Know Thy Student Tweets of the Day 12/4/13

1. 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/ 

2.  Five Musts for Mastery

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

http://www.weareteachers.com/hot-topics/topics-in-education/the-digital-classroom-2013?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=Social%20Media&utm_campaign=Troxell-site-1113 

3. First Steps Towards Emotional Literacy 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/12/03/first-steps-emotional-literacy/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post12031301&utm_campaign=fbt 

4. Supporting Very Young Writers

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/60195/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

5.  Seeing the Toll, Schools Revise Zero Tolerance

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/education/seeing-the-toll-schools-revisit-zero-tolerance.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=1& 

6. Messy Children Make Better Learners: Toddlers Learn Words for Nonsolids Better When Getting Messy in a Highchair

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131202082318.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmind_brain+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Mind+%26+Brain+News%29 

7. Are We Raising a Generation of Helpless Kids? 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/Mickey-goodman/are-we-raising-a-generati_b_1249706.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false