Educational Links 10/23/18

What Is Down Syndrome?

http://www.ndss.org/Down-Syndrome/What-Is-Down-Syndrome/

The Power of Admitting What We Don’t Know

https://www.edutopia.org/article/power-admitting-what-we-dont-know

Specialized Add-ons For Google Docs

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/10/specialized-add-ons-for-google-docs.html#.We00J0uGPGJ

The Case Against Automated Student Data Dashboards

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-10-21-the-case-against-automated-student-data-dashboards

Rethinking how educators teach digital citizenship

http://edscoop.com/rethinking-how-educators-teach-digital-citizenship

'Teacher time is precious, so leaders have to ensure it is used wisely'

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/teacher-time-precious-so-leaders-have-ensure-it-used-wisely

Teachers and Researchers Team Up to Teach NGSS-Style Science

https://thejournal.com/articles/2017/10/18/teachers-and-researchers-team-up-to-teach-ngss-style-science.aspx?m=1

The idea is to allow students to become practicing scientists by setting up scenarios that let them explore the natural world. For example, a mini-unit on puddles allows young students to explore how a puddle filled with water in the morning has disappeared by the afternoon. According to teacher Anuska Chorba at Hazel Wolf K-8 STEM School, previously, she "was the scientist" with the information that would be passed along to the students. Now, her students are "taught the practices of being a scientist" by going through the same processes to find information that adult scientists would.