Educational Links 8/3/18

How to Make the Benefits of a School Garden Meaningful in a Child's Life

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51795/how-to-make-the-benefits-of-a-school-garden-meaningful-in-a-childs-life?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

How Anxiety Leads to

https://childmind.org/article/how-anxiety-leads-to-disruptive-behavior/

8 Meditation Apps for Kids

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/assistive-technology/finding-an-assistive-technology/8-meditation-apps-for-kids?view=slideview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

How Robotics Competitions Close the STEM Skills Gap and Build a Diverse Workforce Disruptive Behavior

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-07-30-how-robotics-competitions-close-the-stem-skills-gap-and-build-a-diverse-workforce?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ad

Kids Need Play and Recess. Their Mental Health May Depend on It.

https://mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp?cid=25920011&item=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.edweek.org%2Fv1%2Fblog%2F95%2Findex.html%3Fuuid%3D77019

Top Dyslexia App: Grammarly

https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/top-dyslexia-app-2016-grammarly/

Why design thinking isn’t just for techies

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/07/03/why-design-thinking-isnt-just-for-techies/

Schools often assume that design thinking is a “techie thing” and send their edtech coordinators and directors to design-thinking workshops. Although design thinking has been adopted widely by the tech industry, its approach can be applied by any organization that wants to adopt a way to solve problems empathetically and collaboratively. In schools, design thinking complements inquiry- and project-based approaches to teaching and learning.