEING LEFT OUT OF THE LIBYAN EQUATION? The USA and its allies clearly underestimated RUSSIA'S and CHINESE persistent pro SYRIA...

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