Educational Links 9/1/17

11 books to help you talk to your kids about race and racism

https://blogs.babycenter.com/life/10-books-help-talk-kids-race-racism/

Nap Time: Avoiding the Impact of Fatigue on Learning

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/4475-nap-time-the-impact-of-fatigue-on-learning

They Don’t Want Privacy: Why Students Should Study Social Media

http://teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/what-connected-learning-truly-promotes-might-surprise-you/?utm_content=buffer65766&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Teacher Tip: A Cool Warm-Up Game to Prime Your Child for Math Homework

https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/blogs/teacher-tips/2017/08/28/teacher-tip-a-cool-warm-up-game-to-prime-your-child-for-math-homework?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

10 Tips for a Smooth School Year for Students With ADHD

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2017/08/30/10-tips-for-a-smooth-school-year.html

How to Build A True Culture of Innovation at Your School

http://ajjuliani.com/culture-innovation/

Why All School Buses Should Have Wi-Fi

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/education_futures/2017/08/why_all_school_buses_should_have_wi-fi.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Ask what students do on their bus ride to school every morning and you'll get a variety of answers: texting friends, chatting with neighbors, listening to music and sometimes - completing unfinished homework.

Depending on where a student lives in relation to school, their bus ride may be twenty to forty minutes long. And what's accomplished during the morning or mid-afternoon rush? Chatting and texting and snacking and scribbling to complete worksheets.

What if we treated school buses as an informal first period?