Welcome to the January 19, 2010 edition of carnival of educators. Educating is just a small part of every day life, and so all of the things of life tends to spill over into it. The carnival celebrates every day emotions. Here is the frowns and funnies edition of carnival of educators.
GROANS AND GRIPES
Dave Saba presents Creativity without knowledge is just not enough posted at Edbiz, saying, "From an editorial on My Lazy American Students"
Dave Greene presents BaltoNorth: Juking* the stats: Maryland educrats reduce suspensions . . . and probably make schools more dangerous posted at BaltoNorth, saying, "Credulous education reporter seems to believe make-believe statistics manufactured by school bureacrats in Maryland."
Joanne Jacobs presents Let them eat chard posted at Joanne Jacobs.
Andrea Presents The Bigger Picture Speaks Volumes posted at Notes from a Homeschooling Mom
VICTORY AND CELEBRATIONS
teachin' presents Triumph is mine. posted at I'm a Dreamer.
Andrea Presents End Your Homeschooling Journey at Disney World, posted at families.com homeschool blog
SHARING AND CARING
Rachel Lynette presents The Creative Classroom: Puzzles, Brain Teasers, and Games posted at Minds in Bloom, saying, "Latest installment in The Creative Classroom series"
Mathew Needleman presents Steal This Preso (K12Online09) Now Live! posted at Creating Lifelong Learners.
WORRIES AND WARTS:
Dave Johnston presents CFT is concerned about parent "lynch mobs" posted at Friends of Dave.
GIGGLES AND GRINS
Matthew Alberto presents Don?t Be Like the Family Guy when Speaking Foreign Languages posted at Language Polyglot .com.
Carol Richtsmeier presents Perspective, Fatsos & Other Stuff posted at Bellringers.
ABROAD AND OVERBOARD
Victoria Westcott presents Teach in London: 10 Myths About Teaching in London posted at Teach in London, saying, "I wrote this in 2008 but it still applies. An oldie, but goodie. Hope you enjoy it!"
Claudine presents ESL Lesson Plan Ideas for Winter Break posted at Korea-Diva.
MISCELLANEOUS MUSINGS
Ben Dinsmore presents Are Online Degrees Really Worth Anything? posted at Trees Full of Money, saying, "This article takes an indepth look at the current state of online education, and how the online degree programs have evolved into an honest alternative to on campus education."
Edwin Choi presents Top 5 Secrets to the Best Kindergarten Experience posted at K12 Directory of Schools Blog.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of educators using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
Comments
Thanks so much for including my blog in this Carnival! I'm off to check out all the others. Looks like it might be an emotional rollercoaster ;-)
Victoria
This is the first time I had come across the Blog Carnival~!
What a great idea. Thanks for the work you put into collecting the articles. (and the education headlines on a daily basis.) It makes it helpful to find.
I just linked this article to a piece I did for homeschoolers on filing the FAFSA form.
Homeschool 101 College Prep: Kurt Warner supports College Goal Sunday for FAFSA application ow.ly/10k7r
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