Monday, August 27, 2012

Dreams, Progress and Out-Of-The Box Thinking Tweets of the Day 9 27 12


Mural from Habla School

This sounds pretty good...especially no madness.

1. Building a School Culture Without Memos, Mandates, or Madness

http://kurtwootton.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/building-a-school-culture-without-memos-mandates-or-madness/ 

Maybe she can share her secret.

2. One Teacher's Secret to Success

All Grades, All Subjects, Passion 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/successful-teacher-secret

Heroes everywhere.

3. Hero Central: 08/27/12 Academy Of Hope Offers Quality Adult Education

 http://jchayward.com/2012/08/27/hero-central-082712-academy-of-hope-offers-quality-adult-education/

Books? For kids?

4.Back-to-School = Books

http://blog.firstbook.org/2012/08/27/11294/ 

5. The Top 30 Education Apps From 2007 To Today

http://edudemic.com/2012/08/education-apps-2007-today/ 

Say cheese!

 Funding for kids, sounds reasonable.

6. Mississippi Pre-Kindergarten: Will A New Conversation About Funding Take Hold? 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/mississippi-pre-kindergar_n_1833161.html?1346078635&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009 

 Gotcha thinking.

7. What Is Education For?

http://hollykorbey.com/2012/08/27/what-is-education-for/ 

The world is our classroom.

8. Out-of-School Settings Create Climate for New Skills

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/08/22/01ost.h32.html?tkn=YTLFip%2FN0yVGcheYmlChT97SVwq1px9ELdWl&intc=es 

And some of these books are hardback!

And he's not in the swimming pool.

9. First Book Marketplace--for $100 you get such a selection of books--81% off cover price. 

There are other deals, too.

 http://www.fbmarketplace.org/

Here is the list of biographies for school age on the First Book list. 

There are many fine collections to choose from, this collection contains:

2 copies of Mandela: Rebel Who Led His Nation to Freedom (Hardcover)
The Brown Bomber
2 copies of Mao Zedong: Rebel Who Led a Revolution (Hardcover)
2 copies of Marco Polo: Boy Who Traveled the Medieval World (Paperback)
2 copies of Dalai Lama: A Life of Compassion (Paperback)
2 copies of Brothers Kennedy: John, Robert, Edward (Hardcover)
2 copies of Giants of Science Series #4: Marie Curie (Hardcover)
2 copies of Leonardo Da Vinci (Giants of Science) (Paperback)
2 copies of Knockout!: Photobiography of Boxer Joe Louis (Hardcover)
2 copies of Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Hardcover)
2 copies of And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (Hardcover)
Around the World with Nellie Bly.
2 copies of Saladin: Warrior Who Defended His People (Hardcover)
2 copies of Young Abe Lincoln: Frontier Days, 1809-1837 (Paperback)
2 copies of Ballots for Belva: True Story of a Woman's Race for the Presidency (Hardcover)
2 copies of Daring Nellie Bly: America's Star Reporter (Paperback)
2 copies of Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight (Hardcover)

 


 

 

 

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