Education Buzz Blog Carnival: Back to School 2011 Edition!

It's time once again for the Education Buzz blog carnival!  I'm happy to be hosting for the first time in a long time, sharing great submissions and some great posts I've been eager to share.  Let's get to it:

Sensational Submissions!

Friend of the blog John Pearson celebrates the release of his new book in Learn Me Good: The day is here! posted on Learn Me Good.

Nancy Flanagan presents The Five Million Dollar Demonstration posted at Teacher in a Strange Land, noting "So what was that Save Our Schools March thing about, anyway?"

Michail Spiliopoulos presents How to memorize information more efficiently preparing for exams (Part 1) posted at Brain superiority...Boost your brain power!!!. Includes links to parts 2 & 3.

Darren presents Teacher Suspended For Blog Post Back On The Job posted at Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher. Would you want your kid in this teacher's class? Would you want to be in it? Would you even want this person as your colleague? I'd have to say no to all three.

Jennifer Bardsley presents Afterschooling, a Definition posted at Teaching My Baby To Read.

Joep de Graaff presents Dumbing down posted at Dancing Crocodile, reflecting on our increasing reliance on technology to do our thinking for us.

siobhan curious presents Should We Bid Farewell to the Academic Paper? posted at Classroom as Microcosm, noting: "This post was featured on the front page of WordPress.com last week and got a whopping 167 comments - why not add yours to the conversation?"

The ringmaster of this carnival, Carol Richtsmeier presents Back-to-School, Top 5 Dream Killers & Educational Polyjuice posted at Bellringers.

Danette Schott presents Asperger Syndrome: What Teachers Need to Know :: Help! S-O-S for Parents posted at Help! S-O-S for Parents.

Rachel presents Getting Freshman Off to the Right Start posted at High School Ed Help.

Host Selections
The geniuses at adaptive software maker Knewton explain How to Make an Interactive Lesson Using YouTube on Knewton EdTech blog.  This is one of the most exciting posts I've read in quite a long time.  I didn't realize how simple it is to create what is basically a choose-your-own-adventure series of videos.

Jennifer Barnett posted a list of ideas for High-Tech Teaching in a Low-Tech Classroom on EdWeek's Teacher Leaders Network.

Shelly Blake-Plock of TeachPaperless tells us I Am Not A Great Teacher, knowing that admitting you don't know everything is a pretty important idea in and of itself.

Tom Schimmer reads my mind and makes an eloquent argument about the fallacy of penalizing students (or not even accepting) late work in Enough with the Late Penalties!

Steve Wheeler gives us Seven reasons teachers should blog on Learning with 'e's.  No argument here!

Jay Dolmage shares ideas for students to write about their personal, family and cultural Food Rules on Bedford Bits: Ideas for Teaching Composition.  Sometimes I wish I taught some kind of writing course, but then I remember the nonsense around standardized testing.

Katie Hellerman shares Top Five Fastest Ways to Improve Your Teaching on The Teaching Game.  Can't really disagree with any of them.

Liz Dwyer, Education Editor of GOOD, reports on exciting times in science education in Who Runs the World? Three Girls Sweep Google's Science Fair.

Texas teacher Mrs. H shares an all-too-common story about anxiety before the first day of school in And the Nightmares Begin, posted on Math Tales from the Spring.

Finally, I had to share the wisdom of Seth Godin in Is your anger killing your art? from Seth's Blog.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of education buzz using our carnival submission form.  Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Participate in the Next Education Buzz Blog Carnival, Hosted Here!

Next Wednesday, August 24th, I'll be hosting the upcoming Education Buzz blog carnival.  I've hosted many education-related blog carnivals over the years, and I'm excited to participate for the first time in a while.

For the uninitiated, a blog carnival is a curated collection of blog posts on a specific topic, submitted by readers (and writers).  For those who submit, it's a great way to promote your own work, great work by others that deserves attention.  For those that read the carnival, you'll ideally find new blogs to follow and resources to use.

Submit here before Sunday 8/21 at 5pm central.

Need inspiration?  Check out some past carnivals I've hosted:

• 198th Carnival of Education: Christmas Creep Edition!
• Math Teachers at Play #16
• Carnival of Educators: Olympic Gold Edition
• Carnival of Educators - Thank You Mom Edition

Newest Education Blog Carnivals

The Carnival of Homeschooling - The Punctuation Edition is hosted at Why Homeschool.

Math Teachers at Play #28 is up at CTK Insights.

July 4th Weekend = Perfect for Carnivals!

Three recent celebrations to enjoy:

Carnival of Mathematics #67

Carnival of Homeschooling: All Things Austen

Math Teachers at Play: Three-Cubed Edition

Carnival of Educators - Thank You Mom Edition

Welcome to the May 11, 2010 edition of the Carnival of Educators.  This week's edition is a slightly belated tribute to all of our moms, our kids' moms, and anyone else who has filled that role for you in your life.  Above you can see Momma D and I when she came to visit during my first year of teaching (that's the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge around us).  Thanks Mom!  Without further adieu:

School Stories

Vatche presents The Student Writer's Mind: The Little Boy posted at The Student Writer's Mind.  A great way to kick things off from a student's perspective.

Bellringers (Carol Richtsmeier) presents Saturdays, Teens & Competition posted at Bellringers.

teachin' presents I always feel the loss. posted at I'm a Dreamer, saying "For me, this is the hardest part of teaching."

Pat presents That Kid Could Be The Great Kid posted at Successful Teaching.

Sarah Garb presents Ultra Hilarious posted at Dead Class Pets, explaining "Oh, the things that are ultra hilarious in second grade....anyone else have others?"

The Big Picture in Education

Matt Eventoff presents The Power of Words posted at Communication3.0. I've participated in activities similar to this one, and it's very powerful--worth adapting for your students or any group of young people you work with.

Edwin Choi presents Senator Hagan asks Secretary Duncan about Financial Literacy posted at MoneyU Blog.  A topic near and dear to my heart.

SWA presents So you don’t want to be an Engineer? posted at Sistaswithattitude.

Molly presents Help me out here.... posted at A day in the life of a __________________:, about "[t]he life and times of a soon to be unemployed educator."

Joshua presents TAKS Preparation posted at transmorgified, noting "remarks on TAKS and teaching in Texas."

Professional Development

TeachEnEspanol presents Life-Based Education: Teach to YOUR Students posted at Life-Based Education.

One Language presents How To Help A Child Learn English posted at Learn English Online For Free.

Tisha Dotson presents 50 Body Language Secrets You Need to Succeed in Life posted at Career Overview. I'm a big believer in how your ability to read people (and how students read you) effects what goes on in the classroom.

Wise Bread presents 5 Ways to Learn a Language posted at Wisebread.

Ava Jones presents 50 Incredible Books Every Educator Should Read posted at Online University Reviews, noting "The article has listed 50 incredible books every educator should read. No matter if looking for inspiration, advice, or just a good read, they can help your career in education immensely."

Mister Teacher presents Top 10 ways to close out the school year posted at Learn Me Good.

Jennifer Wagaman presents How to Teach: Secrets from a Tutor posted at 321 Learn!.

Sylvia Wong presents Turbulent Landing - Personal Essay posted at Wake Up Seriously!. Global Concerns Classroom (GCC) is an innovative, multi-faced global education program of Concern Worldwide US. GCC inspires youth to become active global citizens. For more information, go to www.concernusa.org/GCC.

Sarah Winfrey presents Promote Summer Reading for Your Kids posted at Parenting Squad.

Deb Hodgkin presents Volcanoes posted at Science@home.

GrrlScientist presents How Will You Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day? posted at Living the Scientific Life, noting this is "A list of things you can do to help birds and other native wildlife, from small day-to-day changes to becoming a citizen activist."

Robert Drummond presents Maths starters -Visualisations posted at robert drummond's blog, noting "These visualisations are excellent. They extend children's thinking and classes I have used them with really enjoy them."

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That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Carnival of Educators using our
carnival submission form.  Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page. Technorati tags: carnival of educators, blog carnival.

Submit for the Next Carnival of Educators, Hosted Here

The Carnival of Educators is returning here next week, and it's a great chance to get your best blog posts out there to a new and larger audience.  Submitting is quick and easy, and you can also submit other edublogger's work that you think deserves to be seen.

Don't know much about blog carnivals, or just looking to catch up?  Here's some recent COEs I've hosted:

Carnival of Educators: Spring Has Sprung Edition [3/23/10]
Carnival of Educators: Olympic Gold Edition [2/23/10]
Carnival of Educators: Nary a List in Sight Edition [1/26/10]

Submit for next week's carnival by midnight Sunday.

Carnival of Educators: Spring Has Sprung Edition

Welcome to the March 23, 2010 edition of the Carnival of Educators!

In the Classroom

Bellringers (Carol Richtsmeier) presents Shut Those Eyes posted at Bellringers.  As Spring Break rolls around, Ms. R wonders why her yearbook staff thinks their assignments will just go away if they ignore them long enough.

Mathew Needleman presents Independent Work Time: My Students Refuse to Work Independently posted at Creating Lifelong Learners.  "My students just refuse to..." is a common refrain when teachers are struggling.  Mathew's great post reminded me of a similar question I received from a teacher facing misbehaving students.

Matthew Halpern presents Awesome. posted at Look at my happy rainbow!. This is my favorite blog, and this post is a perfect example of why. I implore you to read, then subscribe!

Vagabond Teacher shares They Know What To Do posted at Into the Woods, explaining that the title contains the five words a substitute teacher never wants to hear.

organized chaos shares the best plans... posted at Organized Chaos, sharing an awesome, inspiring story about trying to get her kindergartner to the school dance!

Education Issues

Jane Goodwin presents Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus posted at Scheiss Weekly.  Mamacita learns some lessons about education from the Harry Potter series.

EightFalls presents Managing Student Learning With Gantt Charts posted at EightFalls.com.  The author borrows an idea from the corporate world: could we do better at being managers of student learning?

June Tree presents How Would You Grade Your Money Management Skills? posted at The Digerati Life, saying "Here’s why we should teach money management and personal finance in schools."  I agree!

Lesson Plans and Ideas

Robert Drummond presents Using Befuddlr in the classroom. posted at robert drummond's blog, noting "Highlights a great program - befuddlr and how it can be used in the classroom to support and review learning."

Laurie Bluedorn presents Test Your Logic Skills posted at Trivium Pursuit. A little logic game to try out.

Maria Clara presents Masterpiece or Ad? Take our Test! posted at Online Colleges.net.  Great idea for introducing media literacy, consumer education, and of course art!

Steve Spangler presents Build a Trap, Catch a Leprechaun for St. Patrick’s Day posted at Steve Spangler's Blog. This is a little late, but bookmark it for next year!

Thank you for visiting! That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of educators using our carnival submission form.  Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.


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Share Your Best Posts in This Week's Carnival of Educators

I'm hosting this week's Carnival of Educators, and I hope you'll send in your best work as you did for me last month.  Check out last week's edition hosted at The Examiner for an idea of what others are talking about, then head to the easy submission page.

Also, you don't have to necessarily send in your own work--feel free to submit great blog posts you find anywhere and everywhere.

Thank you!

Carnival of Educators: Olympic Gold Edition

Welcome to the February 23, 2010 edition of carnival of educators.  There's a ton of great stuff in here!

In the Classroom

Matthew Halpern presents Clip Show. posted at Look at my happy rainbow!.  It's a "best of" from one of my favorite blogs.

Kim Hughey presents The Power of Love (or is it lust?) posted at Math Tales from the Spring, saying "I thought I'd share a funny story that happened in one of my classes recently".

M Dahms presents About Reader's Workshop: Real Reader's Don't Mark Up Books With Highlighters posted at A Reader's Community, saying "In the aftermath of a loooong professional development day, I had to get this out of my system!"

Jeff Benes presents Humanize the perpetrators too posted at Midwest Center for Holocaust Education's Educator Forum, saying "Great resource for educating about a critical time in human history."

Karren Colbert presents Rethinking Grades and Effort posted at The Write Brained Teacher.

Patrick Black presents Cooperative Learning posted at Teaching All Students. Read this as a companion piece to "Teaching: The Unprofessional Profession" below.

Cassy presents Snow Day - a Teacher's Best Friend posted at Reach for More - Aspira a más.

Rachel Lynette presents Ideas for Encouraging Self-Evaluation posted at Minds in Bloom.


Teaching and Technology

Sherry Amorocho presents More Spanish: Using Skype class to class posted at More Spanish.  Great primer for using this easy technology in the classroom, and not just in Spanish classes!

Robert Drummond presents Wii Sports for Mean, Median and Modal averages. posted at Robert Drummond's Blog.

Henrietta Miller presents Twitter for Teachers in 20 Minutes « posted at Classroom Chronicles, saying "Want to inspire fellow teachers to take up the challenge of Twitter?"

Carl Anderson presents Filling the Production Gap posted at Techno Constructivist.  Mr. Anderson focuses on the idea of engaging students by turning them into content producers.

simon finch presents Proper Tea is Theft posted at simfin, saying "This blog explores the reasons why IPR and copyright are real challenges for schools. The article has been very well received and prompted a lively and considered discussion via comments and Twitter."


Beyond the Classroom

Ben Klempner presents Fostering a child’s sense of competence posted at Effective Family Communication.

Dana presents Book Giveaway! posted at Roscommon Acres.  You can win a copy of Empowering Youth: How to Encourage Young Leaders to Do Great Things, written by my the author of Pass The Torch.

Nancy Flanagan presents Charters: A Tale of Two Cities posted at Teacher in a Strange Land, saying "Charter schools are not the same things to all people."

Dan Roberts presents A double dose of innovative learning with the funky chicken posted at Why did the Chickenman cross the road?.  Two posts for the price of one!

Lora Cowell presents Lessons in the News posted at LibraryRemix. Ms. Cowell applies lessons learned from the collapse of the Rocky Mountain News to a wide range of education topics.

Shelly Terrell presents Reflections on the Alfie Kohn Live Chat posted at Teacher Reboot Camp, noting "Alfie Kohn, internationally reknown education author, answered educators' questions during a free webinar. Read the recap that includes some of Alfie Kohn's most memorable responses and watch the 52 minute edited video."

Alen presents Teaching: The Unprofessional Profession posted at Technology In Class, saying "Professionalism is lacking in the field of education. Why teaching is the unprofessional profession explained." I agree that we need to care about and make the most of professional development (the main idea of this article), but teachers aren't invested because the vast majority of what's offered by their school and/or district is a joke. Workshops about engaging lessons are presented in the least engaging way possible, and we're expected to react differently than students do to just plain bad teaching. Schools and districts are the ones that need to be more professional and stop wasting teachers' time with poor PD.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Edu-Gaffe posted at Mad Kane's Humor Blog.

Bellringers (Carol Richtsmeier) presents Spying, Skynet & Tape posted at Bellringers. Ms. R's unique take on the recent news of a school spying on their students through their laptops.

Joanne Jacobs presents Teacher seniority rules under fire posted at Joanne Jacobs.

Jessie Voigts presents Global Travelers - SoulTravelers3 posted at Wandering Educators, saying "I'd like to share with you one of my very favorite world travelers, a family traveling the world and sharing it with us. SoulTravelers3 is a fantastic website, full of great travel information, stories of homeschooling abroad, traveling, and learning while exploring different cultures."


That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of educators using our
carnival submission form.  Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Get Your Blog Noticed: Submit to the Carnival of Educators

The Carnival of Educators will be hosted here next Tuesday, and it's a great way to get your blog noticed.  I can tell you that submitting my best work to blog carnivals over the past few years has always brought new readers, subscribers and colleagues to my site. 

I can't speak for all of the blogs that host the carnival, but here you'll get a lot of exposure: according to Google, I've averaged 368 visitors per day over the past month.  That's a lot of eyeballs!

Click here to submit for the Carnival!

You have until midnight Sunday to get your submissions in.  Read this week's carnival at Notes From a Homeschooling Mom.

Carnival of Educators: Nary a List in Sight Edition

Welcome to the January 26, 2010 edition of the carnival of educators.  Besides the great submissions included below, you'll find several articles without a name attached to them.  Those posts were collected by yours truly.  Here we go!

Education

Dave Saba presents Singapore vs U.S. Math: we lose posted at Edbiz, saying, "For 21st century skills we need to focus on applied mathematics."  Dave also wonders: is the Apple Tablet for Education II "[d]isruptive innovation from Apple?"

Liam Goldrick presents D-Day posted at The Education Optimists.

Sarah Ebner presents Is inclusion good or bad for education? posted at School Gate - Times Online - WBLG, noting "I ran this post, written by a teacher, to ask what can be done about disruptive kids. Are the issues the same the world over?"  Join the conversation!

Marie Snyder presents Department Competition: The Great Green Challenge posted at Project Earth.  "We tried to get all our teachers to become more environmental by pitting them against one another," she writes.

Bellringers (Carol Richtsmeier) presents Pants On The Ground, Boxers & Anthems posted at Bellringers.

How to Waste Money on Technology in Schools ends with a discussion question: "What are the worst technology purchases you’ve seen in schools?"  I'm sure you've got tons of great examples, so head over to Creating Lifelong Learners.

Homeschooling

Pamela Jorrick presents Not Everyone Can Write Right posted at Blah, Blah, Blog.

Free Science Labs thanks to My Homeschool Guide.

Teaching

Rachel Lynette presents I'm Done! What to do with Bright Students posted at Minds in Bloom.

Alisha Harmann presents How To Calculate / Read An ACT Score posted at How To E-D-U.  High school teachers can turn this info into part of a lesson on getting into college.

Victoria Westcott presents Shannon Shares Her FAQS About Teaching & Living in London, England posted at Teach in London, saying "Shannon is a Canadian teacher working in a British secondary school. She shares her FAQs from her family & friends and provides great stories about what it's really like to teach in London as a young Canadian."

Fish! on Look at My Happy Rainbow is a great example of the kinds of adventures this male kindergarten teacher shares on a regular basis.

Speaking of fun adventures with students, check out Week in Review from Pigtailed Teacher, which sounds like a common week in elementary school (or middle or high school for that matter).

Traumatized for life is a not-so-uncommon story of how a successful, bright adult developed a math phobia thanks to her third grade teacher, shared on Learning Strategies.


That concludes this edition.  Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of educators using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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educarnival v2, Issue 11 is up!

educarnival v2, Issue 11 is up at I'm a Dreamer.  Enjoy the carnival, then submit your links for the next one!

educarnival v2, Issue 10

Welcome to Issue 10 of educarnival v2! I hope you've got your costume ready for the weekend (and/or Friday at school!). Let's get to it:

Pat presents Working Myself Out of a Job posted at Successful Teaching.

Darren presents CTA--How Are You Going To Explain This To Your Membership? posted at Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher. He asks, "What happened to the CTA, such that California, with no fight at all, got rid of the section of ed code that forbade tying student standardized test scores to teacher performance evaluations?"

Joanne Jacobs presents Schools can't close parenting gap posted at Joanne Jacobs.

OKP presents Inductive Reasoning and Close Reading posted at Line 46, which is "[a]n activity to help train students to read more closely."

Pat pulls double duty this week, presenting Using Common Sense is Not Impossible posted at Successful Teaching.

Mister Teacher presents Sum wrong answers posted at Learn Me Good.

Mrs. Bees presents Awful posted at Full of Bees!, saying: "They warn teachers never to get into a power struggle, and I think that's exactly what I did - but I'm not sure what else I should have done with this belligerent student. What do other teachers think?"

oldandrew presents OFSTED Must Die posted at Scenes From The Battleground. "OFSTED," he explains, "are the school inspectors in England."

Bellringers (Carol Richtsmeier) presents Witches, Warnings & Phone Calls posted at Bellringers.

More Great Posts, Selected By The Host:

Craig asks if he's giving Too Much Help? by letting students use study guides during tests at Approaching Infinity.

Joshua Gans reveals Shock! Baby Einstein not educational at Game Theorist.

Eyawn explains Why I've Become a Believer in Our Oakland School at Sup Teach?.

j4luck says I Don't Know Nothing About Anything at Contemplations of a Future Teacher.

sassybug shares Just a few stats... at A Few Degrees Short of a Right Angle.

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That's all for this week's educarnival v2. You can read the previous issue at Epic Adventures Are Often Uncomfortable. Next week's carnival will be hosted at I'm a Dreamer. As always, you can submit your entries for next week here at the Blog Carnival website. Thank you for visiting!

Math Teachers at Play #16

Welcome to the October 2, 2009 edition of math teachers at play.

Kendra presents Learning Clock Face posted at Pumpkin Patch. Kendra shows you how to turn the analog clocks around your house into teaching tools, complete with a printable template, instructions and pictures.

Jason Dyer presents What Can You Do With This? (As Slow As Possible) posted at The Number Warrior, saying, "Two part post regarding a remarkable musical performance." Part 2 of What You Can Do With This (As Slow As Possible) reveals the secret and application of this music piece.

About teaching

Lisa Taylor presents Educating Parents about Online Education posted at Online Accredited Degrees. I think online courses are a big part of the future of education, especially when students will want or need to take courses that are not available locally.

Anne Simone presents 100 Best Blogs for Econ Students posted at Online Universities Weblog. Great starting point for economics teachers or other teachers brainstorming an economics lesson or unit.

Jimmie presents Mathematicians are People, Too posted at The Curriculum Choice, saying, "This is a book review of the popular biographies Mathematicians are People, Too (volumes 1 and 2)."

Pat Ballew presents Student Confusion about Order of Operations posted at Pat'sBlog. A great reflection on the acronyms and other methods of teaching this fundamental idea--I personally like GEMDAS (G = grouping).

Sue VanHattum presents The Joy of Tutoring posted at Math Mama Writes.... I just started a tutoring job and I feel as excited as Sue does in this post (stay tuned for a post on that soon).

Kate Hopkins presents 99 Awesome Firefox Add-ons for Educators posted at Online Courses.

Algebra & geometry

John Golden presents Angles posted at Math Hombre, saying, "About angles and the teaching of angle as a concept, and the early approach to angle measurement. Including both elementary-middle activities and how I present it to preservice teachers."

John Cook presents How many trig functions are there? — The Endeavour posted at The Endeavour. Did you know some people say there are 6, 12, or that they don't even exist? No? Then you have something new to learn.

MIke Croucher presents The unreasonable ineffectiveness of factoring posted at Walking Randomly, saying, "Using Mathematica to look at how few quadratic equations can be solved by factoring." Mysteriously, in the world of textbooks and standardized tests, 80% of quadratics that can be solved by factoring.

Arithmetic

Ashley Allain presents Calculating Kinetic Energy posted at HyperHomeschool, saying, "Interdisciplinary activity focusing on applications of order of operations, exponents, multiplication and division as they relate to the physical sciences. Hopefully, fun too!"

Bill James presents Alternative Math Methods posted at Discrete Ideas, saying, "Teaches an alternative long multiplication method, as well as discussing the fact that such alternatives exist."

Denise presents Do Your Students Understand Division? posted at Let's play math!, saying, "Finnish researchers gave a challenge problem to high school students and pre-service teachers, and they concluded that “division seems not to be fully understood.” No surprise there! I wondered how my own students would handle the puzzle..."

Elementary concepts

Rachel Miller presents Learning Fun with Apples posted at quirkymomma.com, saying, "This would be more preschool based. We are homeschooling for preschool and learning the concept of fractions while eating apples."

Ryan O'Grady presents Negative times negative posted at Maths at SBHS. Great idea about using funny videos to explain the concept.

Host Selections

The Innovative Educator presents Game-Based Learning Site for Innovative Math Educators - I feel like we're getting closer to turning the corner in the development, use and integration of high quality educational video games into schools. We're not there yet, but it's only a matter of time before the mainstream game and console makers start working with educators directly.

Craig presents Qualities of a Good Math Teacher at Approaching Infinity. He shares the results of a first day of school survey and reflects on what his students' responses mean for the big picture.

mental_floss presents Brain Games from mental_floss Blogs. If you're looking for a source of new puzzles and brain teasers for your students to solve, you'll find at least five new ones per week here.


That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of math teachers at play using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Submit For Next Math Teachers At Play, Hosted Here!

The October 2nd Math Teachers At Play blog carnival will be hosted here!

You have until Wednesday, September 30th to submit, but there's no time like the present to start thinking about what you might share. Remember that you don't have to share stuff for the classroom--there's a reason it's not called Math Teachers At Work. Personally, I'm always interested in logic puzzles and discrete math conundrums, and questioning the way statistics and other numbers are manipulated (especially in the news).

First, read the September 18th MTaP, hosted at the Math 2.0 Interest Group.

Then, submit your article for the next MTaP here.

Also, you might want to check out MTaP #6, which was hosted here back in May.

Five for Friday: The Particularly "Good" Edition

Here's this week's collection of resources and interesting ideas:

1. Carnival of Education #214: The Day to End All Days [via So You Think You Can Teach?] - No matter where you are in your career (or school year), the COE should be on your weekly must-read list. If that isn't enough to convince you, this week's edition is hosted by one of my favorite fellow edubloggers, so you know it's good.
2. Flickr and the Library of Congress [via Technology Education Know-How] - Flickr apparently has a growing, frequently updated collection of historical photos from the LOC. This could help many teachers avoid buying expensive source books to have these kinds of resources in print.
3. Teaching in a New Networked World [via Jen Carbonneau's Web Log] - Jen, the second teacher to participate in the 52 Teachers, 52 Lessons Project, reflects on issues of motivating and engaging students with and without technology.
4. What is school for? [via High Techpectations] - Marketing guru Seth Godin starts a conversation about the purpose of school by creating his own list. I don't believe he actually believes these are the main purposes, but what he thinks most people accept (no matter how ridiculous). In any case, what scared me most is the common thread running through #8, 19, and 20 that I still hear echoed by politicians and others with agendas besides what's best for our students.
5. Hot Cartoon Makes Understanding Credit Crisis Simple and Fun [via Consumerist] - If your students are asking about the recession and what the heck is going on, show them this animation that explains things in terms just about anybody should understand.

Enjoy!

Carnival of Education. A Day At School is up!

The Reading Workshop has posted the 208th Carnival of Education, with a clever A Day at School theme. It includes this week's entry in the 52 Teachers, 52 Lessons project as I am continuing to recruit more teachers to contribute. Enjoy!

This Week's Carnival of Education is up!

This week's Carnival of Education: Virtual Inaugural Balls Edition is up at Teacher in a Strange Land. Monday's entry into the 52 Teachers, 52 Lesson Project is featured, but I wanted to share two other Carnival highlights:

1. I'm planning on introducing trigonometry to my Algebra II students soon, so Right on the Left Coast's hilarious student-made video on the subject has got me pumped.
2. My interest was piqued by this explanation of the Australian school year on Teaching Challenges. I've always wondered why American schools haven't experimented with anything like this. The charter school I work for has a student population with absolutely dismal attendance, due in part to longer school days and a longer school year based around traditional school calendars. Of all the innovations we could install to really get these kids to come to school, the Australian model should be at the top of our list.

As always, you can submit to future editions via the COE submission form or browse past and future hosts at the main COE site. Enjoy!

198th Carnival of Education: Christmas Creep Edition!

I hear those sleigh bells jingling; ring-ting-ting-a-ling, too.
Oh yes it's lovely weather for a Carnival of Education with you!

Welcome one and all to the Christmas Creep Edition of the COE, which also happens to be the 198th opening of the midway.

The term christmas creep, coined by the Wharton School at UPenn and popularized recently by The Consumerist, is a term for the retail world's ever-expanding holiday season. Decorations, music and merchandise are going up earlier and earlier each year as retailers try to get a leg up on the competition. For example, my local supermarket refashioned their Halloween aisle into a Christmas aisle seemingly before that holiday was even over!

With Thanksgiving just a week away, what better time to start celebrating the real holiday season? Here we go! I'm so glad that Jane Goodwin was able to get her submission in just before the deadline, because her Quotation Saturday posted at Scheiss Weekly talks about anticipation of the very raison d'être of this edition of the COE!


Gifts That Keep on Giving
[Great resources for teachers and everyone else]

Steve Spangler presents Milk of Magnesia Experiment - Color Changing Liquid Teaches Science Behind�Antacids posted at Steve Spangler's Blog.

Gemma presents Education - advice videos on School posted at VideoJug: LIfe Explained. On Film. More video goodness comes from Heather Johnson, who presents 100 Awesome Ivy League Video Lectures posted at Online Universities.com.

Mathew Needleman presents K12 Online 08 Week Two Review posted at Open Court Resources.com Blog.

Jim McGuire brings music and lyrics into reading lessons in Come on Readers, Let's Sing posted at The Reading Workshop.

The always helpful Larry Ferlazzo presents Students Can Share Their Vision With The Office Of The President-Elect Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... posted at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites Of The Day For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL.

Amy Smith presents What Really Happened at the First Thanksgiving? posted at Kids Love Learning.

Marjorie presents When it Looks Like They're Not Learning posted at The Life Without School Community Blog, saying, "Thank you." No, thank you!

Pat presents How Was My Lesson? posted at Successful Teaching.

Marcus Smith presents 3 Painfully Obvious Reasons to Speak in Plain English posted at MarcusASmith.com.

Amanda Dixon presents Homeschool Memoirs: ?Mom? Help! posted at The Daily Planet, saying, "as a homeschooler, everyone needs a little "help". Here is how I get some help when I am stressed!"

Make a New Year's Resolution to learn Spanish this coming year: Spanish Kit presents An Introduction to Spanish Nouns and Genders posted at Learn Spanish Blog, saying, "Nouns and genders to start off anyone interested in learning spanish." Follow that up with Speak7 presents Ser vs Estar, Tener vs Hay Que posted at Learn Spanish, saying, "Complete guide to help with these common Spanish verbs"


How to Cause Uncomfortable Silences at Your Big Holiday Dinner
[Politics and controversy in education]

CCUSD Watch presents Scottsdale teachers charging for letters of recommendations... posted at CCUSD Watch, saying, "CCUSD Watch is an advocacy organization focused on Cave Creek Unified School District No. 93. Our Motto is 'It’s the curriculum, stupid!'. Contact us at ccusdwatch@hotmail.com" Joanne Jacobs comments on the same issue in How much for a recommendation letter? posted at Joanne Jacobs.

Matthew Ladner presents The Proficiency Illusion posted at Jay P. Greene's Blog.

BardBlogger presents Is Our Children Learning? posted at The Bard Blog.

jim pudlewski presents Test scores improve, but is that helping students? - Teaching Excellence Network posted at Teaching Excellence Network, saying, "Is NCLB accomplishing its goals. In Chicago, it is not resulting in college-ready graduates."

Darren presents Pledge of Allegiance posted at Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher.

Travis A. Wittwer presents Stories from School: Practice meets Policy: How to Take Down a State Education System in 3 Easy Steps posted at Stories from School: Practice meets Policy.

woodlassnyc wonders Is there a blacklist? posted at Under Assault: Teaching in NYC.

Nancy Flanagan presents The Audacity of Pumpkin Pie posted at Teacher in a Strange Land, saying, "Jay Mathews muses on evaluating teachers--and the Teacher in a Strange Land approves. Have some pie."

Robert Pondiscio presents Gates Foundation Standards? Why Not? posted at The Core Knowledge Blog, saying, "The Gates Foundation is talking about trying its hand at drafting national standards. It's a fine idea."


Something to Make You Laugh and Cry (Besides "A Christmas Story")
[Hilarity and inspiration, all twirled into one]

NAOMI presents British kids believe Churchill walked on the moon. posted at Diary From England, saying, "Thought your readers might be interested in this post. Just shows how little some British schoolchildren know about the world around them."

Travis A. Wittwer presents My Neighbor's Bike Skills posted at Stories from School: Practice meets Policy, saying, "A parody of many commonly used teaching tactics."

Carol Richtsmeier presents More Stupidier, FERPA-ized & Conspiracy Theories posted at Bellringers.

Heather Wolpert-Gawron presents Fundraising Mafia posted at tweenteacher.com.

Mister Teacher presents Learn Me Good: Tales of a 3rd grade forger posted at Learn Me Good.


Exams are Over, and I'm Home for the Month!

[College-related articles]

Matthew Paulson presents More Options for Working Moms, mostly focused on how working moms can go back to school, posted at American Consumer News.

Michael. presents The AutoAdmit Scandal: The XOXOTH Secret Forum Identities posted at International Law News.

Khan presents Preparing for the Peace Corps posted at Higher Education and Career Blog, saying, "It’s never too early to start learning about the Peace Corps! And even though graduation may seem a long way off, there are some things you can do now that could help you qualify for Peace Corps programs when the time comes to apply."

Trisha Wagner presents Student Loan Debt Settlement Debt Free Destiny posted at Debt Free Destiny.


Deep Thoughts and Reflections in Front of the Fire
[Big ideas and reflections on education]

lorri giovinco-harte presents Learning to distinguish between motives of profit and the well being of children posted at Lorri Giovinco-Harte, saying, "When the lines between profiteering and education become blurred, how can we discern what information is valid and what is not?"

Alvaro Fernandez presents Neuroplasticity and the Brain That Changes Itself posted at SharpBrains, saying, "Review of a great book with compelling collection of tales about the amazing abilities of the brain to rewire, readjust and relearn."

Laurie Bluedorn presents Trivium Pursuit » Blog Archive » Talented and Gifted posted at Laurie Bluedorn.

oldandrew presents Success posted at Scenes From The Battleground, saying, "British blog about teaching in tough schools"

Dave Saba presents Building a GREAT teaching workforce posted at DoE- Dave on Ed.
Corey Bunje Bower speaks to the same issue in What to do about Teacher Certification? posted at Thoughts on Education Policy.

Clix presents Why I Hate Foreshadowing posted at Epic Adventures Are Often Uncomfortable.

Rense Nieuwenhuis presents Immigrant Children’s Educational Achievement in Western Countries: Origin, Destination, and Community Effects on Mathematical Performance Curving Normality posted at Curving Normality.

Katie Beals presents 6th Grade English Class in the 21st Century: multiple literacies posted at Out In Left Field, saying, "Out in Left Field s a blog for left-brainers that monitors right-brain biases (esp. Reform Math, Constructivism, and cooperative learning) in education and elsewhere."

And finally, one of my personal favorite bloggers, Brazen Teacher presents Not on the List posted at This Brazen Teacher.


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