MSM 509: Almost Summer, Technology Tips, and a Lousy Thesaurus

Summary:
Shawn and Troy are back. We talk about summer plans, coming back in Fall, technology competencies, and much more. Dave talks about an Exploration Geologist.

Jokes:


Middle School Science Minute
by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)
Exploration Geologists
http://k12science.net/careers-in-exploration-geology-prospecting/

Reports from the Front Lines

The Twitterverse
#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”
Strategies:

How to Foster Metacognitive Skills for Independent Learning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZHQltfMekA

Resources:

River Runner
https://river-runner.samlearner.com/#annotations:tT5kbskyEeufrMcEibUiPQ
The Day of Mourning and Hope
https://www.facebook.com/events/814417969186336/?ref=newsfeed
Bean Song
https://youtu.be/IeRF6eE90N0
Axis’ The Culture Translator Slang of the Week

Web Spotlight:
The Exploratorium
https://learn.moodle.org/course/view.php?id=27769
Busy Being Born
https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Busy_Being_Born.txt
The Pandemic Propelled CPS From The Tech ‘Dark Ages’ Into The Modern Computing Age
https://www.wbez.org/stories/the-pandemic-propelled-cps-from-the-tech-dark-ages-into-the-modern-computing-age/2f5d55ea-964a-43ff-9833-9a5a4e07ea2f
Want to prevent sexual assault? Focus on middle schoolers.
https://bangordailynews.com/2021/05/24/opinion/contributors/want-to-prevent-sexual-assault-focus-on-middle-schoolers/

CONNECTIONS: Is This Really Important?

https://www.connectedd.org/blog/connections-is-this-really-important#annotations:ummgPMnyEeuo2RvJ9sWupA
Random Thoughts . . .