Best Articles for Educators Week of 12/8/13

Well, staff, time to get busy.

1. In a Digital Age, Print Books Find Favor With Young People

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2013/12/in_a_digital_age_print_books_find_favor_with_young_people.html 

2. Age of Distraction: Why It’s Crucial for Students to Learn to Focus

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/12/age-of-distraction-why-its-crucial-for-students-to-learn-to-focus/ 

3. Arts Integration: Resource Roundup

http://www.edutopia.org/arts-integration-resources?spMailingID=7513621&spUserID=NjQwOTYyNDY1NDAS1&spJobID=102594498&spReportId=MTAyNTk0NDk4S0 

4. Student Playlist: What Makes an Engaging Lesson?

 https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/12/04/student-playlist-engaging-lessons/

5. In the Rush to Buy New Tech for Common Core, What Happens to the Big Picture?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/12/in-the-rush-to-buy-new-tech-for-common-core-what-happens-to-the-big-picture/ 

6.   Five Musts for Mastery

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec13/vol71/num04/Five-Musts-for-Mastery.aspx 

7. Educators, Researchers and Advocates Release 

Teaching Quality Policy Road Map

http://www.otlcampaign.org/policy-guides/teaching-quality 

8. Common Core academic standards force teachers to work on critical thinking over memorization

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/02/common-core-academic-standards-force-teachers-to-work-on-critical-thinking-over/