Educational Links 12/9/16

The Yin and Yang of Inclusion

http://www.makespecialeducationwork.com/category/inclusion/#sthash.P0EJPqAK.lNZE35iA.dpbs

The Middle Way to Happier, Smarter Teens

http://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/allstate-2016/the-middle-way-to-happier-smarter-teens/1127/

5 Absurd Myths About Critical Thinking

http://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/5-absurd-myths-about-critical-thinking/

Choosing Between Shelter and School

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/12/shelter-versus-school/509825/

Classroom Management Tips for Teacher Workouts

http://www.teachhub.com/classroom-management-tips-teacher-workouts

Media literacy class ever evolving

http://www.concordmonitor.com/with-surge-of-fake-news-many-view-media-literacy-as-a-way-to-fight-misinformation-6639654

How To Ensure Students Are Actively Engaged and Not Just Compliant

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/12/09/how-to-ensure-students-are-actively-engaged-and-not-just-compliant/

Engagement is a crucial part of learning, but ensuring students are actively engaged is more complex than whether a student is paying attention or not. As technology has made its way into the classroom many educators describe how attentive students are when on devices, but a quiet, outwardly behaved student is not the same thing as one that is truly engaged. The kind of engagement that leads to learning is three dimensional.