Saturday, October 19, 2013

MzTeachuh: ePLNs for Teachers –Getting Connected

MzTeachuh: ePLNs for Teachers –Getting Connected: Teachers can find professional networking online. Educational sites afford convenience, privacy, and expertise in a variety ...

ePLNs for Teachers –Getting Connected

Teachers can find professional networking online. Educational sites afford convenience, privacy, and expertise in a variety of educational areas. There are also interactive activities for teachers joining an online community. Here are a few advantages to connecting online:

· Current educational topics discussed by experts and educators in a timely, thorough manner. For example, the latest input on educational technology use in the class, special education innovations, and school-wide interventions such as social and emotional interventions are hot topics currently inspiring teachers in their professional pursuits.

· Convenience and privacy comes with networking online. Professional development is generally limited to scheduled on-campus staff or team meetings, conferences, or District trainings. A teacher may have a question or comment on a topic with no opportunity during these gatherings, or the teacher feels the question or comment is too basic or too sophisticated for the discussion. Educational sites can provide a responsive venue through articles, group discussions, webcasts, videos or a search by a teacher using key words at the teacher’s convenience.

· Opportunities to investigate new teaching areas and/or extend teaching expertise abound through sites that are specific to educational technology, special education, or improved teaching methods. A teacher may want more information about learning disabilities, for personal or professional reasons, and find helpful information and professionals online. Maybe a video demonstrating a specific lesson would be very helpful. There is an abundance of sites to enhance a teacher’s knowledge and methods.

Here are well-established educational sites excellent for teacher connections.

http://www.edutopia.org/

Edutopia This is an attractive, vast website that is has numerous educational topics: experts and educators writing articles, groups to join, videos, classroom guides. Edutopia is a great support for teachers.

https://www.teachingchannel.org/

The Teaching Channel provides specific video demonstrations in K-12 classrooms and lesson plan points on basic curriculum areas, as well as information on implementing the Common Core. There are also articles and blogs. The Teaching Channel provides a ‘Teaching Team’ feature for professional development.

http://www.ncld.org/

The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) This site offers connections for parents and teachers in the complex, challenging area of Special Education. There is a diversity of articles that are thorough, clear, and understandable for those not trained in Special Education. The site offers ebooks, podcasts, videos and current news about the IEP process, IDEA, funding, and interventions. NCLD is a tremendous asset for teachers and parents.

http://www.edudemic.com/

Edudemic is a clear, concise, and thorough guide to educational technology, blended and flipped learning, and educational innovation using technology. There are many guidelines on a wide variety of topics that a teacher may not even have enough background in ed tech to ask about. For a teacher wishing to deepen knowledge of ed tech, or a beginner hoping to catch up--Edudemic is very effective.

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 10/19/13

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 10/19/13: 1. Quandary of Hidden Disabilities: Conceal or Reveal? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/business/quandary-of-hidden-disabilities-conceal...

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 10/19/13

1. Quandary of Hidden Disabilities: Conceal or Reveal?

quandary-of-hidden-disabilities-conceal-or-reveal.html?_r=1&

2. Is The Autism ‘Epidemic’ Over?

http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2013/10/is-the-autism-epidemic-over

3. Motivated reasoning: Fuel for controversies, conspiracy theories and science denialism alike

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/absolutely-maybe/2013/10/14/motivated-reasoning-fuel-for-controversies-conspiracy-theories-and-science-denialism-alike/

4. Parent Preferences Impact ADHD Treatment Choice

http://www.smartkidswithld.org/news-and-research/parent-preferences-impact-adhd-treatment-choice

5. Zeroing In on the Causes of Autism

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/10/zeroing-in-on-causes-of-autism.html

6. Brain Chemical Linking Exercise to Better Stress Responses Revealed in Princeton study

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/07/brain-chemical-linking-exercise-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

7. Learning Disabilities Help Guide

http://www.helpguide.org/topics/learning-disabilities.htm

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 10/19/13

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 10/19/13: Peter Higgs of Higgs/Boson Fame 1. Real Role Models: Your 2013 Nobel Prize Winners http://blog.k12.com/news-events/real-role-models-y...

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 10/19/13

Peter Higgs of Higgs/Boson Fame

1. Real Role Models: Your 2013 Nobel Prize Winners

http://blog.k12.com/news-events/real-role-models-your-2013-nobel-prize-winners?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=socialmedia#.UmAd0RDZjIY

2. Verizon App Challenge

http://appchallenge.tsaweb.org/

3. EdCeptional #049 – There’s internet in the Jungle?

http://edreach.us/podcast/edceptional-049-theres-internet-in-the-jungle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdReach+%28The+EdReach+Network+%29&utm_content=FaceBook

4. Tale of Two Startups in the K-12 Marketplace

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/10/16/08startups_ep.h33.html?tkn=WOLFD7dHAUPPJRUp4drzXpUi5dos5QZpK0ge&cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Typing Skills Will Be Essential in CCSS-Aligned Classrooms

- See more at: http://blog.herffjonesnystrom.com/typing-skills-will-be-essential-in-ccss-aligned-classrooms/#sthash.RJVtHtRm.dpuf

5. Please Write on Your Table- encouraging students to write; great for reluctant writers and ELL students

http://www.teachertime123.com/2011/11/please-write-on-your-table-encouraging-students-to-write-great-for-reluctant-writers-and-ell-students/

6. Flipped Learning #64: Flipping Choral Instruction with Mary-Hannah Klontz

http://edreach.us/podcast/flipped-learning-64-flipping-choral-instruction-with-mary-hannah-klontz/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdReach+%28The+EdReach+Network+%29&utm_content=FaceBook

7. What Can We Learn From the Global Effort Around Mobile Learning?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/10/what-can-we-learn-from-the-global-effort-around-mobile-learning/

Typing Skills Will Be Essential in CCSS-Aligned Classrooms

- See more at: http://blog.herffjonesnystrom.com/typing-skills-will-be-essential-in-ccss-aligned-classrooms/#sthash.RJVtHtRm.dpuf

Friday, October 18, 2013

MzTeachuh: This and That Tweets of the Day 10/19/13

MzTeachuh: This and That Tweets of the Day 10/19/13: https://www.teachingchannel.org/ 1. Featured Teaching Channel Videos http://www.edweek.org/tm/section/teaching-channel/index.html...

This and That Tweets of the Day 10/19/13

https://www.teachingchannel.org/

1. Featured Teaching Channel Videos

http://www.edweek.org/tm/section/teaching-channel/index.html

2. The Raven:The Simpsons Version [61,099 views]

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=251203

3. The Best Halloween Costumes From Books

http://www.bookish.com/articles/the-best-halloween-costumes-from-books

4. Seating Options

http://www.lauracandler.com/strategies/seating.php

5. Five-Minute Film Festival: Building a Better School Lunch

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-healthy-school-lunch?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-school-lunch-poll

6. 2013 National Book Award Finalists announced on Morning Joe

http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2013.html#ypl

7. Caring Classrooms

http://www.pinterest.com/teachers/caring-classrooms/

Taking a minute to be kids.

MzTeachuh: Thinkin', Hopin', Dreamin' Tweets of the Day 10/18...

MzTeachuh: Thinkin', Hopin', Dreamin' Tweets of the Day 10/18...: 1. Teachers Call for Social and Emotional Learning in School http://casel.org/themissingpiece/ 2. Neil Gaiman: Why our future ...

Thinkin', Hopin', Dreamin' Tweets of the Day 10/18/13

1. Teachers Call for Social and Emotional Learning in School

http://casel.org/themissingpiece/

2. Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/15/neil-gaiman-future-libraries-reading-daydreaming?utm_source=ReadingRockets.org&utm_medium=Twitter

3. Low-Stakes Writing Exercises: 3 Tips to Get Started

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/10/16/writing-to-learn/?utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=post10161301&utm_campaign=fbt

New reason to blame parents for our poor classroom management.

4. Random Bedtimes Breed Bad Behavior In Kids

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/15/234683175/random-bedtimes-breed-bad-behavior-in-kids?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia

5. Key Shifts of the Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts and Literacy

http://www.adlit.org/article/56480/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=ALSocialMedia

6. Privatizing Education: Scott McNealy at TEDxFargo

http://www.curriki.org/welcome/coverage/privatizing-education-scott-mcnealy-at-tedxfargo/?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_campaign=hootsuite

7. Model school trains teachers in ABCs of reading instruction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuo-YsK67jM

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 10/18/13

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 10/18/13: Lilies Red, Monet 1. Music To Take A Deep Breath To http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/10/music-to-take-deep-breath-to.html 2. Ed...

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 10/18/13

Lilies Red, Monet

1. Music To Take A Deep Breath To

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/10/music-to-take-deep-breath-to.html

2. Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 10/13/13

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/10/ed-tech-and-stem-tweets-of-day-101313.html

3. Special Needs Tweets of the Day 10/15/13

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/10/special-needs-tweets-of-day-101513.html

4 . Need To Know More About Learning Disabilities?

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/10/need-to-know-more-about-learning.html

5. Accentuate the Positive Tweets of the Day 10/16/13

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/10/accentuate-positive-tweets-of-day-101613.html

Pretend scarey and not too gross.

6. Seasonal Reading List from Reading Rockets

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/10/seasonal-reading-list-from-reading.html

7. Tools for Today Tweets of the Day 10/15/13

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/10/tools-for-today-tweets-of-day-101513.html

Well, I'm not.

8. I Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/10/i-aint-afraid-of-no-ghosts.html

Thanks to our international audience. It is a privilege to serve you. USA, UK, Canada, France, Russia, Ukraine, China, Bangadesh, Germany, Brazil.

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 10/18/13

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 10/18/13: 1. 5 Ideas for Sensory Savvy Picture Book Experiences http://special-ism.com/five-ideas-for-sensory-savvy-picture-book-experiences/#sthas...

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 10/18/13

1. 5 Ideas for Sensory Savvy Picture Book Experiences

http://special-ism.com/five-ideas-for-sensory-savvy-picture-book-experiences/#sthash.t2cn8F26.dpbs

2. A Special Educator Shares Her Perspective on the Common Core State Standards

http://www.ncld.org/students-disabilities/common-core-standards/special-educator-shares-her-perspective-common-core-standards

3. A Trudge to the Roots of Autism

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/science/the-autistic-brain-review-temple-grandin-traces-roots-of-a-disorder.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1382033028-9iusIarzY3nYPk7zfd9F1w

4. Top 10 Resources on Dyslexia

http://www.ldonline.org/article/Top_10_Resources_on_Dyslexia?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=LDSocialMedia

5. Dsycalculia: My Roller Coaster Ride

http://www.ldonline.org/firstperson/Dsycalculia%3A_My_Roller_Coaster_Ride?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=LDSocialMedia

6. Dislecksia: The Movie

https://www.facebook.com/dislecksiathemovie?directed_target_id=0

7. For dyslexics: Apps for iPhones, iPads and Android Devices

2. The Forest & The Air Cycle

http://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/bc566235-ca1d-4f12-9571-6afc11d9b800/bc566235-ca1d-4f12-9571-6afc11d9b800/

3. Integrating Engineering and Science in Your Classroom

http://www.nsta.org/store/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505%2F9781936959419

4. How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School

http://www.edutopia.org/social-media-guidelines-resource-guide?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=guide-social-media-guidelines

5. Teq Webinar - Going Further with SMART Notebook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYwn-zwmE_I&feature=share&list=UUD_OKAjPLDEJbkgq3IYXdlg

6. Create, Organize, and Share Lessons In Alchemy SmartBinder

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/10/create-organize-and-share-lessons-with.html#.UmAOXRDZjIY

7. My Experience As A Fourth Grade Hacker

http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/02/9-year-old-disrupts-the-tech-world/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

Etsy Engineer on Real World Programming

Thursday, October 17, 2013

MzTeachuh: Seasonal Reading List from Reading Rockets

MzTeachuh: Seasonal Reading List from Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/books/c1275/ Boo to You! Here is a Reading Rockets list of seasonal books for younger readers. ...

Seasonal Reading List from Reading Rockets

http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/books/c1275/

Boo to You! Here is a Reading Rockets list of seasonal books for younger readers.

Bedtime for Boo

By: Mickie Matheis

Illustrated by: Bonnie Leick

Age Level: 3-6

Reading Level: Beginning Reader

The Monsters' Monster

By: Patrick McDonnell

Age Level: 3-6

Reading Level: Beginning Reader

The Dead Family Diaz

By: P.J. Bracegirdle

Illustrated by: Poly Bernatene

Age Level: 3-6

Reading Level: Beginning Reader

Ralph Marsiello's Halloween Drawing Book

By: Ralph Masiello

Age Level: 6-9

Reading Level: Independent Reader

Monster Mash

By: David Catrow

Age Level: 6-9

It's Halloween Night!

By: Jenny O'Connell

Illustrated by: Jennifer E. Morris

Age Level: 0-3

Reading Level: Pre-Reader

Halloween Forest

By: Marion Dane Bauer

Illustrated by: John Shelley

Age Level: 3-6

Reading Level: Beginning Reader

Frankenstein: A Monstrous Parody

By: Ludworst Bemonster

Age Level: 6-9

Reading Level: Beginning Reader

Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin

By: Tad Hills

Age Level: 0-3

Reading Level: Pre-Reader

Biggest Pumpkin Surprise Ever

By: Steven Kroll

Illustrated by: Jeni Bassett

Age Level: 3-6

Reading Level: Beginning Reader

MzTeachuh: When Hybrid Literature Takes a Turn...

MzTeachuh: When Hybrid Literature Takes a Turn...: Otherwise titled: The Tell-Tale Tail. Here are a few links just because I am a typical teacher who can't leave well-enough alo...

When Hybrid Literature Takes a Turn...

Otherwise titled: The Tell-Tale Tail.

Here are a few links just because I am a typical teacher who can't leave well-enough alone.

THE TELL-TALE HEART by Edgar Allan Poe

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/poe/telltale.html

Biography: Edgar Allen Poe

http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160

1. Helping A Child with Anxiety Disorder

http://www.smartkidswithld.org/ld-basics/treatments-and-support/helping-a-child-with-anxiety-disorder

2. Children With Learning Disabilities Don’t Need More Opportunity to Fail

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/children-with-learning-disabilities-dont-need-more-opportunity-to-fail/?_r=0

3. What Is Working Memory and Why Does It Matter?

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/executive-function-disorders/what-is-working-memory-why-does-matter

4. Dyslexia Insight #6: How You Can Stop Self-Harm and Bullying of Dyslexic Kids

http://www.ncld.org/ld-insights/blogs/stop-bullying-self-harm-dyslexic-children

5. Delaying Measles Vaccine Puts Children At Risk For Seizures

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/15/measles-vaccine_n_4101223.html

6. Film demystifies and destigmatizes dyslexia

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/05/dyslexia-movie-learning-difference/2865405/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=LDSocialMedia

7. How to Help Kids Find Their Aspirations

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/10/how-to-help-kids-find-their-aspirations/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=LDSocialMedia

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 10/17/13

1. K-5 iPad Apps for Remembering: Part One of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-diane-darrow?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-blooms-taxonomy-apps-shared

2. How to Eliminate “Junk Stimulus”

http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/raising_happiness/post/how_to_eliminate_junk_stimulus

3. Augmented Reality Apps

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/10/excellent-videos-onthe-use-of-augmented.html

4. 5 Great Tools to Teach Coding

http://edtechideas.com/2013/10/16/5-great-tools-to-teach-coding/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+techhappy+%28Ed+Tech+Ideas%29

5. Resources for Connected Educator Month 2013

http://www.edutopia.org/connected-educator-month-resources?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=roundup-CEM-tip-virtual-events

6. Tablet-Computing Initiatives Suffer Major Setbacks

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/10/16/08amplify.h33.html?tkn=WSSFKk2yf5gwxK9wTtAWqYRSzqPA47Oe8nVN&cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

7. Review: Belkin Tablet Stage Adds Presentation to the Standard Tablet
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/10/review-belkin-tablet-stage-adds-presentation-standard-tablet?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

MzTeachuh: Methods and Management Tweets of the Day 10/17/13

MzTeachuh: Methods and Management Tweets of the Day 10/17/13: http://wjuedtech.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/formative-assessment-infographic/ 1. 5 Teaching Strategies To Keep Students From Turning O...