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February 6, 2018
Handle Criticism Effectively
Day 32 of 80 Days of Excellence
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You can tell a lot about a person by how they handle criticism. Those who immediately dismiss criticism neglect the fact that most criticism, even that from an enemy, carries with it a grain of truth or no one would believe it.
10 Ways to Use Screencasting for Formative Assessment
Screencastify and Screencasting for Formative Assessment (a sponsored post)
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Screencasting is a useful assessment tool. While I use it for my video tutorials, I also have my students make their own screencasts to help me assess their progress. In this blog post, I’ll share how I use screencasting to assess student work. I’ll also give some suggestions for using screencasting in formative assessment. Specifically, I...
iPad Magic: 6 Ideas Every iPad Teacher Needs to Know
Tony Vincent on episode 247 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Want to show your cursor on the iPad screen? Want to find the cents button? Want to help a student with a unique character spell their name? There’s a trick for these things and more on the iPad. Today, Tony Vincent shares six ideas every iPad teacher needs to know.
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February 5, 2018
Things To Remember When Facing Problems
Day 31 of 80 Days of Excellence
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If anyone says their life is perfect and they have no troubles, they are either lying to you or lying to themselves. Problems are part of life.
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...Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching
Pam Moran on episode 246 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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You can change one simple thing to help transform your classroom. Change is a decision, not to leap forward but to take one small step and then another. Today, Pam Moran, finishes up our series encouraging us to take small steps that make a big difference. She also helps us understand the mistake we make when we look too big picture and forget the small thi...
February 3, 2018
How to Inherit a Fortune: Appreciate the Masterpieces Right in Front of You
Day 30 of 80 Days of Excellence
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They thought the painting was worthless. No one liked it. So, it had been sitting in Mom’s basement for years. Ned, Roger and Steven Landau thought the painting was creepy but decided not to sell it at the garage sale because they thought it might be worth a few hundred dollars.
February 2, 2018
Why the Truth Matters: The Shocking Lie that Killed 30,000 People
Day 29 of 80 Days of Excellence
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In May 1902, the island of Martinique was in the throes of a hotly contested election. There was another hot thing on the island — the local volcano, Mount Pelée. Locals could see the smoke and fire coming out of the volcano and started to worry.*
However, the Governor, Louis Moutett, was more worried that his political party, the Progressives, would be hurt if the island panicked a...
5 Home and Smart Phone Filtering Options for Parents
Mike Daugherty on episode 245 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Children with smartphones have unfiltered access to the Internet unless their parents make a decision to filter. Today, we discuss five options for filtering and why it is something parents should discuss with IT Director Mike Daugherty from Ohio.
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February 1, 2018
1 Year Birthday of the 10-Minute Teacher – Thank you for your support!
Thank you for listening!
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Thank you so much for your support of the 10-Minute Teacher. The show launched on February 1, 2017 and here we are one year later and 244 episodes! Over 1/2 million downloads in that year! Kip and I were talking tonight and that means that we posted podcasts about 67% of the days last year.
Here are some things we’ve done to try to make the show more useful for educators:
Every show now h...A Halfway Commitment to a Dream is a Decision to Fail
Day 28 of 80 Days of Excellence
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Dwight Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander in World War 2, had a letter in his pocket that no one knew he had. He had planned out the battle for storming the beaches at Normandy. To begin, he sent a letter to each man called the Order of the Day that offered great encouragement.
Some highlights for me are…
“Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well eq...
