Educational Links 6/23/17

How Teachers Can Recharge This Summer

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2015/06/15/how-teachers-can-recharge-this-summer.html?cmp=soc-edit-tw-lib

At a Glance: Learning and Attention Issues and the Brain

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/getting-started/what-you-need-to-know/learning-and-attention-issues-and-the-brain?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Standards-Aligned Genius Hour

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/standards-aligned-genius-hour-matthew-farber?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29

New research: student well-being higher in diverse schools

http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/06/21/73095/new-research-student-well-being-higher-in-diverse/

5 Easy Lesson Plans for Drop-Dead Exhausted Teachers

https://www.weareteachers.com/easy-lesson-plans/#.WUx6fhgrLGJ

A Thrifty Teacher's Guide to Great Learning Experiences

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/4423-a-thrifty-teachers-guide-to-great-learning-experiences

Common Ground: Nine in Ten Americans Agree We Should Speak to Our Children About a Future That Has Thriving, Healthy Nature

https://medium.com/@ecoAmerica/common-ground-nine-in-ten-americans-agree-we-should-speak-to-our-children-about-a-future-that-has-8a687bdac655

From children’s books to television shows, movies and news, American children often hear negative information or see dystopic images of the future of our natural world. Renowned children and nature author Richard Louv suggests a new direction, and the American people agree.

“We have a choice. If we see only an apocalyptic future, that’s what we’ll get, or close to it,” said Louv. Instead, he suggests we “imagine a society in which our lives become as immersed in nature as they are in technology, every day, where we live, work, learn and play, a future in which our intelligence and creativity, our ability to feel and be fully alive is enhanced by more frequent contact with the natural world.”