Educational Links 2/18/17

26 Research-Based Tips You Can Use in the Classroom Tomorrow

https://www.edutopia.org/article/26-research-based-tips-you-can-use-in-classroom-tomorrow-todd-finley

Podcasts and the Classroom

http://www.edudemic.com/podcasts-classroom/

5 Math Apps That Are Great for Differentiation

http://blog.mimio.com/5-math-apps-that-are-great-for-differentiation

Media Literacy: Five Ways Teachers Are Fighting Fake News

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/02/16/media-literacy-five-ways-teachers-are-fighting-fake-news/

Can Virtual Reality “teach” empathy?

http://hechingerreport.org/can-virtual-reality-teach-empathy/

In her first public speech, DeVos praises a choice many endorse: magnet schools

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-essential-education-updates-southern-in-her-first-formal-address-devos-1487192722-htmlstory.html

Education Department Records Uptick In Special Ed Enrollment

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2017/02/16/education-uptick-special-ed/23334/

The uptick appears to stem from an increase in the number of children identified with autism, developmental delay and a catch-all category known as “other health impairments.”

At the same time, national totals for kids with intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, the largest category — specific learning disabilities — and several other categories were largely flat.