Tips, Tools and Technology for Educators

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Episode 24  -  August 30, 2010

• Episode Length: 10 minutes, 06 seconds
• Previous episode - Teachers Must Be Up-to-date with Technology

Feature of the Week - Nutrition in Schools

• Chefs working with schools in "Chefs Move to Schools" program
• Bringing organic and freshly grown fruits and vegetables
• Using student opinion and tastes to incorporate into menu
• Offering cooking classes and other healthy ideas for students to learn

Watch and Learn - Thresholds Theatre

• Center offers program for students with special needs
• Starts with brainstorming, games, creative exercises
• Students generate ideas for a production, and then perform for the community, showing their personal struggles and experiences.

Teach This - Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom

• Your ICan is more important than your IQ
• Different theories of multiple intelligences
• Find strengths in each student
• Apply the 8 ways of knowing in your own classroom

E-Freebies - 4 Media Creating Sites

• Toshiba America Foundation
• Digital Wish
• The Wells Fargo Foundation

So, What Do You Know?

• The fastest time for twisting a balloon into a dog shape is 6.5 seconds.
• There are 10 body parts that are three letters long.

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