Educational Links 5/13/17

Teacher Tip: How to Help Your Child Pay Attention (Just Think SLANT)

https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/blogs/teacher-tips/2017/05/11/teacher-tip-how-to-help-your-child-pay-attention-just-think-slant?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

How We Stopped Sending Students to Jail

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/05/10/how-we-stopped-sending-students-to-jail.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducationWeekSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week%3A+Special+Education%29

Report: Educators emphasize importance of home reading in maintaining literacy progress

http://www.educationdive.com/news/report-educators-emphasize-importance-of-home-reading-in-maintaining-liter/441541/

Peer Power: Get More from Group Work

https://www.middleweb.com/34789/peer-power-get-more-from-group-work/

'The classroom fads that illustrate education’s often unhealthy relationship with the evidence'

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/classroom-fads-illustrate-educations-often-unhealthy-relationship

Understanding Confidentiality Requirements

http://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/understanding-confidentiality-requirements/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheWrightslawWay+%28The+Wrightslaw+Way%29

Students’ Best Tech Resource: The Teacher

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/students-best-tech-resource-teacher-liz-kolb?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Growth in learning does not typically occur through technology used in isolation. It’s when instructional strategies and human interaction are used simultaneously with digital tools that learning experiences are best seeded for growth.