Educational Links 7/26/15

Five Clever Ideas to Spark Independent Reading by Kids

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/07/22/five-clever-ideas-to-spark-independent-reading-by-kids/ 

Furniture Quest for a Collaborative Classroom

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2015/07/25/furniture-quest-for-a-collaborative-classroom/ 

What is the correct way to talk about autism? There isn't one

http://digest.bps.org.uk/2015/07/what-is-correct-way-to-talk-about.html 

12 Literary Road Trips In A Single Map

http://www.teachthought.com/literacy-2/12-literary-road-trips-in-a-single-map/ 

Handwriting Challenges: Dys-print-ism?

http://special-ism.com/handwriting-challenges-dys-print-ism/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29 

What Can Librarians Do to Support Student Literacy?

http://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-literacy/what-can-librarians-do-support-student-literacy?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29 

How this program hopes to double reading proficiency among low-income students

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/07/24/reading-proficiency-042/ 

Chicktionary: The Goofy New App That Makes Learning Vocab Fun

http://www.edudemic.com/chicktionary-makes-vocab-fun/