New Ideas, New Connections, New Goals Tweets of the Day 8 23 12

 New year--new kids, new chance, new colleagues, new tech. Woopee!

Nice job, Teach Hub

1. Connect Your Classroom to the Outside World 

http://www.teachhub.com/connect-your-classroom-outside-world 

I just love Mind/Shift articles.

2. For Educators, the Importance of Making Meaningful Connections

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/08/for-educators-the-importance-of-making-meaningful-connections/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Here's a great quote:

"Though schools possess tremendous resources in teachers, the challenge can be how to connect teachers with each other, to ward off isolation and leverage the power of the “room” and the collective intelligence."

This is actually the greatest educational question right now.

3. Improving Academic Achievement for Disadvantaged Children

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/improving-academic-achievement-disadvantaged-maurice-elias?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=eliasimprovingachievement 

Is there a question in there?

4. Making the Leap to Socratic Seminars

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/08/22/tln_ely_socratic.html 

Must have catitude.

 I like Number 5: Bring Joy to Your Classroom. I put up a Garfield joke every day--giving the punchline at the end of class. Worked for us.

5. Five Things To Do Now That Will Pay Off All Year Long

 https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2012/08/23/back-to-school-to-do-list/

People, people needing people. Are the luckiest people in the world.

6. The Tech-Driven Classroom Is Here, But Grades Are Mixed

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmarshallcrotty/2012/08/21/the-tech-driven-classroom-is-here-but-grades-are-mixed/ 

Amazing title.

7. Thank Goodness the Writing Scores are Going to Drop

http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/