Daily Diigo Bookmarks 04/25/2011

• The 101 Most Useful Websites on the Internet

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Daily Diigo Bookmarks 04/18/2011

• Analyzing an Ecosystem

  tags: ecology

• In Search of the Ways of Knowing Trail

  Ecology based game exploring African Forest

• Ecology Games

  tags: ecology

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True Colors

Catrina Davis

True Colors learning styles…personality assessment…like Myers Briggs, etc

Helps understand human diversity

“it is I understanding ourselves and others that we all gain dignity, pride, self-respect and esteem” Don Lowry

Translation: When you know who you are you’re more comfortable with everyone else

Character cards
Gold: structured, detailed, prepared
Orange: impulsive, spontaneous
Blue: idealistic, nurturers
Green: cerebral, process, questioners

COMPLETING AN ASSESSMENT NOW…APPARENTLY VERY GREEN…ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM…

Please Understand Me – David Kearsy

Great forming lines activity…lined up based on color score discussed how everyone has some aspects of each color…look at color spectrum, not single color…

Introversion vs Extroversion can change perception of colors

Showing Our True Colors
Peaceful Colors by Gail Shapiro
True Parenting
Follow Your True Colors to the Work You Love

Technology at your fingertips

Images of screens from iPads with apps being used discussed

WIRELESS NETWORK STRUGGLED TO SUPPORT ALL THE IPADS

Showing FUZE for meetings, classes, etc

Fun session…lots of new folks playing around with iPads…great selection of apps for folks to play with!

ECU Clinical Teacher Conference Keynote

Northeast Region Teacher of the Year: Vann Lassiter

Long list of accolades for Mr. Lassiter…

Your reach in the classroom is TBD…to be determined

What is my reach?

Trigger dreams – kids have big dreams…we sometimes think they are impossible…Encourage your students to dream and think big…sometimes dreams get deflated, take time and retrigger those dreams in your students

Believe in yourself and your students…you can achieve anything…you may be your students biggest cheerleader…Vann got to teach a new class for students who had failed NC computer test 4 times…ages 14 to 19…held fourth period after lunch…GREAT PLAN…students respond when they know you are there for them…

Demonstrate excellence – what a teacher IS, is more important than what he does…20,000+ moments to impact students throughout the day…what are you doing with those moments? The kids are watching…what are you demonstrating? People will never forget how you made them feel – Maya Angelou

Do this and your bucket will overflow!