Educational Links 11/6/17

App Introduces Mindfulness for Kids, Adults

http://www.techlearning.com/app-of-the-day/0011/mind-yeti--mindfulness-for-kids-and-their-adults/70861

Forgiveness doesn’t mean forgetting bad behaviour

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/forgiveness-doesnt-mean-forgetting-bad-behaviour

Independent Readers, Independent Thinkers

http://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/book-life/independent-readers-independent-thinkers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29

Stop Making Teaching Harder Than It Has to Be!

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teacher_leader_voices/2017/11/stop_making_teaching_harder_th.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

How Project-Based Instruction Can Ignite Your Child’s Love for Learning

https://www.additudemag.com/project-based-learning-adhd-teaching-strategies/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=parent

The School Kindness Project

https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/09/09/ctq-sherman-kindness.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB-TM

Why protecting students at school is much more than just internet monitoring

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/10/16/cipa-students-internet-monitoring/

The use of technology in schools has provided students with a whole new way to connect and communicate with each other and their teachers, in addition to being a great source for learning. However, on the flipside, access to the wider internet may mean that there is a temptation for students to access websites with inappropriate content–or use it as a platform where negative behavior can escalate, such as for cyberbullying or other undesirable activities.