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The first rule of fight club is...

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:25:08 GMT

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Fight club in Fayetteville, Ark., in the, uh, church pre-school
The problem is, the kids (ages 3 and 4) talked about the fight club, causing two teachers to be fired, though the teachers denied the fighting was their idea. If kids want to fight, they said, ya can't stop 'em. (We beg to differ, explained the bruised-up kids.) Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Creative Art Teaching Projects.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:40:25 GMT

clipped by: JULIE PENKOVA
clipper's remarks: Through art children learn to value their own uniqueness and to appreciate the indivaduality of others.

Clip Source: www.yearoutindia.com

hildren need a variety of experiences to assist them in exploring their environment. Through art, children learn to value their own uniqueness and to appreciate the individuality of others. This is very applicable in the rural communities we work in where children come from very poor backgrounds and activities like drawing, sketching, colouring and painting provide a wonderful opportunity for children to express themselves.

Volunteer teachers usually improvise or choose a variety of art activities which will contribute to all aspects of a child's development. This include activities which combine art and fun. We have over the years build up a resourse box with various customised art based fun that volunteers can use. You don't have to have an art background and anyone with enough initiative and enthusiasm can make a real difference to these childrens lives.

Art work by the children

Art lessons and children at work

Contact the YOI support team at: info@yearoutindia.com

"Art in the Early Years.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:33:37 GMT

clipped by: JULIE PENKOVA
clipper's remarks: To inspire all in Early Years Eduation and child care.

Clip Source: www.daycaretrust.org.uk

Suffolk County Council's 'Art in the Early Years'

‘Art in the Early Years’ is an on-going project in response to an identified need for specialist support in art and creativity within the foundation stage. The aim of the project was to develop resources to inspire practitioners, managers, head teachers and childminders to become confident at providing creative art activities for children aged 3-5 years. The result has been a wealth of resources and the basis for an 80-page colour guide and a 30-minute DVD.

Councillor Sue Thomas, Chair of the Early Years and Childcare Partnership explains the hope that ‘’Art in the Early Years’ will have a role in influencing the way art is perceived and taught in the early years, allowing practitioners to aid children’s creativity by giving them opportunities to explore and be creative’.

Amanda DeCardy: Keeping Parents in the Loop

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:33:00 GMT

clipped by: akipta

Clip Source: www.sometechsense.com

I am so impressed with the teachers at my school this year. Nearly 75% have set up a blog as a way to communicate with their parents and as a way to interact with their students. We had some teacher bloggers last year, but very few parents actually tuned in to what people were writing about. Teachers were writing without a larger audience. This year, I have set the goal to get every parent set up with a Netvibes page so that they can access all of their child’s teacher’s blogs quickly. I’m attending the first PTSA meeting of the year this week to teach parents how to set up the page, I’ve written an article about Netvibes for our school-wide ParentTalk and I’ve created a screencast for parents to set the Netvibes page at home. Below is the article - I really hope this works!

Tags: netvibes blogging rss-feeds

Get To Know Tim Pawlenty

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:24:37 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners
clipper's remarks: Speculation is that he's the man for McCain. Looks to be a solid but not very exciting pick. He does have more experience that Obama, and would be the only candidate in the race that isn't a US senator and who has executive experience.

From what I can tell, this guy would help more than hurt McCain, but I don't think he would have a major impact either way right away. Looks like he would be a safe pick that could put Minnesota into play, but not an exciting pick like Alaska's Sarah Palin or Oklahoma's Dr. No Tom Coburn or even Joe Lieberman (not that I think he would be a good pick, but he would be exciting).

Clip Source: www.redstate.com

Governor Pawlenty grew up in South St. Paul, Minnesota. The only child in his family to graduate from college, he attended the University of Minnesota (B.A., J.D.) and practiced law in the private sector. His public service career includes serving as a city councilmember and ten-year member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, including four years as House Majority Leader.

As Governor, he has balanced Minnesota's budget three times without raising taxes

accomplishments include

new benefits for veterans and members of the military

a property tax cap

eliminating the marriage penalty and cutting taxes

toughening the state's education standards

reforming the way teachers are paid through a nation-leading performance pay plan

free-market health care reforms that increase accountability and provide tax credits to encourage the use of health savings accounts

a plan to Americanize our energy sources by generating 25% of the state's electricity from renewable sources by 2025

Tags: mccain, pawlenty, minnesota, politics

nun's in a beauty contest!!??

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:12:11 GMT

clipped by: silvanaraihane
clipper's remarks: didn't think our church was this hard up!

Clip Source: www.canadaeast.com

Italian priest to organize 'beauty contest' for nuns: 'Miss Sister 2008'

ROME - An Italian priest says he has decided to organize an online beauty pageant for nuns.

Rev. Antonio Rungi, a theologian and schoolteacher from the Naples area, says he wants to fight the stereotype that nuns are all old and dour.

The "Miss Sister 2008" contest will start in September on a blog run by Rungi. Visitors to the site will have a month to "vote for the nun they consider a model."

Nuns will fill out a profile, including information about their life and vocation, and provide the website with a photograph.

But Rungi says web surfers can forget it if they think they'll be finding any bikini-clad nuns.

"We are not going to parade nuns in bathing suits," Rungi said by telephone from his town of Mondragone. "But being ugly is not a requirement for becoming a nun. External beauty is gift from God, and we mustn't hide it."

The contest drew criticism from the association of Catholic teachers.

Facebook

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:45:55 GMT

clipped by: nicholassorlien

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

Inquiry education (sometimes known as the inquiry method) is a student-centered method of education focused on asking questions. Students are encouraged to ask questions which are meaningful to them, and which do not necessarily have easy answers; teachers are encouraged to avoid giving answers when this is possible, and in any case to avoid giving direct answers in favor of asking more questions. The method was advocated by Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner in their book Teaching as a Subversive Activity.

Clip Source: creativeleisuretime.blogspot.com

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First Generation College Students

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:39:58 GMT

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Clip Source: minnesota.publicradio.org

They're the first to go to college

About one fourth of the state's undergraduates are the first in their families to go to college, according to a 2004 survey of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.

All around him, he felt the pressure to put more emphasis on finding a job than focusing on school.

To stay in school, Meza surrounded himself with a group of supportive guidance counselors and teachers. He also joined Admission Possible, a college readiness program for low-income juniors and seniors.

"The biggest barrier to college education for first-generation students is sort of feeling of being a fraud," Olson said. "A lot of times, first generation college students feel like, 'I've made it this far, I'm kind of fooling people. They're going to find me out any day now, that I don't really belong here.' And they get those messages of not belonging in so many different, subtle ways."

Tags: radio, college, first-generation

Personlighetstest hel version

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:36:15 GMT

clipped by: jelin

Clip Source: www.41q.com

Your Personality Type in 41 Questions, based on Myers-Briggs/Jung Typology.

Jenny Lindstr�m's personality type:

Popular and sensitive, with outstanding people skills. Externally focused, with real concern for how others think and feel. Usually dislike being alone. They see everything from the human angle and dislike impersonal analysis. Very effective at managing people issues and leading group discussions. Interested in serving others and probably place the needs of others over their own needs.

Careers that could fit Jenny Lindstr�m includes:

Teachers, consultants, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, clergy, sales representatives, human resources, managers, events coordinators, politicians, diplomats, writers, actors, designers, homemakers, musicians, religious workers.

Personlighetstest

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:33:59 GMT

clipped by: jelin

Clip Source: www.41q.com

Your Personality Type in 41 Questions, based on Myers-Briggs/Jung Typology.

nny Lindstr�m's personality type:

Careers that could fit Jenny Lindstr�m includes:

teachers fund

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:44:25 GMT

clipped by: baudretsch
clipper's remarks: really good idea

Clip Source: www.psfdc.org

In a collaborative effort, Mott Community College, Baker College of Flint and the University of Michigan-Flint have just launched an innovative program designed to increase the diversity of those who pursue teaching as a career. The Flint STAR Program seeks promising and motivated students with a particular emphasis on those from underrepresented groups - including non-traditional students, those who are educationally or economically disadvantaged, and those from areas where the access to or success rates in teacher education training are significantly below the national average. The STAR Program focuses on preparing students to become educational leaders and classroom teachers who understand the types of issues, barriers and inequities our children face every day.

Acting Class in San Francisco and Los Angeles

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:12:57 GMT

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Clip Source: bayareafilm.wikia.com

Mother of Invention Acting School

The Mother of Invention Acting School was founded in 2004 in San Francisco by Yale School of Drama MFA Andrew Utter. Andrew encountered acting teachers at this school (whose alumni include Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver), who had developed an entirely new way of approaching acting. Pioneered by award-winning directors Mark Brokaw and Evan Yionoulis, who built on the teaching of longtime Dean of the Acting Program at the Drama School Earl Gister, Evan and Mark brought this approach to bear in their work with actors like Mary Louise Parker, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson, and Robert Sean Leonard. It involves adopting a new approach to character and scene which seeks to activate the actor viscerally, and engage him or her in their work in a way that is totally arresting to behold.

Tags: acting class acting school los angeles san francis

"Gods, Demons and Imaginary Friends"

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:06:02 GMT

clipped by: cakebelly
clipper's remarks: http://www.realitysandwich.com/gods_demons_imaginary_friends

Clip Source: www.realitysandwich.com

Gods, Demons and Imaginary Friends

Philip H. Farber

When I first began my study of magick, almost thirty years ago, I was fascinated and bewildered by the numerous, often conflicting, systems for cataloging entities. Every school of thought and every religion offered a pantheon of entities, avatars, teachers, and earthly representatives. There were catalogs filled with icons, pantheons crowded with gods and goddesses, angels organized in hierarchies more complex than government offices, and demons lined up behind their bigger, badder brethren. Even the most ostensibly monotheistic religions still had lists of saints, prophets, teachers, legendary characters, and further subdivisions of their One True, yet nonetheless divisible, God.

Social Networking Guidelines for safety

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:18:07 GMT

clipped by: douchrti
clipper's remarks: Another great article from TrendMicro. Where do they get these writers?

Clip Source: newsletters.trendmicro.com

Guidelines for Online Socializing

Parents, teachers, and others who care for young people who are socially active online should first set reasonable expectations. Forbidding young people to use social networking sites may force them to "go underground" and find other avenues (e.g., library computers, mobile phones, or friends' computers) to continue their online social life. A positive alternative is to teach them how to think critically about what they are seeing, reading, hearing and sharing online, and to ask for advice when something doesn't seem right.

Tags: social networking, guidelines, safety

faith vs science in florida high schools

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:25:14 GMT

clipped by: kroqben

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

in a nation where evangelical Protestantism and other religious traditions stress a literal reading of the biblical description of God’s individually creating each species, students often arrive at school fearing that evolution, and perhaps science itself, is hostile to their faith.

Some come armed with “Ten questions to ask your biology teacher about evolution,” a document circulated on the Internet that highlights supposed weaknesses in evolutionary theory. Others scrawl their opposition on homework assignments. Many just tune out.

With a mandate to teach evolution but little guidance as to how, science teachers are contriving their own ways to turn a culture war into a lesson plan. How they fare may bear on whether a new generation of Americans embraces scientific evidence alongside religious belief.