Educational Links 12/4/16

Flipping Your Classroom with Limited Technology and Resources

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/blended-learning/

Evaluations

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/evaluations

4 Myths About Learning Styles Debunked

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2016/12/myths-about-learning-styles-debunked/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=4%20Myths%20About%20Learning%20Styles%20Debunked

HOW TO ASSIGN HOMEWORK WITHOUT WASTING EVERYBODY’S TIME

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/how-to-assign-homework-that-helps-learning/

Desk Arrangement: Four Corners

http://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/desk-arrangement-for-collaboration-nea

'Great teaching is eclectic. False dichotomies about what "works" do everyone a disservice'

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/great-teaching-eclectic-false-dichotomies-about-what-works

Simple Ways to Help Young Kids Develop Self-Control

https://www.edutopia.org/article/simple-ways-to-help-young-kids-develop-self-control-donna-wilson-marcus-conyers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Here’s how you can help kids—your students and your own children—build skills that are critical for regulating their emotions and behavior.

Educational Links 12/3/16

How Science is Rewiring the Dyslexic Brain

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2016/12/how-science-is-rewiring-dyslexic-brain.html

Classroom Assessments for a New Century

http://www.edweek.org/tsb/articles/2010/10/12/01wolpert-gawron.h04.html

Networked: How Today’s Education Leaders Make Decisions

https://www.edutopia.org/article/networked-how-todays-education-leaders-make-decisions-laura-mckenna

What teachers need to know about the gender gap, disengaged boys, and girls in crisis

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2016/11/leonard-sax.html

Download: Graphic Organizers to Help Kids With Math

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/learning-at-home/homework-study-skills/download-graphic-organizers-to-help-kids-with-math?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Why Restorative Practices Benefit All Students

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/why-restorative-practices-benefit-all-students-maurice-elias?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

In Middle School, Organization Is Do or Die

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/10215.html

Teenagers love independence. What they don't love is managing their schedules, homework, and obligations alone. This is especially true for children with ADHD, who experience developmental delays and executive-function deficits. Here's how teachers and parents can help middle school students with ADHD get organized on their own.

Educational Links 12/2/16

Bringing Inquiry-Based Learning Into Your Class

https://www.edutopia.org/article/bringing-inquiry-based-learning-into-your-class-trevor-mackenzie?linkId=31794686

How mindfulness practices are changing an inner-city school

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/how-mindfulness-practices-are-changing-an-inner-city-school/2016/11/13/7b4a274a-a833-11e6-ba59-a7d93165c6d4_story.html?utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=bufferb1015&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=.7e4d7c6e085c

As Information Landscape Changes, School Librarians Take on New Roles

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/11/09/as-information-landscape-changes-school-librarians-take.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Young Offenders Getting Therapy Instead of Serving Time

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/an-alternative-therapy-for-young-offenders-and-their-families/508073/

Slow Processing Speed and Anxiety: What You Need to Know

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/information-processing-issues/slow-processing-speed-and-anxiety-what-you-need-to-know?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

4 Crucial Technology in the Classroom Impacts

http://www.teachhub.com/4-crucial-technology-classroom-impacts

Lessons Learned From Great Schools Around the World

https://www.edutopia.org/article/lessons-learned-from-great-schools-around-world-will-minton?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Much has been written recently about the differences between education systems around the world, but much less has been said about what excellent schools around the world have in common. Over the past year, I’ve visited top-ranked schools across four continents and met an extremely diverse array of school leaders. Amid this diversity, I was surprised when each leader described the same three priorities as fundamental to their schools’ success. From Singapore to Switzerland, South Africa to India, these three practices recurred with remarkable consistency.

Educational Links 12/1/16

9 Steps to an Awesome Book Discussion in Grades K–2

http://www.weareteachers.com/9-steps-to-an-awesome-book-discussion-in-grades-k-2/

Creating a Welcoming Classroom for Students with Special Needs

http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/welcoming-special-ed/?utm_content=buffer14c4c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

So You Think You Know About ADHD?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtG96Tcj2lU&feature=youtu.be

Sustainability as a Mechanism for School Engagement

http://blog.ed.gov/2016/10/the-green-strides-tour-in-pa-sustainability-as-a-mechanism-for-school-engagement/?utm_content=bufferb1908&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Overhauling How We Teach Our Kids in a World of Accelerating Change

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2016/11/overhauling-how-we-teach-our-kids-in-a-world-of-accelerating-change/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=Overhauling%20How%20We%20Teach%20Our%20Kids%20in%20a%20World%20of%20Accelerating%20Change

How Parents Can Help Kids With Dyslexia Succeed In School

http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=503766818

Technology in the Classroom Projects for Hour of Code

http://www.teachhub.com/technology-classroom-projects-hour-code

These online games help shatter misconceptions about learning and attention issues.

http://www.upworthy.com/these-online-games-help-shatter-misconceptions-about-learning-and-attention-issues?c=ufb1

What if you could see what life is like through someone else's eyes — just by playing an easy online game?

Overhauling How We Teach Our Kids in a World of Accelerating Change

Educational Links 11/30/16

Creating Moments Our Students Will Remember

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teacher_leader_voices/2016/11/moments_our_students_will_reme.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Free Downloads

http://www.weareteachers.com/category/free-downloads/

Supreme Court Weighs Legal Standard For Intellectual Disability

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2016/11/29/supreme-standard-intellectual/23061/

Does Homework Improve Reading Achievement?

http://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-literacy/does-homework-improve-reading-achievement

Books as Gifts

Holiday Buying Guide 2016

http://www.readingrockets.org/books/buyingguide/2016

‘Instead of seeing a student with disabilities as a square peg to be squeezed into a round hole, we need to change the shape of the hole’

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/support-students-disabilities

Heavy Screen Time Rewires Young Brains, For Better And Worse

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/11/19/502610055/heavy-screen-time-rewires-young-brains-for-better-and-worse

There's new evidence that excessive screen time early in life can change the circuits in a growing brain. Scientists disagree, though, about whether those changes are helpful, or just cause problems. Both views emerged during the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego this week.

Educational Links 11/29/16

All you need to know about nature deficit disorder

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38094186

Report: Increasing Student Reading Time Improves Comprehension

https://thejournal.com/articles/2016/11/17/report-increasing-student-reading-time-improves-comprehension.aspx

How to Use Chromebooks in the Classroom

http://www.edudemic.com/chromebooks-in-the-classroom/

10 Things Every Teacher Should Know About Classroom Microagressions

http://www.weareteachers.com/things-every-teacher-know-classroom-microagressions/?utm_source=FB&utm_campaign=Hazelden_151215&utm_medium=Social

An Activity to Help Kids Learn Civil Discourse

http://www.middleweb.com/33440/an-activity-to-help-kids-learn-civil-discourse/

Get Up, Stand up!

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/edwords-blog/getupstandup

6 Ways to Help Your Child Cope With Visual Sensitivity

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/sensory-processing-issues/6-ways-to-help-your-child-cope-with-visual-sensitivity?view=slideview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Kids with sensory processing issues can be over- or undersensitive to visual stimulation. This can make everything from studying to falling asleep a challenge. Here are some ways to help your child cope with visual sensitivity.

Educational Links 11/28/16

How to… plan for a class with very mixed abilities

https://www.tes.com/teaching-mixed-ability-groups

What teachers need to know about the gender gap, disengaged boys, and girls in crisis

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2016/11/leonard-sax.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCornerstone+%28The+Cornerstone+Blog%29

10 Tips for Teaching About Invisible Disabilities and Bullying

http://www.weareteachers.com/10-tips-teaching-invisible-disabilities-bullying/?utm_source=FB&utm_campaign=Hazelden_151215&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=Blog_1

My recipe for ending the teacher recruitment crisis? Less work, less change, less teacher-bashing, more pay

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/my-recipe-ending-teacher-recruitment-crisis-less-work-less-change

Are Trained Teachers the Missing Link in EdTech?

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/826-are-trained-teachers-the-missing-link-in-edtech?utm_content=bufferdab52&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Public vs. Private: What Education Is Right for Your Kids?

http://www.theedadvocate.org/public-vs-private-what-education-is-right-for-your-kids/

What Does Sensory Processing Disorder Look Like?

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/12255.html

Sensory processing disorder is more than sensitivity to itchy tags and lumpy socks. It is a neurological condition that makes individuals’ senses uncomfortably heightened, causing them to feel overwhelmed and stressed by what they hear, smell, see, and feel. Learn about the manifestations and types of SPD here.