Columbiana Preschool Activity Session Playlist

The following songs were used during my presentation this morning. They were all downloaded directly from iTunes:

1. War Eagle (Keyboard Ensemble)
2. You've got a friend in me (duet version) by Randy Newman & Lyle Lovett
3. Lead by Kids Club - Hip Hop Fitness Music for Children
4. The ants go marching (instrumental only) by Singlish
5. Did you ever see a lassie by The Hit Crew Kids
6. Danish Dance of Greeting by Denise Gagne
7. Looby Lou by Children's Party Fun - Peter Samuels

All of these were only .99$

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.

                                                                                                                         ~ Maria Montessori

James 1:2-4 ESV 

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

I humbly thank my wonderful family for their support in all that I do. Robert Robbie Cowan, Robert Drew Andrew Cowan, and Hunter Cowan Hartselle, Decatur, AL

ED 305 is at it again...

ED 305 students have produced another great series of videos. Please take a minute to view them and then cast your vote!

Video 1 - Athens State University Harlem Shake 

Video 2 - Cool Tools for School - Stop Motion Video






Video 3 - ED 305 Stop Motion (Ron Clark Excellent 11)





Video 4: 7 Habits





Cast your vote here!

Education Portal - A great resource for teachers!

If you haven't been using Education Portal to help you prepare curriculum, you are missing out. I just received the following message from Education Portal - read it - visit - and use these great available resources!

As you prepare for the upcoming school year, I'd like to share a free instructional supplement that you may find useful. Education Portal Academy's collection of free online lessons has grown a lot over the summer! We now have over 400 lessons in math, science, English, history, business and psychology, and celebrated our highest traffic yet this June with over 200,000 visitors.

We've listened to all of the feedback we've received and have recently published new lessons in some of our most-requested topics, including Shakespeare, DNA, probability mechanics and many more.

Check out our progress:

• Calculus (103 lessons published) http://eduport.al/Kz2qQ0
• Psychology (103 lessons published) http://eduport.al/KscJ3T
• Biology (81 lessons published) http://eduport.al/HdduPs
• College Algebra (36 lessons published) http://eduport.al/JQizM8
• English Literature (23 lessons published) http://eduport.al/IFFOYr
• College Composition (8 lessons published)http://eduport.al/KMfaDg
• Western Civilization (20 lessons published) http://eduport.al/IkPibj
• Principles of Marketing (9 lessons published)http://eduport.al/PauNVZ
• Educational Psychology (11 lessons published)http://eduport.al/LVkAOi
• General Chemistry (9 lessons published)http://eduport.al/SD01oR
• U.S. History (9 lessons published) http://eduport.al/MrsF9L
• Macroeconomics (5 lessons published) http://eduport.al/KNRfyd
• Principles of Management (5 lessons published)http://eduport.al/LyhbU0

We'll also launch College Mathematics, Pre-Calculus and American Literature before the school year begins and have many more course topics in the works! You can view all of our free lessons here: http://education-portal.com/academy/course/index.html
I hope you'll share these free resources with your students. Anyone can access our free lessons at any time -no strings- to supplement their classwork or to tackle a new subject on their own. Don't see your discipline? Reply to this email and let me know what lessons and topics you'd like to see!
Best regards,
Stacy Redd
Education Portal Academy

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.

                                                                                                                         ~ Maria Montessori

James 1:2-4 ESV 

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

I humbly thank my wonderful family for their support in all that I do. Robert Robbie Cowan, Robert Drew Andrew Cowan, and Hunter Cowan Hartselle, Decatur, AL

Sport Education - a cultural approach to "loving the game"

Got "Sport Education" in your PE program? If not, you are really missing out!

Sport education is a curriculum model that can be used to increase the "value" of sports, in participants, by allowing them to experience ALL key factors involved in the sport. It provides participants with a very broad and cultural understanding of the sport, in addition to the skills and rules that are taught in traditional PE curriculum models.

Tomorrow I will be delivering a presentation at a PE workshop at AUM - the topic is Sport Education. I have linked to my handout for those who are interested!

For more information about the Sport Education Curriculum Model, I encourage you to invest in this book: Complete Guide to Sport Education by D. Siedentop & P. A. Hastie

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.

                                                                                                                         ~ Maria Montessori

James 1:2-4 ESV 

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

I humbly thank my wonderful family for their support in all that I do. Robert Robbie Cowan, Robert Drew Andrew Cowan, and Hunter Cowan Hartselle, Decatur, AL