Podcast appearances and mentions of debbie silver

Leading Better and Growing Faster with Joe & TJ: Guest Debbie Silver Talks about Inspiring Educators to Enjoy the Job They Once Loved About Debbie Silver Dr. Debbie Silver is a former Louisiana Teacher of the Year, a best-selling author, and a highly sought-after speaker. She has presented to educators, administrators, parents, and students in 49 states, Europe, Asia, Africa, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and the Middle East. Her best-selling books include Drumming to the Beat of Different Marchers, Teaching Kids to Thrive, and the recently updated and revised Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8, and Deliberate Optimism: Still Reclaiming the Joy in Education. Debbie's high-energy sessions address both the art and heart of teaching. Audiences delight in hearing this 30-year veteran teacher whose presentations are described as “where learning collides with laughter.” What You'll Find in this Episode with Debbie Silver Debbie starts off with the fact that her book Deliberate Optimism focuses on leadership, specifically teacher leaders. Dr. Silver talks about the need for teachers to have more time without students so they can break the stagnation and build a relationship culture. Don't miss what she says about optimism and “what matters.” Debbie talks about incremental steps rather than massive changes. We need to balance the art and the heart of teaching. She reminds us to look for glimmers, not triggers. She dives into the idea of failing better and building our collective efficacy. She talks about teaching educators to vent properly and not pull the profession down. Don't miss what she says about new teachers not having more than 4 hours of teaching a day so that they can spend more time observing master teachers. T.J. asks Debbie about modeling. Don't miss her response and her call for unity. Her insight about teacher training and isolation is thought provoking. What we expect from teachers, specifically new teachers, is impossible and unlike any other profession. Joe mentions the potential that PLC have to support teacher capacity and growth. Listen to what she says they cannot be. Her ingredients for leadership success are straightforward: common vision, shared value system, mutual respect, and optimism. Debbie brings up Brene Brown, Rick Wormli, Association of Middle Level Educators, and other resources that you'll want to check out. The one thing people should do more regularly is to give others the benefit of the doubt. She reminds us that adults want to be treated like adults. Dr. Silver ends with wanting to learn more about how to use Artificial Intelligence. Our riff on Chat GPT is great. Let us know if there's a guest who you want us to have on the show by leaving a comment below or by contacting us at contact@theschoolhouse302.com. And don't miss our leadership content updates every week by subscribing on the site. We can't wait to hear from you. Joe & T.J.

School leaders and teachers have really been through it the last few years. Remaining optimistic can be quite a challenge under such circumstances. Enter Debbie Silver—speaker, author, humorist—to shed light on how to stay positive in 2023 and beyond. She shares four strategies from her new edition of Deliberate Optimism including getting accurate data and remembering how to focus what you can control. Always rooted in pragmatism and realism, Silver discusses how educators can get their power back and reclaim the joy in education. 

Joining this podcast for the second time, Dr. Debbie Silver shares about how the pandemic affected one of her life's mission and passion – Education. Tune in to this episode with Steph Silver and Debbie Silver as they talk about education, the things we lost due to online learning, the new system post pandemic, how to enter the 2022/23 school year with joy, and more!Outline of the Episode:·       The shift from academics-focus to wellness-focus ·       The things we lost due to online learning·       Expressing oneself without being inappropriate·       The best way to empower our children·       The positive approach for this new phase of learning About Debbie Silver:Dr. Debbie Silver is a brilliantly funny, beautifully insightful, and boldly authentic speaker, author, and educator. She has dedicated her life to understanding learning and growth behavior and has become a world-renowned and empowering speaker. Debbie is one of the most sought after presenters for professional development in education! Through her research, her outreach, and her humor, Debbie seeks to help teachers find the joy in the daily job of teaching so that children can embrace the satisfaction and pride of knowledge, growth, and self-worth. With 30 years spent as a teacher, staff development instructor, and university professor, Dr. Silver doesn't just know her way around the classroom – she is deeply familiar with the challenges educators face at every level, from kindergarten through college. One of the nation's most popular keynote speakers and professional development presenters, this former Louisiana State Teacher of the Year has given presentations around the world (including 49 states, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Africa, and Asia), helping audiences to interact with students on a more meaningful level. While inspiring educators to enjoy the job they once loved, she reminds them of how important they are in the lives of children, their families, and the world. Through her writing and her speaking, she highlights relevant and tested learning theory and tools for communication. She makes essential points while sharing poignant stories and lots of laughs. Debbie firmly believes that teachers need to be having fun and staying in touch with their passion to make their biggest impact in the classroom. When she's not working as an educational speaker and writer, Debbie enjoys spending time in Texas with her husband, Dr. Lawrence Silver, and spending time with their 5 sons and their families who live in 5 different states. You can find Debbie Silver on…LinkedinWebsiteConnect with Steph Silver and the MVP podcast on:WebsiteInstagramLinkedinFacebook   

The vast majority of teachers experience their preparation programs at a tradition university under the guidance of a dedicated group of Faculty. Dr. Carol Watson is one of the Faculty members at Kutztown University. Dr. Watson talks with us about her approach to preparation programming, some of the experiences she shares with her students, and the research that underpins this approach. Plugs include Deliberate Optimism by Debbie Silver, Words Their Way, White Fragility by  Robin DiAngelo, Help Us Begin by Jen Cort, and FieldTrip.com. Music by Ketsa.

Debbie Silver joins me to talk about SEL, growth mindset, and self-motivated learners. During this episode we talk about helping our students develop a growth mindset to persevere through challenges. She also talks about ways we can encourage self-motivated learners and stop our kids from running away from hard things.   DEBBIE'S WEBSITE: https://www.debbiesilver.com/   BECOME A PATRON, FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL, AND MORE: https://create-abilities.com/afterthebell/

Power house speaker and author Debbie Silver joins Peter DeWitt to talk about the importance of reaching students with authenticity and empowering them with high expectations. Debbie is a well known speaker on resilience and cultivating intrinsic motivation - and never has there been a time when those are needed more! She shares how leaders can help to recognize the genius in all of their teachers and establish a learning culture of high expectations.Her bestselling book, Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8 (2nd Edition), helps leaders and teachers cultivate a culture of high expectations and resilience in their schools.

Today, Shawnee Caruthers, the Director of Learner Experience at Getting Smart, is sitting down with Dr. Debbie Silver. Dr. Silver is an award-winning educator with 30 years of experience as a classroom teacher, staff development instructor, and university professor. As a former Louisiana State Teacher of the Year, Debbie is one of the nation’s most popular keynote speakers and professional development presenters, having given presentations around the world (including 49 states, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Africa, and Asia). In this conversation today, Shawnee and Debbie speak about the second edition of her beloved 2012 bestseller, Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8, titled, Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8: Raising and Teaching Self-Motivated Learners, K-12, which was released this month (May 2021). They discuss student agency, self-efficacy, what parents should be telling their kids, the importance of failure, and some of the key highlights from her newest book.   Key Takeaways: [:09] About today’s episode with Dr. Debbie Silver. [:41] Shawnee welcomes Debbie to the podcast! [1:01] Debbie shares what inspired her to pursue a career in education. [2:17] How education and humor collide. [3:53] Debbie shares her thoughts on how we can better teach joy and live joyfully. [10:02] Shawnee congratulates Debbie on her new book, Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8: Raising and Teaching Self-Motivated Learners, K-12, and Debbie shares what inspired her to write the original edition of the book in the first place. [13:12] Why Debbie jumped on the opportunity to do the new edition of her book. [16:45] How agency and equity both connect and differ. [19:56] Why agency is so powerful and important for children. [23:08] Why “failure isn’t an option” is such a harmful thing for teachers to tell their students. And why, instead, they should be preaching the importance of failure. [27:16] What Debbie wishes she knew earlier as a teacher. [29:41] Shawnee thanks Debbie for joining the Getting Smart podcast!   Mentioned in This Episode: Rashawn “Shawnee” Caruthers | Getting Smart Debbie Silver Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8: Raising and Teaching Self-Motivated Learners, K-12, by Debbie Thompson Silver Brené Brown Carol Dweck “‘I Wish You Bad Luck.’ Read Supreme Court Justice John Roberts’ Unconventional Speech to His Son’s Graduating Class” Corwin   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review, and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include “Podcast” in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!

Loving can be hard, but it is so worth it, both in the classroom and at home. Debbie Silver shares how to change the world of education and it begins in the heart, but manifests itself in hard work! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/david-schmittou/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-schmittou/support

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Dr. Debbie Silver is a brilliantly funny, beautifully insightful, and boldly authentic speaker, author, and educator. She has dedicated her life to understanding learning and growth behavior and has become a world-renowned and empowering speaker.With 30 years spent as a teacher, staff development instructor, and university professor, Dr. Silver doesn’t just know her way around the classroom – she is deeply familiar with the challenges educators and leaders face at every level. One of the nation’s most popular keynote speakers and professional development presenters, Dr. Silver presentations around the world (including 49 states, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Africa, and Asia), helping audiences to interact on a more meaningful level.Debbie’s best-selling books include, Drumming to the Beat of Different Marchers, Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8, Deliberate Optimism, and Teaching Kids to Thrive: Essential Skills for Success, While inspiring educators and leaders to enjoy the job they once loved, she reminds them of how important they are in the lives of others. Through her writing and her speaking, she highlights relevant and tested learning theory and tools for communication. She makes essential points while sharing poignant stories and lots of laughs. Debbie firmly believes that teachers, entrepreneurs and leaders need to be having fun and staying in touch with their passion to make their biggest impact in the world.

Esteemed speaker and celebrated author, Debbie Silver shares dives into the topic of helping teachers see and hear children while helping children learn to be visible and heard in ways that work for them

What are the biggest problems with professional development for teachers and how can we solve them? @larryferlazzo @dlaufenberg @DrdebbieSilver @Dina_Strasser @tweenteacher @Bamradionetwork Heather Wolpert-Gawron is a middle school teacher and author of Tween Crayons and Curfews: Tips for Middle School Teachers. Diana Laufenberg is a Nationally Board certified Social Studies teacher currently teaching 7th graders in Flagstaff, AZ. Dina Strasser is a fiction, non-fiction, and poetry writer. An ESL and English teacher for many years. Debbie Silver is an award-winning teacher, an internationally known presenter and humorist, an author of numerous books and educational journal articles.

Jack C. Berckemeyer is an engaging, thought-provoking, and very, very funny educational consultant. He is a teacher's teacher. Go ahead I dare you to listen to him and not start saying you know he makes sense. By the way, along with that acknowledgement will be a smile because he is going to make you laugh about our chosen profession.   Jack is a former middle school teacher who is a keynote speaker, a professional development expert, and a published author. You have got to check out his latest collaborative work with Debbie Silver and Judith Baenen- Deliberate Optimism: Reclaiming the Joy in Education. (Here is my review of Deliberate Optimism...I loved it. Don't worry the video is only 3:00 minutes.) He has so much to share about making teaching engaging and connecting with kids, but he also runs a conference in Destin, Florida called Nuts and Bolts Symposiums. Check out his video advertisement for the conference coming up in 2017. Make sure that you check out the many different ways on the web that you can connect with Jack through the links below.  I truly enjoyed learning from Jack and talking with him and I am sure you will, too! Enjoy! http://jackberckemeyer.com/ http://nutsandboltssymposiums.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Nuts-Bolts-Symposiums-139441078810/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7mgAziMS5s&feature=youtu.be https://twitter.com/JBerckemeyer https://www.facebook.com/berckemeyerconsulting Deliberate Optimism  My YouTube Review of Deliberate Optimism contact Jack: jack@jackberckemeyer.com Length: 41:25

MSM 286: It’s International Day of the Girl, Homework, and Muting the Messenger . . . Jokes You Can Use: Eileen Award: Advisory: Radiooooo http://beta.radiooooo.com/ Does My Voice Really Sound Like That? Take it from an expert: It’s weird to hear how your voice really sounds. But why does it sound different to you than everyone else. Hank explains -- in a deep, resonant voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2wThQljxcY&feature=youtu.be 16 Shakespearean Insults *Warning the *H* word is used. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Uej8LJ48Q#t=49 Breakfast http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/08/magazine/eaters-all-over.html Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) I was recently reading the September, 2014 issue of "Science Scope," a magazine written for middle school science teachers, published by the National Science Teachers Association. In this issue, I read an article entitled "Moving Ahead With Alternate Conceptions," written by Aaron Isabelle, Rosemary Millham, and Thais da Cunha. In the article, they explain how alternate conceptions are also referred to as misconceptions, which are deeply ingrained, scientifically inappropriate ideas about something in the physical or natural world. In the article, they state 11 alternate conceptions correlated with the NGSS. An example of an alternate conception is that dinosaurs and cavemen lived at the same time. http://k12science.net/Podcast/Podcast/Entries/2014/10/1_Middle_School_Science_Minute-Alternate_Conceptions.html From the Twitterverse: #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: Homework http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2012/11/26/homework-an-unnecessary-evil-surprising-findings-from-new-research/ Three critical questions students should keep in mind--any subject, any grade--when reading NF: https://twitter.com/KyleneBeers/status/515988759171829760/photo/1 Resources: How Teacher’s Learn http://thelearningcounsel.com/repository/teachers-as-tech-learners.jpeg http://thelearningcounsel.com/archives/How-Teachers-Learn National Cyber Safety Month https://plus.google.com/photos/+google/albums/5940699556055522273 ScratchJR Coding is the new literacy! With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games. In the process, they learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the computer. Download for the iPad. http://www.scratchjr.org/index.html Web Spotlight: Mute the Messenger When Dr. Walter Stroup showed that Texas’ standardized testing regime is flawed, the testing company struck back.by Jason Stanford Published on Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at 8:00 CST http://www.texasobserver.org/walter-stroup-standardized-testing-pearson/ Random Thoughts . . . Personal Web Site Book deliberate [sic] Optimism: reclaiming the JOY in education by Dr. Debbie Silver, Jack C Berckemeyer, and Judith Baenen. “Recharge the optimism that made you an educator in the first place! School is where students and staff should feel safe, engaged, and productive - and choosing optimism is the first step toward restoring healthy interactions necessary for enacting real change.”

There's a lot of talk in education circles these days about character, grit and perseverance. To what extent can these qualities address some of the apparently intractable challenges we face in education? Follow:@JasonFlom @larryferlazzo @bamradionetwork Dr. Debbie Silver is a 30-year veteran teacher. She is the author of the bestselling book, Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8: Teaching Kids to Succeed. Jason Flom taught upper elementary teacher for 11 years and is now the Learning and Communications Director at Cornerstone Learning Community.

Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education. Eileen Award: Advisory: You are Predictable Make the board ahead of time, or put it on a Promethean Board. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DaWcL3oOd-E Business Cards Have the kids design business cards for famous people, fictional characters, historical figures, etc. http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/35780275184/business-cards 10 Bets that you can win Use these to create a challenge for students. Encourage them to think together. This can help prime the thinking. These are really just problem solving opportunities. http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2012/11/another-10-bets-you-will-always-win.html Perceptives On the cover of American Prospect, Joel Sternfeld’s ode to roadside America, was a ghoulish photo. A fireman shops for a pumpkin as the farmhouse — whose fire presumably brought him to this very acres — burns in the background. Its fiery destruction perfectly complemented the wintry leaves, the spoilt pumpkins, and from the foreground, with his hands tightly clasped upon a prized possession, the orange-clad firefighter: an American Nero. http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/joel-sternfeld-mclean-virginia-december-1978/ Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Reflecting on Data Recently I gave a talk at a new teacher orientation for the Rouge Education Project, a water quality monitoring project on the Rouge River, in the Michigan counties of Wayne and Oakland. The purpose of the talk was to share ideas on curriculum. The two areas I focused in on were: 1. Inquiry Analysis and Communication 2. Reflection and Social Implication To learn more about the Rouge Education Project, please visit: http://www.therouge.org From the Twitterverse: Save the date 2/6/13 Digital Learning Day @sjhayes8 #ncte12 #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. Resources: Circuits http://www.circuits.io/ 8 GREAT GRADING APPS FOR IPAD http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/11/8-great-grading-apps-for-ipad.html Web Spotlight: A Cure for the Mania of Multiple Drafts, Multiple Formats, X 100 By Ariel Sacks In my last post, I described my utter failure to effectively organize and manage my students' drafting process for writing projects. This job has become much more complicated over the years with the availability of various technological tools for writing. New, clear parameters are definitely necessary. http://transformed.teachingquality.org/blogs/shoulders-giants/11-2012/cure-mania-multiple-drafts-multiple-formats-x-100 Everything That Will Go Extinct In The Next 40 Years Futurist website nowandnext.com put together this awesome infographic predicting all of the technologies, behaviors, and ideas that will probably be distant memories by 2050. Among their predictions: no more retirement four years from now, no more secretaries six years from now, and no more free parking or sit-down breakfasts by 2019. The European Union is seen as surviving the current crisis before extinct in 2039. http://www.businessinsider.com/everything-that-will-go-extinct-in-the-next-40-years-2012-8#ixzz29zsNrc6U News: The [editor of Phi Delta Kappan] concludes by asserting that “every classroom should have excellent teaching every hour of every day.” I would add that every child should also have an excellent parent who serves them excellent food and provides them with an excellent home in an excellent neighborhood. Let’s also add excellent healthcare and excellent supervision every hour of every day as well. If we could accomplish all of that, we would have the highest achieving students on earth. http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2012/11/while-we-wait-for-wise-lawmakers-to-emerge.html AMLE Annual Conference Sessions: Dr. Debbie Silver, paid session.

Jokes You Can Use: On Our Mind: Congratulations to Dr. Monte Tatom NMSA/AMLE early registration extended a week. Dr. Debbie Silver is rumored to have a new book out soon on motivating the hard to motivate student. Eileen Award: Sara Kaviar Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Part 4 of the podcasts on Lab Safety. It is about the 7 Standards for Maintaining a Safer Laboratory Environment. From the Twitterverse: Don’t forget to join the conversation on MiddleTalk and Twitter at #midleved this Friday at 8:00 pm EST. News: A Separate Peace http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2095385_2096859_2096805-1,00.html Resources: iPads in the Science Classroom Last year, around October 2010, I got 13 iPads for my Science students through a service-learning grant. This is the start of my second year using those iPads with my Science students. The summer before I got the iPads I was able to try one out myself and wrote about the possibilities here. I elaborated further on how I was going to use the iPads here. Once students started to use the iPads I used a Google form to see which apps they liked the best. Here are the results of that survey. http://www.educatoral.com/wordpress/2011/09/28/ipads-in-science-2/ Common Core Maps http://commoncore.org/maps/ National Geographic Xpeditions Geography lessons and free resources for your classroom: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/g68.html Better Lesson http://betterlesson.com/home Google Lit Trips The short version is simple. Google Lit Trips are free downloadable files that mark the journeys of characters from famous literature on the surface of Google Earth. At each location along the journey there are placemarks with pop-up windows containing a variety of resources including relevant media, thought provoking discussion starters, and links to supplementary information about “real world” references made in that particular portion of the story. The focus is on creating engaging and relevant literary experiences for students. I like to say Google Lit Trips “3-dimensionalize” the reading experience by placing readers “inside the story” traveling alongside the characters; looking through the windshield of that old jalopy in The Grapes of Wrath or waddling alongside Mr. and Mrs. Mallard’s duckling family in Make Way for Ducklings.” What Google Lit Trips AREN’T Google Lit Trips aren’t like sparknotes and other resources that can be used to circumvent the need to actually do the reading. They are designed to stimulate higher level thinking skills and to connect the story’s themes and messages to the issues of the real world in which students live. http://www.googlelittrips.org/ Web Spotlight: Welcome to the 21things4Students Site This site was created by a grant from the REMC Association of Michigan for the creation of an educational resource for students preparing for 21st century skills. Members of the REMC Instructional Technology Specialists in Michigan along with teachers from around the state have created this site to provide project-based activities which are aligned to the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S), and the Michigan Educational Technology Standards for students (METS) as well as the Framework for 21st Century Learning identified by the Partnership For 21st Century Skills. http://www.21things4students.net/ For Educators: http://www.21things4teachers.net/ For Administrators: http://www.21things4administrators.net/ Strategies: Deb’s Data Digest A wide variety of resources and strategies. http://datadeb.wordpress.com/ ScreenCasts as Assessment/Instruction Here are some examples. http://wwcsd.net/groups/screencasts/ Events & Happenings: Calendar of Events: NMSA News: National Conference: Thursday, November 08, 2011 —Saturday, November 10, 2011

On Our Mind: You can now sign up to receive updates via email. From the Twitterverse: * stevefarber Friend: "Someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you've forgotten the words." -Jim Warner * mjsamberg Resources from "Linux in the Classroom": http://www.tinyurl.com/nctieslinux #ncties * zeitz Who's pushing Emerging Technologies in higher education? students . . . http://is.gd/9Niwi * DanielPink Fascinating NPR interview with NCLB supporter-turned-critic Diane Ravitch....http://bit.ly/c8Lfvi * russeltarr Using Edmodo in the classroom: http://tinyurl.com/l2nvsb * Lilylauren Oh the irony- my predictive text doesn't know how to spell Nostradamus * DeronDurflinger RT @NMHS_Principal: Worst thing to do when moving towards change/successful implementation is to "mandate" #GTAdmin Agreed! * drmmtatom Jeopardy Labs: Make Your Own Online Jeopardy Game http://tinyurl.com/yaeha54 * rmbyrne It's Not All Flowers and Sausages: Why The Superintendent Firing All the Teachers in One School Should Be Ashamed... http://ff.im/-gEkyv Twitter MAMSE Special: * Griffbuddy #MAMSE http://www.strengtheningfamiliesprogram.org/ Parents train parents. #mamse10 * Frideswidel #mamse making rainsticks and using the design as a prompt for writing. * Griffbuddy #MAMSE One out of every three middle school students are obsese or in danger of being obese! #MAMSE10 * Smhearty School worked with a court system. Saved the court $64,000 a year. #mamse * Griffbuddy #MAMSE majority of parents are not PITAS (pain in the a**es). We want them involved. #MAMSE10 * Frideswidel #mamse Candy Writing Assignment: Using the senses to create an advertisement for the candy (then they can eat it). * Frideswidel RT @Griffbuddy: #MAMSE Dr. Santo Pino, NMSA, and Dean Hook, presentation: Securing Parent Involvement In Your School. * Frideswidel #mamse Art teacher talking about incorporating Art with writing (6+1 Traits). www.marymillerart.com * Frideswidel #mamse demo of Stratalogica. * dexgeek Technology is only one of the tools that teachers use to engage students. I'm glad I can arm them with the tools and skills. #MAMSE * Smhearty We train kids not to think but how to get an A. #mamse * Smhearty Got a great compliment today - "Aren't you guys presenting today? We have other teachers here today." #mamse * Griffbuddy #MAMSE Be there. Choose your attitude. Make their day. Play. Fish philosophy in schools (choose your attitude when you come to work). * Griffbuddy #MAMSE Advisory is necessary because strong relationships help teachers become adept @ diagnosing student needs. #MAMSE10 * tanyaov #mamse Wow. MAMSE conference is excellent. I LOVE learning new things. Finger Wag: The State of Michigan put out a memo with a bitly link. Advisory: Blame Darwin: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704454304575081613327728110.html#articleTabs%3Dinteractive MAMSE: Dr. Debbie Silver: www.debbiesilver.com Keynotes: http://www.debbiesilver.com/keynotes/ New Favorite Conference Software: Skim Webspotlight: Google Docs for Administrators: Sarah Rolle, Director of Technology for Elisabeth Morrow School, shared tips on GoogleDocs Tips for Administrators. http://www.mguhlin.org/2010/03/googledocs-tips-for-administrators.html Stratalogica: http://www.stratalogica.com/NystromDigital/home/login.html;jsessionid=501B5A5D36B68C44263525336DA8C718.StrataLogica1 Mary Miller: Artist, Teacher, Integrator of Curriculum http://www.marymillerart.com/

Shawn & Troy discuss Advisory ideas, Why I didn't turn in my homework, Shout-outs, Graduation, and Debbie Silver's Lion Taming 101. Why I didn't turn in my homework... * I lost it fighting this kid you said you weren't the best teacher in the school. * I was mugged on the way to school and the mugger took everything I had. * Our furnace stopped working and we had to burn it to stop ourselves from freezing. * I didn't do it because I didn't want to add to your already heavy workload. * My father had a nervous breakdown and he cut it up to make paper dolls. * I didn't do it, because I didn't want the other kids in the class to look bad. * ET stopped by my house and he accidentally took it home with him. Shout outs: 1. C-O Connections bloggers . 2. Will Richardson 3. Jenny from Facebook Webspotlight: History Before and After Humans Shows an overview of the development of Homosapiens and the potential future of humans. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7348103/ Grad Nation: A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle The Dropout Crisis It is a guidebook that provides a road map to help communities tackle the dropout crisis. It is designed to help communities develop tailored plans for keeping students on track to graduate from high school, prepared for college, work and life. Grad Nation is a natural outgrowth of our local summit work to ensure that solutions are developed to put our youth on a path to success. Grad Nation also includes ready-to-print tools and links to additional online resources, in addition to research-based guidance. It provides information and tools for developing and implementing a customized program that’s right for individual communities. News: Project Management Keeps Learning on Track Like other teachers spearheading ambitious collaborative units, Smith's two-pronged approach to managing the Monster Project -- developing his students into self-directed learners while also harnessing technology tools to help keep things on track -- has allowed him to smoothly complete complex projects while maximizing student learning opportunities. "Teachers are only successful if they understand how to manage the project cycle," notes Bernie Trilling, global director for education strategy and partnerships for the Oracle Education Foundation, which emphasizes project learning. San Jose dad in jail — and mom's on the way — for 13-year-old girl's chronic truancy It started back in third grade with polite letters from the school principal to the East San Jose couple: Your daughter has had a series of unexcused absences; please contact us. Back then, Carol Reynoso and Jayvee Geronimo's youngest attended school about 80 percent of the time. Now, Vanessa said she's willing to do anything if only the court would spare her mother from jail, including face her worst fear — school. "I'm willing to really try this time, to go to school,'' said Vanessa, whose family says she was mercilessly teased about her weight. "I know I've said that before, but I mean it.'' http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_11743743?source=rss Why All Teachers Must Learn How to Teach Online Patrick says that public education has struggled to incorporate technology into schools and just adding computers piecemeal is not enough to engage students. Educators properly trained to use the Internet and digital tools can teach in a traditional manner and have unlimited resources at their fingertips. Online learning can also help create more personalized learning plans for each student. http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2009/02/patrick-speaker-spotlight.html NMSA '08 Conference Sessions Lion Taming 101 by Dr. Debbie Silver

This is a special interview recorded live at NMSA08 with Dr. Debbie Silver.

Features Debbie Silver, middle level educator and consultant, talking with Jack Berckemeyer, NMSA assistant executive director. Debbie and Jack offer ideas and concrete suggestions to help the new teacher organize for success.

This was a fascinating presentation. Debbie Silver is a very dynamic presenter who grabs the audience. She is one of those rare speakers from whom you get a natural “high”. She focused on the little things that teachers can do that make a big difference for kids. She was one of the presenters that pointed out how much of an influence that teachers have on children. Many of the things that she pointed out are subconscious things - little things that we just don’t teach as educators. However, lots of these things have subtle effects which can lead to a “tipping point” to change student achievement.