Looking for info or research on: A neuropsychological Theory of motor skill learning..who came up with it and a definition and explanation.

Summer Computer Courses

Computer Classes

Millersburg High School

6:30 - 8:30pm

Whether you are looking to brush up on your computer skills, stay up to date with the new tools, or keep in contact with family and friends, you’ll want to register for the Computer Technology Courses being offered at Millersburg Area School District. Registration is on a first-come-first-serve basis. Class size is limited to 20 participants. Payment of $20 per class is due in full in order to reserve your spot in the course. To register, please contact Kelly Unger by Phone: 717-649-8545 or Email: keltechindustries@comcast.net

Click here for topics and descriptions of courses:

http://www.mlbgsd.k12.pa.us/millersburgasd/lib/millersburgasd/Community_Technology_Course_-_Millersburg.pdf

School failure, like school success, is a process, not an event. (Holland, Dede, Onarheim, 2006)

Detroit Lives! Join mailing list. T-Shirts and Prints for sale, and local Detroit Projects. http://ping.fm/nu5pe

Simple way to satisfy your sweet craving

I'm a HUGE sweets lover, and just whipped up something so easy to satisfy my sweet fix in a healthy way.

Mix together your favorite Sugar-Free, Fat-Free pudding with some skim milk. Add a banana or two and some almonds. Simply refrigerate until ready to eat. Fast, simple, and healthy in just a matter of minutes.

It's Earth Day! Start brewing at home!

"In 2005, Americans used and discarded 14.4 billion disposable paper cups for hot beverages. If put end-to-end, those cups would circle the earth 55 times. Based on anticipated growth of specialty coffees, that number will grow to 23 Billion by 2010-enough to circle the globe 88 times. Based on hot cup usage in 2005, the petrochemicals used in the manufacture of those cups could have heated 8,300 homes for one year."

http://www.metaefficient.com/bioplastics/innovation-biodegradeable-coffee-cups.html

Check out the site to find other ways to become more earth friendly this year.

The Box Project and Blanketed with Love

My move to Detroit has allowed me to meet some really interesting people, and I'm grateful for each and everyone of them that cross my path...well, maybe not the person who smashed out my car window so much, but there has been a new addition to our GRA team, and I think she is great! I was wondering how she would adjust to our "quirky" environment in the office, but she is fitting in just fine. Throughout her two months with us she has told me about two organizations that I think are great and thought they would be worth sharing.

Blanketed with Love - Blanketed with Love is an organization started by one of Ann's daughters. Oh yeah, I should probably mention that my co-workers name is Ann :) Anyway, her daughter and a few of her friends started Blanketed with Love and their mission is to:

The mission of Blanketed With Love is to help all those in need by giving the homeless, homebound, poor, ill, and disadvantaged blankets throughout the year. Each blanket will be blessed and made with love to help the sad feel less lonely, the ill feel better, and those who have lost their homes or families feel that someone cares.

You have to check out the website! This is great! Service organization started and operated by teens who desire to help others. You go girls! If you can help them out in anyway, please be sure to check out their website http://www.blanketedwithlove.org/ Plus, ironically has the world would have it, it meshes perfectly with Sweet Dreamzzz, an organization I've been working with since September.

Ann also told me about her involvement with The Box Project. The Box Project is a national, non-profit organization that has been matching volunteer sponsors from across the United States with recipient families living in rural poverty in America since 1962. They currently serve carefully selected areas of rural poverty including: the Mississippi Delta and rural communities in Maine, Appalachia (including West Virginia and Kentucky), the Native American reservations of South Dakota and Florida.

They match people in poverty who are looking to better themselves with people who can provide assistance, not only with material items, but with a positive relationship through direct people-to-people assistance. Acquiring an education is one of The Box Project's core values. We firmly believe that education is one of the keys to increasing self-sufficiency and breaking the cycle of poverty. The goal of this steadfast commitment is to help remove some of the barriers to education and make a significant impact on the areas of rural poverty that we serve.

Be sure to check out both organizations, and Sweet Dreamzzz of course, and see if there is anyway you can contribute.

Crime in Urban America

Race Relations in Urban America - Class Notes - 4/14/09

2007: Detroit as "nation's most dangerous city," based on:

• Homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and auto theft
• FBI Data

"Detroit Police there to protect the assets of city, and not the people of the city" - student in class

Bias Data on Crime

• Police are assigned to lower socio-economic areas
• Data skewed toward those who are apprehended
• Low income/High Crime areas are more likely to report crimes

Defining Crime

• Pervasiveness of violence in culture: road rage, fights at sports events, workplace violence, family violence
• Some violence praised: War, Vigilantes
• Social Control - capacity of a social group to regulate itself according to a set of higher moral principles beyond those of self interest
• Social Mechanisms: Internalization and Sanctions; Informal and Formal

Theoretical Perspectives

• Conflict: Crime -illegal exploitation by the rich and powerful; Rebellion
• Functionalist: Crime - Occurs when socially approved means are not available for the realization of highly desired goals: Goals, Opportunities, Means
• Interactionist: subcultural approach; differential association

Broken Window Theory

• "The citizen who fears the ill-smelling drunk, the rowdy teenager, or the importuning beggar is not merely expressing his distaste for unseemly behavior; he is also giving voice to a bit of folk wisdom that happens to be a correct generalization-namely, that serious street crime flourishes in areas in which disorderly behavior goes unchecked. The unchecked panhandler is, in effect, the first broken window. Muggers and robbers, whether opportunistics or professional, believe they reduce their chances of being caught or even identified if they operate on streets where potential victims are already intimidated by prevailing conditions. If the neighborhood cannot keep a bothersome panhandler from annoying passerby, the theif may reason, it is even less likely to call the police to identify a potential mugger or to interfere if the mugging actually takes place" (Wilson & Kelling, Broken Windows, 1982).
  

Notes from MACUL - 2009

Hey hey...

The blogs that I posted today are my notes taken during the sessions I attended at the MACUL(Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning) Conference in Detroit. I apologize if they are not thorough or detailed, but please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the postings...I'll be glad to elaborate.

Good night...another day of conference activities tomorrow.

Extreme Makeover: Education Edition

Extreme makeover: Education Edition – Steve Dembo – Discovery Education

Blog: teache42.com
Podcasts
Virtual conference –

This is for BEGINNERS! – Take small steps; build
• Web 2.0 tools “get in, get out, done.”
• “Do one thing and do it well”
• A lot of people are not making money on these, so you don’t want to get married to a specific site. You have to realize that people are working on them on their own time
• Students are going to get this really quick
• How excited students will be knowing that they will be expected to complete the same activity when they are finished

Tinyurl.com/Makeover-MACUL

Image at Flickr to demonstrate all of the Web 2.0 sites

The music is not inside the piano – Alan Key

CrappyGraphs.com – gave an example of hair length and waist size; “in…out…done”; this is not going to raise test schools.

Let me Google that for you (?) - http://lmgtfy.com/ - Use it next time someone asks you a question that you know can be found easily on Google

Blabberize.com - edit; record; have the images mouth move
• You can put students pics up there and have their own voice
• Math: Coin and money example

Edublogs
What is the difference between websites and blogs?
Web – post information – doesn’t usually get updated that often
Usually create files on your computer and then you upload
Blog – “Fresh” information
Benefit: Is there a compelling reason to go to the school website everyday?
Ex: lewiselementary.org
Designed so people keep coming back

Twitter

Prezi.com - presentation