Educational Links 3/3/16

Seating Arrangements with Work Stations 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/seating-arrangements 

Why The Teacher’s Pet Resembles The Teacher

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/02/24/why-the-teachers-pet-often-resembles-the-teacher/ 

[Tips for Teachers] Best Practices for Digital Citizenship

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/trends/1142-best-practices-for-digital-citizenship?utm_content=buffer7ab4c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Making Independent Reading Work 

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/making-independent-reading-work?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29 

Experts Say Measuring Non-Cognitive Skills Won’t Work, But Districts Still Try

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/03/02/experts-say-measuring-non-cognitive-skills-wont-work-but-districts-still-try/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

What Happens When Students Are Exceptional At Nothing?

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/happens-students-graduate-exceptional-nothing/ 

 By definition, most people are average at most things. We’d like to all think our children are exceptional, but if everyone is exceptional, no one is exceptional. In most ways on most days, you and I are just like everybody else. We are both are probably average teachers, average drivers, average cooks, and average parents.