MzTeachuh: Best Articles For Educators Week of 1/19/13

MzTeachuh: Best Articles For Educators Week of 1/19/13: Dr. Richard Curwin Crossing the Rubicon: Violence Comes to School We have made cultural shifts about the importance of seat belts, ...

Best Articles For Educators Week of 1/19/13

Dr. Richard Curwin

Crossing the Rubicon: Violence Comes to School

We have made cultural shifts about the importance of seat belts, the danger of cigarettes and the health consequences of the way we eat. There is no reason to think that we can't also make a similar shift about guns and violence. 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/crossing-rubicon-violence-in-schools-richard-curwin#comment-117256 

 

Dan Pink

Dan Pink: How Teachers Can Sell Love of Learning to Students

“We have a lot of learned behavior of compliance, and hunger for external rewards and no real engagement.”

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/01/dan-pink-how-teachers-can-sell-love-of-learning-to-students/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

Cari Harris

“But I WANT to Learn, Mom.” An Unschooling Adventure Continues, Pt.2

I found myself in the odd position of having the opportunity to be at home with my son – a pattern we had never found ourselves in his entire life.  So we decided to experiment.

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2013/01/but-i-want-to-learn-mom-an-unschooling-adventure-continues-pt-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

Stuck, Stubborn and Always Right? Changing Patterns of Rigid Thinking

Dr. Kimberly S. Williams,Psy.D

 These children are “stuck” because their thinking is rigid and inflexible.

http://special-ism.com/stuck-stubborn-and-always-right-changing-patterns-of-rigid-thinking/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

 

MzTeachuh: Helping Kids Develop Tweets of the Day 1/19/13

MzTeachuh: Helping Kids Develop Tweets of the Day 1/19/13:   1. What Every Parent Needs to Know About Praise http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/Why_Praise_is_bad_for_children/  ...

Helping Kids Develop Tweets of the Day 1/19/13

 1. What Every Parent Needs to Know About Praise

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/Why_Praise_is_bad_for_children/ 

2. Get Your Nerd On: Desire, Passion And The Scientific Bookstore

http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/01/16/169319675/get-your-nerd-on-desire-passion-and-the-scientific-bookstore?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130116 

3. Worrying About Children

http://edge.org/response-detail/23785 

Rather tedious.

4. Behavior Modification in the Classroom

http://www.adlit.org/article/6030/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=ALSocialMedia 

5. Accommodating Students with Dyslexia in All Classroom Settings

http://www.ldonline.org/article/28551/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=LDSocialMedia 

6.  Top 10 Spelling Apps

http://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading101/spelling/literacyapps_spelling/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

7. Having Your Child Tested for Learning Disabilities Outside of School

 http://www.ldonline.org/article/4529?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=LDSocialMedia

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: The Inauguration

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: The Inauguration: That's a lot of folks.   1. 2013 Inauguration On TV: Networks Announce Coverage For Obama's Swearing-In Ceremony  http://www.huffin...

Teachable Moment: The Inauguration

That's a lot of folks.

 

1. 2013 Inauguration On TV: Networks Announce Coverage For Obama's Swearing-In Ceremony 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/2013-inauguration-tv-networks-plans_n_2505575.html?utm_hp_ref=media 

2. Inauguration 2013: 4 Things That Will Make Obama's Inauguration Speech One of the Best Ever 

Loved Michelle's green gloves.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/22174/inauguration-2013-4-things-that-will-make-obama-s-inauguration-speech-one-of-the-best-ever 

3. Official list of events for 2013 Inauguration

Second inauguration of Barack Obama

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=8959585 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama 

We'll see if Inaugeration 2012 can match the cuteness factor of 2008.

 

MzTeachuh: MLK Day, Social Media, Autism Mom Tweets of the Da...

MzTeachuh: MLK Day, Social Media, Autism Mom Tweets of the Da...:   1. Martin Luther King Day http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/mlking.shtml 2. 25 random things about motherhood, autis...

MLK Day, Social Media, Autism Mom Tweets of the Day 1/18/13

 1. Martin Luther King Day

http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/mlking.shtml

2. 25 random things about motherhood, autism-style: An Update

http://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/2013/01/16/25-random-things-about-motherhood-autism-style-update 

3. Online courses need human element to educate 

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/15/opinion/rushkoff-moocs/index.html 

4. Notable Children’s Books – 2013 Discussion List

http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2013/01/notable-childrens-books-2013-discussion-list/ 

5. Call for Nominations: Know a Creative Science or Math Teacher? 

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/01/call-for-nominations-know-a-creative-science-or-math-teacher.html 

6. The 2012 Social Media Report Card

http://edudemic.com/2013/01/the-2012-social-media-report-card/ 

7.  28 Questions

https://www.teachingchannel.org/questions?default=1%2F%3Futm_source%3Dfb&utm_medium=post01171301&utm_campaign=fbt 

 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Four Tweets Worth Careful Thought

MzTeachuh: Four Tweets Worth Careful Thought: PBL does take some organizing. 1.  Change the Subject: Making the Case for Project-Based Learning http://www.edutopia.org/blog/21st-c...

Four Tweets Worth Careful Thought

PBL does take some organizing.

1.  Change the Subject: Making the Case for Project-Based Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/21st-century-skills-changing-subjects-larry-rosenstock-rob-riordan#comment-117186 

2. Closing the Gap Between Educators and Entrepreneurs

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/01/closing-the-gap-between-educators-and-entrepreneurs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

3. Differentiating Instruction–Stretching All Learners

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2013/01/differentiating-instruction-stretching-all-learners/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

4. What Every Parent Needs to Know About Praise

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/Why_Praise_is_bad_for_children/ 

 

MzTeachuh: Trouble Don't Last Always

MzTeachuh: Trouble Don't Last Always: Joy Comes in the Morning Easter  by Susan E. Goff  The nights of crying your eyes out give way to days of laughter.  Psalm 30:5 The ...

Trouble Don't Last Always

Joy Comes in the Morning Easter  by Susan E. Goff 

The nights of crying your eyes outgive way to days of laughter. 

Psalm 30:5 The Message Bible

Be Encouraged - William Becton (WOW Gospel 1998 Disc 1) 

http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1441644043303616609#overviewstats 

MzTeachuh: Life Is Very Short, And There's No Time For Fussin...

MzTeachuh: Life Is Very Short, And There's No Time For Fussin...: Thank you, Ringo Starr. Relationship guidance from a 24 year old. Words of wisdom from the Fab Four.   THE BEATLES We Can Work It...

Life Is Very Short, And There's No Time For Fussing and Fighting, My Friends

Thank you, Ringo Starr.

Relationship guidance from a 24 year old.

Words of wisdom from the Fab Four.

  THE BEATLES We Can Work It Out 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_UMZ_9RBmk

 and the funky version. 

The song really did need a blues harmonica. 

1970

 

Stevie Wonder-We Can Work it Out 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL1GzbUdtfg 

MzTeachuh: The Future and Learning Now Tweets of the Day 1/17...

MzTeachuh: The Future and Learning Now Tweets of the Day 1/17...: 1. Faces of the New Higher Ed: Learning By Working http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/01/faces-of-the-new-higher-ed-learning-by-worki...

The Future and Learning Now Tweets of the Day 1/17/13

1. Faces of the New Higher Ed: Learning By Working

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/01/faces-of-the-new-higher-ed-learning-by-working/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

2. Why Mathematical Practices Matter as Much as the Content

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/why-mathematical-practices-matter-jose-vilson?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

 

 3. Social Media

http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/media/social_media.html 

 4. Should Your School Consider Hiring a Social Media Coordinator?

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/01/should-your-school-consider-hiring-social-media-coordinator?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

5. Collaboration: Occupational Therapist, Classroom Teacher and Parents

http://special-ism.com/collaboration-occupational-therapist-classroom-teacher-and-parents/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

 

6. Reading Comprehension Strategies For Elementary Teachers

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2013/01/reading-comprehension-strategies-for-elementary-teachers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+

%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

7. Top 10 Common Core Insider Secrets

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2012/08/07/common-core-insider-secrets/ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Special Ed. News 1/16/13

MzTeachuh: Special Ed. News 1/16/13:     1.  New Information On Autism and Genetics  http://specialneedssurvey.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-information-on-autism-and-geneti...

Special Ed. News 1/16/13

 

 

1.  New Information On Autism and Genetics 

http://specialneedssurvey.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-information-on-autism-and-genetics.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Survey%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

2. 50 Must-See Blogs For Special Education Teachers

http://edudemic.com/2012/08/special-ed-blogs-updated/ 

3.  Ask an Expert: The Who, What, How and Whys of Genetic Testing 

http://specialneedssurvey.blogspot.com/2013/01/ask-expert-who-what-how-and-whys-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Survey%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

4. Free E-Book

50 Questions About LD

http://www.ncld.org/ 

irsc.org

5. Most Popular Tags

Learning Disabilities ADHD Children Special Education Help for Disabled Rare Diseases Special Education Aspergers Syndrome Child Health Care Parenting Resources Down Syndrome Early Childhood Education Disability Benefits Autism Information

http://searchremagnified.com/?dn=irsc.org&pid=7POF72QPA 

 

6. Virtual Assistive Technology Center

http://www.abledata.com

/abledata.cfm?pageid=113582&orgid=16188 

  7. Autism and Motor Skills During the 1st Year of Life

http://special-ism.com/autism-awareness-month-autism-and-motor-skills-during-the-1st-year-of-life/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

8.  Do I Have To Go To The IEP Meeting? I’m Not a Special Education Teacher

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2013/01/do-i-have-to-go-to-the-iep-meeting-im-not-a-special-education-teacher/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

14" x 10"  Candee Basford  Limited Edition Giclee Print on Fine Art Paper  

 

 

MzTeachuh: I'm Pretty Pumped About This!

MzTeachuh: I'm Pretty Pumped About This!: An article I wrote has been accepted and published by The Educator's Room. You can go to the website: The Educator's Room http://theeducat...

I'm Pretty Pumped About This!

An article I wrote has been accepted and published by The Educator's Room. You can go to the website: The Educator's Room http://theeducatorsroom.com/2013/01/do-i-have-to-go-to-the-iep-meeting-im-not-a-special-education-teacher/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
Or check it out right here (and don't forget to comment):

Do I Have To Go To The IEP Meeting? I’m Not a Special Education Teacher

January 16, 2013 By Melanie Taylor Comments (0)

Am I required to attend IEP meetings if I am not a Special Education teacher? I’ve been asked that more than once as the Special Education teacher, and especially as a Resource Specialist, also known as Special Academic Instructor.The answer in our state is that at least one general education teacher who has the student on his/her caseload needs attend any IEP (Individualized Education Program) whether it be qualifying (evaluating to see if the student will enter Special Education), annual (the once a year assessment), triennial (every third year the educational psychologist also assesses), or an addendum which is called for a unique reason at any time. However, the better school sites have the entire teaching team there. The teachers at my middle school were very dedicated (and wanted to keep their positions) and supported the Special Ed. kids very effectively with attendance.

Here are some tips to having a productive IEP meeting:
What should I bring to the IEP as the General Education teacher?
1. Bring a calm and caring attitude. Parents are always concerned about their kid. Even if you as the classroom instructor have concerns, even serious ones, about the child’s performance or behavior, a general education teacher must show a caring attitude and a calm demeanor. Even if you must fly out of the meeting at the speed of heat to finish your day’s responsibilities–you are so very important to that parent and child that every bit of body language as well as spoken words means the world, and focusing on the positive will get things done more efficiently.
2. Bring your expertise and evidence of it. All teachers have grade books (on-line or otherwise), lesson plans, records of phone calls and communication to the parent, and copies of referrals and time-outs. Just be ready with this information and how to explain the ebb and flow of your classroom. Please have some positive comments to show you know little Johnny and how well he demonstrates a skill, reveals a talent or interest, or did something right in class. If little Janie is lacking, the parent should already have communicated with you because you called, or sent information home. The Special Education teacher should already know, too, if this is a big deal (actually, even a little deal.) The team of teachers plus family can really make it happen for a kid, and communication with coordination is the key.
3. How should I interact at the meeting? There is a sequence to IEP meetings. When it is your turn, be ready to explain your testing and grading system, including homework. The child’s future hinges on what you do, how you grade, and if you offer help. The parent needs to know how you grade. Is there make up work? A Special Education student usually is not an independent learner, even if they have the intelligence to do the work, due to a visual or auditory learning handicap and/or ADHD or one of its forms. Do you offer homework help? Test retakes? Tutoring? When and where? The Math Department at my last school was remarkable in the regular, systematic help for all kids. And it got results.
4. I Don’t Feel Prepared For This–What Should I Do?  Coordinate with the Special Education teacher. I cannot adequately explain how complex, detailed and mind-boggingly intense all this Special Ed. stuff is. But it is to your advantage as a general education teacher to share information with the RSP or SAI teacher. Most Special Ed. teachers are type B personalities (myself included) and won’t bully or force anyone to do anything. But there is expertise there, and one suggestion from a Special Education professional may change a classroom situation for the better. And frequently there are Behavior Plans to implement for a rascal. The teaching team wants to keep on the right side of legalities, having i’s dotted and t’s crossed. Of course, first and foremost, we want to help the kids. A Special Education teacher has district personnel resources and knowledge that can really help.

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech Talk

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech Talk:  1. Qualcomm and Big Bird’s Big Idea: Use Augmented Reality to Teach Reading   http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/01/qual...

Ed Tech Talk

 1. Qualcomm and Big Bird’s Big Idea: Use Augmented Reality to Teach Reading 

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/01/qualcomm-and-big-birds-big-idea-use-augmented-reality-teach-reading?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28

EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

2. Technology Integration in Education

http://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration 

3. A Day In The Life Of A Connected Educator

http://edudemic.com/2013/01/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-connected-educator/ 

4.Google Docs in the Classroom

Grades 9-12, All Subjects, Collaboration

Common Core Standards: ELA.W.9-10.6 ELA.W.11-12.6

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/fostering-student-collaboration 

  

5. 5 Innovative Mind-Mapping Tools For Education

http://edudemic.com/2012/03/mind-mapping/ 

6. Making Math Meaningful with Online Games and Videos

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/01/making-math-meaningful-with-online-games-and-videos/ 

7. How To Learn About Physics Using Angry Birds

http://edudemic.com/2012/03/angry-birds-space-physics/ 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Reading, Blending and PBLs Tweets of the Day 1/16/...

MzTeachuh: Reading, Blending and PBLs Tweets of the Day 1/16/...: Feliz Compleanos, Martin Luther King  1. Books for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/books/c1226/?ut...

Reading, Blending and PBLs Tweets of the Day 1/16/13

Feliz Compleanos, Martin Luther King

 1. Books for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/books/c1226/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

2. Impacting Each Other’s Lives

http://www.communitiesinschools.org/blog/2013/01/impacting-each-others-lives/ 

3. 10 Steps to Build Support for Blended Learning

http://gettingsmart.com/cms/blog/2012/12/10-steps-to-build-support-for-blended-learning/ 

4. Eat Something New

http://www.joyfullearningnetwork.com/4/post/2013/01/eat-something-new.html 

5. Strategies for Teaching Youth with ADD and ADHD

http://www.ldonline.org/article/13701/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=LDSocialMedia 

6. How Music Helps to Heal the Injured Brain

http://www.brainline.org/content/2011/03/how-music-helps-to-heal-the-injured-brain.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=BrainLineSM 

7. Project-Based Learning Research: Avoiding Pitfalls

http://www.edutopia.org/pbl-research-avoiding-pitfalls?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=pblpitfalls 

 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: The Abolitionists on PBS

MzTeachuh: The Abolitionists on PBS: Premiering January 8, 15 & 22, 2013. Abolitionist allies Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown ...

The Abolitionists on PBS Tonight

Premiering January 8, 15 & 22, 2013. Abolitionist allies Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimké turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/abolitionists/

Part 3 will be on PBS tonight..

I have found it to be excellent.

MzTeachuh: Edutopia Weighs In On Homework, With Some Humor

MzTeachuh: Edutopia Weighs In On Homework, With Some Humor: Nick Provenzano (on the left.) 1. A Teacher's Anti-Resolutions for the New Year by Nick Provenzano 9. I resolve to use technol...

Edutopia Weighs In On Homework, With Some Humor

Nick Provenzano (on the left.)

1. A Teacher's Anti-Resolutions for the New Year by Nick Provenzano

9. I resolve to use technology as the basis of all the lessons I create. My first question during my lesson planning will always be, "How I can use the iPad here?" It will always be technology first, curriculum second and students third. 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/anti-resolutions-for-new-year-nicholas-provenzano#comment-117056 

2. A New Year's Goal: Stop Giving So Much Homework  by Elena Aguilar

Elena Aguilar

I also hear many complaints that students don't do homework, or when they turn it in, that teachers have too much to grade (and frequently don't grade it). 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/homework-more-meaningful-assignments-elena-aguilar 

 

3. Tips for Grading and Giving Students Feedback by Heather Wolpert-Gowan

Heather Wolpert-Gawron

And while you're at it, give them a way to give feedback to you. If they believe that you are reading their feedback, they will be more likely to read yours.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/grading-tips-student-feedback-heather-wolpert-gawron 

4. Teaching Students the ABCs of Resilience by Renee Jain

Renee Jain

  Instead of sidestepping challenge, we can teach kids to cope positively, to learn and grow from adversity.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teaching-the-abcs-of-resilience-renee-jain 

Excelsior! (Ever Upward!)