Scott Armstrong
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Jul 31, 2012
Scott Armstrong posted a blog post

Thank you, state legislators

From: discoveryeducation.com There are a lot of people that complain about what our legislators at the state and federal level do in regards to education, but for the most part, I haven't been one of them...until now.It's one thing for our state legislators to…See More
Oct 23, 2011
Anthony Bernard Ouwendyk commented on Scott Armstrong's blog post Fired For Blogging?
"The school district board members and their regulated teachers will soon enough be relegated rather than regulated to the unemployment lines as teachers follow students online for an independent thinkers education shared by those who took early…"
Oct 17, 2011
Scott Armstrong posted a blog post

Communicating With Parents

 From:  oswego.edu Interesting article in the Washington Post recently regarding a school's communication breakdown with parents.  To sum it up, the parents wanted more timely communication with the school, especially regarding…See More
Oct 10, 2011
Scott Armstrong posted a blog post

Using Moneyball in Class

Moneyball Trailer Attempting to tie in to the upcoming movie Moneyball, I used the book/movie as an excuse to do some Excel work with my students. If you haven't read the book (and you're a stats geek), it's a wonderful recounting of the Oakland A's of the early 2000's, when they made the playoffs and competed with the Yankees and Red Sox, even though…See More
Sep 21, 2011
Scott Armstrong posted a blog post

Making Videos With Vimeo

Untitled from DrOldman on Vimeo.Making videos doesn't have to hard--you don't even have to have videos to do.  The video above this post was done using Vimeo.  My colleague took photos I had shot at a football game, added music and a voiceover and...ta-da!I don't have a Vimeo account, but I do have an account with another similar service,…See More
Sep 7, 2011
Scott Armstrong posted a blog post

Working With Edmodo

From: http://adams.jppss.k12.la.us/adams-sites/ In years past, I spent one full day getting my students up to speed on how we use technology in my class. I had them log in, check out my web site, blogs, document pages,…See More
Aug 29, 2011
Scott Armstrong posted a blog post

1 down, 179 to go

From: catskillcommunitycenter.org There's nothing like starting a school day with the e-mail system (and other assorted systems) down. My first 30 minutes of school were spent on the phone with our IT help desk. Fortunately, they had our problems fixed by noon, but, whew! Hope we don't have those problems…See More
Aug 27, 2011
Scott Armstrong posted a blog post

Fired For Blogging?

From: websitemakeoverworkshop.com I like to tell people I started blogging to complain about my students. Actually, in the eight months I've been blogging, I think I've only written about my students a handful of times. There is one blog out in the blogosphere that is a master satire of…See More
Aug 7, 2011
Scott Armstrong posted a blog post

My Classroom Philosophy

<br /> The philosophies behind our class<br /><br />" href="http://prezi.com/tkj3h_nfluds/sem-i-philosophies/">SEM I Philosophies on Prezi While I was at my summer conference last week, I thought about the first day of school and what we would talk about. I've always disliked the first day of school: too much talking about me, the class, and rules, and not enough about the content.In order to make…See More
Aug 3, 2011
Scott Armstrong replied to Alice Keeler's discussion Your website
"Good questions!   I had been blogging as part of my classroom activities for several years prior to starting my own blog this year.  I primarily started the blog to complain about my students...then we had four straight snow…"
Jul 19, 2011
Scott Armstrong posted a blog post

Predictably Cheating

I found this article in the Washington Post by Duke professor Dan Airely. He's a behavioral economist who wrote a fascinating book I recommend, Predictably Irrational. Today's article breaks down the consequences of…See More
Jul 19, 2011
Scott Armstrong replied to Steve Hargadon's discussion What are the most important things you've done this past year for your personal and professional growth?
"Steve, thank you!   My students write the articles and take the pictures.  I've been doing the layout so far, but I'd really like to teach my students to do this next year.  The first issue took 3-4 hours to complete, but I…"
Jul 4, 2011
Scott Armstrong replied to Steve Hargadon's discussion What are the most important things you've done this past year for your personal and professional growth?
"My sports marketing class and I started an online magazine that features our student-athletes.  I didn't realize it was going to be so involved!  Because I required the students to submit 400 word feature stories, I had to teach them…"
Jun 30, 2011
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Jun 12, 2011
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Jun 12, 2011

Profile Information

My Personal Interests and Passions (can fill in later)::
sports & entertainment marketing
bluegrass
church work
family
Personal Website / ePortfolio / PWP:
http://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us//Domain/981
Blog:
http://ramblingcteteacher.blogspot.com
Twitter (use full Twitter link)
http://@MTsportsmktg
Subject(s) I Teach (if applicable):
Sports & Entertainment Marketing I
Sports & Entertainment Marketing II
Strategic Marketing
MultiMedia and Webpage Design

Scott Armstrong's Blog

Thank you, state legislators

Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:43pm 0 Comments



From: discoveryeducation.com









There are a lot of people that complain about what our legislators at the state and federal level do in regards to education, but for…

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Communicating With Parents

Posted on October 10, 2011 at 8:07pm 0 Comments

 From:  oswego.edu



Interesting article in the Washington Post recently regarding a…

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Using Moneyball in Class

Posted on September 21, 2011 at 7:00pm 0 Comments

Moneyball Trailer



Attempting to tie in to the upcoming movie Moneyball, I used the book/movie as an excuse to do some Excel work with my students.



If you haven't read the book (and you're a stats geek), it's a wonderful recounting of the Oakland A's of the early 2000's, when they made the playoffs and competed with the…

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Making Videos With Vimeo

Posted on September 7, 2011 at 6:12pm 0 Comments



Untitled from DrOldman on Vimeo.



Making videos doesn't have to hard--you don't even have to have videos to do.  The video above this post was done using Vimeo.  My colleague took photos I…

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