Educational Links 8/28/16

Igniting Student Writer Voice With Writing Process Strategies

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/differentiated-instruction-writing-process-strategies-john-mccarthy 

10 Easy Ways To Create an Amazing #SchoolCulture as a Principal This Year
http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/6627?utm_content=buffera6b39&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Video: LeVar Burton meets today's learners where they are

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=804&category=Featured-videos&article=LeVar+Burton+meets+today%27s+learners+where+they+are 

Finally, Apps That Build Productive Habits

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/73/slide-1.html?platform=hootsuite 

33 Digital Tools for Advancing Formative Assessment in the Classroom

https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/33-digital-tools-for-advancing-formative-assessment-in-the-classroom?utm_content=buffer8318c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Understanding Dyslexia 

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

Why You School Needs A Social Worker

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2016/08/25/got-a-spare-$35-000-here's-how-to-spend-it 

 Maybe, just maybe, we should try spending our few spare dollars on some preventative measures for our kids. I guarantee you that if all your kids are fed and taken care of and have someone supportive to talk to, you’ll have fewer discipline problems. I promise that if you make sure all your kids have a quiet and safe place to do their homework, grades at your school will improve.  And I know for a fact that if parents see your school as a resource for their family’s needs, they’ll be a whole lot more supportive and involved.

Educational Links 8/27/16

 Growing from Peer Feedback 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/growth-mindset-young-students 

5-Minute Film Festival: Back-to-School Night Survival

http://www.edutopia.org/film-fest-back-to-school-night?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

The 12 Stages of a Back-to-School Teacher Meltdown

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2016/08/24/the-12-stages-of-a-back-to-school-teacher-meltdown 

When Two Vowels Go Walking

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/btl10.ela.early.whentwovowelsgowalking/when-two-vowels-go-walking/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mktg2016 

5 Awesome Art and Writing Activities for the New School Year 

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2016/08/24/5-awesome-art-and-writing-activities-for-the-new-school-year 

5 Confusing Signs of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/nonverbal-learning-disabilities/5-confusing-signs-of-nonverbal-learning-disabilities?view=slideview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

What Are the Best Strategies for Surface to Deep Learning? 

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2016/08/what_are_the_best_strategies_for%20surface_to_deep_learning.html?cmp=eml-eb-popweek%2008262016 

If it's done correctly, teaching is both rewarding and complicated. The rewarding part is when we see students achieve or overcome some new learning, whether that's social-emotional or academic. In these days of social media, teaching is rewarding because we get to see students who we had in our classrooms long ago, grow up and find a passion in their choice of career. However, teaching is also complicated because it's not just about teaching students "stuff." 

Educational Links 8/26/16

8 Things to Look For in Today’s Classroom

http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/3586?utm_content=buffer2191e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

How Playing Music Benefits Your Brain More than Any Other Activity

https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/01/29/music-brain-ted-ed/ 

ADHD at School: Helping Children Follow Directions

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/1972.html 

Why is setting up your classroom important?

https://www.teachingchannel.org/class-setup 

Join Me For A Discussion On “10 Strategies to Help Students Develop the Intrinsic Motivation to Write”

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/08/25/join-me-for-a-discussion-on-10-strategies-to-help-students-develop-the-intrinsic-motivation-to-write/ 

How I Made In-Class Silent Reading Work for Me

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2016/05/25/how-i-made-in-class-silent-reading-work-for-me 

“Get Out From Behind That Computer!” Why the Brain Benefits When Students Talk and Move Around

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-08-25-get-out-from-behind-that-computer-why-the-brain-benefits-when-students-talk-and-move-around?utm_content=bufferaa797&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

When you can get students talking and teaching each other, adding movement or gestures into the process, the students learn and retain more. Whether you call this process “Brain-Based Learning” or “Whole-Brain Learning,” the concept is the same. The goal of brain-based learning is to “engage your learners and do it with strategies that are based on real science” (Jensen). Their learning increases because they are engaging more parts of their brain during the teaching process.

 

Educational Links 8/25/16

Longer Recess, Stronger Child Development

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/longer-recess-stronger-child-development-angela-hanscom?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

18 Digital Tools and Strategies That Support Students’ Reading and Writing

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/08/19/18-digital-tools-and-strategies-that-support-students-reading-and-writing/ 

Stop Fidgeting?!? Um, Bad Idea

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/63/slide-1.html?platform=hootsuite 

Lunchtime Is Club Time

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/lunchtime-is-clubtime-matthew-friday?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow 

7 Reasons to Include Current Events in Your Lesson

http://classtechtips.com/2016/08/24/7-reasons-include-current-events-lesson/ 

Five Tips for Developing Great Relationships With Parents This Year

http://www.educationworld.com/five-tips-developing-great-relationships-parents-year 

Why we should bring back vocational training

http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/blogs/why-we-should-bring-back-vocational-training 

 Bringing back vocational programs for everyone would allow academically oriented kids to find new hobbies or new ways to solve problems, and would also destigmatize the jobs that they're connected to — which are necessary, interesting and challenging. There's more than one path to success: Electricians, plumbers, car mechanics and the like make far more money than writers do, after all.

Educational Links 8/24/16

Making Teacher Reflection Meaningful

http://www.educationworld.com/making-teacher-reflection-meaningful

Another Year, Another Principal: How to Manage Your Relationship with a New Principal for the Good of Your School

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

3 Ways Classroom Design Impacts Student Learning

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/3-ways-classroom-design-impacts-student-learning/ 

Think teachers aren’t paid enough? It’s worse than you think.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/08/16/think-teachers-arent-paid-enough-its-worse-than-you-think/?wpisrc=nl_answer&wpmm=1 

What’s the Difference Between Dyscalculia and Math Anxiety? 

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

How I Shift Control of the Learning to Students

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/every-classroom-matters/4003-shifting-control-of-the-learning-to-students 

Americans Like Their Schools Just Fine — But Not Yours

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/08/23/490380129/americans-like-their-schools-just-fine-but-not-yours 

As a new school year gets underway, the Common Core remains a partisan flashpoint, while Americans overall have serious concerns about the direction of our public education system. That's according to two new polls.

Educational Links 8/23/16

How Performing in Theater Can Help Build Empathy in Students

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/08/22/how-performing-in-theater-can-build-empathy-in-students/ 

Can You See What Your Students Are Thinking?

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2016/08/19/can-you-see-thinking/ 

Using Teacher Inquiry to Support ELLs 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/inquiry-sessions 

Overselling A.D.H.D.: A New Book Exposes Big Pharma’s Role

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/books/review/adhd-nation-alan-schwarz.html?_r=0 

Ways to Teach Empathy Skills
 http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat166.shtml

Childhood Trauma Leads to Lifelong Chronic Illness — So Why Isn’t the Medical Community Helping Patients? 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2016/08/childhood-trauma-leads-to-lifelong.html 

Feds Move To End Segregated Schools For Kids With Disabilities

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2016/08/22/feds-end-segregated-schools/22651/ 

Why Representation Matters

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/why-representation-matters-laura-thomas?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

Children’s early experiences shape what they imagine to be possible. Here are six strategies for giving them positive, familiar examples of who and what they can be.

Educational Links 8/22/16

Growth Mindset: How to Normalize Mistake Making and Struggle in Class

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/08/24/growth-mindset-how-to-normalize-mistake-making-and-struggle-in-class/ 

Should Every Teacher Have Their Own Classroom?

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2016/08/18/own-classroom/ 

9 Math Websites Kids Will Love

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2015/10/27/best-of-teacher-helpline!-9-math-websites-kids-will-love 

8 Tips for Teachers Using Google Cardboard in School

http://classtechtips.com/2016/08/21/google-cardboard-in-school/ 

How Can Mindfulness Help Kids With Learning and Attention Issues? 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/treatments-approaches/alternative-therapies/how-can-mindfulness-help-kids-with-learning-and-attention-issues?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

The Lifeline Every Teacher Leader Needs

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

The Long-Term Economic Benefits of Social and Emotional Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/long-term-economic-benefits-sel-damon-jones-mark-greenberg-max-crowley?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow 

The potential benefits of improved behavior and well-being of school-age children are both direct and long-term. Improved behavior leads to a healthier classroom atmosphere and reduced interruptions, and supports effective instruction that influences academic achievement. Broader and longer-term benefits also accrue from improvements in social relations with others and reductions in delinquency, antisocial behavior, school dropout, academic failure, and mental health problems.