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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-13

Susan Fitzell — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:51:00 +0000

@smeech CBAM, patience, and an understanding of personality styles & group process in reply to smeech # @PFripp Spanish & Chinese in the same audience? in reply to PFripp # Do you wonder Facebook Pages vs Facebook Groups: What’s the Difference? http://bit.ly/uPSbV#mb #

What I'm Thankful For on this Thanksgiving Day

Susan Fitzell — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:08:08 +0000

On This Thanksgiving Day, while the rest of the family is watching football (I’m not a football watcher) I thought it might be a good time to reflect on some of the things that I’m thankful [...]

Personal Safety: What are you doing about it?

Susan Fitzell — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:21:05 +0000

Know how to defend yourself from a predator. Understand all the vulnerable points of the human body and what parts of your body can be used as weapons. Go for the eyes, nose, throat, groin, instep of foot. Know how to fight from the ground, if attacked from behind, or when a distraction is used in [...]

Nineteen examples of good writing advice gone bad

Susan Fitzell — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:36:29 +0000

Nineteen examples of good writing advice gone [...]

Timing Tools for the Classroom

Susan Fitzell — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:27:35 +0000

On-Screen Timer to Keep Kids on Track!

During a recent seminar, Brenda expressed a need for an on-screen timer; something that she could put on the desktop to “signal students that their time is up.” We did a little research and found a solution that help you too!

TimeLeft is a free desktop utility that can [...]

New Teacher Survival Guide

Susan Fitzell — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:00:40 +0000

A Resource for New Teachers

Starting a new school year is scary enough for veteran educators, but it can be terrifying for new teachers. Julia G. Thompson’s book, The First Year Teacher’s Survival Guide, “gives new teachers a wide variety of tested strategies, activities, and tools for creating a positive and dynamic learning [...]

Teaching Nutrition

Susan Fitzell — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:41:19 +0000

Helping children understand the importance of diet and exercise now can reduce their risk for heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, stroke, cancer, and osteoarthritis as [...]

Cool Storage Ideas for the Classroom

Susan Fitzell — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:29:03 +0000

Duringe a recent round of seminars, a couple of participants left me with some ideas for keeping things organized in their classrooms. Olivia Valencic uses a small tackle box to store markers, highlighters, sticky notes, etc. Just put it on the table and everything is right where students can find it and keep it organized.

Nancy [...]

Help for Teachers Affected by the Economy

Susan Fitzell — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:37:46 +0000

Tough Times for Teachers

As we continue to face issues with today’s economy, school’s and teachers in some parts of the country are feeling the crunch. I’ve recommended Teachers.net before, and even published articles in their gazette. Now its time to point you to some other important resources.

This March’s gazette has an article on [...]

Telling Stories to Children

Susan Fitzell — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:38:13 +0000

On the east coast of the United States, in the small village of Marblehead, MA, I found the true meaning of storytelling. This experience has invited me to find the storyteller within myself, to move forward in my world, and to do it from my [...]