MSM 347:  Practice is Best Practice
Jokes You Can Use:

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

http://k12science.net/Podcast/Podcast/Entries/2017/1/5_Middle_School_Science_Minute__Literacy_Engagement.html


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

Strategies:

New Year’s Resolution: I’m Moving ALL Assessment into the Classroom
http://catlintucker.com/2017/01/new-years-resolution/

Practice is Best Practice
http://techcoaches.dearbornschools.org/2017/01/11/practice-is-best-practice/

Ten things we may be doing wrong in middle school
https://medium.com/@irasocol/ten-things-we-may-be-doing-wrong-in-middle-school-510bc0b9f069#.u5syivqc5

How To Make Writing Report Cards Easier
http://www.evidencebasedteaching.org.au/how-to-make-writing-report-cards-easier/

Resources:

Mars Challenge Winners
http://ajjuliani.com/thousands-students-participating-marschallenge-maker-project/
All Entries:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B3IX5e8RaR6xekN4bE96UWZ2OEE

Web Spotlight:

Poet: I can’t answer questions on Texas standardized tests about my own poems
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/01/07/poet-i-cant-answer-questions-on-texas-standardized-tests-about-my-own-poems/?utm_term=.e224738a5e14

Academic Write Center
https://academichelp.net/

How Design Thinking Became a Buzzword at School
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/01/how-design-thinking-became-a-buzzword-at-school/512150/

Are you a blithering fool? Here's 10 words to make you sound smarter
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/01/03/wayne-state-word-warriors-smarter/96100822/

EVO
Since 2000, the Electronic Village Online (EVO), has been offering free professional development workshops for English language educators around the world. Organized by volunteer coordinators, with five-week sessions conceived and facilitated by teams of volunteer moderators, the EVO is open to anyone (TESOL members and non-members alike) with a computer or smart phone and an internet connection. No academic credit is offered for either moderating or participating in an EVO session; it is a labor of love--the love of learning, and the love of sharing what we have learned.
http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/10708567/FrontPage

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