Educational Links 10/4/16

Garden Grants

http://www.birdsleuth.org/garden-grants/ 

Scientific Modeling in the Early Grades 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/scientific-modeling-elementary-grades-nsf 

Children need art and stories and poems and music as much as they need love and food and fresh air and play.

https://astridlindgrenmemorialaward.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/children-need-art-and-stories-and-poems-and-music-as-much-as-they-need-love-and-food-and-fresh-air-and-play/

Moving, Routines, and Management

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/teaching-teens-tweens/moving-routines-and-management 

Dyslexia in the General Education Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/dyslexia-in-general-ed-classroom-kelli-sandman-hurley?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=postplanner&utm_source=facebook.com 

How to 'switch off' from a stressful work day

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/how-switch-a-stressful-work-day 

Hiring Successful Teachers—Two New Studies Point to What Works and What Doesn't

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-10-03-hiring-successful-teachers-two-new-studies-point-to-what-works-and-what-doesn-t?utm_content=buffer47686&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

What is a Personal Learning Network?

http://edtechreview.in/dictionary/255-what-is-a-pln?utm_content=bufferd24a3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

A PLN is a reciprocal network that you create to learn from, connect with, gather information or resources, create with and finally share what you have learned.  A PLN can occur in your school, face-to-face, online, at conferences or through reading, reflecting and sharing.