Kathie Nunley's Educator's Newsletter
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Dr Kathie Nunley's Educator's Newsletter
---July'10 Edition--- (current subscribers: 21,405)
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--------SECTION ONE: TEACHING TIPS ------
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Teacher Tip # 1: Use a clear "over the door" shoe bag holder for supplies
such as rulers, index cards, golf pencils, et., to be used and put back by
students. Deb Hersek, Nordonia Schools, Ohio.
Teacher Tip # 2: For foreign language participation points, I give students
a sheet with 25 blanks each 6 week term. On any day they choose to
participate in class, they write the date, question asked, and their response.
It is worth 10% of their 6-week grade. Sabrina Anderson, Boswell H.S., TX
Send your favorite teaching tip to me at Kathie@brains.org
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------SECTION TWO: HOT TOPICS in Neuro & Educational Psychology------
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HOT TOPIC # 1: New research on treating trauma in children is starting to surface
now that psychologists have had 5 years to follow thousands of children affected
by Hurricane Katrina. There is now better understanding of how to deal with
children after any traumatic event. The majority of children are resilient, but
some do need a long time to recover. Keys to helping children after a trauma:
1. Acknowledge the distress - something parents tend to underestimate.
2. Different ages need different intervention. Adolescents, in particular are
often ignored, when this is a time to focus on their strength and involve them
in community recovery.
3. Turn your local school into a community and family resource center.
4. Be aware and prepared for ancillary consequences such as lack of
a safe place for regular play and recreation.
5. Be aware of cultural differences and prepare to have a variety of cultural
intervention strategies.
Clay, R. (2010). Treating traumatized children." Monitor on Psychology,
Vol. 41(7), 36-39.
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---SECTION THREE: WEB UPDATES ---
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========From HELP4TEACHERS.COM ===========
Need some ideas for next school year? Take a look at some of the new
sample units posted at the samples page:
http://help4teachers.com/
Need summer training in Layered Curriculum®? Try the individual study
kit (regular or the new deluxe version which comes with the 90 minute
training video). Shop for all the best teaching and learning books at
http://help4teachers.com/
Watch the online video from our Uganda visit and see how you and
your students can get involved in this global project next year. Have
your students help teach a variety of concepts to the children in Kakiri,
Uganda. Start by watching the video http://Brains.org/uganda
==============NEW ARTICLE=============
I have a new article posted at the website entitled "The Advantages of Bilingualism".
You can read it at: http://help4teachers.com/
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------SECTION FOUR: WORKSHOPS / SCHEDULE / MISC CHAT------
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Happy summer to all of you in the northern hemisphere! I know many of
you are relaxing in your own backyard, or in a tent in the trees, or visiting
family and friends. It's a great time to reflect, renew, refresh. I wanted to
send a quick mid-summer hello just to help you keep generating new ideas
for the upcoming school year.
I too, am spending July at home, de-stressing here on my farm. Nothing
better for getting the creative juices flowing than to stake tomatoes, watch
the chickens run through the yard, or just quietly meditate along with my
old milk cow, Dixie, whose chews her cud in sync to my milking. I bounce
a lot of ideas off Dixie - she's a great listener.
We'll be back in full swing come August 10. My school year begins as it
always does, with a trip to the American Psychological Association's annual
national conference. This year, we are in San Diego. After that, I have
Layered Curriculum® workshops in New Orleans, Chicago, Plainwell, Michigan,
and Bermuda. I hope to meet many of you at one of those next month.
If you haven't tried moving to a more student-centered classroom, I encourage
you to make this the year that you try. Layered Curriculum® is a great model
because it is simple and easy to start. Go slow, take baby steps. Start
by looking for ways to allow student choice on class assignments or homework
Even offering 2 choices for homework is a great step in the right direction.
Everything that you need to get started is at the website - including a YouTube
video series.
That's your summer update. Enjoy the remaining weeks and I'll touch base
again in August.
As always, my best to yours,
Kathie
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