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The marshmallow test is about instant gratification versus delayed gratification. Is there an Adult Marshmallow Test not just for new parents, but new teachers? Yes.

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kbkonnected:

Want step by step instructions on how to use various tools in the classroom? Yes! you say. Then you will certainly want to subscribe to Tech Tools for Teachers newsletter. I do and I love it.

I look forward to receiving my free Tech Tools for Teachers newsletter from Teaching Generation Now via my email. Each issue reviews a different tech tool and provides step-by-step instructions on how to use it.

This issue is featuring Google Sites. Something that I have heard a lot about but have never used. It looks like it is a pretty solid tool for teachers and students.

Check it out and while you’re over there sign up for your free newsletter too.

Also I love that you can go back and check out the archive of previous newsletters.

Here are a few previously featured sites…

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talesofan8thgradeteacher:
Immersion Wall

I am forever looking for things to do with the giant closet doors in my classroom. I was growing weary of the following: traditional “motivational” posters, content based posters, and individual student work. I wanted something that all the students could feel like they had a part in creating.

Enter my immersion wall…well, closet actually. I had been to a workshop that focus on how to immerse students in thematic unit. Oddly, my inspiration came from seeing a teacher and her class create a “rainforest” in the corner of their classroom. I loved the idea of diving into a unit and building apart of in it unused space. So in my mind, I blended that idea with a word wall.

Student groups each had a 1/3 of a closet to complete an objective and design as part of our Narrative Writing and Poetry unit. This project took only 2 45 minute classes from explanation through completion. The first class, most groups planned/researched/etc and the second class was used for formatting/printing/hanging their work. Groups had one of the following tasks:
1. Take a poll of our class on a question pertaining to poetry. Graph the results (math cross connection)
2. Create a poem out of pictures (visual arts cross connection)
3. Find 5 quotes about poetry by poets
4. Create an acrostic poem about poetry, using the word “poetry”
5. Research a famous poet and find 2 of their most famous works
6. Find words that rhyme with “8” (We are an 8th grade class - they challenged themselves to come up with 88 words WITHOUT a rhyming dictionary. They came up with incredible words.)
Overall, it was quite successful. We had just finished a very serious writing unit and needed something cooperative to boost them up before tackling Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, and our novel study of To Kill a Mockingbird. And they are proud to see their creation!

I’m sure that this can be applied a million ways to a million grades and subjects. Mine is simple but I can see amazing things. Go for it!
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High school and college students may be ‘digital natives,’ but they’re wretched at searching… In 1955, we wondered why Johnny can’t read. Today the question is, why can’t Johnny search?

Who’s to blame? Not the students. If they’re naive at Googling, it’s because the ability to judge information is almost never taught in school. Under 2001’s No Child Left Behind Act, elementary and high schools focus on prepping their pupils for reading and math exams. And by the time kids get to college, professors assume they already have this skill. The buck stops nowhere. This situation is surpassingly ironic, because not only is intelligent search a key to everyday problem-solving, it also offers a golden opportunity to train kids in critical thinking.
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Clive Thompson on why kids can’t search and the importance of educating against the filter bubble (via curiositycounts)
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Link History of earth via Facebook.
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asdeepasyouplay:

I once had a week-long workshop with writer Jack Kreitzer. I was twelve, and I had just finished the very first draft of what is slowly becoming Our Eyes to the Stars. He told me I was a still pond that ran very deep, and I never forgot what I learned from him.

This sheet was one of the most valuable. Said is Dead.

For the next thirty days, the word “said” is your enemy.
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pleatedjeans:

shopping list found at Wal-Mart. From now on, I will only be referring to condoms as ‘dong bags.’ via
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revolutionizeed:

If a lesson bombs, don’t self destruct.The sun WILL rise tomorrow morning, and the birds will sing again.You will always have another chance to make it a good lesson or activity.

This is just a taste…check out the rest through the link!
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“Would I make a good president?” - Sarah Palin, reality TV star and non-historian

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A Super Hyper-Advanced Mugger

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chadzonamish-deactivated2011071 asked: That's really great that you're taking on a student teacher. I know that's a huge commitment on your part, but it's a worthwhile experience, especially for the student teacher.

You asked what good cooperating teacher's have done for their student teachers...I am currently a student teacher and I have been working with my cooperating teacher since November. In all honesty, I don't feel very supported by my cooperating teacher and there are a lot of things that l would change about this experience with him. With that in mind, here are some suggestions for how you can help your student teacher that I wish my cooperating teacher had done for me.

1. Give them a tour of the school. Show them everything...where the staff bathrooms are, where the textbook room is, where the library is...everything.

2. Give them a rundown of school policy and your classroom policy surrounding late work, tardies, bathroom passes, library use, internet use, cell phones, iPods, everything. It's important that they know the policies so that students can't take advantage of them.

3. Give them everything you have as far as lesson plans, activities, worksheets, good websites to use, videos, etc. The more they feel prepared to teach and supported in their planning, the better they will do and the less stressed they will be.

4. Help them make a plan for classroom management and help guide them through lesson planning the best way you know how. Lesson planning and classroom management have been extremely hard for me because I started from scratch with no help from my CT.

5. Introduce them to the Principal, vice principal, secretaries, counselors, other teachers...everyone that you think they should know and that they may have to encounter in the future. It's a lot less awkward for the student teacher if you initiate the introductions rather than expecting them to.

6. Provide positive and constructive feedback. My CT rarely tells me how he thinks I'm doing or asks me if I need anything. I don't receive any positive feedback or helpful constructive criticism, which is kind of the whole point of student teaching because it is a learning process.

7. If and when your student teacher asks for help or suggestions, help them as best as you can. For some people, asking for help is very difficult and student teachers don't want to look stupid, or incapable, so when they ask for help, they really need.

I hope that some of this helps. Just be as supportive and understanding as you can. Student teaching is extremely stressful and difficult, as I'm sure you know. Let me know if you have any specific questions :-). Good luck!

A very thorough summation of the essentials of a great coop teacher. :)

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