Educational Links 9/9/18

ED TECH DIGEST

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/09/07/ed-tech-digest-92/

60-Second Strategy: Interview Assessments

https://www.edutopia.org/video/60-second-strategy-interview-assessments

10 Inspired Tech Trends Every Teacher Should Know About

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-09-06-10-inspired-tech-trends-every-teacher-should-know-about

Learning & Attention Issues

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities

Hacking the Education Narrative with Dungeons & Dragons

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51781/hacking-the-education-narrative-with-dungeons-dragons

IS TECH IMPROVING EDUCATION OR TURNING OUR KIDS INTO ZOMBIES

https://www.thetechedvocate.org/is-tech-improving-education-or-turning-our-kids-into-zombies/

How Restorative Justice Helps Students Learn

https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-restorative-justice-helps-students-learn?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Restorative justice, unlike traditional discipline, allows everyone affected by a harm to return to a calm state that is optimal for learning.

Autopsy on Our Short Stories (Getting Ready for Our Essays)

1. Setting: Where and when is the story set? Setting represents both the physical location but also the time (i.e. past, present, future) and the social and cultural conditions in which the characters exist.
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2. Character: A person or animal or really anything personified. There can be one main character or many, and often there are secondary characters, but not always.
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3. Plot: The events that happen in a story are called the plot. In a plot you typically find an introduction, rising action, a climax, the falling action, and a resolution. Plot is often represented as an arc.
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4. Conflict: Every story must have a conflict, i.e. a challenge or problem around which the story is based. Without conflict, the story will have no purpose or trajectory.
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5. Theme: Idea, belief, moral, lesson or insight. It’s the central argument that the author is trying to make the reader understand. The theme is the “why” of the story.

Educational Link 9/8/18

What Putting Teachers in Charge of Personalized Learning Can Look Like

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/52121/what-putting-teachers-in-charge-of-personalized-learning-can-look-like?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Federal Appeals Court Rules In Favor Of Mainstreaming

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/08/29/federal-court-mainstreaming/25429/

'All boys' careers advice sparks Twitter storm

https://www.tes.com/news/all-boys-careers-advice-sparks-twitter-storm

What Is Sensory Overload?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/sensory-processing-issues/what-is-sensory-overload?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Chronic absenteeism pervasive in California and nationwide, report shows

https://edsource.org/2018/chronic-absenteeism-pervasive-in-california-and-nationwide-report-shows/601980?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=absenteereport-0906-18

15 Tips to Start the School Year Strong

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2018/09/15-tips-to-start-school-year-strong.html

Why Edtech Executives Need to Go Back to School — as Teachers

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-09-01-why-edtech-executives-need-to-go-back-to-school-as-teachers?utm_content=buffer51efd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer

If edtech employees were to spend a day teaching, they’d see just how many programs teachers are expected to implement, and just how little instructional time they really have.

Literary Analysis Essay

'Dr. Heidegger's Experiment' by Nathaniel Hawthorn
http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org/mirror_eldritch/dhe.html

 'The Masque of the Red Death,' by Edgar Allan Poe

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/the-masque-of-the-red-death-edgar-allen-poe/3702277.html

Edutopia Rubric Literary Analysis
https://backend.edutopia.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-literary-analysis.pdf

Educational Links 9/7/18

Why Students Forget—and What You Can Do About It

https://www.edutopia.org/article/why-students-forget-and-what-you-can-do-about-it

Four Reasons Why Students—and Teachers—Need SEL Embedded Into School All Day, Every Day

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-09-04-four-reasons-why-students-and-teachers-need-sel-embedded-into-school-all-day-every-day

Benefits of Technology in the Classroom

http://www.teachhub.com/benefits-technology-classroom

Where Do Teachers Go to Learn?

http://blog.mimio.com/where-do-teachers-go-to-learn

Education Equity

https://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/education-equity

Understanding Dyslexia

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/understanding-dyslexia

How to Differentiate Autism from a Learning Disability

https://www.additudemag.com/autism-learning-disability-symptoms/

Understand the most common learning disabilities — dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, auditory and visual processing disorders, and nonverbal learning disorder — and how their symptoms differ from autism spectrum disorder.

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.

...with only this short time...

I didn't realize I like country music.

George Harrison - Behind That Locked Door

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Sp61BtOW4

 "Behind That Locked Door" 
Why are you still crying?
Your pain is now through
Please forget those teardrops
Let me take them from you
The love you are blessed with
This world's waiting for
So let out your heart, please, please
From behind that locked door

It's time we start smiling
What else should we do?
With only this short time
I'm gonna be here with you
And the tales you have taught me
From the things that you saw
Makes me want out your heart, please, please
From behind that locked door
And if ever my love goes
If I'm rich or I'm poor
Please let out my heart, please, please
From behind that locked door
From behind that locked door

Rikki Tikki Tavi--Kipling, of course

Rikki Tikki Tavi
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/k/kipling/rudyard/jungle/chapter9.html

Rudyard Kipling
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rudyard-kipling

Compare and Contrast Essay

 

Comparison and Contrast Essay

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson275/compcon_rubric.pdf

Transitional Words and Phrases

https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Transitions.ht

Venn Diagrams to Plan Essays and More

https://www.thoughtco.com/creating-a-venn-diagram-1857015

Educational Links 9/5/18

What Is Missing From Our Curricula?

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-09-04-what-is-missing-from-our-curricula

Thriving special ed programs have these 7 elements

https://www.eschoolnews.com/teaching-and-learning/

10 Professional Development Rules for New Teachers

http://www.teachhub.com/10-professional-development-rules-new-teachers

LET’S TRY BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS NEED US: A STORY OF PERSISTENT EDTECH INTEGRATION

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/e352/

How Do You Improve As A Teacher? A Little Bit Every Day

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/how-do-you-improve-as-a-teacher-a-little-bit-every-day/

What's New in Teaching Coding in the Classroom

http://blog.mimio.com/whats-new-in-teaching-coding-in-the-classroom

To Raise Confident, Independent Kids, Some Parents Are Trying To 'Let Grow'

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/52070/to-raise-confident-independent-kids-some-parents-are-trying-to-let-grow?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

While its goal is a cultural shift, its methods are almost laughably simple. Let Grow is reaching out to elementary schools across the country to assign kids the Let Grow project as homework. Participating kids decide to do something on their own that they haven't done before — whether it's walking the dog around the block, or making dinner, or walking a few aisles over in the supermarket to get some eggs. The schools also set up "Let Grow play clubs" — mixed ages, no structure, and no adult direction. Just free, child-led play.

Educational Links 9/4/18

Doodling Makes Learning More Sticky for Students

https://www.middleweb.com/38609/doodling-makes-learning-more-sticky-for-students/

BEST LISTS OF THE WEEK: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/09/03/best-lists-of-the-week-professional-development/

PLANTING SEEDS AND GROWING RELATIONSHIPS

http://www.ptacvoice.org/ptac-voice-blog/planting-seeds-and-growing-relationships

Debating false dichotomies: a new front in the education wars

http://thelearnersway.net/ideas/2018/9/2/debating-false-dichotomies-a-new-front-in-the-education-wars

Child Find: What It Is and How It Works

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/your-childs-rights/basics-about-childs-rights/child-find-what-it-is-and-how-it-works

Do Dyslexia-Friendly Fonts Really Work?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/dyslexia-friendly-font

Rethinking How Students With Dyslexia Are Taught To Read

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50766/rethinking-how-students-with-dyslexia-are-taught-to-read

Dyslexia is the most common learning disability, affecting tens of millions of people in the United States. But getting help for children who have it in public school can be a nightmare.

The Masque of the Red Death--Poe

'The Masque of the Red Death,' by Edgar Allan Poe

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/the-masque-of-the-red-death-edgar-allen-poe/3702277.html

Edgar Allan Poe Biography

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLZ76Lnw8Lg

WHO WAS EDGAR ALLAN POE?

https://www.poemuseum.org/who-was-edgar-allan-poe

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Dr. Heidegger

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org/mirror_eldritch/dhe.html

Nathaniel Hawthorne Background

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

Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804-1864

Jack London--A Great Story. Just for Grade 8.

The Banks of the Sacramento

http://london.sonoma.edu/writings/DutchCourage/banks.html

Jack London Biography, Significance, and Analysis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlzFwFq2Tc0

Jack London aboard the Snark.

Hyphenated?

How to Use Hyphens | Grammar Lessons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0WptlLlhfU

Dividing Words at End of Line
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000129.htm

Basic Punctuation: Periods, Commas, Semicolons, Colons, Apostrophes, Quotation Marks, Parentheses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE_WqqUeMo8

https://edchat.net/resources/punctuation-mark-cartoon-characters-uk-version.171/

The History of the English Language--in a nutshell

I have often apologized to students in an English class that the English language is so difficult due to the 'vacuum cleaner' quality of its development-sucking in the words, phrases and pronunciations of extremely diverse conquering forces without any logical process. A little Latin here, some French there, and don't forget the Anglo-Saxon of the common folk! Let's not get started with the agony of spelling.

A Brief History of the English Language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNizPIZjV2M

Where did English come from? - Claire Bowern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEaSxhcns7Y

How did English evolve?

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-english-evolve-kate-gardoqui

This Week in MzT's Classroom 9/4/18

How thrilling, Grades 11 is time traveling to Early America and Grade 12 through the history of the English Language.

Grades 7, 8, 9, and 10 are reading some of the greatest short stories ever! 

Tuesday 9/4/18 through Friday 9/7/18


Grade 12
Tuesday: Review notes from Icarus and Phaethon developing a suitable outline for a Compare and Contrast Essay.
Wednesday: Write a Compare and Contrast Essay using notes from Icarus and Phaethon.
Thursday: Take notes from Lecture on the History of the English Language.
HW Develop timeline for the History of the English Language. Write a summary using notes.
Friday: Identify and discuss the main groups to invade England prior to the Normans.


Grade 11
Tuesday: Review notes from Icarus and Phaethon developing a suitable outline for a Compare and Contrast Essay.
Wednesday: Write a Compare and Contrast Essay using notes from Icarus and Phaethon.
Thursday: Take notes from Lecture on the History of the English Language.
HW Develop timeline for the Early American Literature. Write a summary from notes.
Friday: Identify and discuss the main events and groups of Early American Literature up to the American Revolution.

Grade 10
Tuesday: Review notes from Icarus and Phaethon developing a suitable outline for a Compare and Contrast Essay.
Wednesday: Write a Compare and Contrast Essay using notes from Icarus and Phaethon.
Thursday: Introduction to Edgar Alan Poe; the short story "Masque of the Red Death."
HW Answer Read and Respond questions; plot diagram.
Friday: Finish reading story in class. Discuss and complete plot diagram. Write summary of story using plot diagram.





Grade 9
Tuesday:  Take notes on Short Story and review punctuation. Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorn.
Wednesday: Introduction to "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."
Thursday: Read story aloud in class. Plot diagram, discuss the meaning of the story.
HW Answer Read and Respond questions. Write summary of notes.
Friday: Finish reading story, and answer questions. Fill in plot diagram. Write summary of story using plot diagram.


Grade 8

Tuesday:  Take notes on Short Story and review punctuation. Introduction to Jack London.
Wednesday: Introduction to "Bank of the Sacramento."
Thursday: Read story aloud in class. Plot diagram, discuss the meaning of the story.
HW Answer Read and Respond questions. Write summary of notes.
Friday: Finish reading story, and answer questions. Fill in plot diagram. Write summary of story using plot diagram.



Grade 7

Tuesday:  Take notes on Short Story and review punctuation. Introduction to Rudyard Kipling.
Wednesday: Introduction to "Rikki Tikki Tavi."
Thursday: Read story aloud in class. Plot diagram, discuss the meaning of the story.
HW Answer Read and Respond questions. Write summary of notes.
Friday: Finish reading story, and answer questions. Fill in plot diagram. Write summary of story using plot diagram.

Attention Grades 10, 11, and 12! 

If you have not read the short stories the lower grades are reading, you can use these free reading sites to do so. Each story is a classic, each author is vital to your background as a literate person.

Educational Links 9/3/18

HOW GOOGLE IS TAKING OVER THE CLASSROOM

https://www.thetechedvocate.org/google-taking-classroom/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

Commentary: Building Trust between Students and Teachers Helps Kids Overcome Trauma — and Makes Schools Safer

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2018/09/commentary-building-trust-between.html

30 Ways to Bring More Mindfulness and Self-Care to Your Classroom

https://www.weareteachers.com/classroom-self-care/?utm_source=FB&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=HotChalk_1712_Art3&utm_content=1535654181

Student Data: Friend or Foe?

https://www.edutopia.org/article/student-data-friend-or-foe

Poetry 180 - A Poem for Every Day of the School Year

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/09/poetry-180-poem-for-every-day-of-school.html

6 OF THE BEST APPS AND TOOLS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS

https://www.thetechedvocate.org/6-best-apps-tools-special-needs-students/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

Talking to Students About Grief

https://www.edutopia.org/article/talking-students-about-grief?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter

Supporting students in times of loss is less about finding the right words and more about validating what they choose to share.