Sunday, March 10, 2013

Best Articles for Educators Week of 3/10/13

 "Something’s seriously wrong with our system when ye olde Google search brings up this:"

School Makes Me by Scott McLeod

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2013/03/school-makes-me.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dangerouslyirrelevant+%28Dangerously+Irrelevant%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

Race Does Matter by Randy Miller

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2013/03/race-does-matter/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

"Generally speaking, Black or Hispanic students are not educated in a way that is culturally responsive or culturally relevant."

Exercise Could Protect Students from Stress, Study Suggests by Sarah D. Sparks

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2013/03/exercise_could_protect_student.html 

 "...results suggest exercise promotes mental health by regulating the stress hormone response to stressors." 

Playing is Serious Business – Discover How to Make it Fun by Darlene Wierski-Devoe, CCP

http://special-ism.com/playing-is-serious-business/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

"Playing builds their imagination and enhances social skills. It helps strengthen their physical and emotional development and it is scientifically proven to be good to our brains." 

The Digital Divide Is Still With Us—In A Different Form by Annie Murphy Paul

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/03/the-digital-divide-is-still-with-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-digital-divide-is-still-with-us 

"Some computer engineers are working on making online instruction available even for people who don’t have Internet access, as I wrote in this recent blog post. Such solutions will continue to be necessary in a world where the availability of fast web connections is far from universal."

Remixing Melville: Moby Dick Meets the Digital Generation by Katrina Schwartz 

“We want to raise a generation of kids who have a mouse in one hand and a book in the other.”

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/remixing-melville-moby-dick-meets-the-digital-generation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

Thar she blows!

 

 

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