While You're On Break...Tweets of the Day 12/19/13

 

 

1. Winter Break: Learning Resources That Won’t Feel Like Work

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/12/18/winter-break-learning-resources-that-wont-feel-like-work/ 

2. Top 10 Family Reading and Writing Ideas for the Winter Holidays

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/55193/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

3. Changing Instructional Mindsets for the 21st Century

http://edweek.org/tm/articles/2013/12/17/ctq_tolley_tech.html 

4. The Best Books on Writing and Creativity of 2013

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/12/18/best-books-writing-creativity/ 

5. Majority of high school seniors don't think smoking pot regularly is a big deal

http://news.yahoo.com/marijuana-teen-survey-161202645.html 

6. Tricks of the Trade: Classroom Management Tips for Teachers (Video Playlist)

http://www.edutopia.org/classroom-management-teacher-tips-video?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=video-classroom-management-tips-playlist-archived 

7. MindShift’s Big Ideas of 2013: Focus on Learning

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/12/mindshifts-big-ideas-of-2013-focus-on-learning/ 

Here's something for all of us to consider--and a great idea for the return to class in 2014. (you may wish to change the yar at the bottom of the page. We don't want to live in the past.)