From The American Folklife Center - The Library of Congress: Halloween: The fantasy and folklore of all Hallows, by Jack Santino, September 1982; updated 2009
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Halloween
Okay, I know some do and some don't for those who do or just wish to learn something, check out these sites:
From the History Channel: Halloween - videos on: Bet you didn't know: Halloween, Bet you didn't know: Witches, All about the pumpkin, History of Halloween, Halloween around the world, History of the Jack O' Lantern, Pumpkin facts, The Halloween pumpkin: An American History, Halloween by the numbers (Yikes, that's a lot of candy!), Halloween photo gallery, History of Ghost Stories, and Ghosts in the White House.
From The American Folklife Center - The Library of Congress: Halloween: The fantasy and folklore of all Hallows, by Jack Santino, September 1982; updated 2009
From livescience: Reference: History of Halloween, by Benjamin Radford, Live Science Contributor, 10-22-14
From Wikipedia: Halloween
From The American Folklife Center - The Library of Congress: Halloween: The fantasy and folklore of all Hallows, by Jack Santino, September 1982; updated 2009
Friday, October 24, 2014
Webinars
From edWeb,net:
How
Much Digital Literacy Do Students Need?
Are schools doing enough to prepare today's students for the ubiquitous technological demands of modern careers? What do students need to know to be considered technologically capable? This webinar delves into digital-literacy efforts in the United States-including the development of learning standards-while also looking at where the average school's efforts are now and how administrators and teachers can improve them. The presentation will also examine what schools at the leading edge of digital literacy are doing right and how such strategies can be scaled up with cost-consciousness in mind.
Underwriting for the content of this webinar has been provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Bennett Brown, director of instruction for computer science, Project Lead The Way
This webinar will be moderated by Ross Brenneman, assistant editor, Education Week Teacher
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Mastering
the Most Challenging Standards With Rigorous Instruction
Based on independent research and results from over 750,000 students, the most challenging reading standards for students have been identified. This webinar will discuss the practical instructional ideas to help teachers and administrators conquer the rigor needed to master these standards. The discussion will specifically relate to determining central ideas or themes and summarizing details, analyzing text structure, integrating and evaluating content in diverse media and formats, and analyzing similar topics and themes across texts. Participants will pinpoint which standards are the most challenging, where students struggle the most, and be able to better focus their instructional time to master these standards.
Brenda J. Overturf, Ed.D., chair of the IRA Common Core Standards Committee (2012-2015) and a national literacy consultant
This webinar will be moderated by Adam Berkin, vice president, product development, Curriculum Associates
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Free webinar: DOGGONE ready for school: Life skills, character education and bully prevention for aPAWSITIVE future
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From Education Week:
Are schools doing enough to prepare today's students for the ubiquitous technological demands of modern careers? What do students need to know to be considered technologically capable? This webinar delves into digital-literacy efforts in the United States-including the development of learning standards-while also looking at where the average school's efforts are now and how administrators and teachers can improve them. The presentation will also examine what schools at the leading edge of digital literacy are doing right and how such strategies can be scaled up with cost-consciousness in mind.
Underwriting for the content of this webinar has been provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Guests:
Paul
Barnwell,
English and digital media teacher, Fern Creek Traditional High School,
Louisville, Ky.Bennett Brown, director of instruction for computer science, Project Lead The Way
This webinar will be moderated by Ross Brenneman, assistant editor, Education Week Teacher
Register now for this free live webinar.
Based on independent research and results from over 750,000 students, the most challenging reading standards for students have been identified. This webinar will discuss the practical instructional ideas to help teachers and administrators conquer the rigor needed to master these standards. The discussion will specifically relate to determining central ideas or themes and summarizing details, analyzing text structure, integrating and evaluating content in diverse media and formats, and analyzing similar topics and themes across texts. Participants will pinpoint which standards are the most challenging, where students struggle the most, and be able to better focus their instructional time to master these standards.
Guests:
Maureen
McLaughlin, Ed.D., professor and chair of the Reading Department, East
Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania and president, the International Reading
Association (IRA)Brenda J. Overturf, Ed.D., chair of the IRA Common Core Standards Committee (2012-2015) and a national literacy consultant
This webinar will be moderated by Adam Berkin, vice president, product development, Curriculum Associates
Register now for this free live webinar.
From eSchool News:
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Case Study: One District’s Tablet Success
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October 29th, to hear Chief
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laptops for 11 years, they switched their district to the tablet-based Amplify
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