Educational Links 1/18/17

How Technology Can Address Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs

http://teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/technology-can-address-maslows-hierarchy-needs/?utm_content=buffer12dbc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

How to use student voice to improve engagement

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/01/16/student-voice-engagement/

What Do Successful Teachers Do with the First Hour of Their Work Day?

http://www.thinkinclusive.us/teachers-first-hour/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

The Beauty and Chaos of Free Play

https://sparksandgems.wordpress.com/2017/01/15/the-beauty-and-chaos-of-free-play/

A Dispatch From the Outgoing U.S. Education Secretary

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/01/18/a-dispatch-from-the-outgoing-us-education.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Assistive Technology Devices and Services

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/atech.index.htm

3 Ways To Fall In Love with Teaching Again

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/teaching-teens-tweens/3-ways-to-fall-in-love-with-teaching-again-1

9 Ways to Inspire Student Inventors

https://www.edutopia.org/article/9-ways-inspire-student-inventors-vicki-davis?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

There’s an old saying that the things that change your life are the books you read, the places you go, and the people you meet. But I’d like to add a fourth: the challenges you face (and how you face them) will always change your life. If we want our students to respond to challenges with creativity and inventiveness, we must create the conditions in which innovation is not only possible but encouraged. You don’t help students learn to invent by giving worksheets or cookie-cutter assignments. In fact, these one-size-fits-all approaches may actually take up the time that could be used for such creativity.