The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet by Michael E. Mann
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Although a bit “American” oriented, well worth reading considering world politics. Quote from the book: “Don’t forget , once again, to emphasize that there is bother urgency and agency. The climate crisis is very read. But it is not unsolvable. Ad it’s not too late to act. ….. There is still time to create a better future, and the greatest obstacle now in our was is dooms and defeatism. Journalists and the media have a tremendous responsibility here as well.”
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6 Steps to Teach Book Creation with Book Creator to Improve Writing
Book Creator, the simple ebook authoring program, encourages writing and creativity in kids. They have some new templates as well. Soon, my middle schoolers will start writing books again but in the fall, we had a great experience. In this post, I’…
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Earlier this week I answered an email from a reader who was looking for suggestions for tools that her elementary school students can use to make short audio recordings.
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Google Meet: When Presenting See More People – Teacher Tech
When presenting your screen in a Google Meet, annoyingly, the majority of the Meet screen is taken up by “You’re presenting to everyone.” Control Minus A common trick when using any program…
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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE 2021 – Praxis Science Outreach Videos
On the Moor by Richard Carter
On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk by Richard Carter
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Science, history and nature on a Country walk.
“There is grandeur in this view of life ….”
“The clock is ticking. Entropy approaches.”
“So go for a walk”
You don’t need to be “On the Moor” to learn – go for a walk.
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Teaching in the Concurrent Classroom: Four Strategies to Make it Work – Dr. Catlin Tucker
On Thursday night, I presented a 30-minute webinar with AJ Juliani for educators focused on the concurrent classroom.
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Control Alt Achieve: 8 Ambient Sound Websites to Help Students Focus
What helps you focus when reading, writing, or getting work done? Do you need a totally silent room, or does some amount of ambient noise help you? For some people, students included, having sound in the background can actually help them focus bette…
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Voice Notes & Feedback: Mote vs. Talk & Comment – i ❤ edu
Greetings friends! I know I have been terrible over the last month about creating new content. I can break down my struggle into two main reasons: 1.) I have struggled to find my creativity during the pandemic and 2.
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Cranky Uncle: Smartphone Game for Disarming Climate Denial
I’ve spent a lot of time on Skeptical Science over the last couple of years and have used it as a foundational resources for a couple of secondary climate science professional development workshops. If you haven’t checked out Skeptical Science it is definitely worthy of bookmarking and perusing.
In this post I want to highlight a specific resource- the Cranky Uncle app. Created by John Cook- one of the authors of Skeptical Science- this app takes many of the common arguments used by climate change deniers and allows the user to practice recognizing and responding to the arguments. This is also a great extension to Denial 101X where Dr. Cook teaches a full FREE online course on Making Sense of Climate Science Denial. I also find that the strategies used in climate denial are not much different than those used to deny many other scientific ideas (Evolution, spherical Earth…
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The Mockdown continues
Hat tip: the Breakdown
When Jason Kenney stepped up to the podium just shy of twenty minutes late to announce new Covid-19 measures on Tuesday, December 8, someone had already forwarded the memo to media.
There would be mandatory closures of restaurants, bars, casinos, bingo halls, gyms, pools, billiard halls, salons, and more.
“We managed to get through most of this tough year with lower, relative levels of Covid infections, hospitalizations, and fatalities than the other large Canadian provinces (with greater populations) and all of the U.S. states (where little to nothing was done either),” Kenney said.
“And we did that with a lighter hand on job-killing restrictions while also coping with the hardest hit Canadian economy due to the oil price collapse on top of the global Covid recession. And we did it while leading Canada in Covid response…”
As an introduction to his introduction of mandatory business…
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Epic’s Learning Resources – Wakelet
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Journal Writing Prompts to Self-Reflect on Your Year | Grammarly
It’s almost the end of the year, and 2020 begs a special kind of self-reflection. Over the past several months, we’ve all spent more time indoors than probably any other year, allowing for plenty of time to look inward and try to make sense of thing…
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work! Tools to Inspire Collaboration – Teacher Reboot Camp
One of the best ways to engage students online is through peer collaboration and discussions. Google and Microsoft have several apps and tools, which facilitate meaningful student collaboration and discussion.
Edutopia – how-help-students-focus-what-theyre-learning-not-grade
Work that emphasizes students’ developing skills…
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cheesemonkey wonders: Rooting Out Opportunity Hoarding and Perverse Incentives in the Math Classroom
I live and teach in a community where opportunity hoarding is rampant. Students hoard points as if they were drops of water in the desert. This leads to some perverse behaviors in the classroom. Students who have mastered a task or level want to tak…
Blended Learning: Building a Playlist |
At the start of a virtual workshop last week, a teacher sent me a note in the chat saying that she wanted to quit. She was frustrated and exhausted.
Why Allowing Students To Turn In Work Anytime Is A Bad Idea – Smart Classroom Management
There is a growing sentiment among educational leaders that students should be able to turn in work…
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Blog – I Spy, with the Back of My Eye, a Murderer (or Not)
The idea that the eye’s retina records the last thing it sees persists to this day, but this myth is not entirely detached from reality.
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/pseudoscience/i-spy-back-my-eye-murderer-or-not
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