Educational Links 1/1/18

How Educators Can Model Democratic Decision Making In Schools

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/12/29/how-educators-can-model-democratic-decision-making-in-schools/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Teaching with Current Events? 15 Current Event Sites for Students

http://classtechtips.com/2017/12/19/teaching-news-current-events-websites/

5-Minute Film Festival: Best Educational Parodies of 2017

https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-minute-film-festival-best-educational-parodies-2017

Cabin Fever: 9 Indoor Activities for Hyperactive Kids

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/learning-at-home/games-skillbuilders/cabin-fever-indoor-activities-for-hyperactive-kids?utm_source=fbshare&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Grids, Timelines, and Notes in Google Slides - Best of 2017

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/12/grids-timelines-and-notes-in-google.html#.WklpaNWnHGI

How Do You Measure A Year: Tch Year in Review

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2017/12/29/tch-year-in-review-2017/

10 Ways We Would Fix the U.S. School System

https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/how-can-we-improve-education-for-students-with-adhd/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=parent

Our kids are remarkable. They have unmatched gifts and perspectives. Yet they struggle academically — in large part because schools are not traditionally set up to recognize and build upon their learning styles. The solutions, it turns out, are often easier to visualize than they are to enact. Here is how we would start to re-think school.