Best Articles for Educators Week of 10/6/13

1. Will technology improve teacher-student relationships, or hurt them?

http://hechingered.org/content/will-technology-improve-teacher-student-relationships-or-hurt-them_6405/ 

2. How Are Happiness and Learning Connected?

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/happiness-learning-connection-rebecca-alber?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-happiness-learning-connected-shared 

3. Why L.A.’s iPad Rollout Was Doomed

 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/10/why-l-a-s-ipad-rollout-was-doomed

 

4. Science Classroom without Walls-Replete with Snapping Turtles and  Snakes

http://www.childrenandnature.org/news/detail/science_classroom_without_walls_replete_with_snapping_turtles_snakes/

5. Cognitive Strategies Toolkit

http://www.adlit.org/article/21573/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=ALSocialMedia 

6. Common Core: Is It Needed? & How Do We Implement It?

http://www.steinershow.org/podcasts/national-politics/common-core-is-it-needed-how-do-we-implement-it/ 

7. How Much TV is Too Much?

http://montessorihome.com/tv-much/