All schools funtion as a collective brain.  Each classroom is a box and the students as well as the teacher are boxes within the box.  In order for the brain/school to function we must somehow make all of the instruments play the same song. The trick is to get it to the point where you can play it again tomorrow. 

 

The brain is a complex organism.  We will explore it this year in order to better understand ourselves.

Tell a story in 5 frames

Picture source: http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/

Wedding Stories in 3 frames

Picture source: http://www.wpja.org/controls/2003_2/10/index.shtml

I would like to dedicate this page to all the unwanted animals in Philadelphia.

ANIMALS ARE FRIENDS

DO ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS ?

30 Jul 2003

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Welcome to my Literacy class. This webpage will, hopefully, evolve and change as the year progresses.

First, I'd like to take you to some places on the Internet. So click on the links and enjoy...

You can join my message board website. Use the class key:P62993P72. _Wait!_ Don't go there yet-- first copy the class key I just gave you. Okay, *now* go. Nicenet

*Here is an American History project that you can try:*

Battles of the American Revolution

Welcome!

Contact Information

* Name: Mitch Schwartz * Email: tintindeo@aol.com * Company Name: EEI03 * Company URL: * Country: USA * Comment: Mitch's Page*"Where everyone can be themselves, especially _me_."* Welcome to my homepage:

_Join me in pursuit of excellence in education._

You can join my message board website. Use the class key:P62993P72. _Wait!_ Don't go there yet-- first copy the class key I just gave you. Okay, *now* go. Nicenet

Here's a nice website to visit with comicbook artwork. Press Here

My 2/3 split was doing a social studies assignment, I don't recall the specific community/neighborhood topic.Whatever it was, the assignment emergence into what was the community /neighhood like in the past, If changed, why? What was difference?

TEACHING TECHNIQUES FOR MOTIVATING STUDENTS

by Lois and Dawn Mackey

What Is Student Motivation?

Student motivation naturally has to do with students' desire to participate in the learning process. But it also concerns the reasons or goals that underlie their involvement or noninvolvement in academic activities. http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/Student_Motivatation.html

Motivation is a complex issue, with a number of causes.

This year the school district featured a new standardized test--The Terra Nova. Since it was new to the district, a baseline was needed, so they gave the test in the fall. Scores were promised to be returned quickly. And for once, scores actually returned quickly. I was appalled at how poorly my class did as a whole, especially in comparison to the other eighth grade classes. I knew my class was less motivated than the other classes to learn, but I didn't believe that they didn't have the skills to be successful if they only tried. I had decided that since they weren't trying, I was going to stop trying too.