A Teacher's Job Tweets of the Day 8/8/13

 

1. How Many Hours Do Educators Actually Work?

New infographic shows how tough teaching really is. 

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/08/how-many-hours-do-educators-actually-work?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

2. What Teacher Leadership Looks Like for the New School Year

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teacher-leadership-new-school-year-jose-vilson?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

3. Selective Highlighting: Reading with a Purpose

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/selective-highlighting/?utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=post08071301&utm_campaign=fbt

4. Researchers See Video Games as Testing, Learning Tools

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/08/07/37games_ep.h32.html?tkn=MWCC3%2BYcMpDSmhcr9dlFNkU2TO%2BJFueC%2F0rf&cmp=clp-sb-ascd

5. 6 Secrets To Unlocking Your Child's Talent

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/unlocking_talent/?cid=80.

6. Top 100 Free Apps for Parents/Educators!

http://www.smartappsforkids.com/top-free-apps-for-parentsteachers.html

7. New Research Asks: Does Blended Learning Boost Algebra Scores?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/08/rand-study-shows-blended-learning-works/

8. Self-Esteem

• Subject: Social/Emotional Health

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/self-esteem.cfm