Educational Links 7/22/18

Multicultural Children’s Literature in the Elementary Classroom 

https://www.leeandlow.com/educators/race/multicultural-children-s-literature-in-the-elementary-classroom

Starting a Heritage Language Book Club

https://www.edutopia.org/article/starting-heritage-language-book-club

Study Links Frequent Gadget Use to Increased ADHD Symptoms in Teens

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2018/07/study-links-frequent-gadget-use-to.html

What Makes a Good Edtech Tool Great?
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-07-21-what-makes-a-good-edtech-tool-great

14 Questions To Ask Yourself Before The First Day Of School

https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2018/07/21/questions-to-ask-before-the-first-day-of-school/

Study: “Repeated exposure to false statements can lead people to believe those falsehoods”

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/07/19/study-repeated-exposure-to-false-statements-can-lead-people-to-believe-those-falsehoods/

Mental health education to be made compulsory in English schools

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/mental-health-education-england-compulsory-schools-sex-relationships-children-a8453596.html

How to Meet Autistic People Halfway

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/opinion/autism-social-life-new-research.html

There is no question that autistic people can seem as though they are not interested in others. They may not make eye contact or they may repeat lines from movies that don’t seem relevant in the moment. They may flap their hands or rock their bodies in ways that other people find off-putting. But just because someone appears socially uninterested does not mean that he or she is.