From a bathroom
The fact that I found this poster in a bathroom made it so, so funny. Remember, it's what it sounds like.
middle school / high school collaboration
As part of a nascent project here in Memphis and specifically at Craigmont, I'm looking for documented examples of collaboration between middle schools and high schools in the same area. Our beginning idea is to create a theoretical bridge between this middle school where I teach and the high school into which it feeds. It's right down the block, yet after working here for three years I do not know a single teacher there. The cultures are the schools are radically different, as is the quality of extracurricular programming (according to some observers). For example, the middle school has a chess club while the high school does not, and the high school has a debate club while the middle school does not. We hope that by creating extracurricular (and eventually curricular) bridges between the two schools, we can increase student/parent/teacher/administrator motivation and create a culture of excellence.Like I said at the beginning, I'm looking for documented examples of this sort of collaboration: any middle school clubs that attract high school students or vice versa.
from discovery education
This question was found in the Discovery Education database. Can you
feel the emotional affect?
just overheard
"Mr. Fowles, how did y'all text message each other in the old days?"
edupunk revisited
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=418124&c=1
I've taken the year off from edtech hype, but I came across this story. While I do continually advocate the use of technology for instructional purposes, rather than for the purpose of being able to include "technology integration" on a spreadsheet somewhere, I've just lost the passion I had for the raw edge that I took to be edupunk.
The main problem I have with edtech is that it is often used as a method of replicating old processes rather than creating new ones, especially in the K-12 environment. When I ask teachers what they use a Smartboard for, many say they use it to watch movies.
MP3 SKULL FOR THE WIN
A student just introduced me to http://www.mp3skull.com
Life is good again.
Joys of a flannel shirt
There's just something so amazing about a new flannel shirt. I wear them often and everywhere. To work, to the store, to a party, to a campout. They rule.
Woot had a special on Haggar flannels and I grabbed two. Retail therapy. They're just such great shirts. Soft to the touch, warm, durable, easy to clean, hard to wrinkle, pleasant to gaze at, and economical. Who could ask for anything else from a piece of clothing?
beautiful trees at craigmont
I was told that Memphis used to be known for its foliage. This is the first thing I saw this morning. It is at times like this that my insides are at perfect equilibrium with my outsides. Diffusion ensues.
check this stock chart madness
Thank you, Google Finance. My money is apparently in a Delorean going 88 mph.
