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Volume 8, Issue 46
November 19, 2009

PE Curriculum Jumpstarts an Active Lifestyle Fishing, cycling, and ping pong may not be expected aspects of the physical education curriculum, but they are up-and-comers. PE is getting a redo, with an eye toward exposing students to the kinds of active games that can be enjoyed throughout life. Okay, Grammar Still Isn't Fun, But Everyone Can Master It Veteran English teacher Marian Anders wants people to know that when it comes to grammar, making the right choice needn't be an ordeal. Pete Hall's Always Strive To Be a Better You Turning Teacher Evaluations on Their Ears The scheduling, the classroom observations, the reports, the checklists… Teacher evaluation time is an exhausting time. Just ask our ulcers. But when you keep SITTM in mind, and pair it with frequent classroom walk-throughs, students end up the big winners. Ken Shore: The ABCs of Bullying Prevention Cyberbullying Victims Cyberbullying -- sending humiliating or threatening messages or images through a computer or cell phone -- is a new and growing form of bullying that has emerged with the advent of technology. Doug Johnson: Tech Proof Free Is Good: Nearly a Dozen No-Cost Computing Tools These free computer-based software programs are useful and reliable for the average computer user. All run both on Macs and PCs and have good track records of reliability. Focus On… Team Building Most principals will tell you that time spent building cohesive teams is time well spent. Countless benefits are realized for student achievement and staff morale when time is invested in team building. The articles in this archive share stories and practical tips that will help you build a winning team in your school.   This Week’s Survey Question Have you incorporated mobile technology into your classroom? Last Week’s Survey Question Does your school have a formal plan for dealing with H1N1?

Ed Heads Education World shares education headlines in the news. Exercise Balls Get Education Rolling Students perform better in classrooms that have replaced traditional chairs with balls and ball chairs (which have wheels, feet and backs). The devices sharpen students' attention and improve posture, teachers say.11/16/2009 Support Grows for Anti-Bullying Legislation Massachusetts legislators are set to act on a series of bills aimed at preventing bullying in schools. The proposals include a measure to mandate school reporting of all bullying incidents to the state. 11/15/2009 Credit Recovery Program Helping Students Make The Grade A pilot program at a Connecticut high school is providing a new way for students to catch up on credits they struggled to earn in a traditional classroom setting, helping many to graduate on time. 11/15/2009 This D-O-G Makes Reading Easy for Students At The Prentice School for students with learning disabilities in California, teachers are having students read to therapy animals through a program designed to help improve students' literacy skills. 11/13/2009 Teacher Has a Gift for Making Math Add Up Sharon Dravvorn, a Virginia high-school teacher, says her students' math scores have improved since she started using a teaching method that blends sound effects and classical music. 11/12/2009 Vodcasting: The Reverse of Homework? In a reverse of traditional practices, Colorado chemistry teachers create video recordings of lectures for students to watch at home. The next day, students practice the concepts in the classroom. 11/12/2009 See more education news headlines in our EDscoops Archive.

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No Contest: The Case Against Competition
One of the most prolific education writers, Alfie Kohn is also one of the most entertaining and thought-provoking. This book makes perhaps the most profound argument Kohn has ever fielded -- that "healthy competition" is an oxymoron, that competition is not an essential or desirable aspect of human nature, but rather a part of our animal nature that we must transcend. Of course our educational system has a love-hate relationship with competition: we don't want kids to feel like losers, but our society demands that schools identify a small number of winners. A truly essential read!
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The Absorbent Mind
Maria Montessori's classic underscores her belief that learning is a natural characteristic of the human being, and that the process of education is best conducted as a nuturing of that natural impulse, rather than something that has to be imposed on one's otherwise savage little charges. Along with this is her belief, much more radical in its time than now, that people's personalities are not fixed at birth, but that a child's early years are in fact crucially formative.
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LEAVE 'EM LAUGHING
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Phone Practice

A high-school football player was stressed because he had forgotten the time for the next day’s practice. Not wanting to be late or miss a practice, the player picked up the phone to call his coach. The coach’s wife answered the phone and said the coach was not home.

“I will have him call you as soon as he gets home,” the coach’s wife said. “What’s your number?”

“Twenty-six,” the flustered player replied.

Payback Time

A professor was giving a big test one day. He handed out all of the tests and went back to his desk to wait. At the end of the testing period, all the students handed in their tests. The professor noticed that one of the students had attached a $100 bill to his test with a note that read, “A dollar per point.”

The next class period, the professor handed back the tests. The student who’d attached the $100 bill got back his test and $64 change.

Little Johnny Strikes Again

Little Johnny’s English teacher assigned the students to write an essay on what they’d do if they had a million dollars.

After about 10 minutes, the teacher began to wander the classroom to see how her students were doing. She paused as she saw that Little Johnny’s paper was blank. “Johnny,” the teacher said, “you have written nothing. Why not?”

“Because if I had a million dollars, that's exactly what I would do!”

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