PBJHS - Tuesday 4/10/12

Giving thanks:
PBJHS teachers & staff, great job of being present in the halls in between classes. Whether you realize it or not, we are preventing a lot of situations from ever happening just by being present. Keep up the great work!

Tweet of the week: "If a student can type 2 words into Google on his/her cell phone and find the answer, you probably should ask a different question."

Perhaps it's time to give Twitter a try... check out this for reasons why: "Tweeting about Twitter"

Video of the week: - Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids

Image of the week: - After two weeks, we tend to remember...

5 blog posts of the week:

1) - Exercise and physical activity must be part of 21st century learning by @21stprincipal

2) - Continuous learning by @KTVee

3) - Troublemakers by @joe_bower

4) - Shake-up by @tomwhitby

5) - You are empowered to determine how well your school year goes by @drtroyroddy

Book club information:
- Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 5/2/12 immediately after school in Mr. Dunn's room. We will be reading, "Drive," by Daniel Pink. There are still a few copies in Dr. Tarte's office for those who are interested or those who have not picked up their copy yet.

**We recently purchased a few copies of Ruby Payne's, "A framework for understanding poverty." For those who are interested, see Mrs. Jackson or Mrs. Duckett to get a copy of the book.

Blog post Tuesday 4/3/12

1) - Where are you going? by @KTVee

2) - Systems thinking by @gcouros

3) - Re-engaging the disengaged: 5 strategies by @azjd

4) - The fallacy of due dates by @baldy7

5) - Making mountains into molehills by @KTVee

Blog post Tuesday 3/27/12

1) - Developing learners by @lookforsun

2) - Chasing homework by @azjd

3) - How to not sweat the small stuff by @klhellerman

4) - Rhetoric of rigor by @joe_bower

5) - They need teaching... not punishment by @mrwejr

Blog post Tuesday 3/20/12

1) - 5 ways to ensure mediocrity in your organization

2) - 25 myths about homework by @davidwees

3) - Do the opposite by @teachpaperless

4) - Reaching their full potential: motivating learners and building interest

5) - No friction homework

Blog post Tuesday 3/13/12

1) - Confusing obedience with self-control by Seth Godin

2) - The trouble with homework

3) - Teaching is a business of the heart by @21stprincipal

4) - No iron first necessary by @jmclean77

5) - There is no "new normal" by @mark_sanborn

Blog post Tuesday 3/6/12

1) - I'm the fire starter - I'm the instigator by @daretochem

2) - When you fail, I fail by @DMS_principal

3) - Homework vs. learning

4) - How to understand regret - and two ways to avoid it by @danielpink

5) - Back to the wrong school by Seth Godin

Blog post Tuesday 2/28/12

1) - My issues with homework by @stumpteacher

2) - Is homework deliberate practice? by @shannoninottawa

3) - What's your superpower? by @KTVee

4) - Do you mean what you say? by @azjd

5) - Grading Failure is not an Option by @johnnybevacqua

Blog post Tuesday 2/21/12

1) - Do what should be done THEN tell, not tell what should be done by @birklearns

2) - What if schools did away with transcripts? by @stevemiranda

3) - Here there be dragons by @biebert

4) - The warning signs of defending the status quo by Seth Godin

5) - Everybody is a genius by @joe_bower

Blog post Tuesday 2/14/12

1) - Our year to year commitment by @mccoyderek

2) - Fab 5 by @mattgomez

3) - Challenge your assumptions by @azjd

4) - You have to let go by @stevemiranda

5) - More or less by Seth Godin

Blog post Tuesday 2/7/12

1) - Back to schools DOs and DONTs by @innovativeedu

2) - Assessments in the digital age by @timbuckteeth

3) - I own my learning by @joe_bower

4) - Building trust through learning by @shannoninottawa

5) - The reality of teacher evaluations by @stumpteacher