Educational Links 11/20/16

Why Kids Need Recess 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2016/11/why-kids-need-recess.html 

What Is Non-Verbal Learning Disorder?

http://childmind.org/article/what-is-non-verbal-learning-disorder/ 

ADHD Kids Struggle with Writing

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/25/slide-1.html 

Social Emotional Learning Transcends the Classroom

http://www.kiddom.co/teach/social-emotional-learning?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=all-teacher-groups&utm_campaign=social-emotional-learning 

10 Things That Happen When Students Engage in Design Thinking

http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/6866?utm_content=bufferb5b40&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

6 Tips for Effective ‘Student-Teacher’ Writing Conferences

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2016/11/6-tips-for-effective-student-teacher-writing-conferences/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=6%20Tips%20for%20Effective%20%27Student-Teacher%27%20Writing%20Conferences 

Ken Robinson: How to escape education's death valley

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_how_to_escape_education_s_death_valley?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=talk&utm_term=education 

Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish — and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.