Educational Links 9/6/18

10 Reasons Every Teacher Needs A Professional Learning Network

https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/10-reasons-every-teacher-needs-professional-learning-network/

Classroom Management: 4 Keys to Starting the Year off Right

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/classroom-management-plan/

At a Glance: Helping Kids With ADHD Manage Screen Time

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/add-adhd/at-a-glance-helping-kids-with-adhd-manage-screen-time

What is Social Communication Disorder?

https://www.additudemag.com/social-communication-disorder-autism-adhd/

What Is the Social Brain?

https://www.edutopia.org/video/what-social-brain

Starting A New School Year With Connection and Looking Forward

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51937/starting-a-new-school-year-with-connection-and-looking-forward

Video Writing Prompt: New Technologies to Explore the Brain

http://www.teachhub.com/video-writing-prompt-new-technologies-explore-brain

How Do We Know If Technology Is the Solution or the Problem?

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-09-04-how-do-we-know-if-technology-is-the-solution-or-the-problem

Has a more hotly debated or wholly unanswerable question ever been posed? One can easily imagine an Epic Rap Battle of History between the Luddites and Futurists on this very topic. And nowhere is that seemingly innocuous question more likely to ruffle feathers than in the realm of education. At EdSurge Fusion in October, we hope to find some common ground between the tech-forward and tech-resistant education communities. Furthermore, we aim to hit upon research-backed and evidence-based solutions to the most intractable problems that students and educators face in the tech-infused classrooms of today... and tomorrow.