Educational Links 3/13/16

IEPs: IEP AT A GLANCE

Dial Up Your Formative Assessment Technique

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2016/03/11/formative-assessment-strategies/ 

Help Kids Earn Confidence & Improve Social Skills

http://www.edudemic.com/help-kids-confidence-improve-social-skills/ 

Hands-On Assignment Awakens Student Creativity

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-with-technology-articles/hands-on-assignment-awakens-student-creativity/ 

How to motivate unmotivated students

http://www.theedadvocate.org/how-to-motivate-unmotivated-students/ 

 IEPs At At Glance

http://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/ieps-iep-at-a-glance/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheWrightslawWay+%28The+Wrightslaw+Way%29 

April Fool's Day in the Classroom: 8 Resources for Teachers

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/april-fools-classroom-ideas-matt-davis?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain On Poetry.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112971504/effects-of-poetry-on-the-brain-101013/

According to Zeman, “Some people say it is impossible to reconcile science and art, but new brain imaging technology means we are now seeing a growing body of evidence about how the brain responds to the experience of art. This was a preliminary study, but it is all part of work that is helping us to make psychological, biological, anatomical sense of art.”