Educational Links 2/23/17

Supreme Court Sides With Family In Service Dog Case

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2017/02/22/supreme-court-sides-family/23363/

Shifting Your Assessments To Grow Higher-Level Thinking
http://teachthought.com/pedagogy/assessment/shifting-assessments-grow-higher-level-thinking/?utm_content=bufferffb25&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

An Unwavering Advocate for Racial Equity in Schools

https://leaders.edweek.org/profile/john-d-marshall-chief-equity-officer-equity-for-students/?cmp=soc-edit-fb

20 lessons that incorporate the 4Cs

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/02/09/20-lessons-incorporate-4cs/

From Dream to STEAM: Guided STEAM Learning Through Play

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/edwords-blog/from-dream-to-steam-guided-steam-learning-through-play

Using Historical Fiction to Connect Past and Present

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/02/using-historical-fiction-to-connect-past-and-present/516543/

Are We Innovating, or Just Digitizing Traditional Teaching?

https://www.edutopia.org/article/are-we-innovating-or-just-digitizing-traditional-teaching-beth-holland

Instead of filling an inbox on the teacher’s desk with packets and worksheets, students now completed the exact same procedures online. Rather than write homework assignments on the board, teachers posted them to the students’ digital news feeds. While blended learning brings with it the promise of innovation, there is the peril that it will perpetuate and replicate existing practices with newer, more expensive tools.