Educational Links 1/5/18

Focusing on the Process: Letting Go of Product Expectation

https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2017/12/17/focusing-on-the-process-letting-go-of-product-expectations/?utm_content=buffer686ac&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The Elements Of A Digital Classroom

https://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-elements-of-a-digital-classroom/?utm_content=buffer1fde2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Teachers Most Favored Apps

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2018/01/teachers-most-favourited-apps.html

Twelve things we learned today about pupils' use of social media

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/twelve-things-we-learned-today-about-pupils-use-social-media

Self-Advocacy: Strategies for All Ages

http://www.smartkidswithld.org/getting-help/raising-independent-kids-2/self-advocacy-strategies-ages/

How Does a Child With Executive Functioning Issues Think Differently?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/executive-functioning-issues/how-does-a-child-with-executive-functioning-issues-think-differently?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

MINDSET, GENDER, AND INTELLIGENCE: CONFUSING MYTH OR PAINFUL TRUTH

https://www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/mindset-gender-and-intelligence/

"Mindset" is Carol Dweck's term to describe the spectrum of attitudes that people have towards their ability to improve. Folks with a growth mindset will be able to make changes more quickly because they fundamentally think of their abilities as plastic and trainable. Folks with a fixed mindset will make less progress because they think they are already as a skillful or creative as they're ever going to be.