42: Mr. Balcom’s Blog: Conversations on Teaching and Technology

a fourth grade teacher discussing teaching and technology, while pondering the great question of life, the universe, and everything.
 
 

Parental Involvement in Elementary Schools

• March 30, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Teaching and Technology
Tags: 42, administration, administrators, balcom, children, elementary, elementary school, involvement, knowledge, mister balcom, motivation, mrbalcom, parent, parents, PTO, school, students, teach, teaching


Homosapien-Tattalous: The human tattletale

• March 11, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Teaching and Technology
Tags: 4th, 4th grade, Arthur Dent, balcom, classroom, classroom management, conundrums, creatures, dementors, detention, elementary, elementary school, fourth grade, grade, Harry Potter, homosapien, human, journals, mr balcom, notes, school, solutions, tattalous, tattletale, tattling, Trillian, trouble


Spelling Lists: An Antiquated Waste of Instructional Time.

• February 19, 2008 • 3 Comments

Posted in Teaching and Technology
Tags: 4th, 4th grade, children, dictionary, education, elementary, elementary school, fourth, fourth grade, friday, grade, instruction, instructional time, kids, mr balcom, mrbalcom, new spelling, spelling, spelling strategies, spelling tests, strategies, students, teachers, teaching, tests, time, vocabulary, words


Welcome to 42: Mr. Balcom’s Blog: Conversations on Teaching and Technology

• February 17, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Teaching and Technology
Tags: 4th grade, author, blog, education, elementary school, father, first post, fourth grade, husband, nebraska, profile, school, teaching


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  • mrbalcom: Watching M*A*S*H while working on lesson plans for next week. Hard to get back into the school frame of mind.
  • mrbalcom: Good morning and Happy Saturday everyone!! Everyone is dressed and fed. Settling in for a day with the family. Doesn't get better than this!
  • mrbalcom: Laughing my head off at Fail Blog. http://failblog.org/
  • mrbalcom: Father-in-law's poker game is rolling in. This should be an interesting learning experience for the boys.
  • mrbalcom: @shareski I wouldn't close the laptop.
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  • mrbalcom: Jamming out to the Beatles while working on homework.
  • mrbalcom: Seriously?! "Do you need the naughties tickled out of you too?" Lets make naughty kids more hyper, instead of punishing them. #ineedmotrin
  • mrbalcom: It's days like today that make me realize the kind of parent I don't want to become. Two youngest sleeping, oldest resting on couch. #calm
  • mrbalcom: Ahhh couch parenting. Turn. Shout. Turn. Shout. Talk sarcastically to Bejeweled on computer. Turn. Shout and jump up to spank. #badparenting

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