Educational Links 8/18/17

Digital Note Taking Strategies That Deepen Student Thinking

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/08/17/digital-note-taking-strategies-that-deepen-student-thinking/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

SPECIAL REPORT: SMART STRATEGIES FOR TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

http://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/smart-strategies-teacher-pd/index.html?cmp=soc-fb-promo-professional+dev+report+edweek+followers&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Facebook+Ad

Improving Social Emotional Skills in Childhood Enhances Long-Term Well-Being and Economic Outcomes

http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2017/07/improving-social-emotional-skills-in-childhood-enhances-long-term-well-being.html

Back to School Anxiety

https://childmind.org/article/back-school-anxiety/

Plan a Parent Engagement Night That Sets You Up for Success

http://blog.mimio.com/plan-a-parent-engagement-night-that-sets-you-up-for-success

Learning is social and emotional; our classrooms should be too

http://hechingerreport.org/learning-social-emotional-classrooms/?utm_content=buffera129f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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The ADHD-Dyslexia Connection

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-dyslexia-connection/

ADHD is usually apparent from the first day of school, whereas dyslexia is often not recognized until fourth or fifth grade, when the shift is made from learning to read to reading to learn.” How to tell the difference, and get help.

Educational Links 8/17/17

Critical Knowledge: 4 Domains More Important Than Academics

http://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/paradigm-shift-4-goals-21st-century-learning/

My New Year Challenge: The Kind Classroom

https://www.middleweb.com/35554/my-new-year-challenge-the-kind-classroom/

Keep It Simple: Do These 4 Things Every Time You Teach

http://teachthought.com/pedagogy/4-ways-keep-students-giving-even-start/?utm_content=buffer41e7c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Reflections and Suggestions for First Year Teachers

https://dianemariesmith.wordpress.com/2015/08/19/reflections-and-suggestions-for-first-year-teachers/

How Libraries Can Turn Stories Into Maker Projects

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/08/15/how-libraries-can-turn-stories-into-maker-projects/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

AUGUST 19, 2015/DIANE M. SMITH

Learning Disabilities: What They Are (And What They’re Not)

http://www.smartkidswithld.org/first-steps/what-are-learning-disabilities/learning-disabilities-what-they-are-and-what-theyre-not/

Building Students' Cognitive Flexibility

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/building-students-cognitive-flexibility-judy-willis

In today's world, the skillsets of cognitive flexibility are more critical and valuable than ever before. These skillsets include:

• Open-minded evaluation of different opinions, perspectives, and points of view
• Willingness to risk mistakes
• Consideration of multiple ways to solve problems
• Engagement in learning, discovery, and problem solving with innovative creativity

Educational Links 8/16/17

Celebrate the Solar Eclipse with these Classroom Resources

http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2017/08/14/celebrate-the-solar-eclipse-with-these-classroom-resources/

Technology in the Classroom: How to Assess Writing

http://www.teachhub.com/technology-classroom-how-assess-writing

Five Tips to Encourage Positive Classroom Culture

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2017/08/11/five-tips-class-culture-new-tch/

How Ethnic Studies Connects Learning With Students’ Identities

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/08/14/how-ethnic-studies-connects-learning-with-students-identities/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Behavior Therapy Benefits Parents Too, Study Finds

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2017/08/15/behavior-therapy-parents-too/24034/

Children Learn Best From Storybooks When Characters Are Realistic

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/08/15/children-learn-best-from-storybooks-when-characters-are-realistic/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

The Impact of Student-Created Apps

https://www.edutopia.org/article/impact-student-created-apps?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29

In addition to all the marketing, graphic design, website building, and content creation activities that take place when you create an app, the students are learning brainstorming and social entrepreneurship.

Educational Links 8/15/17

5 CHALLENGES IN MAKER EDUCATION (AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM)

https://rossieronline.usc.edu/maker-education/5-maker-ed-challenges/

The ADHD Homework System That (Really) Works

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-homework-system/

The Best Resources For Planning “Learning Stations” – Please Add More

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2017/08/14/the-best-resources-for-planning-learning-stations-please-add-more/

Autism May Reflect Excitation-Inhibition Imbalance in Brain, Study Finds

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/08/autism-may-reflect-excitation.html

Math Skills: What to Expect at Different Ages

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/signs-symptoms/age-by-age-learning-skills/math-skills-what-to-expect-at-different-ages?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

7 Essential Ingredients Of Project-Based Learning

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/project-based-learning/7-essential-ingredients-project-based-learning/?utm_content=buffer9a421&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

What Do We Mean When We Say ‘Social And Emotional Skills’?

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/08/14/what-do-we-mean-when-we-say-social-and-emotional-skills/

There is also new research indicating that school-based interventions to promote social and emotional skills have large, and long-term, positive impacts: an average of $11 for every dollar invested, according to an analysis by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (which is a supporter of NPR).

...just saying...

Educational Links 8/14/17

4 Soft Skills Needed to be Successful in STEM
https://www.weneedmore.com/learn/unexpected-soft-skills

Scientists Say Child's Play Helps Build A Better Brain

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/08/06/336361277/scientists-say-childs-play-helps-build-a-better-brain?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

Evaluating Your Child for Dysgraphia

http://www.smartkidswithld.org/first-steps/evaluating-your-child/evaluating-your-child-for-dysgraphia/

How to deal with a principal who just doesn’t “get it”

https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/truth-for-teachers-podcast/deal-principal-just-doesnt-get/

27 Ideas For Students That Finish Their Work Early

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/27-ideas-students-finish-work-early/

The Power of Mindfulness

https://childmind.org/article/the-power-of-mindfulness/

HOW TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN TEACHING AND TECHNOLOGY

http://www.theedadvocate.org/find-balance-teaching-technology/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

Not all educators are won over by the bells and whistles that come with edtech.  Many teachers feel threatened by technologies that aim to “replace them,” and cannot keep up with the training and the push that comes from within the schooling system. According to eSparks Learning, teachers regardless of age or experience level harbor doubts about their ability to successfully use classroom technology.  So, if teacher’s skills and technology are to exist in harmony, there needs to be a balance. We need teachers’ talents and at the same time encourage them to start looking to the future.

Educational Links 8/13/17

3 Modes Of Thinking: Lateral, Divergent & Convergent Thought

http://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/3-modes-of-thought-divergent-convergent-thinking/?utm_content=buffere57e5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Forging Stronger Bonds Across a District

https://www.edutopia.org/article/forging-stronger-bonds-across-district?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29

Poverty Creates Extra Challenges; It Demands Extra Resources

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/08/poverty-creates-extra-challenges-it.html

5 apps to innovate school libraries

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/07/21/ew-apps-school-libraries/

Creating an Effective Faculty Mentoring Program

https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/faculty-development/creating-effective-faculty-mentoring-program/

A tale of two states’ computer science programs

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/08/10/state-computer-science-programs/

The Unexpected Reason Some Students Procrastinate

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rulesforengagement/2017/08/why_students_procrastinate-self-handicapping.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

There's a student that's familiar to many teachers: He's the one who stumbles into class with sleep in his eyes after staying up late from writing his paper at the last minute. He probably avoids studying for tests, too. And maybe his backpack is a jumbled mess of crumpled papers and unorganized notes.

And there's also a common explanation for his bad habits: He probably doesn't particularly care how he does in school. But psychologists say that, for some students, that's a totally inaccurate assumption.