Tune Up Your Teaching Tweets of the Day 1/18/14

1. To Help Students Learn, Appeal to What They Value

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/appeal-to-what-students-value-heidi-olinger 

2. How Are Social-Emotional Learning and the Common Core Connected?

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-common-core-social-emotional-learning-connected-maurice%20elias 

3. Half of Civics Teachers Devote Little Time to News Literacy, Study Finds

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2014/01/study_most_civics_teachers_emp.html?r=1381523860&cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

4. Doing It Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/vocabulary-instruction-teaching-tips-rebecca-alber?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-vocab-tips-repost 

4. 10 Ways to Remember Martin Luther King, Jr. 

http://www.teachhub.com/10-ways-remember-martin-luther-king-jr 

5. Common Core in Action: Using the Arts to Spark Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/common-core-and-creative-learning-courtney-boddie?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-ccss-arts-activities-link 

6. Younger people have better memories

http://www.tgdaily.com/general-sciences-features/85576-report-younger-people-have-high-definition-memories 

7.  Constant Challenges Push Students to Strive for Success

http://www.edutopia.org/made-with-play-game-based-learning-challenge-video?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=video-madewithplay-caterpillar-nontech-image-video-of-the-week