District Coach on the Go
04 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in 721K, Recycling Tags: magic marker, pen, Recycling, terracycle, tissue box
A 721K teacher and his students showed me how tissue boxes can be designed, all pretty-like. 
When a class has a magic marker or pen that is dried out, they go into the tissue boxes.
When the boxes are full, they are sent to terracycle for recycling.
31 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
I found one more school piano. It was painted and sitting in the lobby of a school. An homage to shellfish?
21 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in district office Tags: bicycle, insanity
I think I almost went a bit insane when I saw this in the district office.
Here is a miserable video
21 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in art, bulletin board Tags: cave art, paint drip, paint roller
A display of student cave art. Take it or leave it. But the bulletin board setting is amazing. I like how this teacher did the dripping paint thing at the bottom, and the paint roller thing at the top is pretty terrific too.
21 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in 255Q, art Tags: agamograph
You look at these one way and you see one picture; look at them the other way and you see another picture. Pretty tricksy!
All it takes is folding the paper into accordian pleats and then drawing on half; then bending the cleats the other way and drawing on that portion. Here is a recipe to make your own.
21 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in 993Q, bulletin board, Smart Board Tags: fooled you
It appears to be a Smart Board… but look again! It is a bulletin board!
21 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in 993Q, bulletin board, literacy Tags: Cricket in Times Square
The Cricket in Times Square was a good novel, with some dated vocabulary, unfortunately. Here is an adapted bulletin board.
21 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in 23q, library Tags: lifeline
I am starting a new feature about classroom libraries. This is the premier posting.
I think my favorite genre is Young Adult fiction. Which of these titles, if any, have you read?
21 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in 23q, bulletin board, social media Tags: lifeline
Two bulletin boards of positivity.
17 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in 10X, Bronx, Music Tags: autoharp, xylophone
Two excellent instruments in the computer lab: xylophone and autoharp (referred to by its manufacturer as a “chromaharp”)
Here is a view of the mallots (hammers?). Wrapped in yarn?!
And here is the label. It is made in France.
The autoharps is very cool too. From the outside, it looks like a I-don’t-know-what.
From the inside, it starts to look interesting….,
And when it is out of the case, it is best.
The documentation has instructions on how to tune the instrument, as well as a sampling of songs to learn and play.
