Educational Links 7/22/17

Ed Tech Digest

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2017/07/21/ed-tech-digest-44/

Understanding Special Education Laws

https://childmind.org/article/understanding-special-education-laws/ 

8 ways to redirect off-task behavior without stopping your lesson

https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/8-ways-to-redirect-off-task-behavior-without-stopping-your-lesson/

NAACP Leaders Meet This Week. What Will They Say About Charter Schools?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/charterschoice/2017/07/naacp_leaders_meet_this_week_what_will_they_say_about_charter_schools.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Is video gaming the new high school sport?

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/06/29/video-gaming-school-sport/

ISTE 7 Resources for teaching the solar eclipse

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=1006&category=In-the-classroom&article=7+resources+for+teaching+the+solar+eclipse

Betsy DeVos Urges States to Take Reins on K-12 Policy

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/07/betsy_devos_denver.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

At a conference of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos encouraged states to take the lead in creating new, more-flexible education policies and pledged that the U.S. Department of Education would focus on clearing away regulations and obstacles to state autonomy.