Middle School Matters

MSM 479: Ditch That...Empire Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Equity for All Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse Don’t forget #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm! Todd Bloch will have a middle school topic all ready to go for copious conversations. Make this a strategic part of your professional learning. Resources: Foundation for Economic Education - I, Pencil Lesson www.fee.org https://go.fee.org/e/808113/ipencildownload/xkpp/53928931?h=oHka5taAPJ7VcKs80f5KONqmUiloiAGrf2bJsx8RLDA Trevor Muir- The Epic Classroom https://event.webinarjam.com/register/26/r409kcv8 Spot The Troll https://spotthetroll.org/start Classroomscreen https://classroomscreen.com/learn/ Web Spotlight: Selling the Future of Ed-Tech (& Shaping Our Imaginations) http://hackeducation.com/2020/09/15/future-catalog How Quickly Can a Girl Go Viral on TikTok? https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/09/

MSM 478: Back from 7-11. . . Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Creating a New Environment for Science Learning Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: The Twitterverse #mschat: Look for your host, Todd Bloch, to have a middle school topic all ready to go! Make it a strategic part of your personal professional development. Resources: Oculus Quest 2 https://www.oculus.com/quest-2/ A Giant List of Really Good Essential Questions https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/examples-of-essential-questions/?fbclid=IwAR1pyYgG7-4AuECCjQsgqry7FzYlvMHGqJAImV2pAfUu5Kd9xWTL36s2z2A Using Household Tech to Project Your Teacher Voice https://www.teachbetter.com/blog/using-household-tech-to-project-your-teacher-voice/?fbclid=IwAR028DT9SnU8xqZzbD4Eg_4yVycsP_WjaF60GvvCd26-FUmsK6hMN3bLoDY Web Spotlight: New Steps to Combat Disinformation What we’re announcing today is an important part of Microsoft’s Defending Democracy

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