Educational Links 2/25/17

Hacking Teens’ Desire to Impress Their Peers

https://www.edutopia.org/article/hacking-teens-desire-to-impress-peers-christina-gil

Why Group Work Could Be the Key to English Learner Success

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/02/23/why-group-work-could-be-the-key-to-english-learner-success/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Flipped learning takes a big step forward

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/02/17/flipped-learning-certification/

ESSA and education technology: 5 reasons for optimism

http://edscoop.com/essa-and-edtech-5-reasons-for-optimism

Is Special Education in Trouble?

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/02/is-special-education-in-trouble.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

Teaching Students Good Digital Citizenship

http://www.edudemic.com/digital-citizenship/

The Crisis in Black Education: Focusing on Young People’s Strengths

https://www.edutopia.org/article/crisis-black-education-focusing-young-peoples-strenths-betty-ray?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

So we need to focus on young people’s strengths and help them leverage those strengths. Similarly, we can help them understand that there are areas where they can improve constructively, so they don’t internalize those as deficits.