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=//** Reminders: **//= After school schedule: Note: Schedule may change due to unforeseen events. Please be sure to confirm with Mrs. Kallas that she will be available for you after school. Monday: Not available - faculty meeting Tuesday: Not available after school Wednesday: Can stay late - please schedule appointment. Thursday: Until 4:15 Friday: Not available - TAFE Conference and Competition in Denton

=//** Best Wishes! **//=  TAFE members will be traveling north to compete and participate in the Region IX TAFE Leadershipon Friday, December 7 and Saturday, December 8. Members will compete at Lake Dallas High School on Friday night. On Saturday, members will present a break-out session on using iPad apps in classroom. They will also take a tour of UNT. Let's give our best wishes to Arely, Estefania, Alix, Shelby and Samantha  as they compete!

=//**Monday **//= Education during the 90s Read about the most recent changes in education, some of which you have experienced, on pp. 158 - 164. This set of Evernotes will be the capstone of your notes covering the Modern History of Education in America!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[[image:images-16.jpeg height="152" align="right"]]How has technology transformed the face of education in the U.S.?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What was the National Council on Education Standards and Testing charged to do?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Who established the No Child Left Behind Act?

=//**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Tuesday **//= <span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Not finished with your Evernotes?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Finish up today! If not, check out copies of the chapter from Mrs. Kallas.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Check your Skyward Account to be sure you are up-to-date with your grades.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Notebook: Be sure you have the 3rd six weeks up-to-date. (See "Notebook" on side navigation bar)

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Let's Get in the Holiday Spirit! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Let's "spruce" up our room for the holidays and show visitors what we've been learning about the his"tree" of education. That's right! Follow directions given in class to make an ornament that will adorn our Principles of Education and Training tree with your favorite definition, fact, or significant historical figure. If this is too clever it will have to be posted on **//Pinterest//**!

=//**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Wednesday **//= <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Time to Review!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Was cutting and pasting (pre-computer) your favorite kindergarten activity? Then you are in store for some tactile (touching), visual learning. Using the template provided, cut apart the events, happenings and people that contributed to the Modern Era of Education. Then check your answers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Review the summary of chapter 6 from Teaching to be sure you have hit all of the main points in this unit.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Obtain the vocabulary list from this unit. Go through your notes and highlight in yellow, the words from this unit. If you have omitted any in your note taking, be sure to manually write them in on the notes from the correct decade.

=//**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> Thursday **//= <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Time to test! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">It's not all about facts! How well do you know WHY things happened in education? What effect did events have on others? How did this lead to the history of education that you are living today?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Your test will be online. It will be posted the day of the exam.

=//**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Friday **//= <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Profile of a student - 100 years ago!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Where is Birdville, TX? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How did the Birdville ISD get its name? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What was it like to be a student in the BISD in the early part of the century? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Find out how BISD evolved into the 20,000+ district it is today.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Listen to Joe Reynolds share artifacts, memories, and more.