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After a short break, we’re now talking about the brain. We’re talking about neurons, multitasking and the lobes. The frontal lobe controls personality, planning, voluntary motion, intelligence, memory and writing. Parietal lobe (just behind the frontal) controls sensations such as touch, pain, pressure, and temperature. The occipital lobe is in the […]

Well, I’m here at the workshop. We haven’t started yet, but it looks really exciting. They’ve given us a massive amount of material including a curriculum guide and a notebook of articles, powerpoint presentations, and reference material the likes of which I haven’t seen since my undergrad years!
Well, I just found out that […]

Yikes. There was no wifi at the workshop so I took notes in word. Eight pages worth of notes. I’m going to split it all up by the specific sessions, but keep in mind that this is all one massive workshop. As with all of my notes, keep in mind that […]

I’ve never heard of the Americinn hotel chain, but so far I’m impressed. Flew out to Minneapolis earlier, grabbed a quick bite to eat and then headed over to the hotel. I thought it was going to be just some local yahoo hotel but the place has free HBO, breakfast included, a patio […]

Ok, this is indicative of how crazy life has been lately. I recorded a podcast last Wednesday and I’m just now getting around to uploading it. Yikes! So here is a podcast almost a week stale now, but still just as juicy. I’d love to give you a great writeup of […]

Alright, this has little to do with education but a lot to do with technology and gadgets, so I feel justified posting it here Have you ever seen those ads saying “Click here to get yourself a free iPod“? I’m sure you’ve thought to yourself that it was a total scam and […]

Well, it had to happen didn’t it? Someone has created a site called PodCastAwards.com where you can currently nominate your favorite podcasts for the voting. Categories include Best Produced, Comedy, Food and Drink, Business, Technology, Gaming, and a bazillion others. Oh yeah, there’s also an education category!
Right now it’s only in the […]

A post from Ideas and thoughts from an EdTech focuses on a student who figured out how to unlock a function on a calculator that enabled him to cheat on a state test.
He brings up a fantastic point about it.
Without getting into the whole calculator or no calculator debate, we need to rethink […]

Via The Tech Savvy Educator:
Adopt a Classroom is a non-profit website dedicated to helping educators fund ideas, projects, and classroom activities. Apparently, it was calculated that we as educators spend an average of $800 a year on extra supplies and tools to meet basic classroom needs. While Adopt a Classroom isn’t offering to pay for […]

Bud the Teacher pointed out to me today how a fantastic educational idea can be right in front of your face and yet you still don’t see the potential. He as a post entitled: An Odd Couple: Darth Vader & Henry David Thoreau where he talks about those two icons each having their […]

It’s ironic. When The Academic Aesthetic first rolled his furl feed into his regular blog feed, I asked him to create a light version without it so I wouldn’t have to scroll through all his furls in order to read his content. He complied, which was quite nice of him to say the […]

I cannot tell you just how happy I am right now. After three very long years serving as a Director of Technology, I am returning to the classroom next year!
Yes, it’s true. I have a job for next year. I will be teaching kindergarten at a brand new charter school in Chicago. […]

At this point, most schools are just about completed. Teachers are busy finishing up report cards, taking down bulletin boards, sending home lost and found items and preparing to lock the door for summer vacation. The next time most teachers will be in a classroom is during inservice as they frantically get the […]