Educational Links 11/28/17

Do students buy into maker culture?

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/11/09/students-buy-maker-culture/?utm_content=buffer009a8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

3 Ways Assistive Technology Supports Students with Disabilities

https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2017/11/3-ways-assistive-technology-supports-students-disabilities?utm_content=buffera80fc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

8 Amazing, Creative, Must-See Videos to Promote Recycling at School

https://www.weareteachers.com/best-recycling-videos/?utm_source=Social&utm_campaign=PepsiCo_1709_VideoArticle

Tips for Awakening the Thinkers in Your Room

https://www.middleweb.com/36386/tips-for-awakening-the-thinkers-in-your-room/

App of the Week: Collaborative storytelling

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/11/06/app-week-collaborative-story/?utm_content=buffer92233&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

This no-brainer tool combats teacher turnover

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/10/30/tool-combats-teacher-turnover/v\

‘Teachers can’t deal with their students’ mental health problems on their own. Parents must play their part, too’

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/teachers-cant-deal-their-students-mental-health-problems-their-own

It is unreasonable to put the weight of the youth mental health crisis on the teaching profession – and offering mental health intervention only at school age comes too late

Teaching is incredibly demanding: you are a resolver of conflicts, a performance-management consultant, a motivational speaker and more – and that’s before any of the actual teaching starts.