Here’s a little something to make you smile after a long week at work!

Enjoy and have a marvelous weekend!

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I tried to upload this last night, but TeacherTube was experiencing technical difficulties (technology is great as long as it works ! :-))

Here’s a video on this week’s featured website, Diigo.

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Here is today’s Feel Good Friday post! This video is from a group of entertainers who present at various education workshops around the nation. Have a wonderful weekend!

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Here’s an interesting commentary on our favorite piece of legislation, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, done by Tom Chapin. The original video can be found at http://www.notonthetest.com/.

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Here’s a fun little clip for all you Simpsons fans out there.

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Have a great weekend!

One of the things on my “to-do” list for Spring Break is to head over to the dentist for a long over-due appointment. Yes, I know, it’s a very exciting life I lead. Others of you might be heading to warmer regions for the week. But really, that is just SO predictable. There won’t be anything so mundane for me. Instead, it will be off to the dentist followed by a trip to the vet for a rabies booster. And no, the second trip isn’t for me.

In honor of my upcoming visit, here’s a fun little sketch from that classic, the Carol Burnett show!

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Have a wonderful Spring Break!

Here’s a fun little video to brighten your day.

Have a wonderful weekend! You’ve earned it!

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The other day I dove head first into the Web 2.0 world. I set up my own Twitter account and joined my first social networks (Classroom 2.0 and VSTE). It was not long before I had my first request to “befriend” someone. I have to admit that it creeped me out a bit. I kept hearing my mother’s voice reminding me how I should never talk to strangers. Within minutes, though, I had found some familiar names and started sending my own “befriend me” messages.

The key here, though, was that I KNEW the folks I was “befriending” online. I was also careful to keep my personal information ambiguous and to not post any pictures of myself.

Our students are not always as cautious. The temptation is great to really open up and share in what appears to be a safe environment. I am not bad mouthing social networks. I think they are great. But I think it’s important to remind our students (and ourselves for that matter as we adults increasingly join the Web 2.0 world) that they need to be SAFE.

This video is offers a great lesson. It really hits home about how once your picture online, it does not ever really go away.

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Every year it’s the same — that long stretch between winter break and spring break just seems to drag on, and on, and on. The fact that spring break is coming earlier this year definitely helps, but February, the shortest month of the year, always feels like the longest to me. This is the time of year when I find it hardest to remain motivated and even the most benign irritants will leave me shaking my head in exasperation.

So, rather than bestow some tidbit of technological know-how upon you for today, I am instead re-playing two of my favorite Feel Good Fridays to help remind me (and maybe a few of you who are also feeling the February slump) just how great it is to be an educator.

Enjoy!

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Here is a Feel Good Friday post provided by our very own Lauren B.!

Have a great weekend!

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 In honor of Superbowl Sunday!

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Here’s a Feel Good Friday post that’s especially perfect for our Foreign Language teachers.

Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend!

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Who could have imagined?

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Feel Good Friday, round 2!

Thanks to Claudia D. for providing this video!

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Happy Friday! Enjoy!

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Have a great weekend!

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With the cold weather this week, thought this was an appropriate post for today’s Feel Good Friday.

Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend!

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This video was sent to me by our Queen of Attendance, Margie C. I thought it would be great for the last Feel Good Friday of 2007! It’s a fun compilation of holiday songs done by Indiana University’s a capella group, Straight No Chaser. For information about their work, go to http://www.a-cappella.com/product/646/video-performance-pop.

Have an absolutely wonderful winter break. See you next year!

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I love classic Carson. I spent hours a few weeks ago watching clips on YouTube. I laughed so hard I almost cried. This one I thought was especially funny.

Enjoy and have a great weekend!

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For Feel Good Friday, here is a nice video done by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. In it they remind us that life, and especially one’s education, is not a just a means to an end, but rather something to experience and treasure.

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I hope all of you are able to take some time to sing and dance!