7 Secrets of the Super Organized A few years ago, my life was a mess. So was my house, my desk, my mind. Then I learned, one by one, a few habits that got me completely organized. Am I perfect? Of course not, and I don’t aim to be. But I know where everything is, I know what I need to do today, I don’t forget things most of the time, and my house is uncluttered and relatively clean (well, as clean as you can get when you have toddlers and big kids running around). So what’s the secret? Are these obvious principles? If your life is a mess, like mine was, I don’t recommend trying to get organized all in one shot. So here are the 7 habits: Reduce before organizing. If you take your closet full of 100 things and throw out all but the 10 things you love and use, now you don’t need a fancy closet organizer. How to reduce: take everything out of a closet or drawer or other container (including your schedule), clean it out, and only put back those items you truly love and really use on a regular basis.
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200 useful chord phrases in C major We've spent two full months of this blog exploring the basics of chord writing in rock music so you can create your own chord progressions (or chord phrases, as I like to call them). Personally, I love this stuff! There are so many hidden symmetries to discover, so many subtle relationships between notes that you can play with. But... All right, then. Wherever you need a phrase of music, just drop in one of these chord phrases. By the way, these chord phrases are not random; they're in a sort of functional order. Next Gen Assessments Educational Videos and Games for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English
S.O.S. for Information Literacy David Coleman on ELA Common Core Standards Watch this video presentation here: Shifts in literacy with CC 1. 50 percent stories and 50 percent informational text. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Summation: Read like a detective and write like a conscientious investigative reporter XP End of Support Standardized testing is a well-known stress inducer for parents and students, but it’s also a big issue for teachers and school districts. Funding and performance evaluations can all be on the line. With so much at stake, it makes sense to create a testing experience that is as smooth and painless as possible. The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) is a state-led group that works to develop advanced testing methods that give everyone involved—students, parents, and educators—an accurate picture of student progress so that teachers and schools can improve instruction and help students succeed. Today’s lesson: technology There’s no doubt that a lot of attention has been paid to the content of different assessment methods. Fortunately, the consortium developed a Technology Strategy Framework and Testing Device Requirements guide for educators and institutions on the hardware and software they need to administer assessments effectively. Not your typical story problem
Education Technology - theory and practice: Pearltrees for teachers Year 2012 last post is a guest post from Finnish teacher Tommi Viljakainen. He is a teacher in Elimäki lower and upper secondary school. He teaches English, French and P.E. He is also interested in social media, iPad and the future of education. 10 tips for teachers: 1. The new social media tools make it possible for us to take the learning to the next level. Links:The program:Pear app (iPad, iPhone) Me and Pearltrees:My blog writings (in Finnish) Semantic web, Web 3.0:Content Curation by people not - The Third Web Fr 3.0 and the Smart eXtended