Educational Links 7/27/17

10 Strategies To Help Students Use Social Media For Critical Thinking

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/10-strategies-help-students-use-social-media-critical-thinking/?utm_content=bufferf5bf1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The Next Generation Science Standards' Next Big Challenge: Finding Curricula

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

Apple Can’t Cure Learning Disabilities, but It Makes Them More Manageable

http://observer.com/2017/07/iphone-ipad-apps-adhd-and-disabilities/

Six steps to create a reading culture in your school

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/six-steps-create-a-reading-culture-your-school

Blend Science Lessons and Children’s Literature

https://www.middleweb.com/35350/blending-science-lessons-and-childrens-literature/

6 WAYS TO MOTIVATE TEACHERS: BE THE HOPE

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/motivate-teachers/?utm_content=bufferf2b1b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

How Making Mistakes Primes Kids To Learn Better

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/07/26/how-making-mistakes-primes-kids-to-learn-better/

In recent years, cognitive scientists have done gobs of research on how making mistakes help us learn, much of it funded by the federal Institute for Education Science. Some findings make intuitive sense. Some are completely surprising. And many important findings that are relevant to teaching are not making it into the classroom, or penetrating very slowly.