Educational Links 10/3/16

5 Confusing Signs of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/nonverbal-learning-disabilities/5-confusing-signs-of-nonverbal-learning-disabilities?view=slideview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Revisiting the Question of Violence in the Media

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/revisiting-question-violence-media-stacey-goodman 

Why Are We So Obsessed With Teaching Kids Cursive Handwriting?

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/09/30/why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-teaching-kids-cursive-handwriting/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Current Events and Why We Need to Teach Them!

http://blog.mimio.com/current-events-and-why-we-need-to-teach-them 

Tips, Tools and Strategies to Support Kids' Reading and Writing

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/2530-tips-tools-strategies-teaching-kids-to-read?utm_content=buffer6badc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

5-Minute Film Festival: We The Voters

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-fest-civic-education-videos?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow 

Is Your Classroom Academically Safe?

http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/academic-risk-taking/ 

Help Your Students Stand Up to Social Media Pressure

https://www.commonsense.org/education/blog/help-your-students-stand-up-to-social-media-pressure?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social 

How to fight disillusionment when the school year isn’t going as planned

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2016/10/disillusionment.html

The first roadblock of discouragement tends to hit a little sooner than most teachers are expecting. When you’re new to the profession, you assume disillusionment is something you won’t have to deal with until you’ve been in the classroom for years, so when you realize on day 3 of your career that the reality of teaching isn’t going to even remotely align with your expectations, you might experience a horrible moment of panic where you’re suddenly questioning all of your life choices.