Educational Links 7/31/16

Assessing Digital Literacy: Standards, Tools, & Techniques

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2016/07/assessing-digital-literacy-standards-tools-techniques/ 

Social Resources to Follow for BYOD in the Classroom

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/2211-byod-in-the-classroom?utm_content=buffer4a3dc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Autism, ADHD, and OCD May Have More In Common Than Previously Thought

http://www.additudemag.com/adhdblogs/19/12071.html 

Are we raising a generation of nature-phobic kids? 

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-campbell-kids-fear-of-nature-20160729-snap-story.html 

Important Advice On Classroom Rules From The New Yorker

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/07/30/important-advice-on-classroom-rules-from-the-new-yorker/ 

Classroom clutter–what to keep and what to toss

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2015/04/classroom-clutter-what-to-keep-and-what-to-toss.html?utm_content=bufferdfdc6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

When Play is Criminalized: Racial Disparities in Childhood 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2016/07/when-play-is-criminalized-racial.html 

Institutionalized racism in schools, the police state, and even implicit bias in public parks and playgrounds deny Black, Brown and low socio-economic status children the fundamental right to blow dandelions, twirl, laugh out loud, race downhill and, yes, yell and bump and push and struggle -- and grow into adulthood secure in the memory of a childhood where they ran free and did play.

 

Educational Links 7/30/16

 

Does Teaching Get Easier With Time?

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/work_in_progress/2016/07/does_teaching_get_easier_with_.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

10 Articles Everyone Should Read to Understand What It's Like to Be a Teacher

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2016/03/17/10-articles-everyone-should-read-to-understand-what-it's-like-to-be-a-teacher 

5-Minute Film Festival: Classroom Makeovers to Engage Learners

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-learning-spaces-classroom-makeovers 

The Behavior Battle: High- and Low-Tech Solutions

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/behavior-battle-high-low-tech-solutions-james-paterson?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow 

10 Important Chromebook Tips

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/07/10-important-chromebook-tips-every.html

A Collaboration Between Artists & Educators 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/educators-and-artists-getty 

Parents As Equal Participants in Team Meetings

 

Parents As Equal Participants in Team Meetings

Parents As Equal Participants in IEP Meetings

http://www.makespecialeducationwork.com/parents-equal-participants-team-meetings-2/#sthash.REZc5nlb.n5AXNy8K.dpbs 

14 surprising facts about educators’ social media use

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2016/07/29/14-facts-about-educators-social-media-use/ 

Social media has fast become an educator’s dream, with almost immediate responses to questions about teaching strategies, resources, and professional development opportunities.But how are educators really using social media, and is it really as widely-used as everyone assumes?

Educational Links 7/29/16

Measures of Effective Teaching: Student Feedback 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/improve-teaching-with-student-feedback

Nurturing a Sense of Belonging with Dr. Todd Finley

http://jamesalansturtevant.com/nurturing-a-sense-of-belonging-with-dr-todd-finley/ 

 Understanding ADHD 

 https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/add-adhd/understanding-adhd

Stressed Out: Helping Your Students Manage Stress

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/3991-helping-your-students-relieve-stress 

Sherlock Holmes Complete Audiobook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K37NxXtaStk&feature=share 

The Rise of Educational Escape Rooms

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/07/the-rise-of-educational-escape-rooms/493316/ 

Election Year Opportunity and Risk in the Classroom

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/capturing-the-spark-engagement-and-teaching/2016/07/election_year_opportunity_risk.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

How Information Fluency Skills Help You as a Teacher

https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/information-fluency-skills-teacher?__prclt=mynpouRS 

 Tired of receiving work from your students with incorrect information from questionable sources and unreliable websites? Tired of seeing kids hit the first link on their Google search as the extent of their research, or using Wikipedia as their only source for information? Have no fear, because Information Fluency skills are the answer.

 

Educational Links 7/28/16

Once all but left for dead, is cursive handwriting making a comeback?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/once-all-but-left-for-dead-is-cursive-handwriting-making-a-comeback/2016/07/26/24e59d34-4489-11e6-bc99-7d269f8719b1_story.html?wpisrc=nl_sb_smartbrief 

7 things teachers want you to know

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/25/teachersecrets/2693775/ 

Making Students Feel Famous for Learning 

http://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-daily/2016/07/26/making-students-feel-famous-for-learning 

Step Back: Promoting Independent Thinking 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/independent-thinkers-cisco 

Playlist (10 talks): Talks from inspiring teachers 

https://www.ted.com/playlists/182/talks_from_inspiring_teachers?utm_content=bufferc974a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Know Your Rights: Students with ADHD  

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-know-rights-201607-504.pdf 

Making it: The hands-on movement that impacts our economy, education and culture

http://www.recode.net/2016/7/26/12275036/makers-movement-children-education-technology-stem 

The most important aspect of the Makers movement is not technology — and learning about technology is not limited to coding. It is the wide range of people, young and old, who are developing their talents and discovering new ways to solve interesting, everyday problems. Not only does this allow them to express creative freedom, it teaches the foundational skills for the jobs of the future — jobs that will require more agility and creativity.

Educational Links 7/27/16

How to Become and Remain a Transformational Teacher

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/become-and-remain-transformational-teacher-david-cutler?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

 How to Set up an Art Cart

http://tinkerlab.com/set-art-cart/ 

Attention Deficit: Biological Condition or Cultural Creation?

http://blog.dansplan.com/attention-deficit-biological-condition-or-cultural-creation/ 

7 Executive Function Deficits Tied to ADHD

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd-web/article/11120.html 

Four Ways to Keep Students' Attention

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2016/07/26/how-hold-students-attention-classroom-essay?utm_content=bufferb461b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=IHEbuffer 

Treating Challenges as Design Opportunities

http://www.spencerauthor.com/2016/07/the-power-of-treating-challenges-as-design-opportunities.html/ 

U.S. Secretary of Education: Let's Educate, Not Incarcerate

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/07/26/us-secretary-of-education-lets-educate-not.html 

The return on investment in American education to individuals and to society at large has been growing in both relative and absolute terms since 1980.It is well known that, statistically, people who are well-educated earn substantially more, pay more in taxes, are less likely to be unemployed, live longer, are healthier, and are more likely to vote.Yet, in spite of that, our society is increasing spending on locking people up faster than it is on educating them. Our investments in punishing people for their failures are outpacing our investments in ensuring their success.

 

 

 

Educational Links 7/26/16

3 Challenges As Hands-On, DIY Culture Moves Into Schools

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/07/21/486046973/three-challenges-as-more-makers-move-into-schools 

Open Space Technology: Decision by Inclusion

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/open-space-technology-decision-by-inclusion-arch-grieve 

Teaching Strategies to Build a Sense of Community 

http://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies-build-sense-community 

How to Engage Young Writers: Be Diverse. Be Authentic. Be Responsive.

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_ahead/2016/07/how_to_engage_young_writers_be_diverse_be_authentic_be_responsive.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Lesson Reflection: Planning the Next Step 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/analyze-team-teach-socratic-seminar-nea 

'If we don't make teaching a more attractive profession we're in danger of seeing the school system implode'

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/if-we-dont-make-teaching-a-more-attractive-profession-were-danger 

Some inclusion requires ongoing effort

http://realsocialskills.org/post/139733309657/some-inclusion-requires-ongoing-effort 

Inclusion means a lot of different things. Sometimes inclusion can be passive, sometimes it needs setup, and sometimes it needs ongoing effort and/or expense.Sometimes inclusion is passive. In that sense, it’s the opposite of active exclusion.

 

 

Educational Links 7/25/16

Students Are The New Digital Influencers

http://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/students-new-digital-influencers/ 

Why Doesn’t it Work for Me?

http://sarahbrownwessling.com/2016/07/24/why-doesnt-it-work-for-me/?__prclt=l9yrhLqY 

Conversation Can Be Radical: Make Space for Discussions About Race

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/intersection-culture-and-race-in-education/2016/07/conversation-can-be-radical-make-space-for-discussions-about-race.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

What Makes SEL Work? An effective social-emotional learning program has to be a whole-school initiative 

http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/16/07/what-makes-sel-work 

New Resources On Teaching Reading & Writing

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/07/24/new-resources-on-teaching-reading-writing/ 

Rising to the Challenge with Literature Circles 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/literature-circles-in-action 

Strategies for Reaching Apathetic Students

http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/strategies-reaching-apathetic-students?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

 At the end of the day, you ultimately aren’t in control of whether your student succeeds or not. You can’t make them do work, you can’t make them learn, and you definitely can’t make them start to care. You can, however, influence all of those things through a caring relationship with your students.Let your students know you care about them, and then give them the safe space to take risks rather than shutting down.Finally, sometimes when a student says, “nothing matters,” what they really mean is “I don’t matter.” Be sure that your student knows they matter, no matter what.