Volume 40

Elisha M. Parker

[leightaylorwrites]

I just tweeted it and I figure I should also post it here. 

This website literally GRADES YOUR ESSAYS. You can choose your grade level, if you’re using American or British english, what type of paper it is (essay, short story, biography…), and it even checks for plagiarism. THEN once it’s grading your essay, it shows you grammatical errors, suggestions for better sentence structure, and a lot of other things. Reblog to save a life. 

[elishamyra]

FAMU Named One of Forbes Magazine’s Top American Colleges

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) has been named by Forbes magazine as one of “America’s Top Colleges” for 2015. Forbes also listed FAMU as one of its “Best ...

MY ALMA MATER! 😍🐍

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) is one of the largest single-campus historically Black colleges or universities in the nation. The University blends a strong research focus with a commitment to economic empowerment and community service.

[elishamyra]

Enjoying the College Board Counselor Workshop. Wonderful new opportunities for our students! #collegeboard #newsat (at Mercer University Atlanta-Cecil B Day Campus)

[elishamyra]

Sending peace, love and healing prayers to the Teknipp and ELHS family. Coach Teknipp, you will be missed but we are all blessed for having known you. #TeknippStrong

[elishamyra]

Chick-Fil-A Leader Academy Educators’ Day

Chick-Fil-A Leader Academy Educators' Day! #CFALeaderAcademy #lead #inspire #develop

A photo posted by Elisha M. Parker (@eduthought) on Jun 24, 2015 at 9:48am PDT

[weareteachers]

It’s time to re-imagine education. 

[oupacademic]

“Rarely is anything as highly valued yet poorly managed as the creation of education policy in the United States. Year after year, and lawmaker after lawmaker, evidence has been ignored in favor of a hunch, an ideology, or the latest quick-fix scheme. If heeded, that evidence would have led lawmakers toward enhancing children’s opportunities to learn. Parents know this, of course; when we have the means we provide enriched opportunities for our children. We know that when opportunities are denied, children will learn less.”

[oupacademic]

Kevin G. Welner, co-editor of Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance, asks why inequality in the American education system continues to persist.

[weareteachers]

7 Things You SHOULD Say to Teachers

Okay, so we’ve covered the things you should absolutely not say to your teacher friends or relatives. But we don’t want people to walk around on their tip-toes, either, afraid to offend the hard-working teachers in their lives. 

So we turned to our Facebook audience once more, asking them what questions and comments they appreciate hearing from friends, family, and colleagues. The things that make them feel supported, valued, and loved.

Here’s what they had to say.

1. “Thank you." 

Thank you. Mille grazie. A thousand times thanks. We can’t emphasize enough how much these simple words mean to teachers. In fact, most say they’d rather get a heartfelt thank you note than another teacher mug or candle any day. So thank your teacher, your kid’s teacher, your cousin who’s a teacher, ALL the teachers. They deserve it.

2. "What do you like most about your job?”

From the low pay to the long hours to the relentless efforts of lawmakers imposing new standards, there are a lot of downsides to teaching. But the upside is that nothing is more magical than when a close reading lesson comes together or a kid finally gets long division. Ask teachers what they LOVE about their jobs and you’ll bet met with a smile and more stories of these triumphs than you can count.

3. “How can I help?”

Whether it’s saving paper towel tubes for an art project or coming in to speak about your career, small acts of kindness are incredibly appreciated by time- and cash-strapped teachers. Like, you will instantly shoot to superhero status in their eyes. Not to mention the difference you’ll be making for 30+ kids!

4. “Hey, Ms. G., I still remember that lesson on graphing…”

Or maybe it’s the one on writing a friendly letter, Greek Myths, or Shakespeare’s sonnets. No matter the topic, teachers love to hear that what you learned in their classroom made a lasting impression. So if 20 years later you still can’t shake that catchy rhyme your math teacher used to teach cosines, shoot a Facebook message to let him or her know… and make their day in the process.

5. “I understand how hard your job is, and I’ve got your back.”

It may sound melodramatic, but between the pressures of standardized testing, large class sizes, and small budgets, many teachers feel that their profession is under attack and that it’s getting harder by the day to reach and teach kids. An acknowledgement of support can make a world of difference. Even better? Standing up for teachers at a school board meeting and knowing the issues when it comes time to vote.

6. “I don’t know how you do it.”

As one teacher on our Facebook wall put it, “Honestly, there are some days when I don’t know either, but at least it shows that they are noticing all I do and all I deal with on a daily basis, and that they respect that.”

7. “Enjoy your spring/summer/winter break. You deserve it.”

Because they do. Enough said.

[teachingtheexceptional]

This reminds me of a student I had with dyslexia. He had a verbal IQ of 120, was so articulate, and could have the most interesting conversations. Because of his dyslexia, he couldn’t read and transposed all his numbers. According to the test, he was “far below basic” in all areas. I hope there never comes a day when he thinks there is any validity to “the test.”

[weareteachers]

We need to honor teachers. We need to respect teachers. We need to listen to teachers. We need to stop reducing teachers to arbitrary measurements of student growth on so-called objective exams. Most of all, we need to stop thinking that we know anything about teaching merely by virtue of having once been students.

From “You Think You Know What Teachers Do” (via weareteachers)

[devinjk]

[icanrelateto]

7 Cool Things You Didn't Know Your Tablet Could Do

[picsandquotes]

Control Your PC

Are you doing everything you can be doing with your tablet? You probably aren’t! Here are just a few of the cool things you probably didn’t know you could do with your tablet. Try some of them today!

You can access and even control your PC or laptop with your tablet by simply downloading an app like Splashtop Remote Desktop. It’s more than a novelty, however. It can be really useful in situations where you need to get a document off of your home PC while you are away from home. You can also use the feature to watch a video or listen to music off of your PC on your tablet. You can also use programs from your PC on your tablet.

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[body-peace]

Progress will look different and be different for everyone! 

[mentalillnessmouse]

[elishamyra]

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[holtthink]

From the article "27 ways to become a 21st Century Teacher”

From the article:

Think you got the chops to become a 21st century teacher, a modern teacher, or at least an educator who has a classroom of engaged students? Use this handy chart to find more than two dozen ways to become the teacher you’ve always known you could be. Most of the ways are briefly explained but that’s kinda the beauty of the whole chart. You can take the sentence or two and turn it into a new teaching process that others may not already use. For example, the term ‘collaborate’ (see below) could mean just about anything to a modern teacher. Collaborate via Skype? Collaborate to try out Project-Based Learning? Collaborate to grow your PLN? The sky is the limit! In fact, these days we talk about space so much that the sky is not the limit.

  “180 Questions: Daily Reflections For Educators and Their Professional Learning Communities” ©2012

Available in the iTunes bookstore exclusively for the iPad 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/180-questions/id573946590?mt=11

$6.99

[skillsinfo-blog-blog]

[coolcatteacher]

If technology gives you an avenue to be a more powerful learner then you use it - you start with what you want to be — but sometimes a marker and 2 colors and a chart tablet gets me there.

Angela Maiers

@angelamaiers

She said this at the start of our professional development at our school. Very powerful.

(via coolcatteacher)