Turkey Edition & CLUB ACTIVITIES

     'Tis the season of giving, so I'm giving you a blog post. A blog post dedicated to the locals that celebrates the holiday season by either giving to others just giving a little of their spice of what we call life.

    Students Presentation High School, a college preparatory school for women, acquired a mass amount of 613 turkeys for thanksgiving week and amassed a total of $52,000 in canned and dried edibles, baby formula and diapers for Sacred Heart Community Service. Seniors of Presentation High School on the 21st of November stood outside a cold Sunday, in front of a Safeway store on Hamilton Ave.; the students collected enough turkeys to fill four trunks. Great applause to the students of Presentation High School for their great effort and generosity.

Presentation High School in San Jose collects 613 frozen turkeys [San Jose Mercury News]

   San Jose City College will be hosting a ceramics sale on the 5th of December from 12-6pm, 6th of December from 10am-7pm. Ceramics made by professionals and student artists will  be selling their handcrafted goodness to support their arts program. A class on knife skills will also be open at Domus in Willow Glen on December 7, which will teach you the ancient ninja skills of cutting vegetable in elegant pieces, as well as how to care for that weapon of mass slicin 'n dicin. More info in the link below.

Willow Glen shorts: Ceramincs sale at San Jose City College shows pot skills [San Jose Mercury News]

     Whether it's Christmas or Hanukkah, there will always be the Nutcracker. The Century 25 Theater at Westgate Mall has been enlightened by the holidays into a performance art center. You can do stuff like watch the Jewish Nutcracker and a Motown Inspired Christmas Show. History of the savior of the Westgate Century 25 Theater, and other information found in the link below.

Retro Dome in San Jose stages a Jewish Nutcracker and Motown-inspired Christmas show [San Jose Mercury News]

Club Activities

     With some of that other news out of the way, lets get down to some Club Activities that will be going down, and that I have planned.
    Along with the W-A-R Marathon that will be taking place first week of Christmas Break [Dec. 18-25], there will also be a Canned Food Drive that I signed us up for. It is the Holiday Season, and I feel we should participate in giving to those in need. Donations of canned edibles will be much obliged, plus I will be going can collecting some time during Dead Week [Dec. 6-10], so if anyone wants to assist me in collecting canned foods, possibly by asking for donations at several Grocery Stores [Smart & Final, Safeway, etc...], and going door to door at some neighborhoods, that will be much obliged.

Dan (Project Podcast)
ProjectPodcast7@gmail.com

More Texas Students Making Up Credits Online

Caleb Bryant Miller/The Texas Tribune

Now this is something I've never seen before. Students in Texas who attend high school can now make up credits for classes they've failed over the internet. This program is one of many that reflects an ongoing trend that is happening around Texas as well as the entire country (though I've never heard of a program like this ever existing in California).

[via The New York Times]

Future teachers must show, not just tell, skills

[via KiiiTV]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Standing at the edge of a pond surrounded by her class of fourth-graders, Jasmine Zeppa filled a bucket with brown water and lectured her pupils on the science of observing and recording data. Many of the children seemed more interested in nearby geese, a passing jogger and the crunchy leaves underfoot.

Zeppa's own professor from St. Catherine University stood nearby and recorded video of it all.

"I think it went as well as it possibly could have, given her experience," the professor, Susan Gibbs Goetz, said. Her snap review: The 25-year-old Zeppa could have done a better job holding the students' attention, but did well building on past lessons.

Zeppa is among the first class of aspiring teachers who are getting ready for new, more demanding requirements to receive their teacher license. A new licensing system is being tested in 19 states that includes filming student teachers in their classroom and evaluating the video, also candidates must show they can prepare a lesson, tailor it to different levels of students and present it effectively.

Teacher Magazine: The Perfect Co-Teaching Scenario

[via TEACHER magazine]

Imagine not having your own room at school. Imagine each hour of the day you bounce from classroom to classroom—from algebra to history to science to social studies. In each room, you assume a different role. Sometimes, you actually get to teach. Other times, you sit in the back, taking notes. In still other scenarios, you wander the aisles, helping students focus or complete assignments. Students are often confused about your role, not sure if you are a teacher, an aide, whether you have the same 'authority' and clout as the 'real' teacher.

The Importance of Urban Role Models

11.1.10 - Matthew Amaral - On Monday, I usually show up to the high school where I teach dressed like I¹m about to go to a wedding.

Black dress-pants, creased up nicely; a pleasant-colored shirt with matching tie of a slightly different shade; snake-skin leather shoes. I even rock my glasses. Mondays are the hardest day to teach, and on those days when you must calm the crunkiness of the weekend, I like to remind them who is boss.

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College admissions rely too heavily on standardized tests - Oct. 21, 2010

I agree with this article due to the fact that I am one of those students who have that "high expectation", but once again fluke at the test scores and branded an "idiot", or "pathetic", and "mediocre"

College admissions rely too heavily on standardized tests - Oct. 21, 2010

Education Week: Study: Most 2-Year College Students Never Finish

This shouldn't be surprising for some of you...

Education Week: Study: Most 2-Year College Students Never Finish

Curiosity is banned at Westfield High

What if you were given an assignment that you weren't allowed to use any resources outside of your own knowledge? Well apparently that's what the case for students at Westfield High in Virginia. Student's are allowed only to use their own notes, study sheets, handouts, and a text book titled: The Earth and It's Peoples.

Curiosity is banned at Westfield High

Detecting the Voice of a 50-Year-Old Man in the Essay of a 17-Year-Old Girl - NYTimes.com

..............oh my god.......oh my god

Detecting the Voice of a 50-Year-Old Man in the Essay of a 17-Year-Old Girl - NYTimes.com

Ill. Students Passing Tests With More Wrong Answers � CBS Chicago – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic, and the Best of Chicago

Really? Pass more with less....that's....well....that's pretty bad.

Ill. Students Passing Tests With More Wrong Answers � CBS Chicago – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic, and the Best of Chicago

Teacher evaluations evolve toward reliance on student test outcomes, not principal's observations | cleveland.com

I just stumbled upon this article and it seems interesting to intrigue you concerned students.

How good is your child's teacher?

Teacher evaluations evolve toward reliance on student test outcomes, not principal's observations | cleveland.com