12-5-2014

 
I want to thank Gus, Frank, Manny and all the custodians for all of their hard work in maintenance and cleaning over Thanksgiving break.  We appreciate it.

Don't forget the newsletter was due to Ellen yesterday.  Please get your articles in.

Thanks to Melissa and Lynn and the seventh grade team for bringing the 7th grade students to the Art Institute yesterday.  They had a very successful trip and saw some of the world's greatest paintings which sometimes gets overlooked with the Museum of Science and Industry and Field Museum close by.

 7 free flipped classroom creation apps you might not know about:  http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/12/02/flipped-classroom-apps-891/?utm_content=buffer76e46&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

more on flipped....give it a try for a lesson...

Thanks to Angela for helping me to go around to different departments on Wednesday after school to check in on people's discussion on meaningful technology integration.  

Write About may be the best educational site of the year...article and video

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/11/24/write-about-may-be-the-education-site-of-the-year/

Interesting article on HW...

http://pernillesripp.com/2010/12/23/so-whats-my-problem-with-homework/

Thanks to Nicole for helping me this week with various small fires that needed to be put out and giving a lot of assistance to students in need.  I appreciate your willingness to lend a hand.  

40 inspirational speeches in two minutes:  or Inspiration for the audience with a short attention span.

Betty as been able to readjust her schedule with extra assistance that has been provided at Evergreen.  This also means some of the students in your classroom have different schedules, Betty sent an email detailing these changes.

A beginners guide to Personalized Learning:  

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/beginners-guide-personalized-learning/

Thanks to Sandy and Joe for running this weekend's Chess Tournament and we will have lots of custodial help to keep the place clean.  Still take time to put away classroom valuables.  

This was one of those great weeks when I was able to put on my instructional leader hat and get into a lot of classrooms.  I was able to see many different teaching styles reaching students  in different ways.  The one common component was engaged students in active learning.  Thank you for being so Awesome.  

Powerful cover of this week's New Yorker