Educational Links 3/10/16

 

Writing by Hand Improves Cognitive Development

http://www.makespecialeducationwork.com/writing-hand-improves-cognitive-development/#sthash.VEercH5D.3JhNUOZv.dpbs 

How Do We Measure Social and Emotional Learning?

http://www.edutopia.org/blogs/how-do-we-measure-sel-maurice-elias 

Understanding Education in a Changing World: What's Really Worth Learning

https://edtechreview.in/voices/interviews/2303-education-in-a-changing-world-what-is-worth-learning?utm_content=buffer405b9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Neuroscientists Study Real-Time Learning in Classroom Lab

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/03/09/neuroscientists-study-real-time-learning-in-classroom-lab.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news2 

Developing your PLN – OR – Why we need to Collaborate

https://kellygrotrian.wordpress.com/2016/02/20/developing-your-pln-or-why-we-need-to-collaborate/#prclt-DuhA7s2B 

White teacher: I thought I could reach my black and Latino students. Then one told me why I couldn’t.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/03/09/white-teacher-i-thought-i-could-reach-my-black-students-then-one-told-me-why-i-couldnt/?tid=pm_pop_b&utm_source=March%209%20daily%20digest%20-%20Sue&utm_campaign=Daily%20email&utm_medium=email 

Writing by Hand Improves Cognitive Development

How to Give Students More Control Over Their Learning

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2016/03/08/give-students-more-control-over-their-learning.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Pressures from parents, administrators, communities, and policymakers keep the education profession in a state of flux. It has been said that the only constant in teaching is change. Fortunately, the foundation for what teachers, administrators, and support staff do on a daily basis remains constant: We care for children. Most educators enter the profession due to their unquenchable passion for working with kids. It is out of this love for "our kids" that we cultivate a caring classroom culture.