Best Articles for Educators 8/2/15

 

What Classrooms Can Learn From Informal Learning

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/what-classrooms-can-learn-from-informal-learning/

Research Trends: Why Homework Should Be Balanced

http://www.edutopia.org//blog/research-trends-is-homework-effective-youki-terada?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29 

Taking the First Steps Towards Teaching With Video Games

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/07/31/taking-the-first-steps-towards-teaching-with-video-games/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Teaching Social Skills to Improve Grades and Lives

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/building-social-skills-to-do-well-in-math/?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad&_r=1

Five Reasons Why Presuming Competence is ALWAYS a Good Idea

http://www.swiftschools.org/swifttalk/article/45/five-reasons-why-presuming-competence-is-always-a-good-idea?utm_content=buffered96d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Teaching preschoolers to use computers — along with their parents

http://hechingerreport.org/teaching-preschoolers-to-use-computers-along-with-their-parents/

Technology in the Classroom: 5 Tech Club Activities

http://www.teachhub.com/technology-classroom-5-tech-club-activities