Thursday, March 28, 2013

Fwd: Make your school and classroom thrive!



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Date: March 28, 2013, 11:32:52 AM EDT
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Subject: Make your school and classroom thrive!

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Fwd: Time is running out. Register now for the Annual Conference!



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From: nelms@nelms.org
Date: March 28, 2013, 7:02:27 AM EDT
To: "Dr. Gary L. Ackerman" <gary@hackscience.net>
Subject: Time is running out. Register now for the Annual Conference!
Reply-To: NELMS <nelms@nelms.org>

March 28, 2013 - NELMS Annual Conference Info
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clock pictureTime is running out.
Register now for the
32nd Annual Conference
April 4 & 5, 2013
RI Convention Center, Providence, RI

2012 AC cover
Don't forget you can get Recertification Credits and/or Graduate Credits by attending the conference

Click here for recertification forms

Click here for graduate credit syllabus.

Click here for graduate credit registration.

This year we have FREE Wi-Fi at the RICC!

Annual Conference Program Book is online and we are hoping you will take a look at it.

Click here to download your copy of the AC Program Book.

Keynote speakers
Carol Ann Tomlinson & Tom Burton

Descriptions of Keynote Sessions

Click here to go to the keynote sessions page.

Descriptions of Ticketed Keynote Luncheons

Click here to go to the keynote luncheons page.

Descriptions of Ticketed "Featured Topics" Sessions

You can find the codes for "Featured Topics" here. You will need these codes for completing your registration.
Click here to go to the ticketed sessions page.

Registration Forms

Click here for the registration page.

Prices for the 2013 Annual Conference
Same price as last year!

cost table

 

 

NELMS Summer Institute
Meeting the Needs of Middle Level Learners in a 21st Century Common Core Learning Environment
June 24, 25 & 26, 2013

 

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

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It's not just about dance...Broomfield Heights Middle School dancing to diversity's beat ow.ly/jsXBP #midleved

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-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.

Fwd: Just a Day Away: Yong Zhao, Michael Fullan, Bill Brennan, and the 2013 School Leadership Summit

This looks like an event that will be worthwhile. 

-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.


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From: "Library 2.0" <mail@library20.com>
Date: March 27, 2013, 7:23:40 AM EDT
To: "gary@hackscience.net" <gary@hackscience.net>
Subject: Just a Day Away: Yong Zhao, Michael Fullan, Bill Brennan, and the 2013 School Leadership Summit
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Network Email
Thursday, March 28th, is our inaugural, online, and free School Leadership Summit. http://www.SchoolLeadershipSummit.com.

We invite you to join us for a very full day of sessions from Yong Zhao, Michael Fullan, Bill Brennan, and 67 other presenters as part of a virtual and collaborative global conversation on school leadership.

The hour-by-hour conference schedule, with instructions for attending, is available to view in 35 different time zones at http://admin20.org/page/schedule. The Summit welcome is at 6:30am US Pacific Daylight Time, and the conference finishes with an informal online "after party" at 7:00pm, twelve and a half hours later.

Conference strands are aligned to the internationally-recognized ISTE National Education Technology Standards for Administrators and include the leadership topics of: Vision in a Changing World, Teaching and Learning in a Changing World, Professional Learning in a Changing World, Data-driven Reform in a Changing World, and Ethical and Responsible Use in a Changing World.  TICAL (the Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership) is the founding partner of the conference.

We invite you to join us! All are welcome.

See you online!

Steve

Steve Hargadon
Co-Chair, 2013 School Leadership Summit
http://www.stevehargadon.com

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Tweet from edutopia (@edutopia)

edutopia (@edutopia)
Why one educator believes all school leaders need to become technology masters: edut.to/11H3cns #cpchat #edtech


I have made a similar argument to many principals. They agree-but they don't like it!

-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.

Tweet from Chris Billings (@GMSIowa)

Chris Billings (@GMSIowa)
Great website about the middle grades middleweb.com Check out @RickWormeli article about teaching tweens @middleweb #amle

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-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.

Tweet from John Norton (@middleweb)

John Norton (@middleweb)
We've posted good excerpt from @RickWormeli Collected Writings - 5 tween teaching strategies: bit.ly/13rjHVO #amle #midleved #mschat

Rick is a NELMS favorite. If you want a refresher, here is a good resource. 


-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Exercise on Vimeo

A video from John Medina on exercise and brains.

http://vimeo.com/m/16335377


-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.

Tweet from AMLE (@AMLE)

AMLE (@AMLE)
Join us this Thursday, March 28, 7-8p EDT for the #MLEM13 Mid Level Educ Month twitter chat @NASSP @NAESP @MGForumSTW

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-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.

Tweet from NELMS (@NELMS_info)

NELMS (@NELMS_info)
Uno Chicago Grill | Providence will be hosting a Dough Rai$er to benefit New England League of Middle Schools... fb.me/1l5IUsd4C

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-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Tweet from Bill Ivey (@bivey)

Bill Ivey (@bivey)
MT @pgow: Middle School, A Gift from the Public Education System: blogs.edweek.org/edweek/indepen… <One of the themes of my life. @AMLE @middleweb

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-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Tweet from Education Week (@educationweek)

Education Week (@educationweek)
Find out more about the latest #edtech trends in our new #TechCounts13 report: edweek.org/ew/toc/2013/03… via @digidirections #education

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-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.

Tweet from NELMS (@NELMS_info)

NELMS (@NELMS_info)
We don't know about you but we are tired of snow days. So we want to give everyone a present to just "warm" you... fb.me/2PMHbKHqH

Download the official Twitter app here


-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.

Tweet from Will Richardson (@willrich45)

Will Richardson (@willrich45)
In case you missed it, we've launced Raising Modern Learners, newsletter specifically for parents. buff.ly/10hTViL Join us! #edchat

Will Richardson is one who is making very insightful observations of education and schooling and he is writing and speaking about what he sees. Educators, patents, and politicians (and philanthropists) in search of cogent and reasonable perspectives on schools should check out this site. 

-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Fwd: In This Issue: WebQuests and Differentiating Student Leadership



-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.


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From: AMLE Middle Level iNSIDER <amle@amle.org>
Date: March 20, 2013, 11:21:58 AM EDT
To: gary@hackscience.net
Subject: In This Issue: WebQuests and Differentiating Student Leadership

Middle Level iNSIDER
 
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News & Headlines l Events l Resources l Media March 2013

Gardens, Geometry, and WebQuests

Are you looking for an effective way to educate this generation of youth who thrive on technology? Try WebQuests!

WebQuests are online learning tools that link students to content and resources that are interactive and visually stimulating. At the same time, they help students develop critical thinking skills. They can meet a variety of learning goals, such as solving a particular problem, designing a physical space, commemorating a person or event, deepening an understanding of literature, or experiencing role playing. Read more...


Differentiating Student Leadership

Many of us have unwaveringly embraced the philosophy of differentiation. We differentiate instruction according to student readiness, interest, and preference. But what about the other parts of a young adolescent's school experiences—the programs outside the classroom? Read more...


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From Understanding Poverty to Developing Human Capacity
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Uncover proven solutions to help minimize the effects of poverty and become a reliable authority to enrich human capacity.

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"Just three years into implementing these strategies, we saw increases in scoring at the 'commended' level between 33% and 180% in math and science in grades 3 through 12. And we broke those records two years in a row after that."
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>The latest Research in Middle Level Education Online article - The Role of Sociability Self-Concept in the Relationship between Exposure to and Concern about Aggression in Middle School

>New AMLE teacher preparation standards approved by NCATE.

>Add your voice to the next generation of professional standards and performance measures for educator preparation. Public comment period: February 15–March 29

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Fwd: NELMS is giving a snow day extension



-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.


Begin forwarded message:

From: nelms@nelms.org
Date: March 20, 2013, 10:10:27 AM EDT
To: "Dr. Gary L. Ackerman" <gary@hackscience.net>
Subject: NELMS is giving a snow day extension
Reply-To: NELMS <nelms@nelms.org>

March 20, 2013 - NELMS Annual Conference Info
nelms logo

32nd Annual Conference
April 4 & 5, 2013
RI Convention Center, Providence, RI

snowing We don't know about you but we are tired of snow days. So we want to give everyone a present to just "warm" you up. We know many schools will need to extend their school year due to snow date so NELMS is going to extend the early registration rate for the Annual Conference until March 25th!!

2012 AC cover Don't forget you can get Recertification Credits and/or Graduate Credits by attending the conference

Click here for recertification forms

Click here for graduate credit syllabus.

Click here for graduate credit registration.

This year we have FREE Wi-Fi at the RICC!

Annual Conference Program Book is online

Click here to download your copy of the AC Program Book.

Keynote speakers:
Carol Ann Tomlinson & Tom Burton

Descriptions of Keynote Sessions

Click here to go to the keynote sessions page.

Descriptions of Ticketed Keynote Luncheons

Click here to go to the keynote luncheons page.

Descriptions of Ticketed "Featured Topics" Sessions

You can find the codes for "Featured Topics" here. You will need these codes for completing your registration.
Click here to go to the ticketed sessions page.

Registration Forms

Click here for the registration page.

Prices for the 2013 Annual Conference
Same price as last year!

cost table

 

 

Annual Conference
April 4 & 5, 2013

NELMS Summer Institute
Meeting the Needs of Middle Level Learners in a 21st Century Common Core Learning Environment
June 24, 25 & 26, 2013

 

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