Educational Links 6/29/16

5 Things Teachers Want from PD, and How Coaching and Collaboration Can Deliver Them—If Implementation Improves

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-06-28-5-things-teachers-want-from-pd-and-how-coaching-and-collaboration-can-deliver-them-if-implementation-improves?utm_content=buffer463c7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Teachers in High-Poverty Schools Less Confident About Ed Tech, Survey Finds 

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2016/06/teacher_tech_confidence_high_poverty_schools.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Social Justice Projects in the Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-justice-projects-in-classroom-michael-hernandez 

To do better in school, kids should exercise their bodies as well as their brains, experts say 

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-exercise-kids-school-20160627-snap-story.html 

The World is a Classroom & the Possibilities are Endless

http://gettingsmart.com/2016/06/the-world-is-the-classroom-the-possibilities-are-endless/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=The%20World%20is%20a%20Classroom%20and%20the%20Possibilities%20are%20Endless 

At a Glance: Classroom Accommodations for Dyscalculia 

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/at-a-glance-classroom-accommodations-for-dyscalculia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

'Teachers must embrace new technology or risk becoming obsolete'

https://www.tes.com/us/news/breaking-views/teachers-must-embrace-new-technology-or-risk-becoming-obsolete 

One undeniable fact about teaching is that teachers not only need to be masters of content within their subject area, but they must also be masters of education as a subject. Another undeniable fact is that neither of those subject areas looks the same as when any teacher first mastered them.