Posted on May 29th, 2010 by Tim
As school counselor, I find myself in many situations trying to figure out what motivates students. If we can find what motivates them then perhaps they may produce satisfactory results. Not quite sure this video give me the answer, but the ARTWORK and message does get me thinking.
The Surprising Realities Behind What Motivates Us in Illustrated Form.
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Posted on May 24th, 2010 by Tim
Who says that middle school students can not do amazing things!
Jordan Romero, 13, Becomes Youngest Person to Scale Everest.
Picture credit: http://kibitzers.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/summit1.jpg
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Posted on May 18th, 2010 by Tim
In the middle school, we do share information with students about being productive and using good judgment while online. We encourage students to become Cyber Smart. This pertains to shielding themselves from cyber-bullying and protecting their online identity/profiles.
There are literally hundreds of sites that can assist parents on this topic. Listed below are just samples [...]
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Posted on May 15th, 2010 by Tim
The Official SAT Question of the Day.
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Posted on May 13th, 2010 by Tim
On Formspring, an E-Vite to Insults and Crude Queries – NYTimes.com.
Another Social networking site that invite anonymous users to post questions like, “Do you like Susan?” 0r “Is David the hottest boy in 7th grade?”
I love technology and can think of many ways to use Formspring in a productive educational manner.
My question do parents monitor closely [...]
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