Saturday, August 6, 2016

Launching a Makerspace: Lessons Learned From a Transformed School Library

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/07/31/launching-a-makerspace-lessons-learned-from-a-transformed-school-library/?utm_content=bufferb8519&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Tch Podcast: 7 Ways to Innovate Your Professional Learning

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2016/08/04/tch-podcast-7-ways-to-innovate-your-professional-learning/

We’d be better at math if the U.S. borrowed these four ideas for training teachers from Finland, Japan and China

http://hechingerreport.org/wed-be-better-at-math-if-the-u-s-borrowed-these-four-ideas-for-training-teachers-from-finland-japan-and-china/

An IEP vs. a 504 Plan: What's What?

http://www.additudemag.com/adhdblogs/11/10613.html

Parental Choice Is Not the End of Public Education

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/walt_gardners_reality_check/2016/08/parental_choice_is_not_the_end_of_public_education.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

11 Teacher-Tested Ways to Make Your Classroom Parents Adore You

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2016/08/02/11-teacher-tested-ways-to-make-your-classroom-parents-adore-you?utm_source=FB&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=BloomzArticle1

The Myth of the Nontraditional Student

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/08/05/defining-students-nontraditional-inaccurate-and-damaging-essay?utm_content=bufferafe50&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=IHEbuffer

The Generational Gap in EdTech Perception With Gen Z

http://gettingsmart.com/2016/08/the-generational-gap-in-edtech-perception/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=The%20Generational%20Gap%20in%20EdTech%20Perception%20With%20Gen%20Z

For those who grew up on social media and constant web connection, technology is not a tool–at least not the way we think of it. It is a non-negotiable medium, and only considered a tool in the loosest sense. It is always present, accessible and desirable. Technology does not work for Gen Z–it works right along next to them.

Take a left turn on the second floor, then, no, wait, go up a flight...maybe a right turn....go down, uh up...
This picture is called relativity. Maurits Cornelis Escher--very interesting artist. Sort of like string theory explained to a liberal arts major.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher

Drawing hands.

This youtube production is weird and interesting. The music, too.

ESCHER - Optical Illusion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOyP1k2X_RI

STEAM, anyone?

The Mathematical Art Of M.C. Escher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcc56fRtrKU

This is an interesting, hour long documentary about Escher.

M.C. Escher Documentary

Concave Convex.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4VAxilTRGs

Escher enjoyed J. S. Bach from an early age.

Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ

with smalin's animation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o

Escher studied in Italy, and also Arabic art in Spain.

Tessalations, just plane fun.

And a feline Escher enthusiast.

Friday, August 5, 2016

Educational Links 8/6/16

6 ways to support kids who don’t take ownership of their learning

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2016/01/student-ownership.html?utm_content=bufferfd2fc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

How To Create a Culturally Responsive Classroom for Refugee & Migrant Students

https://rusulalrubail.com/2016/08/05/how-to-create-a-culturally-responsive-classroom-for-refugee-migrant-students/?utm_content=buffer95615&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Teaching Grit Through Sportsmanship

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/work_in_progress/2016/08/teaching_grit_through_sportsma.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

This ESSA Update Is A “Must-Read” For Anyone Teaching ELLs In The United States

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/08/05/this-essa-update-is-a-must-read-for-anyone-teaching-ells-in-the-united-states/

The New Bilingualism

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/08/the-new-bilingualism/494489/

Be That Teacher Who Breaks Through

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/11368.html

Reformers ‘disrupted’ public education. Now an Ivy League dean says the consequences for kids can be ‘devastating.’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/08/04/reformers-disrupted-public-education-now-an-ivy-league-dean-says-the-consequences-for-kids-are-devastating/?postshare=391470443657763&tid=ss_fb

You’ve heard it before. Traditional public schools in America once worked but don’t anymore. They are failing. It is imperative, some say, to “disrupt” the situation. That is what corporate school reformers have attempted to do — with efforts to expand school choice, elevate the importance of education technology, and use test scores to drive policy as well as the evaluation of students, schools and teachers. Anyone who questioned the notion of failing schools, or the need for disruption, was called a lover of the status quo, someone who didn’t really want to help kids.

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Educational Links 8/5/16

Technology Integration

http://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration

5 Back-to-School Learning Activities

http://ww w.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2016/07/29/5-back-to-school-learning-activities

Five Roles in Literature Circles

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

Inside the Online School That Could Radically Change How Kids Learn Everywhere

http://www.wired.com/2016/08/inside-online-school-radically-change-kids-learn-everywhere/?mbid=nl_8416_p1

Moving Students from Struggling to Passionate Readers

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/3998-moving-students-from-struggling-to-passionate-readers

Inside the Online School That Could Radically Change How Kids Learn Everywhere

http://www.wired.com/2016/08/inside-online-school-radically-change-kids-learn-everywhere/?mbid=nl_8416_p1

More Than a Million Syllabuses at Your Fingertips

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-08-04-more-than-a-million-syllabuses-at-your-fingertips?utm_content=buffer4c5e9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

How Listening and Sharing Help Shape Collaborative Learning Experiences

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/08/04/how-listening-and-sharing-help-shape-collaborative-learning-experiences/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 technology integration

With listening and sharing learners try to construct joint understandings. Listening and sharing are the cornerstones of collaborative learning. We can learn more working together than working alone.

A Writing Prompt to Really Get To Know Your Students

MLB pitcher Jim Abbott

MzTeachuh: A Writing Prompt to Really Get To Know Your Students"Three Things I Want You To Know About Me." I came up with this prompt while teaching high school, but it works with younger ...

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Educational Links 8/4/16

How to Make Math More Emotionally Engaging For Students

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/08/02/how-to-make-math-more-emotionally-engaging-for-students/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Reading Recovery:
What do School Districts Get for Their Money? - See more at: http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/read.rr.research.farrall.htm#sthash.ItchOf6d.dpuf

Reading Recovery: What Do Districts Get For Their Money?

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/read.rr.research.farrall.htm

Why Sugar Is ADHD Kryptonite

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/6552.html

Our brains use 4 steps to solve math problems — and the discovery might change education

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-brains-solve-math-problems-2016-8

6 Must-Have Creation Tools for the BYOD

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/creation-tools-for-byod-classroom-monica-burns?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Exploring the Maker Mindset and the Maker Movement Manifesto

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/maker-movement/

Identifying Minorities in Spec. Ed.: Defining 'Too Many'

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/08/03/identifying-minorities-in-spec-ed-defining-too.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducationWeekSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week%3A+Special+Education%29

For more than 10 years, the federal government has said that if school districts have too many minority students enrolled in special education, they should use part of their federal money to provide early intervention in an attempt to fix the problem. But how many is “too many”? That’s been left up to the states to decide—and only a tiny fraction of districts have been identified over the years.

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Educational Links 8/3/16

9 Things Science Tells Us About How Kids Learn to Read and Think Critically

https://www.the74million.org/flashcard/9-things-science-tells-us-about-how-kids-learn-to-read-and-think-critically/1

Early Literacy Push in Philadelphia Seeks to Put Down Deep, Diverse Roots

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2016/07/early_literacy_effort_philadelphia_DNC.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

The Difference Between Dyslexia and Dyscalculia

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/the-difference-between-dyslexia-and-dyscalculia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Stop the Blame Game: Teaching Students to Take Ownership and Responsibility

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2016/07/29/stop-the-blame-game-teaching-students-to-take-ownership-and-responsibility

Back-to-School Resources for Parents

http://www.edutopia.org/article/back-to-school-resources-parents

What Is Working Memory?

http://childmind.org/article/what-is-working-memory/

New research from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has found that actively working to reduce relational aggression among girls benefits everyone in the school.
Relational aggression, referred to by The Science Blog as “mean girl behaviors,” is the most common type of aggression among girls and involves using gossip and social exclusion rather than physical altercation to “manipulate social standing or reputations.”