Educational Links 10/27/18

50 Of The Best Podcasts For High School Students

https://www.teachthought.com/education/50-of-the-best-podcasts-for-high-school-students/

At a Glance: Classroom Accommodations for Dysgraphia

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/at-a-glance-classroom-accommodations-for-dysgraphia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg&fbclid=IwAR1y-LIOy_ku7NbocOF_cdvbvvpZslLkjRXiqQlWJDoYz4eC8vO_U5OYg1A

The Importance of Mental Health Awareness in Schools

https://www.wgu.edu/heyteach/article/importance-mental-health-awareness-schools?fbclid=IwAR3DXuGIk6ex_aSPxEBTB2pHyqYEF3S5-5yCrVeGLe3EoIHMa7U7xNft0Vk

How Do You Turn Around an Out-of-Control Class?

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2018/10/how_do_you_turnaround_an_out-of-control_class.html?fbclid=IwAR0PpOauIA5n87quktH8vXKR3fj9gIvDqJtOiSOwtZaniWuSZHivXFP6uDw

15 Apps, Tools, and Gadgets for ADHD Brains: Reader Recommendations

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-productivity-apps-tools/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=treatment&fbclid=IwAR1HjoNzEYLDsDcGdxcLHbMtBzL9Z2MCawUA58Zv4szLgqdnZs9XSW6rzTM

Do Learning Centers and Seatwork Improve Reading Achievement?

http://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-literacy/do-learning-centers-and-seatwork-improve-reading-achievement?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29

Research is very supportive of cooperative learning groups, so you might have some luck combining that with project learning activities, but cooperative learning requires some real knowledge. You’d have to study up on that if you wanted to really be successful.

Writing is another activity that can fill such space. Perhaps doing a writing lesson prior to meeting with reading groups, and then having kids working on their compositions while you work with groups would be useful (again, as long as they stay on task).

Overall, my message would be to minimize this kind of independent work, seatwork, center time, or on-one’s-own computer assignments. It’s better for the kids to work with the teacher and to work with each other.