Educational Links 10/17/17

Is ADHD a Learning Disability or Mental Illness?

http://www.c8sciences.com/is-adhd-a-learning-disability-or-mental-illness/

How We’re Smart

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/17/10/how-smart

Integrating Cognitive, Social and Personal Competencies

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/10/integrating-cognitive-social-and-personal-competencies/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=Integrating%20Cognitive,%20Social%20and%20Personal%20Competencies

5 WAYS TO ADD MORNING MEETINGS TO SPECIAL ED CLASSROOMS

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/e170/

TIPS FOR A PURPOSE-FULL EDUCATION 

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/e171/

More Than Half Of New York City's Public Schools Now Have Gardens—And Kids Are Loving It

https://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/garden/nyc-school-gardens?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=motherearthliving.com

Different Learning Strengths: What You Need to Know

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/learning-at-home/learning-strengths/different-learning-strengths-what-you-need-to-know?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Learning strengths combine your child’s talents and abilities with his existing skills and knowledge to help him take in new information. Talents and abilities are ways of thinking, feeling or acting that can be used productively.

Educational Links 10/16/17

Technology Positive and Negative Influences on Your Lives

http://www.educationnews.org/uncategorized/technology-positive-and-negative-influences-on/

Ditch the grammar and teach children storytelling instead

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/19/ditch-the-grammar-and-teach-children-storytelling-instead?CMP=share_btn_fb&utm_content=buffera5410&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Study: Too Many Structured Activities May Hinder Children's Executive Functioning

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/10/study-too-many-structured-activities.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

Engage Kids With Digital Scavenger Hunts

http://www.techlearning.com/app-of-the-day/0011/engage-kids-with-digital-scavenger-hunts/70787

16 Helpful Differentiated Instruction Strategies To Use in Your Class

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/10/16-helpful-differentiated-instruction.html

How to Embed Foundational English Skills In Meaningful Work

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/10/12/how-to-embed-foundational-english-skills-in-meaningful-work/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Apple co-founder launches Woz U for tech education

http://edscoop.com/apple-co-founder-launches-woz-u-for-tech-education

Steve Wozniak wants to provide fast, affordable technology-based training to fill the unemployment gap and help students succeed.

Educational Links 10/15/17

When The Focus Is On The Student, Not The Class

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/10/14/545631502/when-the-focus-is-on-the-student-not-the-class

We need to talk about pornography in schools

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/we-need-talk-about-pornography-schools

The Problem Is Wasted Time, Not Screen Time

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/10/should-we-limit-screen-time-in-school/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=The%20Problem%20Is%20Wasted%20Time,%20Not%20Screen%20Time

Reading Strategies That Work, According To Science

https://www.weareteachers.com/science-backed-reading-strategies/

The 50 Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2017

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2017/10/14/the-50-best-web-2-0-applications-for-education-in-2017/

Leading Change: How School District IT Departments are Evolving to Become Technology Evangelists

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/10/how-school-district-it-departments-are-evolving-to-become-technology-evangelists/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=Leading%20Change:%20How%20School%20District%20IT%20Departments%20are%20Evolving%20to%20Become%20Technology%20Evangelists

Reading Strategies That Work, According To Science

https://www.weareteachers.com/science-backed-reading-strategies/

Brain research is just plain fascinating. For teachers of reading, brain imaging studies (fMRI) provide windows into what’s actually going on in your students’ heads. There’s the middle schooler who is completely engrossed in a novel. And, there’s the young child with dyslexia who makes gains after intensive intervention. There’s so much brain research out there––and you have no time––so we’ve done the work for you. Here are brain-based reading strategies you can use right now.

Educational Links 10/14/17

Arts Education Helps Train Tomorrow’s Workforce: A strong arts education helps prep kids for the future

https://blog.americansforthearts.org/2017/10/12/arts-education-helps-train-tomorrow%E2%80%99s-workforce-a-strong-arts-education-helps-prep-kids-for-the

AM I BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERY STUDENT?

https://www.teacher2teacher.education/2017/10/11/am-i-building-a-relationship-with-every-student/

How to Embed Foundational English Skills In Meaningful Work

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/10/12/how-to-embed-foundational-english-skills-in-meaningful-work/

Woz U? Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Launches Online School to Teach Software Development

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-10-13-woz-u-apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-launches-online-school-to-teach-software-development?utm_content=buffer7fc70&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

THE NEURAL EFFECTS OF MEDIA MULTITASKING

https://www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/the-neural-effects-of-media-multitasking/

How to Assess Arts Education—And Why You Should

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/10/04/how-to-assess-arts-education--and-why-you.html

Dysgraphia in Children

https://www.additudemag.com/screener-dysgraphia-symptoms-test-children/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=diagnosis

Could your child’s struggles with handwriting and fine motor skills be symptoms of dysgraphia? Take the results of this screener quiz to your doctor or an education specialist to find out.

Educational Links 10/13/17

BULLYING AND CYBERBULLYING: THE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/bullying-cyberbullying-things-need-know/

A Quick Guide to Recognizing Depression Symptoms in ADHD Children

https://www.dealwithautism.com/news/a-quick-guide-to-recognizing-depression-symptoms-in-adhd-children/

Too Much Screen Time Can Lead to Later Addictions in Children

http://www.childrenandnature.org/2017/10/06/too-much-screen-time-can-lead-to-later-addictions-in-children/

How to Solve the Top 5 Classroom Challenges

http://blog.mimio.com/how-to-solve-the-top-5-classroom-challenges

Create Learning Activities, Inspire the Four C’s

http://www.techlearning.com/app-of-the-day/0011/spiral/70786

How Listening to Podcasts Helps Students Read and Learn

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/10/10/how-listening-to-podcasts-helps-students-read-and-learn/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Turning Your Students Into Web Detectives

https://www.edutopia.org/article/turning-your-students-web-detectives?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29

As teachers, we’ve probably seen students use questionable sources in our classrooms, and a recent study from the Stanford History Education Group confirms that students today are generally pretty bad at evaluating the news and other information they see online. Now more than ever, our students need our help. And a big part of this is learning how to fact-check what they see on the web.

Teaching Is Taking Time For Art In All Subjects

Math instructor teaching tesselations.

1. Teaching Math With Art Helps Children Remember Key Concepts

http://www.teacher-support-force.com/teaching-math-with-art.html 

2. Art & Science: A Curriculum for K-12 Teachers

http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/curricula/art_science/index.html 

3. Teaching Science Through Art: Longitudinal Nature Observations/ 1st grade 

http://everyarteverychild.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaching-science-through-art.html 

Leonardo--the original STEM to STEAM guy

4. Using the Arts to Support English Language Learners

Why and how to engage English language learners through the arts

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/supporting-individual-needs/supporting-ell-with-the-arts.aspx 

5.  Teaching Strategies for Writing through Art

http://schools.walkerart.org/arttoday/index.wac?id=2338 

6.  Of Paint and Poetry: Strengthening Literacy Through Art

http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/958 

7. How to Use Art to Teach Social Studies

http://www.ehow.com/how_6605995_use-art-teach-social-studies.html

8.  The Arts Give You Smarts: STEM to STEAM
 http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/04/the-arts-give-you-smarts-stem-and-steam.html

The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher http://platonicrealms.com/minitexts/Mathematical-Art-Of-M-C-Escher/

Educational Links 10/12/17

A Bridge Between School and Faith

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/17/10/bridge-between-school-and-faith

Meeting the Needs of Students With ADHD

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/bridging-the-adhd-gap-merle-huerta?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Read&Write Assistive Technology App

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/10/read-assistive-technology-app.html#.Wd742kuGPGJ

'Gender inequality starts in schools, so let’s end it'

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/gender-inequality-starts-schools-so-lets-end-it

Program for Parents Improves ADHD Behaviors in Young Children

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/10/program-for-parents-improves-adhd.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

How Listening to Podcasts Helps Students Read and Learn

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/10/10/how-listening-to-podcasts-helps-students-read-and-learn/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Suspensions Don’t Teach

https://www.edutopia.org/article/suspensions-dont-teach?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29

Restorative practices—an alternative to punitive justice—keep kids in school, where they can learn how their behavior affects others.