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Presenting The Carnival Of Education

I got very little sleep last night, so you will have to forgive my lack of creativity. Here are the entries, in the order in which I got them. That’s really all I can do today. I hope I got everybody. If I didn’t, please drop me a line, and I’ll put you in.

Scott Palat presents 6 Tips for Success in School posted at Colleen Palat.

GrrlScientist presents What Parrots Tell us About the Origin and Evolution of Birds posted at Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted).

Rita Phillips presents Teaching Test Taking Skills Doesn’t Mean You Are Teaching to the Test posted at YourTeacherLinks.com.

Rita Phillips presents Scissors and Glue and Glitter, Oh No! posted at YourTeacherLinks.com.

Rita Phillips presents Teach Success Part II posted at YourTeacherLinks.com.

Matthew Ladner presents Teacher Certification: Ineffective, Counterproductive and Possibly Racist… « Jay P. Greene’s Blog posted at Jay P. Greene’s Blog.

Bill Ferriter presents Readicide: How Schools are Killing Reading posted at The Tempered Radical.

Larry Ferlazzo presents The “Best” Resources For Learning About The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… posted at Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day….

Alvaro Fernandez presents The Overflowing Brain: Most Important Book of 2008 posted at Sharp Brains.

Lorri presents Cyber Bullying-It’s not just for kids posted at New York City Education Examiner.

One Family presents Kids With Special Needs and Learning Disabilities – Teaching and Student Educational Resources posted at One Family’s Blog.

Bob O’Hara presents The Residential College Movement in Review posted at The Collegiate Way.

Travis A. Wittwer presents The Return to Teaching posted at Stories from School: Practice meets Policy.

John presents There’s no F in “Team” posted at Stories from School: Practice meets Policy.

Mathew Needleman presents Classroom Mangement: Your System? posted at Creating Lifelong Learners.

MBB presents My 2009 Stock Market and Housing Predictions posted at Personal Finance Blue Book.

Savings Toolbox presents Save For College With 529 Plans Through FreshmanFund posted at Savings Toolbox.

Destroy Debt presents 20 Inexpensive Ways to EntertainYour Kids in the Winter posted at Destroy Debt.

Isaac Yassar presents 2 Requirements Of Definite Success posted at Isaac Yassar’s Overture.

Andrew Bernardin presents An Easier Truth posted at the evolving mind.

Tony Huynh presents What Video Games Taught Me About Life at LimitlessUnits.com posted at LimitlessUnits.com.

Britannica Blog presents “Study Skills” Ought to Include an Understanding of Memory posted at Britannica Blog.

Bellringers (Carol Richtsmeier) presents Holiday Endings, Soreheads & Billboards posted at Bellringers.

Scott McLeod presents Beware outside consultants? - Part 4, hiring organizations posted at Dangerously Irrelevant.

Pat presents Possible Interview Questions and My Answers posted at Successful Teaching.

Laureen presents All I Needed to Know About P.E. I Learned from Jackie Chan posted at The Life Without School Community Blog.

Clix presents Hopes for next year (yes, already) posted at Epic Adventures Are Often Uncomfortable.

Bookfundas presents Operator Theory, Systems Theory and Scattering Theory: Multidimensional Generalizations - DOWNLOAD FREE EBOOK ..! posted at BookFundas.com.

Diana Senechal presents Class Discussion For Sale posted at The Core Knowledge Blog.

Rachel Rambach presents Today Is… posted at Listen and Learn.

Tweenteacher presents Differentiating New Teacher Support Programs posted at tweenteacher.com.

Travis A. Wittwer presents Increase of Online Courses in School posted at Stories from School: Practice meets Policy.

Richard Shelmerdine presents The Power of incremental goals posted at life views from a student of life.

Richard Shelmerdine presents Advanced Memory Series: The Link Method posted at Richard Shelmerdine - life views from a student of life.

Tom DeRosa presents 52 Teachers, 52 Lessons Project posted at I Want to Teach Forever.

PicktheBrain presents How to Become a Border Patrol Agent posted at Criminal Justice Schools.

Hall Monitor presents School buses fail checkups posted at DetentionSlip.org.

Ms_teacher presents Ms-Teacher Sounds Off! posted at ms_teacher.

Jane presents Ten Things Tuesday posted at Scheiss Weekly.

Denise presents The 2009 Mathematics Game posted at Let’s play math!.

Darren presents The Coming Budget Cuts posted at Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher.

Dave Saba presents DC Schools moving forward posted at DoE- Dave on Ed.

Thomas J. West presents Technique Targeting: Becoming Your Own Music Teacher posted at Thomas J. West Music.

Barry Leiba presents On tenure posted at Staring At Empty Pages.

Robert Pondiscio presents 2008’s Education Person of the Year: Michelle Rhee posted at The Core Knowledge Blog.

Mark Stock presents Federal stimulus packages for schools?? posted at The Stock Mark Report.

Joanne Jacobs presents More ‘gappers’ postpone college posted at Joanne Jacobs.

Mr. Bloomberg Addresses Class Size posted at NYC Educator.

Speaking of hazmat suits, Matthew Tabor puts his on and wades through the edu-sewage.

Peter Kimmich presents What Can I Do With an MBA? posted at Business Schools Blog.

Mr. Teacher introduces rhymes and has a cheeseburger moment. And speaking of moments, I humbly offer my Ode To A University Freshman.

And that’s it. Use this form to submit your article to next week’s carnival. Now, I think I’ll lie down and see if I can grab an hour of sleep. I’ll be up and online by the time you are.

8 Responses to “Presenting The Carnival Of Education”

  1. on 07 Jan 2009 at 9:21 amClix

    *wave* Thanks for hosting! And thanks for posting bright and early - you just made my morning! :D

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  3. on 07 Jan 2009 at 2:18 pmMamacita

    Good carnival, and I thank you for including me.

    Now, get some sleep. I hope you feel better soon.

  4. on 07 Jan 2009 at 2:56 pmTravis A. Wittwer

    Thank you for including my post on Going Back to Teaching as my post on Online Course. And no need to apologize for the carnival creativity; you solved a problem and stepped up when no one was there to host it, even encouraging others to do the next one. That speaks volumes.

  5. on 07 Jan 2009 at 8:17 pmIsaac Yassar

    Hi, I’m Isaac Yassar and I help people reaching success in self development, business, and blogging for free.

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  6. on 07 Jan 2009 at 10:42 pmmister teacher

    Thanks for including my last minute entry! Good luck with the ice storm!

  7. on 11 Jan 2009 at 6:25 pmms_teacher

    Thanks for the link! Great job hosting the carnival. Hope you got the rest you needed :)

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