MSM 504: Underestimating the Plague

Summary:

Middle School Science Minute
by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:
You Can Be a Different Person After the Pandemiciendships that have migrated to Zoom, or otherwise live differently, it’s very possible to do so. Remember that your personality is more like a sand dune than a stone.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/opinion/covid-personality-change.html

The Twitterverse
Phyllis Fagell, LCPC @Pfagell
#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

I Didn’t Allow Hand-Raising In My Class. Here’s Why.
https://www.weareteachers.com/student-discussions/#annotations:QeSQvJ1SEeu4l_dpA8JPaw

Resources:
H5P Free Online Teaching Resources
www.H5P.org

Top 50 Websites
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-50-most-visited-websites-in-the-world/#annotations:G8wEYpu6EeuiiEcEXihNYg

Use Text Sets to Benefit Bilingual Students
https://www.middleweb.com/44888/using-text-sets-to-benefit-bilingual-students/#annotations:l6-KdpoSEeuNcHMqmFJ3Wg

Web Spotlight:
AMLE Call for Presentations
https://amle.org/annual/call-for-presentations/

AXIS - The Culture Translator
Slang of the Week
salty: feeling angry, agitated, upset, or annoyed. (Ex: “I tried to tell her I had to be home by my curfew and couldn’t drive her home, but she got real salty about it.”)

John Hattie: We need to get better at learning transfer
https://www.tes.com/news/john-hattie-we-need-get-better-learning-transfer#annotations:EC9NhpuHEeuIRxO7IvQ4mQ

MountainMoot 2021
My favorite conference.
http://mountainmoot.com/

Random Thoughts . . .
H. Resolution 222: Supporting National Middle School Month
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/222?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Education%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=38

Polycam
https://poly.cam/