Educational Links 4/21/16

Introduction to Project-Based Learning

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/introduction-to-project-based-learning#

Number of U.S. Students in Special Education Ticks Upward

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/04/20/number-of-us-students-in-special-education.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news2 

Educators: Win Free Wildflower Seed Bombs for Your Class

http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78754/educators-win-free-wildflower-seed-bombs-your-class 

What Screen Time Really Does to Kids' Brains

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/behind-online-behavior/201604/what-screen-time-really-does-kids-brains?utm_source=FacebookPost&utm_medium=FBPost&utm_campaign=FBPost 

Music Training Fosters Children’s Success

http://www.rootsofaction.com/music-fosters-childrens-success-el-sistema/ 

“Resetting” Classroom Management

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/04/20/resetting-classroom-management/ 

Sensory Processing Disorder 101

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/50/slide-1.html 

 Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is a neurological condition that makes it difficult for the body to receive messages from the senses and turn them into the appropriate motor and behavioral responses. A child with SPD finds it hard to process and act upon the information received through his senses: sounds, sights, movement, touch, smell, and taste.