Educational Links 1/6/19

Back to School with G Suite: 6 Activities for the Classroom

https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/back-to-school-with-g-suite-6-activities-for-the-classroom/?fbclid=IwAR3LKex26F7RKc3tm2RJyZodKWtxiRK-cY-xUuDfzkkI75gjx4_1OmrkejE

Secretary DeVos: What Have You Done for Me Lately?

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/trumped/4870-secretary-devos-what-have-you-done-for-me-lately?fbclid=IwAR1NUAnKOT1x8fcnd4Q2tfUFKuiZ1Z0aeSmzDf5lMaNGKJW17fzab3TOvbA

William Shakespeare: 400 Years Later & Teachers Still Love Him

https://www.theliterarymaven.com/2016/04/william-shakespeare.html?utm_sq=frkk8ovj29&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=The+Literary+Maven&utm_content=Evergreen+Literary+Maven

Freed From Copyright, These Classic Works Are Yours To Adapt

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/05/682314361/freed-from-copyright-these-classic-works-are-yours-to-adapt?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190105&fbclid=IwAR3mfJlYvCKYOpcyE1TnXx7m5Bz2wD8u8By28soYHsIBJ1_-qiVSKnO9_lg

Glorified Babysitting? 4 Common Teaching Misconceptions

https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2019/01/05/4-common-teaching-misconceptions/?fbclid=IwAR0ZWr0kCGmwnEYx-YiVj3GTevkyOjUmrnhMTC-HycV6qKSYEXSZvHJDqUE

Response: The Best Lessons 'Linger in Memories for Years to Come'

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/01/response_the_best_lessons_linger_in_memories_for_years_to_come.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR2kVlCt7W-EaoebKi9rF4zvwIETzZeoKCHIIGWwuY0AZZS5irwWj5L-nAE

Download: Sample Picture Schedules and Visual Planners

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/understanding-childs-challenges/simple-changes-at-home/download-sample-picture-schedules-and-visual-planners?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg&fbclid=IwAR3WOIA63qSh8l7dxEskNlrFrgKFnScUmT5pE-qnacIxCg1mPzpSuFiRSsI

Researchers can predict when a student’s mind is wandering. What should we do about it?

https://hechingerreport.org/lessons-on-zoning-out/

For some education experts, “personalized” learning isn’t only about figuring out how to customize the content of a lesson for each student, but also about how a student is taught. Many students are zoning out even when the instructional content is more or less right. They’re just not in the mood to focus and study.

Clair de Lune

 

Moonlight on the Winter Solstice.

Claude Debussy "Clair de lune" by Angela Hewitt 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ip64cG7gK4 

 

Educational Links 1/5/19

The Way We Read Online Has Changed. As Literacy Teachers, We Need to Keep Up

https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2018/06/20/way-we-read-online-changed-so-should-way-we-teach-writing.html

A Day in the Life of a Child With Slow Processing Speed

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/information-processing-issues/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-child-with-slow-processing-speed?fbclid=IwAR3ophdtuwKcWNron7zwlowglYrKDACrSB2VgJwRT0vwsfzmFKjxvHI0Fe4

How to Turn Schools Into Happier Places

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/01/restorative-practices-school-climate/579391/

10 Time Management Secrets from Teachers Who Are Living Their Best Lives

https://www.weareteachers.com/teacher-time-management-secrets/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=Capella_1810_Art&utm_content=1546606860&fbclid=IwAR3H3Qj9tIlQ1V5z-xPy88Z7GD09GZ9m1B_0KPxyVKaEI4WeFAQ0b3TJsTg

New Year's Resolutions: Don't Do It!

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/new-years-resolutions-dont-do-it-elena-aguilar?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

As a new year begins, the lure of resolutions are hard to avoid. If you're contemplating setting New Year's resolutions, here's some simple advice: don't!

Educational Links 1/4/19

Core set of autism traits shows up in diverse cultures

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/core-set-autism-traits-shows-diverse-cultures/?fbclid=IwAR3HfSm1hGNkg8dJD3x7BA2oS29J2lkAoCvyZVCfc_8wbHjPkaadN97DyTQ

Why Millions Of Kids Can't Read, And What Better Teaching Can Do About It

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/02/677722959/why-millions-of-kids-cant-read-and-what-better-teaching-can-do-about-it?fbclid=IwAR3VjsEf3lf_3Zm2feESDL1wozzhYWhCVXAy7N2bjt91slDpg0_wF_xPhuk

Teachers Go Public With Their Resignation Letters

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2017/04/why_do_teachers_quit_their_res.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR3idqIpEseftDD6uD1PspIuprAGyOyD_WCG-824OZGWotnby76gWGSg5rA

School Retention Linked to Violent Crimes in Adulthood in New Study

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2019/01/retention_increases_likelihood.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR3CVjwIpYZdNClK_HmhBzzlSwSr7B8d2n1MTa0M1USX2EJh6egSfULneYk

A COLLECTION OF THE BEST EDUCATION PREDICTIONS FOR 2019

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/01/03/a-collection-of-the-best-education-predictions-for-2019/?fbclid=IwAR1MrgyBdS8AirOvFiunrQcaG0uu1Ni1krKFbiKkNw-579w8_AzvPDy20J8

Thousands of Copyrighted Works Will Now Be Freely Available to Teachersliteracy, literacy, autism

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2019/01/public_domain_day.html?fbclid=IwAR1iikevtYTq4YNB0ju-vuTOkwlfPw0r-IEQtBwG1QdkfcA9vTJau4CWTRU

Why Millions Of Kids Can't Read, And What Better Teaching Can Do About It

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/02/677722959/why-millions-of-kids-cant-read-and-what-better-teaching-can-do-about-it?fbclid=IwAR08hjHbK6T-6r1K3Fd7csEcxbg9zwntlPxrtdEgNu1fiFdd09HglIJdbCM

One big takeaway from all that research is that reading is not natural; we are not wired to read from birth. People become skilled readers by learning that written text is a code for speech sounds. The primary task for a beginning reader is to crack the code. Even skilled readers rely on decoding.

The Sky Is Cheap Entertainment: Cool Winter Night Sights This Week

NIGHT SKY: Where and when to catch the Quadrantid meteor shower

https://www.spaceanswers.com/astronomy/night-sky-where-and-when-to-catch-the-quadrantid-meteor-shower/

Dark skies for 2019’s Quadrantid meteors

https://earthsky.org/space

EarthSky’s 2019 meteor shower guide

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide

See it! Moon and Venus at sunrise

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials

January guide to the bright planets

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury

New moon is January 5-6

https://earthsky.org/moon-phases/new-moon

Teaching Is Having With-It-Ness

1. Teacher Withitness

http://rossieronline.usc.edu/teacher-withitness/ 

Teacher Withitness - Inside USC Rossier, the blog of USC Rossier School of Education's online teaching degree

2. Withitness...what does it mean?

http://www.withitness.com/ 

3. Withitness in the Classroom 

http://www.education.com/reference/article/using-xray-vision-substitute-teacher/ 

4.  “Withitness”: Being Aware of What’s Going on in the Classroom

http://www.aaeteachers.org/index.php/blog/764-withitness-being-aware-of-whats-going-on-in-the-classroom 

5. The Kounin Model of Discipline

http://www.teachermatters.com/classroom-discipline/models-of-discipline/the-kounin-model.html 

6. Teacher Engagement and "Withitness" in the 21st Century Classroom 

http://cfrehlichteach.blogspot.com/2012/01/teacher-engagement-and-withitness-in.html 

Great video--relieve some stress!

7. With-it-ness 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7iRglS9Vik 

 

Educational Links 1/3/19

Ten Education Stories We'll Be Reading in 2019

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2018/12/ten_education_stories_well_be_reading_in_2019.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR11HfFwcZkjXBCpDAkkJDNHd9L9By9VyKx7Mkvv3d46k0IHneeYS4NApBI

Did You Watch Our 10 Best Videos of 2018?

https://www.weareteachers.com/best-videos-of-2018/?utm_content=1546481520&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3F1HjWYOUFi2seVD6ARSulldKOV0Ogc8o2oNf_acQjJV7uBo0Me3Ao5M8

Response: The Best Lessons 'Linger in Memories for Years to Come'

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/01/response_the_best_lessons_linger_in_memories_for_years_to_come.html?fbclid=IwAR0KSZ1hpzY6J5mymuikhGPO2XlTC5XlSmWLOG_7oTTmXz8TjerE0s0KmJw

Want To Become A Better Teacher? Try Slowing Down

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/the-wisdom-of-patient-teaching/

Have Students Make Lists Before Starting Web Search

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2019/01/have-students-make-lists-before.html?fbclid=IwAR3WJ7W05GkgWxMYtpTiM-HDed7ZDB79wNFOH6nyy4Xpcbiakh3eyB77_g0

If We’re Teaching Social-Emotional Skills, We Need to Assess Them

https://www.weareteachers.com/assess-sel-skills/?utm_content=1546473660&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR23WCaD6Frs-Vfb4X-n7vwoa04tZmHmIbuLZXJCUeaioJdhpgvynKG_6Zc

Kids’ Brainpower Tied to Exercise, Sleep and Limited Screen Time

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/well/mind/kids-brainpower-tied-to-exercise-sleep-and-limited-screen-time.html?fbclid=IwAR2RZ-mXqtYFP5xgCAgQwwfD8EyAyPPcleExhEUGd5xwBHlroT_JN096rKY

Researchers tied three behaviors to higher scores on tests of mental ability in children: at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, nine to 11 hours of sleep a night, and no more than two hours a day of recreational screen time.

Teaching Is Understanding Child Development

Child Development Tracker

Use the Child Development Tracker to get insights on the stages of growth.
http://www.pbs.org/parents/child-development


Child Development

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/index.html

 T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.

http://www.brazelton-institute.com/berrybio.html 

Middle Childhood Development

http://www.childdevelopmentmedia.com/middle-childhood-development.html

 Developmental Issues With Pre-Adolescents

http://www.livestrong.com/article/125347-developmental-issues-preadolescents/ 

Adolescent Stages of Development

http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/child-development/teens_stages.shtml 

  Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development

http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/education/DLiT/2000/Piaget/stages.htm 

I like Piaget and his beret.

Teaching Is Seeing The Happy 'I Got It' Face

1. Helping Struggling Readers

http://www.readingrockets.org/helping/ 

2. 5 Fun Ways to Help Your Kids Learn Math Online

http://mashable.com/2010/06/29/kids-learn-math-online/ 

3. Teaching Reading to Teens with Learning Disabilities

http://www.ncld.org/students-disabilities/ld-education-teachers/teaching-reading-teens-with-learning-disabilities 

4. Top 10 Skills for High-School Students

http://school.familyeducation.com/skill-builder/college-prep/37653.html 

5. Helping Newcomer Students Succeed in Secondary Schools and Beyond

http://www.cal.org/resources/pubs/helping-newcomer-students-succeed-in-secondary-schools-and-beyond.html 

6. Helping your child

Many parents want to help their child or children with their English but are not sure what they can do to help. In this section you'll find lots of expert advice about helping your child learn English.  http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/parents/helping-your-child

7. Helping kids learn to succeed

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2012/02/helping_kids_learn_to_succeed.html 

You did it!

8. Parental Involvement in School

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/succeed/ 

 

Next Semester...we'll celebrate diversity

Music! Dancing! And don't forget the great Mexican food!

If you teach in a school that is ethnically isolated, by geography or by choice, I suggest finding commonality in sports, for example. Especially in baseball, you can find just about all ethnicities coming together to celebrate a fun time through sports. If you have a favorite team in the MLB, NFL, or NBA--you are celebrating diversity. The same is true of most entertainment and lists of famous inventors, performers of heroics, and remarkable accomplishments.  You can also spotlight through calendar events (St. Patrick's Day, or MLK Day, for example.) Discretion is important if your community is sensitive to discussions of diversity. But it is clear that not only tolerance is mandatory but appreciation of diversity, also. We are America, afterall.

Here are links from Edutopia, TeachThought and Edudemic to get you started on your appreciation of diversity.

Diversity 

http://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/diversity 

http://www.edutopia.org/search-results?search=diversity 

Vibrant art! Parades! Learn to use chipsticks!

Culturally Responsive Teaching Starts With Students

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/culturally-respo--nsive-teaching-starts-with-students/ 

15 Resources: Prepare for Cultural Diversity in Class

http://www.edudemic.com/cultural-diversity-in-the-classroom/ 

Ballpark saurkraut hotdog!

Here are links for the major self-reported ethnicities in the USA according to census reports. I'm just following the order of the self-reporting. Sounds like fun--music, dance, food, art. Serious thoughts and inspiration. Check out American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States http://www.americanrhetoric.com/  for speeches.

German-American Corner: History and Heritage

http://www.germanheritage.com/ 

Speeches of JFK .

Irish Contributions to the American Culture

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/irish8.html 

Cesar Chaves Si Se Puede

National Hispanic Heritage Month and Cinco de Mayo Lesson Plans

http://lessonplanspage.com/hispanicheritagemonth-htm/ 

The Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock.

 

English Americans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_American 

 

Little Italy, New York City

 

Italian Americans 

http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Ha-La/Italian-Americans.html 

The Italian Americans PBS

http://video.pbs.org/program/italian-americans/ 

Steven Spielberg--and don't forget Jurassic World!

 

The Jewish Americans PBS

http://www.pbs.org/jewishamericans/ 

 

 

Native American Resources

500 is one of my favorite resources, I have taught the info on the Aztecs to my Mexican-American students. They are also fascinated with the Mayans.

Sequoyah--created Cherokee written language

500 NATIONS a video series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZztTMhRzqlQ&list=PLCD21D8E645A7BCE0 

We Shall Remain--PBS

http://ec2-184-73-194-121.compute-1.amazonaws.com/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/

Celebrate African-American History

 http://teacher.scholastic.com/africanamericanheritage/

 Please don't neglect the arts when enjoying these lessons. And the food, if possible. Mmm, soul food.

MLK--we never needed your influence more than now!

Teaching Is Reflective

A Mid-Year Reflection for Teachers and Students 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/mid-year-reflection-teachers-students-maurice-elias 

The Reflective Teacher: Taking a Long Look  

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/reflective-teacher-taking-long-look-nicholas-provenzano  

Reflecting on Reflection: A Habit of Mind

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/reflecting-on-reflection-habit-of-mind-terry-heick  

Reflective Teaching: A 30-Day Blogging Challenge For Teachers

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/reflective-teaching-30-day-blogging-challenge-teachers/    

Are You A Reflective Teacher?

Are You A Reflective Teacher?

http://www.www.teachthought.com/teaching/reflectiveteacher/  

10 Ways To Be A More Reflective Teacher

10 Ways To Be A More Relective Teacher

10 Ways To Be A More Reflective Teacher

  http://w.teachthought.com/teaching/reflective-teacher-reflective-teaching/ 

7 Great Resources for Reflective Teachers

http://www.edudemic.com/reflective-tips/  

Reflection: What Makes Learning Stick

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/05/reflection-what-makes-learning-stick/ 

Educational Links 1/2/19

CAN ROBOTICS TEACH PROBLEM SOLVING TO STUDENTS?

https://www.theedadvocate.org/can-robotics-teach-problem-solving-students/?fbclid=IwAR3iLwCxpcusemOBBz2EITac81wg-wjwInesgkwZgdCxRVzj2-4sEbjbXkQ

3 ways to help students access their knowledge

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/12/11/3-ways-to-help-students-access-their-knowledge/

8 Important Digital Literacy Practices for Students

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2019/01/8-important-digital-literacy-practices.html?fbclid=IwAR1dLk3n60wT55X3s1ZyB7B9fMpL2YQ_DzNHMWK4M4zi9S1xmeJoj9FVUFo

What the 2018 Congressional Elections Mean for Students with Disabilities

https://www.ncld.org/archives/action-center/what-we-ve-done/what-the-2018-congressional-elections-mean-for-students-with-disabilities

3 Group Work Strategies That Help Hold All Students Accountable

https://wegrowteachers.com/3-group-work-strategies-that-help-hold-all-students-accountable/

What’s Your Teacher Reputation?

https://www.edutopia.org/article/whats-your-teacher-reputation?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook

Failing by design: How we make teaching too hard for mere mortals

https://edexcellence.net/articles/failing-by-design-how-we-make-teaching-too-hard-for-mere-mortals?fbclid=IwAR2_ZPmbYPLH8aMuLIowXSIs7S1V99AO9spu2r9K7qN3qtl9ezO0LRw3e5I#.XCks6tfQkmE.facebook

If you caught your pediatrician Googling "upset stomach remedies" before deciding how to treat your child and home-brewing medications over an office sink, you might start looking for a new pediatrician. So how would you feel if you learned that Google and Pinterest are where your child's teacher goes to look for instructional materials?