MSM 482: Kitchen Culture Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Online Educator Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse Eric Curts @ericcurts Video Series: How to Use Google Hangouts Meet https://controlaltachieve.com/2020/03/meet-videos.html… #GSuiteEDU #ControlAltAchieve Don’t foget #MSCHAT every Thursday at 8:00 pm EST! Strategies: Anki https://apps.ankiweb.net/ Resources: How Are American Teachers Doing, Really? https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2020/10/11/how-are-american-teachers-doing-really/?fbclid=IwAR0XsVJGshSCXTaaaFQjfNt57OrcsnuaOXIa056Sv994gGkAfLmZeevFJrs#70f2b80c79fd Armistice Day https://armistice-day.bbcrewind.co.uk/#/ Web Spotlight: Factitious http://factitious.augamestudio.com/#/ Spot the Troll https://spotthetroll.org/start#annotations:FZXCChV8Eeuct5tGrP_pDw Bad News From fake news to chaos! How bad are you? Get as many followers as you can. https://www.getbadnews.com/#intro

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MSM 482: Kitchen Culture

MSM 481: Things That I Don’t Talk About with The Other 7th Grade Teachers Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Science and Art I was recently reading the July/August, 2020 issue of “Science and Children” a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the “Science 101“ column written by Matt Bobrowsky. His article was entitled “What’s a Fun Activity that Combines Science with Art?” Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse Web Spotlight: How US schools punish Black kids | 2020 Election https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFJ37ri-Saw

MSM 481: Things That I Don’t Talk About with The Other 7th Grade Teachers

MSM 480: Now when you hear the creaking, it’s just my bones! Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Citizen Scientists Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse Resources: Together, Apart, and “Among Us” Online Thinking Routines https://catlintucker.com/2020/09/online-learning-thinking-routines/ Web Spotlight: These Are Words Scholars Should No Longer Use to Describe Slavery and the Civil War http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/160266

MSM 480: Now when you hear the creaking, it’s just my bones!

MSM 479: Ditch That...Empire Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Equity for All Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse Don’t forget #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm! Todd Bloch will have a middle school topic all ready to go for copious conversations. Make this a strategic part of your professional learning. Resources: Foundation for Economic Education - I, Pencil Lesson www.fee.org https://go.fee.org/e/808113/ipencildownload/xkpp/53928931?h=oHka5taAPJ7VcKs80f5KONqmUiloiAGrf2bJsx8RLDA Trevor Muir- The Epic Classroom https://event.webinarjam.com/register/26/r409kcv8 Spot The Troll https://spotthetroll.org/start Classroomscreen https://classroomscreen.com/learn/ Web Spotlight: Selling the Future of Ed-Tech (& Shaping Our Imaginations) http://hackeducation.com/2020/09/15/future-catalog How Quickly Can a Girl Go Viral on TikTok? https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/09/tiktok-teens-fandom-mooptopia/616371/ The Kids Have Left the Candy Store

MSM 479: Ditch That...Empire

MSM 478: Back from 7-11. . . Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Creating a New Environment for Science Learning Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: The Twitterverse #mschat: Look for your host, Todd Bloch, to have a middle school topic all ready to go! Make it a strategic part of your personal professional development. Resources: Oculus Quest 2 https://www.oculus.com/quest-2/ A Giant List of Really Good Essential Questions https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/examples-of-essential-questions/?fbclid=IwAR1pyYgG7-4AuECCjQsgqry7FzYlvMHGqJAImV2pAfUu5Kd9xWTL36s2z2A Using Household Tech to Project Your Teacher Voice https://www.teachbetter.com/blog/using-household-tech-to-project-your-teacher-voice/?fbclid=IwAR028DT9SnU8xqZzbD4Eg_4yVycsP_WjaF60GvvCd26-FUmsK6hMN3bLoDY Web Spotlight: New Steps to Combat Disinformation What we’re announcing today is an important part of Microsoft’s Defending Democracy Program, which, in addition to fighting disinformation, helps to protect voting... https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/09/01/disinformation-deepfakes-newsguard-video-authenticator/ Statement on Virtual vs. In-Person Training https://www.rickwormeli.com/statement-rick-wormeli-sept2020#annotations:Y019jvgTEeqaEye52DCIJw

MSM 478: Back from 7-11. . .

MSM 477: The Twelfth Night: Some are born with Technology, Some Achieve Technology, Some have Technology Thrust Upon Them Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Safe Home Science Instruction I was recently reading the NSTA Safety Blog, published by the National Science Teaching Association and found on their website at: https://www.nsta.org/blog/safety-hands-science-home-instructions Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: The Twitterverse Look for your host, Todd Bloch, to have a middle school topic all ready to go! Make it a strategic part of your personal professional development. #mschat on Thursday @8:00 pm. Strategies: Gaming The Grade: How One Middle Schooler Beat A Virtual Learning Algorithm https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/09/03/online-learning-algorithm#annotations:IAvlDu_hEeqKgo_Tg0XLtA Looking at a Hokusai picture http://diamantia-kai-skouria.blogspot.com/2011/03/looking-at-hokusai-picture.html#annotations:mowAwu_uEeqw_IPaeiUi8A Resources: AMLE & the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Call for Nominations https://spirit.prudential.com/?_cldee=ZnJpZGVzd2lkZWxAZ21haWwuY29t&recipientid=contact-7fa4693c4f5bde1196b00050568361fd-8762e9e7558e4c73a30ed754063fe8c9&esid=3c1ed941-f5ed-ea11-8109-000d3a044486 H5P OER Hub https://h5p.org/oer-hub-coming#annotations:N-9c-vFTEeq2D39pvx7bTg Why people fall for misinformation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz6GULbowAk&feature=emb_logo Disinformation https://www.commoncraft.com/video/disinformation Lateral Reading https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=GZvsGKvqzDs&feature=emb_logo Web Spotlight: Wawa is Offering Free Coffee for Teachers https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/wawa-offering-free-coffee-to-teachers-school-faculty/?fbclid=IwAR13anqHxZwoMhTXbvYUOw-9GWtOldhrzi0QQVgmwRyJBchbKOkAzfLga0E How Google Classroom became teachers’ go-to tool—and why it’s fallen short https://www.fastcompany.com/90541246/how-google-classroom-became-teachers-go-to-tool-and-why-its-fallen-short#annotations:ZUq1QvBYEeqqtPfzOPMe2g America Runs on Charli - Axis’s “The Culture Translator”

MSM 477: The Twelfth Night: Some are born with Technology, Some Achieve Technology, Some have Technology Thrust Upon Them

MSM 476: Record-setting: You might want to grab a beverage, we’re going to talk for a while, even though I’m not entirely sure how this is supposed to work... Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Straight from the Headlines Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: The Big Picture https://www.gocomics.com/thebigpicture/2020/08/31 The Twitterverse Don’t forget #Look for your host, Todd Bloch, to have a middle school topic all ready to go! Make it a strategic part of your personal professional development. Resources: Does This Text Make Me Look Angry? From Axis Team’s “The Culture Translator” Newsletter www.axis.org Challenge Unacceptable - From Axis.org 99Math Web Spotlight: We the Young People: For our Teachers We the Young People: For each other https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j1yHO2GGWzb8SF14qrV0Wm8M2wPoDLRDHGpu0klE_sw/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR3urcNSrL7L-_sdGSpfB-nurn_zOlmWiER7XjHLKH01MwEl-1HFSStH2TU#annotations:-MDZZO7cEeq3d3fudGiqjQ Blended and Online Learning Strategies from Yong Zhao Podcast from Silver Lining for Learning https://silverliningforlearning.org/episode-24-blended-and-online-learning-with-catlin-tucker/ Google Image Search Google has updated the Usage Rights panel.

MSM 476: Record-setting: You might want to grab a beverage, we’re going to talk for a while, even though I’m not entirely sure how this is supposed to work...

MSM 475: What Shawn is doing -or- What is Shawn doing? Inflection is everything. Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Create Your Own Rainbow Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse Look for your host, Todd Bloch, to have a middle school topic all ready to go! Make it a strategic part of your personal professional development. Strategies: Resources: The Perfect Blend: A Practical Guide to Designing Student-Centered Learning Experiences Michele Eaton, Author Annotate PDFs Collaboratively Using Google Drive https://sites.hampshire.edu/hamp-it/2018/05/18/annotate-pdfs-collaboratively-using-google-drive/#annotations:HP9rfOSFEeqOE69lApWWlg Web Spotlight: Make Your Classroom More Like...El Pollo Loco? http://www.brentcoley.com/blog/make-your-classroom-more-likeel-pollo-loco#annotations:OrQsyOSWEeqOtjOVcsVaKA Codicil

MSM 475: What Shawn is doing -or- What is Shawn doing? Inflection is everything.

MSM 474: In the Studio Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Engaging Families Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: Pointless Inventions https://thehustle.co/the-man-who-has-created-100-pointless-inventions/#annotations:pND60uC9EeqWehs22aPFjA Inspirational Quotes https://www.lifehack.org/882953/overcoming-challenges-quotes The Twitterverse Look for your host, Todd Bloch, to have a middle school topic all ready to go! Make it a strategic part of your personal professional development. Strategies: How Do We Know When Kids Understand? https://robertkaplinsky.com/know-kids-understand/#annotations:9keyRuDEEeqmnLvAa86dUA 22 Tips for Online Instruction http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2020/08/twenty_tips_for_online_instruction.html Resources: Open Education Resource: Open Textbooks for Hong Kong http://www.opentextbooks.org.hk/ The Noun Project https://blog.thenounproject.com/free-resources-for-teachers-a6a1e32351e6#annotations:a9ZUeOMIEeqMFFtpTxxVPQ Math Tutorials http://patrickjmt.com/#annotations:C5bV9OAXEeq6KBc_dKvVDw Web Spotlight: U.S. Billionaire Wealth Surged During The Pandemic https://www.statista.com/chart/22068/change-in-wealth-of-billionaires-during-pandemic/#annotations:GR6DROKREeqHly8iFRFHqQ Do We Still Believe? AMLE article by Jack Bereckemeyer http://www.amle.org/BrowsebyTopic/WhatsNew/WNDet.aspx?ArtMID=888&ArticleID=384 Native Land https://native-land.ca/#annotations:3mbipuDwEeqHWrswb7nA4g What Will Middle Schoolers Need When School Reopens? http://www.amle.org/BrowsebyTopic/WhatsNew/WNDet/TabId/270/ArtMID/888/ArticleID/1171/What-Will-Middle-Schoolers-Need-When-School-Reopens.aspx#annotations:waTQbOC8Eeq5tuunF0NO0A Name Shoutouts https://www.nameshouts.com/#annotations:DkXNmt_cEeqrBU9SJzh_4g Random Thoughts . . .

MSM 474: In the Studio

MSM 473: Speak the Words - I clap, do Wooclap! Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Back to Mars Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: The Twitterverse Look for your host, Todd Bloch, to have a middle school topic all ready to go! Make it a strategic part of your personal professional development. Strategies: Class App https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQ1oQKPbKnXz23hwCo8AMCxRunesbwylTz0y6yhhHjTy6VDNSH04Qrb4LDERFDw2JNj20wM_y6xpfU1/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.p Video Conferencing https://catlintucker.com/2020/08/video-conferencing-establishing-routines-online/ Resources: Illustrative Math (6-8) Curriculum https://www.geogebra.org/m/ckm3ffqh Web Spotlight: Teaching U.S. History in a Fractured America https://www.middleweb.com/43539/teaching-u-s-history-in-a-fractured-america/ Gez.La https://gez.la/ Random Thoughts . . .

MSM 473: Speak the Words - I clap, do Wooclap!

MSM 472: Tiny Tales for Learning This Fall Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Waves The Wonder of Science — https://thewonderofscience.com PhET — http://phet.colorado.edu Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: The Twitterverse Look for your host, Todd Bloch, to have a middle school topic all ready to go! Make it a strategic part of your personal professional development. Strategies: Standards Based Learning in Middle School History https://edtechhistory.blogspot.com/2020/07/standards-based-learning-in-middle.html Resources: AMLE: Middle School Reopening Strategies https://www.amle.org/BrowsebyTopic/WhatsNew/WNDet/TabId/270/ArtMID/888/ArticleID/1167/Middle-School-Reopening-Strategies.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0hUtxWYIhWm0o50rmuaIp6NS9psaHJjj6nTUvaFU2FHj93jcuPSjcf14I SOAR - Online Virtual Learning Matrix from PBIS https://www.pbisrewards.com/wp-content/uploads/pbis-behavior-matrix-virtual-classroom.pdf Education and Racial Justice A growing playlist of virtual webinars and workshops focused on racial justice and equity in education- Spring and Summer 2020. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcYQvzieEOdSfUWowBqZPVhrbEVw9jceg&app=desktop Google Meet Plug-ins Google Meet Enhancement Suite: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-meet-enhancement-s/ljojmlmdapmnibgflmmminacbjebjpno?hl=en-US Tiny Tales https://microfables.blogspot.com/2020/06/tiny-tales-series.html Web Spotlight: Middle Graders Reflect on the COVID Closure https://www.middleweb.com/43292/middle-graders-reflect-on-the-covid-closure/ This is What A Scientist Looks Like https://theplenary.co/public-blog/2020/6/5/i-am-a-scientist-program-is-live https://www.iamascientist.info/ #AMLE20 is Virtual http://www.amle.org/annual/Home/tabid/244/Default.aspx

MSM 472: Tiny Tales for Learning This Fall

MSM 471: This is Getting Out of Hand! Tinkering with Conferences. Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Tinkering vs. Engineering Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse Look for your host, Todd Bloch, to have a middle school topic all ready to go at #mschat! Make it a strategic part of your personal professional development. Strategies: !COVID-19 LEARNING KEEPS GOING. https://www.learningkeepsgoing.org/ Resources: Lumi H5P Desktop Editor http://lumi.education/ Moodle Tool Guide https://moodletoolguide.net/en/ How To Protect Yourself https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/07/11/889716534/coronavirus-faq-how-do-i-protect-myself-if-the-coronavirus-can-linger-in-the-air Web Spotlight: 8 Ideas to Engage Students Online https://catlintucker.com/2020/07/8-ideas-designed-to-engage-students-online/ A New, Antiracist Canon - Suggested Texts https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BPgH7EUlQUby9k0wr1h3V8lQi4q0SHsCqFJWC90K2ZA/edit?fbclid=IwAR1Z8qpByNaathKNaLmlQ_9flD0_ekU3WmGnfL9bv7k3EOCumYQ5PcQBVkE University cheating might be up — but don't just blame students https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/university-cheating-might-be-up-but-don-t-just-blame-students-1.5618272

MSM 471: This is Getting Out of Hand! Tinkering with Conferences.

MSM 470: CoCoRhee Kick ‘em in the Knee! CoCoRaHS Kick ‘em in the Other Knee! Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: CoCoRaHS Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse Don’t forget to go to #mschat on Twitter every Thursday at 8:00 pm EST. Look for your host, Todd Bloch, to have a middle school topic all ready to go! Make it a strategic part of your personal professional development. Resources: University cheating might be up — but don't just blame students https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/university-cheating-might-be-up-but-don-t-just-blame-students-1.5618272 Why aren’t teachers using the resources companies sell to their districts? https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/why-arent-teachers-using-the-resources-companies-sell-to-their-districts/#annotations:ASyiMLiXEeqMUCsfij4Cpg Web Spotlight: Mountain Moot http://mountainmoot.com/ Principals Quarantine https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/California-principals-in-quarantine-after-15382142.php

MSM 470: CoCoRhee Kick ‘em in the Knee! CoCoRaHS Kick ‘em in the Other Knee!

MSM 469: HashTag, HashTag, We got your HashTags! Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse Look for your host, Todd Bloch, to have a middle school topic all ready to go! Make it a strategic part of your personal professional development. Resources: Matt Miller - Ditch That Textbook - Remote Learning 101 https://ditch.teachable.com/p/remote-learning-101 Activity Sheets https://jarrettlerner.com/activities/#annotations:weCxALcDEeqHilMAxLDMKQ Choose Your Own Fake News https://chooseyourownfakenews.com/ Web Spotlight: #Hashtag180 Your Classroom WHERE: #Hashtag180 https://kylehamstra.com/hashtag180/

MSM 469: HashTag, HashTag, We got your HashTags!

MSM 468: Wrong on Soooooo Many Levels . . . Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Environmental Health Scientist Reports from the Front Lines Twitterverse Look for your host, Todd Bloch, to have a middle school topic all ready to go! Make it a strategic part of your personal professional development. Resources: NCSS - Position Paper on Teaching Civics https://www.socialstudies.org/positions/revitalizing_civic_learning Politicraft - Card Game for Civics https://www.politicraft.org/how-to-play-politicraft The Governor’s Decision Room Video Introduction: http://seekingmichigan.org/thedecisionroom/# Main Site: http://thedecisionroom.org/ Sample Materials: http://seekingmichigan.org/thedecisionroom/sample.pdf Article: “Our ‘Secret Weapon’ In An Age of Us-Against-Them” https://scottsauls.com/blog/2020/06/12/our-secret-weapon-in-an-age-of-us-against-them/?fbclid=IwAR2Lmj7_cjth_nPZ9jhfII1dDiorOal9PaDf53q28aikH09KQFbwXvE8BuA CSPAN: What to do with the Confederacy? Accidental Courtesy - Movie https://accidentalcourtesy.com/ Amazing Grace (2006) https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/amazing-grace-2006/id270356352 Youth in Government - Involvement and Action https://www.ymca.net/youthandgovernment & http://www.myig.org/middle_school-2/ Frederick Douglas Archives - Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/collections/frederick-douglass-newspapers/about-this-collection https://repository.duke.edu/dc/wilberf William Lloyd Garrison Archives https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/garrison/ & https://transcription.si.edu/project/11766 Slidesmania - Hyperdocs based slides https://slidesmania.com/free-templates/ TinEye https://tineye.com/ Link to Fragment https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/link-to-text-fragment/pbcodcjpfjdpcineamnnmbkkmkdpajjg Web Spotlight: Flashbulb Moments https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/schacterlab/files/hirst_etal_jepgeneral_2015.pdf Visual Guide to Coronavirus https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-visual-guide-to-the-sars-cov-2-coronavirus/

MSM 468: Wrong on Soooooo Many Levels . . .

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