Educational Links 10/7/16

Does Independent Reading Time During the School Day Create Lifelong Readers?

http://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-literacy/does-independent-reading-time-during-school-day-create-lifelong-readers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29

6 Baseball-Themed Classroom Activities for the World Series

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/world-series-classroom-activities-matthew-davis?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

Supreme Court to Hear Special Education Case

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2016/10/supreme-court-to-hear-special-education.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29 

From Dabbling to Doing: 6 Tools That Excite Kids About Coding

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/10/06/from-dabbling-to-doing-6-tools-that-excite-kids-about-coding/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Using Technology to Empower Science

http://blog.mimio.com/using-technology-to-empower-science 

Engaging Reluctant Children in Art Play

http://special-ism.com/engaging-reluctant-children-in-art-play/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29 

A Step-by-Step Guide to ‘Untethered’ Faculty Development

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-10-06-a-step-by-step-guide-to-untethered-faculty-development 

The way faculty teach is drastically different from what it was even five years ago. It’s now the norm for them to lead face-to-face, blended and online classes. Faculty development is in dire need of transformation to reflect the realities of teaching in digital, online environments.