Educational Links 5/19/19

Equity in Education: Where to Begin?

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/equity-education-where-to-begin-terry-heick

How student-created VR can enhance SEL and special ed

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/05/08/student-created-vr-enhance-sel/?fbclid=IwAR3F_FssjlKkao8jOgqWN93ooVPFn01DbWIysrVJgYvePKZ9fCYK0bS0EMI

Following the lessons of learning science in schools isn’t convenient

https://hechingerreport.org/following-lessons-learning-science-schools-isnt-convenient/?fbclid=IwAR2hUE-wnuToeB8Nk6kMvRzLM6MNuR2zJ5oTbHlTS08H7Sye78NH725ea5M

‘We must end the unconscious bias in teaching’

https://www.tes.com/news/we-must-end-unconscious-bias-teaching?fbclid=IwAR0c1bJkXTjir_60ujnnXUMny7bGT4Nn8Yt6a2QIhe31fH3Q3UmKj0q1X2k

How Teacher Training Falls Short for English-Learners and Students With IEPs

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/05/15/overlooked-how-teacher-training-falls-short-for.html?fbclid=IwAR1awCLK3zT_EmaGsI05d_m6XXeDQy4ZPCdDvxsXSy6Dau-aH4SJOjU-IY4

Why You Really, Absolutely Shouldn't Change the English Curriculum

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/intersection-culture-and-race-in-education/2019/05/why-you-really-absolutely-shouldnt-change-the-English-curriculum.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR0wWBGdnGDXwd5Hd504b0Lwvq0v7uRvoT1rT71jX9X856hwx9pcUeUbxic

Portrait of a Turnaround Principal

https://www.edutopia.org/article/portrait-turnaround-principal?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR1imUDd3Oeh29sF4eQvR13bzXvxXbEPiHHaC1deHbvUUGfo_44fc6_U1yk

What does it take to turn a low-performing school around? A principal finds success by focusing on both love and high expectations.

Educational Links 5/18/19

How Can Teachers Bounce Back From Failure?

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/05/15/how-can-teachers-bounce-back-from-failure.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB-TEACH&fbclid=IwAR1YrkSccCuIG_6XqaEW5lSbzXhTRoVSIr4Sz_FK3Zj3jGJEMX1tmo6NM90

Experienced teachers key in California districts that ‘beat the odds’

https://edsource.org/2019/experienced-teachers-key-in-california-districts-that-beat-the-odds/612611?fbclid=IwAR0hbwRpFis1y2nS2AqQu4cabB9_EQ8b0HsWMNWzbrGvoA34O0CiKaVmLo8

It’s Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroom

https://www.teachthought.com/literacy/writing-can-save-21st-century-learning-from-itself/?fbclid=IwAR1_CMt1WcboElalJyMMNcw2FPMeL6QkXLh28siAZZv8Cf0GoxKB7AuB7GA

THREE THINGS TO TRY IN WRITING WORKSHOP BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR

https://twowritingteachers.org/2019/05/09/three-things-to-try-inSTEAM, equity, reflection, -writing-workshop-before-the-end-of-the-school-year/?fbclid=IwAR0RbmF3uyrWiPZzygVldZTjbzXvnRIf3kzqapaRM1F89FqHUF-oa8kf5Js

Motivating Reluctant STEAM Learners: Changing how you assess can inspire students

https://www.techlearning.com/news/motivating-reluctant-steam-learners-changing-how-you-assess-can-inspire-students?fbclid=IwAR1tMPq70uqq2PHP4pd8pwrjLVeHhU39Qg5s6OJE6C54ZzeKo3Z__h-lxy4

I, Too, Am America: Making All Students Feel Like They Belong

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/05/14/31gordon.h33.html

Treating Reflection as a Habit, Not an Event

https://www.edutopia.org/article/treating-reflection-habit-not-event?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR0cWZ3PJFQceauTWGROspbvgCfB4ZyE12gNEWiUlhTL-lcDHyAzvrOU0kw

Regular reflection helps students learn, and some simple strategies can make it a regular and meaningful routine.

The Sky Is Cheap Entertainment: Full Flower Moon! And It's Blue

Blue, Full Flower Moon Coming Soon

https://weather.com/news/trending/video/blue-full-flower-moon-coming-soon?fbclid=IwAR2j6cjCXHXMfEU8xihOEi3QDzUtBZi0hwyCGaeNBcsb2VUkbbLWVhi2kNs

FULL MOONS IN 2019

https://www.moongiant.com/fullmoons/2019/

Educational Links 5/17/19

17 Things Teachers Wish People Understood About Teaching

https://www.weareteachers.com/truth-about-teaching/?utm_source=WAT_MDR&utm_medium=Enews&utm_campaign=WAT_Enews051619

Communicating in Crisis – How Preparedness Leads to Successful Crisis Management

https://www.onsolve.com/resource/communicating-crisis-preparedness-leads-successful-crisis-management/?utm_source=highereducationdive&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=edu&utm_content=communicatingincrisispreparedness

Teacher qualifications best predictor of student success

https://www.educationdive.com/news/report-teacher-qualifications-best-predictor-of-student-success/554917/

House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Committee Increases Education Funding

https://www.policyinsider.org/2019/05/house-appropriations-labor-hhs-education-committee-increases-education-funding.html

What Is Trauma-Informed Teaching?

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/05/what_is_trauma-informed_teaching.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fbedpd-fCBEAGHP1Jf6PZMqCVo_0zE28NEvJmek-vaeLYy3p9a_kfmps

Restorative Justice in the English Language Arts Classroom

https://secure.ncte.org/store/restorative-justice-in-the-ela-classroom?fbclid=IwAR3ObZRlZrgQnf-KmykI4HMCgdIKags6ERFc2hKKbhJhI6s0WR0Gm9g6KSI

Students Learn Less When They Sense Teacher Hostility

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2018/05/students_perform_worse_when_th.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR1AwLVRCFng8Yklb3QQQQ6WazD1NUUQpLro-QnLWBe2KfaVMkO9F_ER008

Just as many students have stories of their favorite, inspirational teacher, many also can recall at least one class spent living in dread of a teacher's acid comments. Maybe the teacher wanted to project take-no-guff sternness, or considered sarcasm the way to connect with adolescents.

Regardless of the reason, those teachers may have hurt their students' academic progress, according to a new study in the journal Communication Education.

Hey, Meet Me At Recess By the Swings!

Fitness expert has games for a 'trouble-free' playground  http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/10/curt_hinson_photos_for_centerp.html

1. Recess Makes Kids Smarter

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/recess-makes-kids-smarter 

2. Yay for Recess: Pediatricians Say It’s as Important as Math or Reading

http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/31/yay-for-recess-pediatricians-say-its-as-important-as-math-or-reading/ 

3. The 3 R’s? A Fourth Is Crucial, Too: Recess 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/health/24well.html?_r=0 

4. The Role of Recess in Children’s Cognitive

Performance and School Adjustment 

 http://evolution.binghamton.edu/evos/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/Pellegrini02.pdf

5. The True Loss of Recess

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2012/06/the%20true%20loss%20of%20recess.html

6.  The importance of recess: What kids learn on the playground

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140127/entlife/701279987/ 

7.  Recess can reduce bullying and prepare kids to learn, research says

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/recess-can-reduce-bullying-and-prepare-kids-to-learn-research-says/2013/09/03/b35ba00c-14b4-11e3-a100-66fa8fd9a50c_story.html 

8. The Benefits of Recess

https://www.facebook.com/edutopia/videos/10157423596009917/

All-American Music To Grill To

This is mostly for Americans. And maybe you wish to grill in quiet--that's okay, too.

Multi-generational fun.

But for us in the States, these might be fun tunes.

1. Born in the U S A Bruce Springsteen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZD4ezDbbu4

A traditional song sung with soul.

2. Ray Charles - "America, the Beautiful"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRUjr8EVgBg 

Maybe this is Juneteenth.

The History of Juneteenth
http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm

This includes some good ole America poetry with the music.

3. Ragged Old Flag * Johnny Cash * USA 

Johnny makes non-verbal comment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIHYNPjUd50&feature=related 

 While we're on Johnny Cash and poetry, the lyrics began as a poem by Julia Ward Howe

4. Johnny Cash sings The Battle Hymn Of The Republic 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQhyWv-PeVE

Friends can have a cook out, too.

5. Simon & Garfunkel - American Tune 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCmgKSUXH18

6. Bob Dylan "With God on our side" 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAgAvnvXF9U

7.  Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Fortunate Son"

Good field for football later, soccer, or baseball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU7H--USv6Y 

Here's classical based on the Quaker tune, "Simple Gifts." Another poem.

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free

'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,

And when we find ourselves in the place just right,

'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

When true simplicity is gain'd,

To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,

To turn, turn will be our delight,

Till by turning, turning we come 'round right.^[2]

Earliest American Bar B Que: Jamestown

8.  Aaron Copland - "Appalachian Spring"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U7hPHSkNJo 

9. God Bless The USA (Lee Greenwood) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWC8liHX_G8 

Little known fact about Jimi Hendrix--he served in the U S Army as a paratrooper. 

Jimi in the 101st

 

10. Jimi Hendrix - "The Star-Spangled Banner"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKAwPA14Ni4

And just a little homage to my home state--

11. The Beach Boys California Girls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmIsdMWzdaE

Beautiful place for a picnic

I've heard many folks say, who were from other nations on the continents of North and South America, that they, too, could claimed to be Americans.

America the Multicultural.

So, here is Celine, our Canadian friend, to sing God Bless America.

12. God Bless America - Celine Dion (With Lyrics & History) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXLQ2RPLO78 

 Don't forget the marshmallows and s'mores.

Here's a Youtube link to all this music from my Youtube site:

All American Music To Grill To  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZD4ezDbbu4&list=PLA2SFaAnpsdCjuzPEaokU_1-0cP6jH-Ce

Major Ed Websites for Teacher Resources (Truly Excellent!)

Major educational websites have topical resources that are both helpful and fascinating.

Diversity 

Find resources to help build an inclusive school community for students from different cultural, socioeconomic, and linguistic backgrounds and for children with unique instructional needs. 

http://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/diversity 

The Teacher’s Guides To Technology And Learning
This part of Edudemic is meant to offer you, the teacher, some of the best and most popular resources available today. We’ve combed through hundreds of resources in order to narrow down our guides into something easy to read, easy to use, and easy to share. 
http://www.edudemic.com/guides/ 

Common Core Archives

Articles concerning learning theory, curriculum design, and the use of technology in support of the standards.

http://www.teachthought.com/category/common-core-2/

 

Teaching Strategies 

Ed tech use, bilingual instruction, teaching methods, teacher collaboration, parent communication, gaming--all the important topics for education. 

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/category/teaching-strategies/ 

 

Learning Disabilities

Learning disabilities (LD) are neurological disorders that can make it difficult to acquire certain academic and social skills. They are not the result of poor intelligence or laziness. Knowledge about LD will allow you and your child to advocate for success in learning and in life. Find out more by exploring the sections below. Learning Disabilities

https://www.understood.org/en

 

 Teaching Reading

Articles, webcasts, videos for teachers on ELA skills and early literacy.

http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/teachers