Educational Links 8/18/16

 

8 digital skills we must teach our children

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/06/8-digital-skills-we-must-teach-our-children/?utm_content=buffera8292&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Understanding My Son’s Dysgraphia Helped Me Advocate for Him 

https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/blogs/what-i-wish-id-known-sooner/2015/08/11/understanding-my-sons-dysgraphia-helped-me-advocate-for-him?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

How to Be More Efficient in Integrating Digital Tools Into the Classroom

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2016/08/17/four-strategies-to-be-more-efficient-in.html 

Important Analysis Of Schools With Fewer Suspensions Makes Important Points, As Well As Highlighting Gaps

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/08/17/important-analysis-of-schools-with-fewer-suspensions-makes-important-points-as-well-as-highlighting-gaps/ 

Your Brain Isn’t Wired for Consistency - but That’s Not as Depressing as It Sounds

http://www.creativitypost.com/arts/your_brain_isnt_wired_for_consistency_but_thats_not_as_depressing_as_it_sou 

Share-Outs: Critiquing & Revising Models 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/students-learn-from-students-nsf 

How You Can Bring Creativity Back Into Your Classroom With Project-Based Learning

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-08-17-how-you-can-bring-creativity-back-into-your-classroom-with-project-based-learning?utm_content=buffer74b31&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Think about it: when was the last time a creative task held your focus? Perhaps when you needed to solve a complex problem with a personal solution? Make a drawing? Build something? Many people have a sense of satisfaction after finishing something, that feeling of “I did my best work! I put my all into it, and now I release it into the wild.”