Educational Links 8/25/16

Longer Recess, Stronger Child Development

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/longer-recess-stronger-child-development-angela-hanscom?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/ 

Stop Fidgeting?!? Um, Bad Idea

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/63/slide-1.html?platform=hootsuite 

Lunchtime Is Club Time

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/lunchtime-is-clubtime-matthew-friday?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow 

7 Reasons to Include Current Events in Your Lesson

http://classtechtips.com/2016/08/24/7-reasons-include-current-events-lesson/ 

Five Tips for Developing Great Relationships With Parents This Year

http://www.educationworld.com/five-tips-developing-great-relationships-parents-year 

Why we should bring back vocational training

http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/blogs/why-we-should-bring-back-vocational-training 

 Bringing back vocational programs for everyone would allow academically oriented kids to find new hobbies or new ways to solve problems, and would also destigmatize the jobs that they're connected to — which are necessary, interesting and challenging. There's more than one path to success: Electricians, plumbers, car mechanics and the like make far more money than writers do, after all.