Educational Links 11/26/16

The Power of Teacher Collaboration

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/07/18/power-of-teacher-collaboration-nea/

How Does a Child With Executive Functioning Issues Think Differently?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/executive-functioning-issues/how-does-a-child-with-executive-functioning-issues-think-differently?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

How Classroom Culture Opens Up When Students Can ‘Patent’ Ideas

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/08/08/how-classroom-culture-opens-up-when-students-can-patent-ideas/?utm_content=bufferf89e5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Libraries full of human 'books' are spreading across the country.

http://www.upworthy.com/libraries-full-of-human-books-are-spreading-across-the-country

Ways A Mainstream Teacher Can Support An ELL Newcomer In Class

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/11/24/ways-a-mainstream-teacher-can-support-an-ell-newcomer-in-class/

How Play Wires Kids’ Brains for Social and Academic Success

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2016/11/how-play-wires-kids-brains-for-social.html

5 Strategies to Deepen Student Collaboration

https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-strategies-deepen-student-collaboration-mary-burns?utm_content=bufferc1392&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Most of us who teach believe in the power of collaboration and frequently engage our students in collaborative activities. But how many times have we put students in groups only to watch them interact with their laptops instead of each other? Or pursue their own individual goals instead of consult with one another? Or complain about a lazy teammate?