Educational Links 8/20/16

Quality vs. Quantity: Choosing Your Back-to-School Apps

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/choosing-back-to-school-apps-monica-burns?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

18 Digital Tools and Strategies That Support Students’ Reading and Writing

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/08/19/18-digital-tools-and-strategies-that-support-students-reading-and-writing/ 

A New Effort to Teach Low-Income Students Marketable Skills

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/08/the-link-between-federal-financial-aid-and-private-companies/496364/ 

5 Common Myths About Auditory Processing Disorder

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/auditory-processing-disorder/5-common-myths-about-auditory-processing-disorder?view=slideview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Getting Smart on Assessing and Measuring Social and Emotional Learning

http://gettingsmart.com/publication/getting-smart-assessing-measuring-social-emotional-learning/ 

Three steps to become a digitally agile educator

https://medium.com/synapse/three-steps-to-become-a-digitally-agile-educator-97cdeed90f1e#.7nz4mru2m 

Professional learning communities bring benefits for teachers, students

http://www.educationdive.com/news/professional-learning-communities-bring-benefits-for-teachers-students/424647/ 

Working teachers rarely have an opportunity to see their colleagues in action. They are either teaching or preparing for their next classes and observation time is minimal or nonexistent.