Educational Links 7/19/16

Finding an Authentic Goal for Your PBL Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/finding-authentic-goal-your-pbl-classroom-heather-wollpert-gawron?utm_campaign=node_author_alert&utm_source=edutopia&utm_medium=email 

What Is A Paradigm Shift, Anyway?

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/07/18/486487713/what-is-a-paradigm-shift-anyway?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160718 

Are our students being pushed 'too hard, too fast?' 

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/are-our-students-being-pushed-too-hard-too-fast-20160715-gq6vid.html 

Why I’m Celebrating Getting the Word “Dyslexia” Into My Daughter’s IEP 

https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/blogs/my-parent-journey/2016/07/18/how-i-got-the-word-dyslexia-written-into-my-daughters-iep?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

 Best of Teacher HELPLINE: I just landed my first teaching job! Any advice?

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2015/03/31/teacher-helpline-i-just-landed-my-first-teaching-job!-any-advice 

Webinar: Common Back-to-School Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/experts-live-chats-webinars/2016/july/19/common-back-to-school-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them?cm_ven=ExactTarget&cm_cat=071816_ExpertEvents&cm_pla=All+Subscribers&cm_ite=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.understood.org%2Fen%2Fcommunity-events%2Fexperts-live-chats-webinars%2F2016%2Fjuly%2F19%2Fcommon-back-to-school-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them&cm_ainfo&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=news2&utm_medium=email&utm_content=7%2F18%2F2016

 

How Can Schools Prioritize For The Best Ways Kids Learn?

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/07/18/how-can-schools-prioritize-for-the-best-ways-kids-learn/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

 

The education world is full of incremental change — the slow process of individuals learning about new strategies and approaches, trying them out, improving on their skills, and hopefully sharing their learning with colleagues to continue growth. While that process is necessary and good, if the changes to education are all in the service of doing the same thing better, they may be missing the point. The world has changed since education became compulsory and the current moment necessitates an education system that isn’t just better, but different.