Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven and Homer Simpson

                   

With Halloween coming up, I always think of E.A.P. and The Raven.  To see what I posted previously about him click here.  I also love to look at Homer's version of The Raven.  See below hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.  Buy your Christmas gifts soon.

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TED ED has a video on E.A.P. see below 

50 Everyday Formative Assessment Strategies

Many of these strategies you are already using.  That being said there might be a couple you should try.  To see the article click here,   hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.  Buy your Christmas gifts soon.

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Phet for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Math Simulations

 

I have previously posted about this great site that I know at least one of the teachers at my school uses.  According to their website, "Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery."  If you have never tried their site, give it a go by clicking here,  hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.  Buy your Christmas gifts soon.

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6 Small Instructional Changes Teachers Can Make for Big Results

Larry Ferlazzo is always a great read.  In this article he lists a couple of small changes that can make a big difference in your teaching.  He also has a couple of short videos and a 10 minute podcast.  To see the article click here,   hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.  Buy your Christmas gifts soon.

3 Important Resources to Help You Integrate Project Based Learning in Your Classroom

 

Hope you had a great weekend.  If your interested in trying Project Based Learning here are three websites you should look at by clicking here,  hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.  Buy your Christmas gifts soon.

10 Timeless Fundamentals of Teaching

 

Justin Marquis lists his top 10.  To read the article click here,   hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

What’s Going On in This Graph?

 

I guess it has been a bit since I posted something about my first teachable of mathematics but here is one for you if you are teaching data analysis, data management or just want to have students interpret graphs.  Not y = f(x)  graphs but data driven real data graphs.

To read the article from The New York Times click here,  hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

How To Produce Massive Academic Improvement In Your Students

 

Michael Linsin states "...education has become indoctrination. It’s become teaching students what to think rather than how to think."  Not sure what you believe but I have seen it.  Kids need to know how to think and how to problem solve.  If you would like to see the article click here, hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

5 things I’ve learned as a white teacher working in a Black community

 

              Sara Singer from Truth for Teachers wrote an interesting article that you can read by clicking here,   hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

Progressive Choice Boards

 

If you would like to give your students some options then read the article on Choice Boards by clicking here,   hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

5 Strategies to Engage Learners Around Flipped Instruction

If you have ever wanted to try and do a "flipped" classroom but were too frightened to try then you might want to read this article by clicking here, hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

6 Ways To Optimize Feedback

 

If you want to grow as an educator you need to seek out feedback.  You can read Eric Sheninger's article by clicking here, hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

“RINGO LINGO” is a nice new online dictation site for English Language Learners

 

Larry Ferlazzo has a video about a new dictation site that might be useful for you ELL or ESL learners.  To see Larry's article click here,   hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

Explore the Application of Genomics to the World Around Us

 

From there website,  “Cracking the Code” to help educators determine where they should start to get their students’ feet wet in the field of genomics using a single class period or 45-minute lesson.  To see the website click here, hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Day

 

How The Immune System ACTUALLY Works

 

If you would like some great summaries or explanation videos check out Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell.  I am picking the video they have done on the Immune System as it is awesome.  To see the video hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below click here.     If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

Augmented Reality in Education: Five Powerful Tools for Teachers

 

According to their article, "Augmented reality has a huge potential for us in education. It helps engage students in hands-on and immersive learning experiences and boosts their self-directed learning and their social and emotional connections to curricular topics."  If you would like to read the full article click  here, hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

Mathematics and Social Justice

 

Many articles have been written about Social Justice but I have not read many about that and mathematics.  Here is article about mathematics and civil rights.  If you would like to read the article click here,  hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

5 Concrete Steps To Personalizing Your Classroom

 

Talia Arbit and Amy Klazkin have written a guide for teachers that would like to begin the process of personalization.  To read the article click here,   hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

How To Handle Students With Oppositional Defiant Disorder

 

Have you ever had a student with disobedient behavior.  If you said no not me then you are a liar.  Michael Linsin has an article about O.D.D. that you can read by clicking here,   hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.

Namwayut: we are all one. Truth and Reconciliation in Canada

 Welcome to October.  By mistake I published two posts yesterday.  One of them was for today.  Oh well.  Here is one that I should of put out yesterday but I just saw this video this evening.  You can show it to your classes even though it was for Reconciliation Day yesterday.  If you are not Canadian but from the US I still think the video is appropriate and it is not long.  To see the video click here,   hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.