July 2011 Blog Posts (3)

Go Social Studies Go

www.gosocialstudiesgo.com

I've been a social studies teacher at the middle and high school levels for about 9 years and during this time the one thing that I learned that unites students of all backgrounds is that they just never seem to get excited by cracking open one of those 25 pound social studies textbooks. (Crazy, I know)

I knew how awesome social studies really was and I wanted my students to understand…

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Added by Ken Uhde on July 25, 2011 at 8:36pm — No Comments

Online Multiple Intelligence Test

Many teachers who are familiar with TCI strategies or lessons know how important the Multiple Intelligence theory by Howard Gardner is. We created a multiple intelligence test for our trainings and methods book. While there are MI tests out there online, none are quite kid-friendly like the one we use. I've looked for a web tool to create one, but found that none really allow me to create it the way I'd like. I created a Google doc spreadsheet though that will do the trick. You can…

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Added by Brian Thomas on July 25, 2011 at 12:54pm — 1 Comment

End of Year (not so traditional) Reflection

I have been trying all summer to write an end of year reflection but kept getting stuck! I had an epiphany tonight & finally was able to put that year into some type of organized reflection. While not the most traditional of reflections for now this is what I've got, & just wanted to share :)
post link below

http://mssandersths.posterous.com/the-role-we-play-is-so-important

Added by Beth Sanders on July 2, 2011 at 1:31am — No Comments