MSM 427: Brain Gym, A microchip for Shawn, Harder than a name with no vowels
Jokes You Can Use:

Advisory:

Smart Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwPtcqcqz00#annotations:qz3WxmOKEem0aZewj9dYsQ

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

From the Twitterverse:
#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

Benchmark Assessments: Weighing the Pig More Often?
https://robertslavinsblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/11/benchmark-assessments-weighing-the-pig-more-often/#annotations:iKBZYmN8Eemog09BerCbWQ


Brain Breaks and Focused Strategies - Edutopia
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/brain-breaks-focused-attention-practices-lori-desautels
For information on the British view of “Brain Gym” see:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/07/education
The Daily Mail quotes Education Secretary Ed Balls on “Brain Gym”: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1237042/Brain-gym-pupils-pointless-admits-Balls.html

Resources:

Evidence for ESSA
https://www.evidenceforessa.org/#annotations:oM5xOmN9EemkzoOlpFbHZw

Principles of Instruction
http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/document/principles-instruction-educational-practices-21#annotations:IPgQ4mN9Eem71ut24oSETw

Creative Law Center - Open Access
https://creativelawcenter.com/museums-open-access-images/

Open GLAM
Welcome to OpenGLAM Open Collections. We have brought together collections from around the world that provide digital scans or photos that can be freely used without any restrictions. This is an ever expanding list so if you know of collections that are not listed here please add them through our contribute an item page and we will get them online!
https://openglam.org/open-collections/

Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art
http://www.clevelandart.org/open-access

Web Spotlight:

Cheery Thoughts
https://www.middleweb.com/40050/why-i-keep-a-supply-of-cheery-thoughts-nearby/
Random Thoughts . . .