Educational Links 2/8/17

3 Strategies to Fire Up Hesitant Writers

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/3-strategies-improve-student-writing-ali-parrish?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

What’s a Gamer Brain and How Can We Harness It in Class?

https://www.edutopia.org/article/what-is-gamer-brain-how-harness-class-andrew-miller?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

New buzzphrase for IT has massive implications for personalized learning

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/02/01/it-digital-cohesion/

Why Aren't We Talking About Native American Students?

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/02/08/why-arent-we-talking-about-native-american.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Verbal abuse from parents leads school to ban teachers from speaking to them

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/verbal-abuse-parents-leads-school-ban-teachers-speaking-them

What is #aNewKindofPD?

http://www.teachingchannel.org/a-new-kind-of-pd

10 TED Talks for Educators in 2017

http://www.edudemic.com/10-ted-talks-educators/

In search of inspiration or hard-won strategies for improving student learning? A 10-minute video may hold some answers for educators. TED Talks are short, informative, and often eye-opening talks given by leaders in their fields addressing all kinds of challenges. Many TED Talks are given by leading educators, or at least have important messages related to the field of education. Get fired up about teaching in the following 10 recent TED Talks for educators, posted in 2015 and 2016: