Educational Links 2/17/18

An unexpectedly positive result from arts-focused field trips

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2018/02/16/an-unexpectedly-positive-result-from-arts-focused-field-trips-in-school/

School Culture Is Broken, How Do We Fix It?

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/tweeted/4634-school-culture-is-broken-how-do-we-fix-it

The Gap Between The Science On Kids And Reading, And How It Is Taught

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/02/12/582465905/the-gap-between-the-science-on-kids-and-reading-and-how-it-is-taught

Children in areas with poor literacy 'have much shorter lives'

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/children-areas-poor-literacy-have-much-shorter-lives

Effective PD Within the School Day

https://www.edutopia.org/article/effective-pd-within-school-day?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

5 Tools And Strategies That Support Personalized Learning

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/5-tools-and-strategies-that-support-personalized-learning/?utm_content=buffer1436d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Teachers want to prepare students for the jobs of the future — but feel stymied

http://hechingerreport.org/teachers-want-prepare-students-jobs-future-feel-stymied/

How Computers Work

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/02/how-computers-work.html#.WoeU82inHGI

We use computers every day. But how many of us actually know how they work? Sure we know how to use the software, but I'm thinking about the hardware. How does that aspect of your computer work? Code.org has a new video series that addresses that question and more.