Monthly Archives: April 2012

Klout, Parenting, and Expectations: The Four Stages of an Unwarranted +K-ing

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

Last week, I was greeted early one morning with the news that I was influential on Parenting. Klout sent an e-mail to congratulate me on this impressive accomplishment. I felt a bit caught off-guard to handle the news for two … Continue reading →

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Close Reading and the Magic Eye – A quick thought

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

After researching close reading strategies for a lesson that I want to do sometime in the next few weeks, I had an epiphany of sorts while running past my eye doctor’s office. Last fall, I spent hours upon hours waiting … Continue reading →

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Connecting Lessons to Common Core: Nationalistic Travel Brochures

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

For the past few weeks, I have been reflecting upon my past lessons and adapting them to the Common Core Standards for History/Social Studies. It has been a great exercise and has allowed me to reexamine the purpose of my … Continue reading →

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Connecting Lessons to Common Core: Star Wars Episode V.V: The Empire Strikes Endor

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

<Imaginary scrolling text begins> A long time ago in a galaxy far far away…. COMMON CORE Episode V.V The Empire Strikes Endor It is the end of your lesson on the the five motives behind imperialism.  The students have analyzed … Continue reading →

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The Muppets Guide to Project-Based Learning (PBL)

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

One of my goals for this upcoming year is to create a project-based learning (PBL) unit for my World History class. In order to wrap my head around this concept I have been lurking in different Twitter chats and reading … Continue reading →

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Connecting Lessons to Common Core: Extra Extra! Primary Documents turned into News Articles!

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

What started off as an exercise to prepare for a department meeting has now become a bit of a hobby. For the past few weeks, I have been reflecting upon my past lessons and adapting them to the Common Core … Continue reading →

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I’m No Guitar Hero and I’m Okay with That (Now)

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

I keep it in the back of my basement so I don’t have to see it when I do laundry, but I know it’s there. It’s neck peaks out of a box of my old college stuff (the box of … Continue reading →

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