Educational Links 9/17/17

Collaborative Projects Can Work in Any Subject

http://www.spencerauthor.com/collaborativeprojects/

Apps That Boost Social Skills

https://www.additudemag.com/apps-that-improve-social-skills/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=parent

Children Need Close Pals, Not Popularity

https://www.wsj.com/article_email/children-need-close-pals-not-popularity-1505485670-lMyQjAxMTI3NjE4NjgxNDY3Wj/

Autism’s Drug Problem

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/09/autisms-drug-problem.html

Are We in the Process of Rolling Back Standardized Testing?

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/trumped/4494-are-we-in-the-process-of-rolling-back-standardized-testing

5 ESSENTIAL EFFECTIVE BLENDED LEARNING BEST PRACTICES

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/effective-blended-learning/?utm_content=buffera934f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

5 Confusing Signs of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/nonverbal-learning-disabilities/5-confusing-signs-of-nonverbal-learning-disabilities?view=slideview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Some signs of nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD) might leave you scratching your head. Someone with NVLD might be extremely talkative, but not socially engaged. That can seem like a contradiction! Explore more of these confusing NVLD symptoms.

Educational Links 9/16/17

Why technology could be the answer to solving dyslexia

 https://thenextweb.com/contributors/2017/09/02/technology-answer-solving-dyslexia/?utm_content=buffer4d93c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer#.tnw_PHr1gltQ

DeVos: Minimum Progress For Kids With Disabilities ‘Preposterous’

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2017/09/15/devos-minimum-preposterous/24168/

What Is The Cognitive Load Theory? A Definition For Teachers

http://teachthought.com/learning/cognitive-load-theory-definition-teachers/?utm_content=buffera863c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Helping Students Become Engaged Citizens

https://www.edutopia.org/article/helping-students-become-engaged-citizens

My Personalized Learning Approach Isn’t About Tech. It’s About Dignity.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-09-14-my-personalized-learning-approach-isn-t-about-tech-it-s-about-dignity

Don't Stifle Conflict in the Classroom

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/09/13/dont-stifle-conflict-in-the-classroom.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Culturally Responsive Teaching: 4 Misconceptions

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/culturally-responsive-misconceptions/

The term “culturally responsive teaching” has been around for decades, but it seems to have gotten more attention in recent years. That’s good news: With our classrooms growing more diverse every year, teachers should be more interested in how they can best teach students from different backgrounds.

The not-so-good news is that in some cases, teachers think they’re practicing culturally responsive teaching, when in fact, they’re kind of not. Or at least they’re not quite there. And that means students who might really thrive under different conditions are surviving at best. We all want to do better for these students, but how to do it still hasn’t become common knowledge.

Educational Links 9/15/17

Exclusive: 'It's like fighting a losing battle' – teachers on how bullying affects pupils' lives

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/exclusive-its-fighting-a-losing-battle-teachers-how-bullying-affects

YouTube Channels for ESL Learners

http://edtechreview.in/news/2929-youtube-channels-for-esl-learners

Building the System: Organizing Your Resources and Materials

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2017/09/04/organizing-resources/

Start the Year Off Right: Goal Setting

http://blog.mimio.com/start-the-year-off-right-goal-setting

Tips for Recognizing Learning Disorders in the Classroom

https://childmind.org/article/recognizing-learning-disorders-in-the-classroom/

10 Tips for a Successful School Year

http://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/10-tips-for-a-successful-school-year/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheWrightslawWay+%28The+Wrightslaw+Way%29

A Classroom Full of Risk Takers

https://www.edutopia.org/article/classroom-full-risk-takers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29

No one learns without making mistakes. Quite the opposite—we learn when we make mistakes. But in the classroom, making mistakes and taking risks can be at best unrewarded, and at worst ridiculed and unnecessarily penalized.

Educational Links 9/14/17

A Review of Humor in Educational Settings: Four Decades of Research

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03634523.2010.496867

How to help students who struggle with ‘executive function’ skills? Education Lab IQ has answers.

http://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/how-to-help-students-who-struggle-with-executive-function-skills-education-lab-iq-has-answers/

Extreme student behavior: 7 traps to avoid when NOTHING seems to work Extreme student behavior: 7 traps to avoid when NOTHING seems to work

https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/truth-for-teachers-podcast/extreme-student-behavior-7-traps-avoid-nothing-seems-work/

It's Time to Teach Our Ugly American History

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/09/08/its-time-to-teach-our-ugly-american.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

'Disrupting Thinking': An Interview With Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2017/09/disrupting_thinking_an_interview_with_kylene_beers_robert_e_probst.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Don't Forget the Joy: A Call to Action for Our Students

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/edwords-blog/don-t-forget-the-joy-a-call-to-action-for-our-students

“Edu-speak” is a disease that undermines efforts to improve U.S. schools

http://hechingerreport.org/edu-speak-is-a-disease-that-undermines-efforts-to-improve-u-s-schools/?utm_content=buffer93091&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

While I’m at it, just how many different types of learning can there possibly be? Various groups are championing learning that is blended, personalized, universally designed, student-centered, deeper, 

individualized, competency-based and data-driven. At The Hechinger Report, we write about many of these, but we try hard to explain what they actually are and how they might change education. And we are always skeptical when anyone claims they can close the achievement gap, another overused phrase, along with the newly created “excellence gap.”

Educational Links 9/13/17

Strategies for Students With Scattered Minds

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/strategies-students-scattered-minds-donna-wilson-marcus-conyers?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

3 ways to enhance communication at a multi-cultural school

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/08/25/communication-multi-cultural/

Ring Their Bells: A New Way to Deliver Bell Work

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/new-way-deliver-bell-work-lori-desautels?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Planning for College: A 4-Year Guide for High-Schoolers With IEPs

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/choosing-starting-school/leaving-high-school/planning-for-college-a-4-year-guide-for-high-schoolers-with-ieps?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Without Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness Doesn’t Work

https://hbr.org/2017/09/sgc-what-really-makes-mindfulness-work

How to Help Kids With Working Memory Issues

https://childmind.org/article/how-to-help-kids-with-working-memory-issues/

3 Tips for Managing Phone Use in Class

https://www.edutopia.org/article/3-tips-managing-phone-use-class

Setting cell phone expectations early is key to accessing the learning potential of these devices and minimizing the distraction factor.

Educational Links 9/12/17

For Teens Knee-Deep In Negativity, Reframing Thoughts Can Help

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/09/11/for-teens-knee-deep-in-negativity-reframing-thoughts-can-help/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Borrowing a Powerful Brainstorm Protocol from IDEO

http://catlintucker.com/2017/09/brainstorms/

How American schools fail kids with dyslexia

http://hechingerreport.org/american-schools-fail-kids-dyslexia/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29

Hurricane Harvey, Irma Teaching Resources

http://www.teachhub.com/hurricane-harvey-tropical-storm-irma-teaching-resources

Five Ways to Deal With Students Who Are Emotionally Disturbed

https://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/07/five-ways-to-deal-with-students-who-are-emotionally-disturbed/

I No Longer Want to Be Professionally Developed Due to Brain Overload

https://theeducatorsroom.com/2017/09/no-longer-want-professionally-developed-due-brain-overload/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29

Responding to Disruptive Students

https://www.edutopia.org/article/responding-disruptive-students?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29

Negative attention doesn’t help difficult students change their ways, but teachers can alter classroom dynamics through this exercise.

Educational Links 9/11/17

Understanding September 11

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collections/teaching-content/understanding-september-11/

THINK INCLUSIVE PODCAST #005: DON’T WE ALREADY DO INCLUSION? WITH PAULA KLUTH

https://www.thinkinclusive.us/think-inclusive-podcast-005-dont-we-already-do-inclusion-with-paula-kluth/

 Get students creating with digital sketchnoting

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=1038&category=Tools%2C-devices-and-apps&article

Menu of Lesson Modifications

http://www.theinclusiveclass.com/2017/08/menu-of-lesson-modifications.html?utm_content=bufferd7ee3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

What to do with Autumn Leaves

https://artfulparent.com/2015/09/what-to-do-with-autumn-leaves.html

How to Detect Reading Problems in Your Child

https://www.additudemag.com/learning-disabilities-dyslexia-reading-diagnosis-symptoms/

Coaching the Novice Teacher

https://www.edutopia.org/article/coaching-novice-teacher?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

For an instructional coach, it may seem daunting to coach the new teacher. Where does one begin to assist him or her in creating the best learning experience possible for students, parents, and colleagues?