Comments for No Time to Sleep http://notimetosleep.wordpress.com thinking about educational technology and finding free tools for teachers Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:52:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Friday in Chicago by Clarence Fisher http://notimetosleep.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/tl_chicago1/#comment-164 Clarence Fisher Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:52:43 +0000 http://notimetosleep.wordpress.com/?p=198#comment-164 Thanks for your kind words. My first Techforum and my first trip to Chicago and I truly enjoyed both. Glad you enjoyed what I had to say and I hope I was able to push your thinking a bit. Thanks for your kind words. My first Techforum and my first trip to Chicago and I truly enjoyed both. Glad you enjoyed what I had to say and I hope I was able to push your thinking a bit.

]]> Comment on Friday in Chicago by BK-Teach http://notimetosleep.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/tl_chicago1/#comment-163 BK-Teach Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:52:22 +0000 http://notimetosleep.wordpress.com/?p=198#comment-163 I love my middle schoolers...most of the time. I think that data-driven instruction can still involve inspiration. There are so many ways to get to an end result. The problem is and will be testing. Then inspired ways to teach don't always translate to testing even though students know what they are doing. Along the same lines...creativity is not a national resource. Testing is taking that away and making it so that students can answer the test questions...and taking the inspiration out out of teaching. And that is making schools into sideshows. Put the creativity in, inspire teachers and students and measure student achievement in a way where they give you the answers in whatever way they want. Great post! Can't wait to read more. I love my middle schoolers…most of the time.

I think that data-driven instruction can still involve inspiration. There are so many ways to get to an end result. The problem is and will be testing. Then inspired ways to teach don’t always translate to testing even though students know what they are doing.

Along the same lines…creativity is not a national resource. Testing is taking that away and making it so that students can answer the test questions…and taking the inspiration out out of teaching.

And that is making schools into sideshows. Put the creativity in, inspire teachers and students and measure student achievement in a way where they give you the answers in whatever way they want.

Great post! Can’t wait to read more.

]]> Comment on Motivation by BK-Teach http://notimetosleep.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/motivation/#comment-158 BK-Teach Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:34:10 +0000 http://notimetosleep.wordpress.com/?p=180#comment-158 I love Big Huge Labs. They have a lot of great apps. I love Big Huge Labs. They have a lot of great apps.

]]> Comment on Awesome Resources from the Minnesota Historical Society by Kathryn Otto http://notimetosleep.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/mnh/#comment-155 Kathryn Otto Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:18:45 +0000 http://notimetosleep.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-155 Hi Wendy, Glad you like the Governors of Minnesota webpages! For teachers and students I would also point out the Minnesota History Topics at http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/index.htm. These were designed specifically for History Day-age students. There is a "blurb" giving brief information on the topic, followed by a list of secondary sources in the Minnesota Historical Society library and archives, a list of MHS primary sources, a list of newspapers that might be useful, and links to the Photo and Art Database and to the online catalog. We're also adding, little by little, digital images of primary sources. Check out the topic on the Dakota War of 1862 or the one on the 1892 Republican National Convention. When there is an electronic finding aid for the archival materials we always provide a link. We also point out when there is microfilm available for Interlibrary Loan for those students who don't live close enough to Saint Paul to visit in person. Kathryn Otto, Head of Reference, MHS Hi Wendy,
Glad you like the Governors of Minnesota webpages! For teachers and students I would also point out the Minnesota History Topics at http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/index.htm. These were designed specifically for History Day-age students. There is a “blurb” giving brief information on the topic, followed by a list of secondary sources in the Minnesota Historical Society library and archives, a list of MHS primary sources, a list of newspapers that might be useful, and links to the Photo and Art Database and to the online catalog. We’re also adding, little by little, digital images of primary sources. Check out the topic on the Dakota War of 1862 or the one on the 1892 Republican National Convention. When there is an electronic finding aid for the archival materials we always provide a link. We also point out when there is microfilm available for Interlibrary Loan for those students who don’t live close enough to Saint Paul to visit in person.
Kathryn Otto, Head of Reference, MHS

]]> Comment on Awesome Resources from the Minnesota Historical Society by Wendy http://notimetosleep.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/mnh/#comment-154 Wendy Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:43:10 +0000 http://notimetosleep.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-154 Hi Rose - Dipity is a great tool, neat idea for MNHS - and interesting resource from KSTP. Thanks for the comment. ww Hi Rose –
Dipity is a great tool, neat idea for MNHS – and interesting resource from KSTP.

Thanks for the comment. ww

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