Educational Links 1/6/17

Fiction has significant role in social emotional learning

http://www.educationdive.com/news/fiction-has-significant-role-in-social-emotional-learning/433341/

Igniting a Passion for Reading

https://www.edutopia.org/article/igniting-passion-for-reading-brian-sztabnik?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Educators: The lessons we learned in 2016

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/01/05/educators-lessons-learned-2016/

For teachers, it's not just what you say, it's how you say it

https://edsource.org/2017/for-teachers-its-not-just-what-you-say-its-how-you-say-it

25 Awesome Tips for Google Apps in the Classroom

http://blog.mimio.com/25-cool-hacks-for-google-docs-in-the-classroom-0

My Favorite Way to Get Students Discussing & Defending

http://www.thethinkerbuilder.com/2016/11/my-favorite-way-to-get-students.html

The Best Resources On Providing Scaffolds To Students

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2017/01/05/the-best-resources-on-providing-scaffolds-to-students/

All of our students need scaffolds at one point or another, and I thought it would be useful if I brought together many of the posts that I’ve characterized as “scaffolding” into one place (as well as resources from others). Here’s a simple definition of scaffolding from Indiana University.