Educational Links 8/12/17

4 fresh approaches to coding in the classroom

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/07/26/fresh-coding-classroom/

Language and Communication Skills That Make all the Difference for Kindergarten

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/08/10/language-and-communication-skills-that-make-all-the-difference-for-kindergarten/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Google releases updates to Classroom in time for back-to-school season

http://edscoop.com/google-releases-updates-to-classroom-as-back-to-school-season-begins

Helping Children Develop Emotional Literacy

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/08/helping-children-develop-emotional.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

Five Tips to Encourage Positive Classroom Culture

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2017/08/11/five-tips-class-culture-new-tch/

Call the CDC! Interest in STEM May Be 'Contagious' in High School

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2017/08/STEM_interest_contagious_in_high_school.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Four Ways School Leaders Can Support Undocumented Students

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/08/11/four-ways-school-leaders-can-support-undocumented.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

As schools open their doors in the coming weeks, millions of students will have much more on their minds than new backpacks and schoolwork. If students’ parents are immigrants, or if students are immigrants themselves, they might be afraid that upon returning to school, federal immigration officers will be waiting to deport them.