http://demotivators.stores.yahoo.net/viewall.html
Nothing like a demotivating poster to start the new year off right. I love these things and can think of so many uses for them.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Just for Fun
Diary of a brand new cook. I found this on the website at
www.dwlz.com and thought it would be fun to pop it here. I would use these as examples of miscommunication. Nothing too deep here today, just some Christmas fun.
Dear Diary,
Monday: Now home from honeymoon and settled in our new home. It's fun to cook for Bill. Today I made an angel food cake and the recipe said, "Beat 12 eggs separately." Well, I didn't have enough bowls to do that, so I had to borrow enough bowls to beat the eggs in. The cake turned out fine.
Tuesday: We wanted a fruit salad for supper. The recipe said, "Serve without dressing." So I didn't dress. But, Bill happened to bring a friend home for supper that night. Did they ever look startled when I served the salad.
Wednesday: I decided to serve rice and found a recipe which said, "Wash thoroughly before steaming the rice." So I heated some water and took a bath before steaming the rice. Sounded kinda silly in the middle of the day. I can't say it improved the rice any.
Thursday: Today Bill asked for salad again. I tried a new recipe. It said, "Prepare ingredients, then toss on a bed of lettuce one hour before serving." I hunted all over the garden by my mom's. So I tossed my salad into the bed of lettuce and stood over there one hour so the dog would not take it. Bill came over and asked if I felt all right. I wonder why?
Friday: Today I found an easy recipe for cookies. It said, "Put all ingredients in a bowl and beat it." Beat it I did, right over to my mom's house. There must have been something wrong with the recipe, because when I came back home again it looked the same as when I left it.
Saturday: Bill went shopping today and brought home a chicken. He asked me to dress it for Sunday. I'm sure I don't know how hens dress for
Sunday. I never noticed back on the farm, but I found a doll dress and some little shoes. I though the hen looked real cute. When Bill saw it, I wondered why he counted to 10.
Sunday: Today Bill's folks came to dinner. I wanted to serve roast, but all we had in the icebox, was hamburger. So I put it in the oven and set the controls for roast. Must be the oven, because it still came out hamburger.
Monday: I was going to bake bread today. The recipe said, "Mix well and knead well. Then stand in a warm place until double in bulk." I just won't bake bread if I have to double in bulk.
Good night Dear Diary. This has been an exciting week. I am eager for tomorrow to come, so I can try a new recipe on Bill.
www.dwlz.com and thought it would be fun to pop it here. I would use these as examples of miscommunication. Nothing too deep here today, just some Christmas fun.
Dear Diary,
Monday: Now home from honeymoon and settled in our new home. It's fun to cook for Bill. Today I made an angel food cake and the recipe said, "Beat 12 eggs separately." Well, I didn't have enough bowls to do that, so I had to borrow enough bowls to beat the eggs in. The cake turned out fine.
Tuesday: We wanted a fruit salad for supper. The recipe said, "Serve without dressing." So I didn't dress. But, Bill happened to bring a friend home for supper that night. Did they ever look startled when I served the salad.
Wednesday: I decided to serve rice and found a recipe which said, "Wash thoroughly before steaming the rice." So I heated some water and took a bath before steaming the rice. Sounded kinda silly in the middle of the day. I can't say it improved the rice any.
Thursday: Today Bill asked for salad again. I tried a new recipe. It said, "Prepare ingredients, then toss on a bed of lettuce one hour before serving." I hunted all over the garden by my mom's. So I tossed my salad into the bed of lettuce and stood over there one hour so the dog would not take it. Bill came over and asked if I felt all right. I wonder why?
Friday: Today I found an easy recipe for cookies. It said, "Put all ingredients in a bowl and beat it." Beat it I did, right over to my mom's house. There must have been something wrong with the recipe, because when I came back home again it looked the same as when I left it.
Saturday: Bill went shopping today and brought home a chicken. He asked me to dress it for Sunday. I'm sure I don't know how hens dress for
Sunday. I never noticed back on the farm, but I found a doll dress and some little shoes. I though the hen looked real cute. When Bill saw it, I wondered why he counted to 10.
Sunday: Today Bill's folks came to dinner. I wanted to serve roast, but all we had in the icebox, was hamburger. So I put it in the oven and set the controls for roast. Must be the oven, because it still came out hamburger.
Monday: I was going to bake bread today. The recipe said, "Mix well and knead well. Then stand in a warm place until double in bulk." I just won't bake bread if I have to double in bulk.
Good night Dear Diary. This has been an exciting week. I am eager for tomorrow to come, so I can try a new recipe on Bill.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Psychic Numbers
Here is a wonderful game to play.
http://trunks.secondfoundation.org/files/psychic.swf
Now what makes this so fascinating is that there is a trick to the whole thing. I think there must be a way to use this in a presentation, I just haven't figured it out.
But it would have something to do with expectations.
http://trunks.secondfoundation.org/files/psychic.swf
Now what makes this so fascinating is that there is a trick to the whole thing. I think there must be a way to use this in a presentation, I just haven't figured it out.
But it would have something to do with expectations.
Friday, December 08, 2006
Cloud in a Bottle
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Cloud-in-a-Bottle
This is a really fun activity to do for a workshop or even for your kids.
I don't know how I would use it, but it sure is pretty.
This is a really fun activity to do for a workshop or even for your kids.
I don't know how I would use it, but it sure is pretty.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Memory Card Game
Match Making
A format I have used a lot is to have participants play a matching card game. Remember Memory, the card game in which you take turns turning over pairs of cards? Just adapt it.
Here is one I am working on to review the topic of sustainability. I want the students to review the 3 key areas of social, economic and environment as the basis for the term sustainability.
So they lay the cards out, turn them over and, if they make a match, come up with a scenario to describe the term they have turned over. If they can think of a scenario, well, they win the cards.
See below.
Format: Matching card game
What Happens
Students review the basics of sustainability and give real life examples in this card game.
What You Need
A set of cards from card stock as follows:
4 pairs of cards reading Social
4 pairs of cards reading Environmental
4 pairs of cards reading Economic
2 wild cards
What You Do
Set. Set the cards by laying the cards face down in random order on a tabletop.
Create. Create two teams on each side of the cards.
Take turns. Take turns turning over two cards at a time. One person from each team takes on this task.
If the cards match, e.g. Social and Social the team has an opportunity to win the cards.
To win the cards, the team has to come up with an example of a scenario that illustrates the social aspect to sustainability, e.g. community opens up a soup kitchen.
If the cards do not match the team gives up its turn.
If you turn over a wild card, you can call it anything you want.
Teacher TipVariation for the game: Positive stories only, negative examples only, examples from the community, etc.
The great thing about card games is they are easy to make, pretty cheap and can be used in such open-ended ways. Sometimes I make big cards and lay them out all over the floor so that the whole class can see and play the game.
A format I have used a lot is to have participants play a matching card game. Remember Memory, the card game in which you take turns turning over pairs of cards? Just adapt it.
Here is one I am working on to review the topic of sustainability. I want the students to review the 3 key areas of social, economic and environment as the basis for the term sustainability.
So they lay the cards out, turn them over and, if they make a match, come up with a scenario to describe the term they have turned over. If they can think of a scenario, well, they win the cards.
See below.
Format: Matching card game
What Happens
Students review the basics of sustainability and give real life examples in this card game.
What You Need
A set of cards from card stock as follows:
4 pairs of cards reading Social
4 pairs of cards reading Environmental
4 pairs of cards reading Economic
2 wild cards
What You Do
Set. Set the cards by laying the cards face down in random order on a tabletop.
Create. Create two teams on each side of the cards.
Take turns. Take turns turning over two cards at a time. One person from each team takes on this task.
If the cards match, e.g. Social and Social the team has an opportunity to win the cards.
To win the cards, the team has to come up with an example of a scenario that illustrates the social aspect to sustainability, e.g. community opens up a soup kitchen.
If the cards do not match the team gives up its turn.
If you turn over a wild card, you can call it anything you want.
Teacher TipVariation for the game: Positive stories only, negative examples only, examples from the community, etc.
The great thing about card games is they are easy to make, pretty cheap and can be used in such open-ended ways. Sometimes I make big cards and lay them out all over the floor so that the whole class can see and play the game.
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