Educational Links 6/24/18

HOW DIGITAL AND MEDIA LITERACY IMPACTS TODAY’S CLASSROOM

https://www.thetechedvocate.org/how-digital-and-media-literacy-impacts-todays-classroom/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

9 Apps to Help Teens With ADHD Manage Everyday Challenges

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/assistive-technology/finding-an-assistive-technology/9-apps-to-help-teens-with-adhd-manage-everyday-challenges?view=slideview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Supporting Language and Content Learning in Math

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/math-for-newcomers-ousd

The Evolution of Understanding by Design in Diverse Classrooms

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/ascd-learn-teach-lead-radio/4756-the-evolution-of-understanding-by-design-in-diverse-classrooms

How Teachers Can Promote Prosocial Behavior in Students

https://www.stanfield.com/blog/2018/06/promote-prosocial-behavior/

Using Microsoft Learning Tools in Inclusive Classrooms

https://classtechtips.com/2018/06/05/microsoft-learning-tools/?utm_content=buffer792a3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

A Growth Mindset Isn't Enough. It's Time for a Benefit Mindset

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/06/20/a-growth-mindset-isnt-enough-its-time.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Halfway through 2018, our nation is deep in thought: What is happening—or not happening—in our schools and communities that causes our teenagers to take their own lives or cut short the lives of others?

There is ample cause for concern: Suicide rates are climbing steadily.

Effective Personalized Learning-Where To Start?

                                        Personalized Learning http://www.dreambox.com/personalized-learning

     Turn your classroom into a personalized learning environment

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=416

5 PERSONALIZED LEARNING STRATEGIES THAT TEACHERS NEED TO KNOW

https://www.theedadvocate.org/5-personalized-learning-strategies-teachers-need-know/

Six Examples of What Personalized Learning Looks Like

https://www.edelements.com/blog/six-examples-of-what-personalized-learning-looks-like

What's That About Personalized Learning? 

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2016/05/whats-that-about-personalized-learning.html

What Do We Really Mean When We Say 'Personalized Learning'?

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/39142/what-do-we-really-mean-when-we-say-personalized-learning

Personalized Learning: What You Need to Know

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/personalized-learning-what-you-need-to-know

5 Tools And Strategies That Support Personalized Learning

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/5-tools-and-strategies-that-support-personalized-learning/

Can Personalized Learning Flourish Within A Traditional System?

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/47374/can-personalized-learning-flourish-within-a-traditional-system

Ten Tips for Personalized Learning via Technology

https://www.edutopia.org/stw-differentiated-instruction-ten-key-lessons

Against “Personalized Learning”

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2016/05/against-personalized-learning/ 

 One reason why the notion of personalized learning is so popular—one reason it is such a “head-nodder phrase”—is that it recognizes that students are all individuals, with different experiences and different preferences. At the same time, “children are more alike than different in how they think and learn,” as Riley quotes his hero (and mine), the cognitive psychologist Dan Willingham. We need a system of education that acknowledges and accommodates both realities.

Educational Links 6/23/18

Maintaining Trust to Build School Culture

http://blog.mimio.com/maintaining-trust-to-build-school-culture

ENCOURAGING KIDS TO BE INDEPENDENT

https://www.theedadvocate.org/encouraging-kids-independent/

How trauma and stress affect a child’s brain development

http://hechingerreport.org/how-trauma-and-stress-affect-a-childs-brain-development/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29

Schools Are Out For The Summer, But The Debate On How To Make Them Safer Continues

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/22/622678629/schools-are-out-for-the-summer-but-the-debate-on-how-to-make-them-safer-continue?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=education

The Declining Mental Health of Educators

https://theeducatorsroom.com/the-declining-mental-health-of-educators-2/

New Infographic: 12 Strategies to Manage the Modern Classroom

https://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2018/06/new-infographic-12-strategies-to-manage.html

Shifting the Culture of Reading in a School: Project LIT Bronx

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2018/06/22/shift-the-culture-proj-lit-bronx/

Project LIT Bronx is a youth-led community book club in the south Bronx. It was created in September of 2017 and is part of the national Project LIT Community, a growing network of dedicated teachers and students who work together to increase access to diverse books, eliminate book deserts, and spread a love of reading in our schools and communities.

Teachable Moment: Who's the Greatest Rock Poet?

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, painting by Julian Lennon when in pre-school

I must say I prefer John Lennon as the greatest rock poet, even though Bob Dylan probably should wear that crown, especially since he has now won the Nobel Prize for Literature! But Lennon, being an artist as well, created poetry of metaphorical paintings and the colors and images soaked with profound emotional intensity. We have recordings of poets reading their work--T.S. Eliot and the Wasteland, Robert Frost and his Snowy Evening. But nothing so dynamic as John Lennon--and his beautiful, accusatory, angry, agonized voice-- singing his personal journey of life with his friends (the Beatles) collaborating musically like Impressionist artists of rock. 

Bob Dylan

 Who's the Greatest Rock Poet? Nomination #1

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/09/whos-greatest-rock-poet-nomination-1.html?spref=bl

Greatest Rock Poet (#1 Nomination Again)

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/06/greatest-rock-poet-1-nomination-again.html?spref=bl 

John and Julian Lennon

Who Is the Greatest Rock Poet? Nomination #2http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/09/who-is-greatest-rock-poet-nomination-2.html

Who Is the Greatest Rock Poet? Revisiting #2

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/06/who-is-greatest-rock-poet-revisiting-2.html?spref=bl  

Paul McCartney

  Who Is the Greatest Rock Poet? Nomination #3 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/06/who-is-greatest-rock-poet-nomination-3.html 

 

Jimmy Paige and Robert Plant

Who Is the Greatest Rock Poet? Nomination # 4 

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/06/who-is-greatest-rock-poet-nomination-4.html

Pete Townshend

Who Is the Greatest Rock Poet? Nomination #5 

George Harrison

Who Is The Greatest Rock Poet? Nomination #6 

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2012/06/who-is-greatest-rock-poet-nomination-6.html

Neil Young

The Greatest Rock Poet, Nomination #7 

Bono

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/06/greatest-rock-poet-nomination-7.html

Who Is The Greatest Rock Poet? Nomination #8 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/01/who-is-greatest-rock-poet-nomination-8.html 

Bruce Springsteen

 Who Is The Greatest Rock Poet? Nomination #9 

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/01/who-is-greatest-rock-poet-nomination-7.html?spref=bl

Mao (1972) Andy Warhol (print)

  Always wanted to match this painting with these lyrics.

Who Is the Greatest Rock Poet? Nomination #2 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/09/who-is-greatest-rock-poet-nomination-2.html 

 

Revolution

The Beatles: Revolution (live) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGLGzRXY5Bw

John Lennon

You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
All right, all right

You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money
For people with minds that hate
All I can tell is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
All right, all right
Ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...

You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
All right, all right
All right, all right, all right
All right, all right, all right

  

Educational Links 6/22/18

3 ways to promote grit via literacy instruction

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/06/18/3-ways-to-promote-grit-via-literacy-instruction/

I Want to Get Better at… Assessment

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2018/06/15/i-want-to-get-better-at-assessment/

Sometimes Growth Is Ugly, Embarrassing, and Hurtful

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/my-bad/4410-sometimes-growth-is-ugly-embarassing

Small-Group Instruction May Be Key to Mastering Early Math, New Study Finds

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2018/06/small-group_instruction_may_be_key_to_mastering_early_math_new_study_suggests.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Ed Department Reconsidering Previously Settled Disability Complaints

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/06/07/ed-reconsidering-complaints/25163/

“Best” Lists Of The Week: Refugees & Immigrants

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/06/21/best-lists-of-the-week-refugees-immigrants/

Even When Research Supports Changing Traditional Teaching, Parents Make It Hard

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51484/even-when-research-supports-changing-traditional-teaching-parents-make-it-hard?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

This hope around preschool is something you see around the world. In rich and poor countries alike there's a recognition that quality preschool can give children an invaluable start in life. And in the U.S. there's a major push underway to get more children enrolled. But in Accra — and in fact in many fast-growing African cities — they've already achieved that. It's estimated that in Accra by the time children reach age 3, 80 percent of them are in preschool, twice the share in the United States.

Assessment That Makes Sense

27 Teacher Actions That Help Promote Valid Assessment Data

https://wegrowteachers.com/27-teacher-actions-that-help-promote-valid-assessment-data/

Beyond the Test: 10 Innovative Ways To Assess Secondary Students

https://www.bespokeclassroom.com/blog/2017/3/30/beyond-the-test-10-innovative-ways-to-assess-secondary-students

56 Examples of Formative Assessment

https://www.edutopia.org/groups/assessment/250941

10 ASSESSMENT-SAVVY TEACHERS SHARE ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL TESTS

https://cesp.rutgers.edu/10-assessment-savvy-teachers-share-alternatives-traditional-tests

What Are Some Types of Assessment?

https://www.edutopia.org/assessment-guide-description

Resources for Comprehensive Assessment

https://www.edutopia.org/assessment-guide-resources

Innovative Assessments: Widening the Horizon

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning_deeply/2018/03/innovative_assessments_widening_the_horizon.html

I Want to Get Better at… Assessment

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2018/06/15/i-want-to-get-better-at-assessment/

15 Assessment Activities That Are Fast, Fun, and Formative

https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/15-assessment-activities-fast-formative

Assessment activities should be quick, enjoyable, and versatile. That’s because formative assessment is best when it’s ongoing and consistent. Teachers use it in their classrooms to provide critical feedback to students. It helps them to monitor and modify their instruction methods and lesson plans to improve learning outcomes. That’s why we must use a variety of assessment activities and change them up frequently to stimulate both students and themselves.

Teachable Moment: Raising the Rhetoric

JFK 1961

Eloquence. Higher level thinking. Rational open discussion. American rhetoric--let's remind ourselves of the brilliant heights of thought our fellow citizens have given us. These profound thoughts were articulated to we the people, the common folk, the general populace. Dare I say, the 'undereducated,' as well as the 'intelligensia.' We the people listened, considered, and thought about these ideas.

American Rhetoric's Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Centuryhttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html 

highlights a diversity of speakers. Brilliant passion, complicated sentence structure, even three or four syllable words! As a student growing up in the 1960s, I was exposed to tremendous higher level thinking, free discussion, complicated language. Let's refuse to be dumbed down! We have access to fantastic thought and passion. The website has hundreds and hundreds of speeches.

Are you prepared to let students browse through this amazing collection of ideas? Here are some interesting choices-- hopefully a fair and diverse group. (And don't forget Abraham Lincoln, FDR, Adlai Stevenson, and even Richard Nixon.) 

 Ronald Reagan Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate

 http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ronaldreaganbrandenburggate.htm



Theodore Roosevelt The Man with the Muck-rake  1908

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/teddyrooseveltmuckrake.htm

Elie Wiesel The Perils of Indifference
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ewieselperilsofindifference.html 

Barbara Pierce Bush Commencement Address at Wellesley College

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barbarabushwellesleycommencement.htm 

Hillary Rodham Clinton 

Remarks to the U.N. 4th World Conference on Women Plenary Session

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/hillaryclintonbeijingspeech.htm 

 And two of my favorites:

John F. Kennedy

Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Program

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkriceuniversity.htm 

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Have a Dream

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm 

Cannot hear this speech too often.