Educational Links 4/3/18

3 Ways Schools Are Transforming Recess and Improving School Culture

https://schoolleadersnow.weareteachers.com/recess-improving-culture/?utm_source=SchoolLeadersNow&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=Playworks_1802_ART-GatedDwnld

CONNECTING PARENTS TO STUDENT’S DIGITAL LIVES

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/e281/

Tech Tools are No Shortcut to Learning But Can Boost STEM & Arts Learning

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/trends/3126-tech-tools-are-no-shortcut-to-learning-can-boost-stem-arts#.Wrzd9sYevC8.twitter

How Civic Engagement Helps Students See Their Capacity to Make Change

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/46712/how-civic-engagement-helps-students-see-their-capacity-to-make-change

Students With Special Needs Face Suspicion After School Shooting

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/03/30/students-suspicion-school-shooting/24919/

Three Earth Day Resources

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/04/three-earth-day-resources.html#.WsLq6ejwbGJ

Five Ways to Sustain School Change Through Pushback, Struggle and Fatigue

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50675/five-ways-to-sustain-school-change-through-pushback-struggle-and-fatigue?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Teaching through projects, interrogating the value of grades, attempting to make learning more meaningful and connected to young people’s lives and interests, thoughtful ways of using technology to amplify and share student work. These are just some of the ways teaching and learning are changing.