Educational Links 7/3/16

School Leadership

http://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/school-leadership

Video: Kids With Learning and Attention Issues Talk About Making Friends 

https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/common-challenges/making-keeping-friends/video-kids-with-learning-and-attention-issues-talk-about-making-friends?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

How to Consent to Some Parts of an IEP and Not Others 

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/your-childs-rights/if-losing-services/how-to-consent-to-some-parts-of-an-iep-and-not-others?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

7 Inspiring Stories About Artists to Share With Kids

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2015/08/14/7-inspiring-stories-about-artists-to-share-with-kids 

I Do, We Do, You Do 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/modeling-strategy-getty 

Secrets of the ADHD Brain

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/10117.html 

Those with the condition don't have a shortage of attention. They pay too much attention to everything. Most people with unmedicated ADHD have four or five things going on in their minds at once. The hallmark of the ADHD nervous system is not attention deficit, but inconsistent attention.

 

 

Educational Links 7/2/16

Identifying Learning Disabilities

http://www.additudemag.com/q&a/ask_the_add_medical_expert/1271.html 

Doing More With Less: PD, Resources, and Ownership

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/more-with-less-pd-resources-ownership-adam-bellow 

Why I Won't Apologize (Much) for Teaching In a Charter School

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2016/06/30/why-i-won't-apologize-(much)-for-teaching-in-a-charter-school 

Are You Up for the No Grades Challenge?

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/work_in_progress/2016/06/are_you_up_for_the_no_grades_c.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

A New Argument for More Diverse Classrooms 

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/07/a-new-argument-for-more-diverse-classrooms/489707/ 

Encouraging Students to Persist Through Challenges 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/persist-through-challenges-perts 

 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 

It’s also important to note that children with executive functioning issues don’t necessarily “think” differently. What they struggle with is the process of coordinating, prioritizing or managing information needed to perform tasks successfully.

 

Hot Fun In The Summertime

Hot Fun In The Summertime: Hot Fun In The Summertime  End of the spring and here she comes back   Hi, hi, hi, hi there   Them summer days, those summer day...

Summer Bump Not Slump: Midsummer Shakespeare Festival at Your House!

Summer Bump Not Slump: Midsummer Shakespeare Fest...: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140379/ Summer's here and the time is right......

Educational Links 7/1/16

How to Do Adaptive Learning Right

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-06-30-how-to-do-adaptive-learning-right?utm_content=bufferba950&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

11 Ways to Teach Math with Google Drawings 

http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/06/math-google-drawings.html 

18 STEM Activity Ideas, Resources to Promote Summer Learning

http://www.educationworld.com/a_news/18-stem-activity-ideas-resources-promote-summer-learning-1537730637 

Self-Directed Learning

http://www.teachthought.com/category/learning/self-directed-learning/ 

5 ADHD Trouble Spots and How to Avoid Them 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/add-adhd/avoiding-adhd-trouble-spots?view=slideview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

For when you take the students outside to your STEM garden:

Top Field Guide Apps

http://birdsandblooms.com/blog/top-field-guide-apps/?trkid=FBPAGE_BNB_20160630_Birding_BlogPost 

The best and worst education news in 2016 — so far

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/06/30/the-best-and-worst-education-news-in-2016-so-far/ 

The federal government is working with states to try to figure out how to implement The Every Student Succeeds Act.  It seems like it could be an improvement on No Child Left Behind, but it’s still too early to determine if this is going to be bad or good for teachers, students and their families. As they say, the devil is in the details.

 

Summer Madness

Vintage Otter Pop flavors. I favor Louis Bloo Raspberry

Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SFt7JHwJeg 

It would be madness, on a very hot summer day, to eat the whole box while chillaxin' to this cool music.  Mix up the flavors! Madness, sheer madness!

Educational Links 6/30/16

What Are Flipped Classrooms?

http://www.edudemic.com/flipped-classrooms-2/ 

Getting Curious (Not Furious) With Students 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/getting-curious-not-furious-students-rebecca-alber?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

Six Things Faculty Can Do to Promote Student Engagement

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/six-things-faculty-can-promote-student-engagement/ 

Why stories matter for children’s learning

http://www.theedadvocate.org/why-stories-matter-for-childrens-learning/ 

Education Department Settles Civil Rights Complaints Over Accessible Websites

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2016/06/education_department_settles_accessible_website_complaints.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week+Blog%3A+On+Special+Education%29 

Reduce Anxiety with Realistic Thinking & Other Tools

http://special-ism.com/reduce-anxiety-realistic-thinking/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29 

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/06/29/classroom-instruction-resources-of-the-week-90/ 

Teacher Burnout, Student Stress Found to Be Correlated in Recent Study

http://www.educationworld.com/a_news/teacher-burnout-student-stress-found-be-correlated-recent-study-1170191841 

Though researchers aren’t sure what comes first, they are sure that in classrooms with teachers experiencing emotional exhaustion, students are more likely to be stressed in what is described as a cyclical problem.

 

Educational Links 6/29/16

5 Things Teachers Want from PD, and How Coaching and Collaboration Can Deliver Them—If Implementation Improves

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-06-28-5-things-teachers-want-from-pd-and-how-coaching-and-collaboration-can-deliver-them-if-implementation-improves?utm_content=buffer463c7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Teachers in High-Poverty Schools Less Confident About Ed Tech, Survey Finds 

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2016/06/teacher_tech_confidence_high_poverty_schools.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Social Justice Projects in the Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-justice-projects-in-classroom-michael-hernandez 

To do better in school, kids should exercise their bodies as well as their brains, experts say 

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-exercise-kids-school-20160627-snap-story.html 

The World is a Classroom & the Possibilities are Endless

http://gettingsmart.com/2016/06/the-world-is-the-classroom-the-possibilities-are-endless/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=The%20World%20is%20a%20Classroom%20and%20the%20Possibilities%20are%20Endless 

At a Glance: Classroom Accommodations for Dyscalculia 

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/at-a-glance-classroom-accommodations-for-dyscalculia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

'Teachers must embrace new technology or risk becoming obsolete'

https://www.tes.com/us/news/breaking-views/teachers-must-embrace-new-technology-or-risk-becoming-obsolete 

One undeniable fact about teaching is that teachers not only need to be masters of content within their subject area, but they must also be masters of education as a subject. Another undeniable fact is that neither of those subject areas looks the same as when any teacher first mastered them.

Next School Year: A Soundtrack for Our Classroom

Oh, that Sassy Mozart!

Next School Year: A Soundtrack for Our Classroom: You are working to the easy listening music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Using Music in the Elementary Classroom (Warning: It May Get Lou...

Summer Activities: Art for All

Summer Activities: Art for All: 1. Sidewalk Chalk Art Show Keeps Kids Happy This Summer http://voices.yahoo.com/sidewalk-chalk-art-show-keeps-kids-happy-summer-366...

Educational Links 6/28/16

 

The Classroom Bookshelf - A Blog of Literature Lesson Ideas 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/06/the-classroom-bookshelf-blog-of.html#.V3HuSjXLAWS 

What Diverse Charter Schools Do Differently

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/06/24/what-diverse-charter-schools-do-differently.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Taking a Leap into Blogging 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teach-blogging 

Teachers: Move On Before You Burn Out

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teachers-moving-you-burn-out-heather-wolpert-gawron 

Math Dysfunction

http://www.additudemag.com/q&a/ask_the_parenting_expert/10302.html 

Amazon Officially Announces Its Education Platform & Gives It A Name

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/06/27/amazon-officially-announces-its-education-platform-gives-it-a-name/ 

What Are Flipped Classrooms?

http://www.edudemic.com/flipped-classrooms-2/ 

Over the past few years, the traditional lecture teaching model has been completely turned on its head in favor of a trendy — and potentially transformational — new teaching strategy. Enter: the flipped classroom. This pedagogical strategy is an inversion of the common “lecture in the classroom, assign homework and group work for outside of class” setup. Instead, in a flipped classroom, students engage in passive learning (i.e. lectures or assigned reading) at home, and class time is devoted to collaborative projects, answering questions, and engaging with the material on a deeper level. 

 

 

 

 

Educational Links 6/27/16

Why it’s crucial to give every child a clean slate

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/why-its-crucial-give-every-child-a-clean-slate 

First Year Blur: a VIDEO message

http://sarahbrownwessling.com/2016/06/26/first-year-blur-video-message/#prclt-cYK11vBf 

21 Best Tips for Totally New Teachers from #WeAreTeachers

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2015/08/21/21-best-tips-for-totally-new-teachers-from-weareteachers 

12 Resources that Teachers Need to Know About for the Inclusive Classroom: A Professional Development Guide 

http://www.theinclusiveclass.com/2016/06/12-resources-that-teachers-need-to-know.html?utm_content=buffer92dce&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Why I Believe Special Ed Teachers Have Superpowers

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2016/06/14/why-i-believe-special-ed-teachers-have-superpowers 

At a Glance: Classroom Accommodations for Slow Processing Speed 

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/at-a-glance-classroom-accommodations-for-slow-processing-speed?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Personality Tests Are Popular, But Do They Capture The Real You?

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/06/25/483108905/personality-tests-are-popular-but-do-they-capture-the-real-you 

Indeed, the creators of major personality tests are themselves a colorful bunch of characters whose tests were largely reflective of their own idiosyncrasies. In researching and writing their life stories, I came to believe that personality tests tell us less about the individuals who take them than about the individuals who devised them.