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Monday, February 27, 2017

Mesh Goldish Science Poems & Songs

I’ve always been a big fan of the science poems and songs of Meish Goldish. His work serves as a wonderful vehicle for imparting science concepts in a fun and accessible way, especially for students with special needs. The fact that his work frequently uses time-dependent repetitive lines is also valuable as it assures that there is always a switch activated participatory role for the students that are cognitively young. When working at the Henry Viscardi School in Albertson New York I frequently rendered Meish Goldish poems and songs into Animated Step-by-Steps to support their science agendas. Something about presenting the science content with a rhyming cadence seemed to be a good fit for mixed ability classrooms.

If you are interested in developing educational materials for use in your school, check out the resource by Scholastic called 101 Science Poems and Songs for Young Learners. This resource also offers a wealth of information on activities that can support the various poems.

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Monday, February 20, 2017

Hard Copy Revisited … the Simplest Solution

If you 'hang in there' long enough, I will eventually come up with the best solution.

Thank you for your patience.

Several colleagues have inquired about how to make hard copy of an ASbyS for their students.

In the past, I’ve offered several strategies for converting a non-editable PowerPoint show file (.pps or .pptxs) into an editable PowerPoint Presentation file (.ppt or .pptx). All strategies hinged on rewriting the tag .pps to .ppt. I've even supplied information on how to make the tags visible in both Mac and Windows.

Who knew there was an even simpler strategy derived from a book by David Marcovitz, Powerful PowerPoint for Educators? With this new strategy you simply open the PowerPoint application first, then open your PowerPoint show file from within PowerPoint.

Here are the easy steps.

1 1. Open your PowerPoint application.

2. Under File select Open

3. Navigate to the .pps title that you wish to open & edit, e.g., Apple Tree Reg.pps

Surprise! The file opens in a format that can be edited and printed!

You can also save the document as a .pdf if you plan to store the pdf for future use.

There may still be a few pages that don't look right due to 'stacked animations'. You can always advance the animations for that page to the point of a 'good visual' then use shift-command-4 on the Mac to take a screenshot. The screen shot can then substituted for the 'problem page'.