Educational Links 5/26/19

The Powerful Effects of Drawing on Learning

https://www.edutopia.org/video/powerful-effects-drawing-learning?fbclid=IwAR1tuRgOnf3ulM2gV3QpnaGvsCHGzHz0kr-6Ke3ndUANIp_bzKxF005V7hk

Dig into new research and get tips on how to make your digital citizenship instruction more relevant and effective.

https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/which-digital-citizenship-skills-do-students-need-most?fbclid=IwAR2gW8zjkkd-v3IEH_tPMgK85qKfUq5L0t3XmpkTN9NKxS4O-41CYgjsdeU

Why We Should Make It Easier–Not Harder–To Be A Teacher

https://wegrowteachers.com/why-we-should-make-it-easier-not-harder-to-be-a-teacher/?fbclid=IwAR36nPPwY7aloxgu8nTUDB2o6iErMwoqzHsjYS12WAD0KRBDC0YBbAPveWI

How Learning In Your Classroom Is Different Than Learning In The Real-World

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/ways-learning-in-your-classroom-is-different-than-learning-in-the-real-world/?fbclid=IwAR0TQROr7GzHZEJ2_fKEer5go2c6dtjgzu7PDSVYAEcgKB07wOpgsHhsCVo

Students can’t learn if they don’t show up at school

https://hechingerreport.org/students-cant-learn-dont-show-school/?fbclid=IwAR0EDR5BIRsAtmWg-PNIGZPKuEJKqVtIv_tZR5ZtwmnjDOjFf6wzW2-Hw80

Ed. Dept. Reverts to Original Timeline for Rules on Racial Bias in Special Education

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2019/05/special_education_disparity_rule_reimplemented.html?fbclid=IwAR2YjWwe742ffXVEMfvTMogByzW2wRD8A4_ifoe_ZMg_1C1F2iEni1wscD4

A Little Prep Goes a Long Way

https://www.edutopia.org/article/little-prep-goes-long-way?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR1laUUpKH2LTZCVCelao6ycAaXj1Iy5o9ZwxZ8wa1uLDl-SBdvif5PgEjc

A bit of logistical work in the classroom can help new teachers wrap up for summer—and ease the back to school crunch as well.

Educational Links 5/25/19

What Students Gain From Learning Ethics in School

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/53701/what-students-gain-from-learning-ethics-in-school

Unraveling the Myths Around Reading and Dyslexia

https://www.edutopia.org/article/unraveling-myths-around-reading-and-dyslexia

Computational Thinking Is Critical Thinking. And It Works in Any Subject.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-05-21-computational-thinking-is-critical-thinking-and-it-works-in-any-subject

Common Cents: George Lucas Foundation details strategy of exploring innovation without being prescriptive

https://www.educationdive.com/news/common-cents-lucas-foundation-details-strategy-of-exploring-innovation-wit/555269/

Why should schools change?

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/05/24/why-should-schools-change/?ps=!*EMAIL*!-!*AccountID*!-!*ContactID*!&esmc=

Professional Learning with Innovative Educators

https://home.edweb.net/

Super soft skill training

https://www.educationworld.com/teachers/super-soft-skill-training

We’ve known for some time that students with emotional or developmental challenges often need to have training in “soft skills”, but new research from Michigan State University has shown how such efforts pay off, especially to help these students enter and stay in the work force.

The Clouds Will Be A Daisy Chain

As close to a cloud daisy chain as I've captured so far.

Dear Prudence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQA59IkCF5I

Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?

Dear Prudence, open up your eyes
Dear Prudence, see the sunny skies

....chirp!

Chirp-a-dee-duh-chirp dee.....

The wind is low, the birds will sing
That you are part of everything
Dear Prudence, won't you open up your eyes?




                                                      Look around round
                                                      Look around round round
                                                      Look around

Dear Prudence, won't you open up your eyes?
Look around round
Look around round round
Look around

Dear Prudence, let me see you smile
Dear Prudence, like a little child
The clouds will be a daisy chain
So let me see you smile again

Dear Prudence, won't you let me see you smile?
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue

Its a brand new day.

It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?

  Dear Prudence 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr2LGqO2Fb0

Is this a better cloud daisy chain? I'm still on the lookout.

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Educational Links 5/24/19

Here are 7 Schools of Opportunity That Shows Us A Way Forward


https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/05/20/here-are-schools-opportunity-that-show-us-way-forward/?utm_term=.17176cc88310&fbclid=IwAR0UQ9dYe924--9edhRHEmCLc_BcZeUeCpnbufID3AZF4t4usnl12Y12yFA

Personalizing Your Final Exam

https://catlintucker.com/2019/05/personalizing-your-final-exam/?fbclid=IwAR1R8507lmkyC_2rLOtcZdMLwLWsUViZqxyg2r1ioiDsw_Rs1codtaNYhcw

The Futility and Degrading Nature of Evaluation: Evaluation and How to Improve It

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/work_in_progress/2019/05/the_futility_and_degrading_nat.html?override=web&fbclid=IwAR2cWIuw4rhxyTbN8FA7yGabtyS2yt4VCE_XXOXMlbRdM9toV5Jn1M2r-uk

White teachers like me should not be policing black pupils’ hair

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/22/white-teachers-policing-black-pupils-hair-uk-schools?fbclid=IwAR1IZopDCeV8DV_AUXmR2E8sK0zl_JyOvLzVkv38EDoYOWjIXfHTryftJbo

What Is True Play?

https://www.deyproject.org/denishas-blog/may-23rd-2019?fbclid=IwAR2B0vfRDPJLrDaYId0_V5A5wqCehBIB2AArGlqS5haZlaKwSd1yytMu7Jk

What Students Gain From Learning Ethics in School

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/53701/what-students-gain-from-learning-ethics-in-school?fbclid=IwAR25vFm10xsa6rUmF00q6Tdpp3VWjs1sEUdfxb3o1RA4uqFSGPdh3Nb7MmQ

Fetal alcohol syndrome

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fetal-alcohol-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20352901

Individuals and families impacted by FASD face enough challenges without having to deal with stigma and incorrect beliefs about their disability. Help us share this message and end some of the misconceptions about FASD.

Educational Links 5/23/19

14 Brilliant Bloom’s Taxonomy Posters For Teachers

https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/14-brilliant-blooms-taxonomy-posters-for-teachers/?fbclid=IwAR0PRBJbkHzSkW_KVfayt6FHjrspgDYy6p9D8d2PUiNoU1stD-dfzhPEovk

When Schools Cause Trauma

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/summer-2019/when-schools-cause-trauma?fbclid=IwAR3o7KdE6PtAHBN3KBt4x_8RKmIbRb3Opjz4jrx2x0VdVBF5jik0NVIVUBU

The Importance of Self-Advocacy for Kids With Learning and Attention Issues

https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/empowering-your-child/self-advocacy/the-importance-of-self-advocacy?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg&fbclid=IwAR33y_JONA_8lazDCTYA831pCfHXG6GNvIYygn48zh_FcCZydaR_18oZtUg

Grading Report Cards

https://characterlab.org/thoughts-of-the-week/grading-report-cards/?fbclid=IwAR2nvv8F5qju_2fCDbg4wx2EWH0FqiAUZH6EAZojHaw9iYta8ZXIAfVLBXk

An Excellent Website to Create Jeopardy-like Games

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2019/05/an-excellent-web-tool-to-create.html?fbclid=IwAR1RAVSODcjGWLfXLpCIyj_nTjIubRAjDYK8cCORHH_Fv6h-potsRyOQ-JQ

In Praise of a Nonelite Education

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/05/22/nonelite-colleges-can-give-students-excellent-education-and-phd-grads-chance-grow?utm_content=buffercedaf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=IHEbuffer&fbclid=IwAR0DhUnn4icWW5zin0CCLbw6uCP0V-BZKr56KLm6YCgKzuPRsSJMXW9lm7U

Why Autism Diagnoses Are Often Delayed

https://childmind.org/article/why-autism-diagnoses-are-often-delayed/?fbclid=IwAR2P7ykaf3MT8-NYNBs752OKmrGOp6d_e4hKuqEmCnT0SMgzMunpbYjFm0I 

For many, it’s not because they’re not getting diagnosed—it’s because they’re getting a different diagnosis first. Often, it’s ADHD, diagnosed by a pediatrician at age 2 or 3. Or parents are told that their child has sensory processing issues. Then, the autism isn’t picked up until the demands of school and social situations increase.

One Memorial Today

Orvis Henry Sweet, Union Army, Vermont

Orvis, age 21, will be shot in the lung one week after this picture was taken by Matthew Brady in Washington, DC. His younger siblings on the family farm in upstate New York (he volunteered from St. Alban's, Fifth Vermont) grew up and after the Civil War moved West to Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and California to become lawyers, Congressmen, ambassadors, journalists and teachers. His father, Haviland Livingston Sweet, died earlier in the War, under the leadership of General McClellan.  Their sacrifice was not in vain.

He volunteered while working at a Print Shop in Vermont, where his family had lived on Grand Isle for generations since the Revolutionary War. His ancestors were Pilgrims and Wampanoags.

He was a regular kid who lived and died for great things.

He fought with his unit through all the major battles of the Civil War, being mortally wounded in the Second Battle of the Wilderness. If you ever watched Ken Burns' documentary on the Civil War, you know how that one was particularly hellish.

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/

One of Orvis' younger sisters was Alice Eliza Sweet Link, my great grandmother; she went West after the Civil War and became a teacher.

Trip to the Wilderness Battlefields 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ege_iMAo5w 

 

With that haunting music that always brings tears to my eyes, Ashokan Farewell.

Educational Links 5/22/19

26 Sentence Stems For Higher-Level Conversation In The Classroom

https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/sentence-stems-higher-level-conversation-classroom/?fbclid=IwAR3l0uTmRdnZIR6WWb02D4Jt95p9kF12h4cT98HRGWMKuXixDveqOgXGsEw

7 Good Apps for Getting Started With AR & VR

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2019/05/7-good-apps-for-getting-started-with-ar.html?fbclid=IwAR3V_H7t1WTGqYaaJzlxko_1NRAgOGZIvkpI_0XPDn9nMb-ImK5kvZ3NDBA

TODAY IS “WORLD DAY FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY” – HERE ARE RELATED TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/05/21/today-is-world-day-for-cultural-diversity-here-are-related-teaching-learning-resources/?fbclid=IwAR1hC7-3fyh6MINcO0_6esXYqOG2-YUqE5qKRsVd6THrGiMbu2Ci8ZpVrPM

The Teachthought Podcast Ep. 166 Deeper Learning Of Math Concepts Through Social Constructivism

https://wegrowteachers.com/the-teachthought-podcast-ep-166-deeper-learning-of-math-concepts-through-social-constructivism/?fbclid=IwAR1a0TkkGzlY9YzYQ49K46cuyOs9Ha0YloQlg79dLyUXax4hsPLiJ-YcxcY

ACT Comes Out Against Adversity Index

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/05/21/act-comes-out-against-adversity-index?utm_content=bufferd524a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=IHEbuffer&fbclid=IwAR2jO_bMODGDqbn-qV4_dBYkJZpW6l4jQYleL5P_7wEECUNY7IZqU9hQ74I

Raising Kids Who Love Math — Even If You Don't

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/14/723182826/raising-kids-who-love-math-even-if-you-dont?t=1558381512089&fbclid=IwAR2wMSL9BHemg1VxPz33gp1yJf9RubIN3Wz0gjX1W7x0STEucrUI0Q3cmN8

At a Glance: How Reading Changes the Brain

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/reading-issues/at-a-glance-how-reading-changes-the-brain?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg&fbclid=IwAR2tCC5vAVRvBYhRhUX6dPPdPNJe-5h_U6ilOBliPhrB8fHnVaTdwa85KoI

What does reading do to your brain? Use this graphic to learn how reading affects the brain—and how dyslexia and intensive reading instruction affect the brains of struggling readers.

Educational Links 5/21/19

The Benefits of Video-Mediated Instruction

https://www.edutopia.org/article/benefits-video-mediated-instruction?fbclid=IwAR2me9jRDKB-jJZ_LX7BScLX0RqOup40a2ZLoVvyPLDze1VGmPgwnBEh_6A

One of the Best Coding Resources for Teachers and Students

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2019/05/one-of-best-coding-resources-for.html?fbclid=IwAR1WECk3MdOCRO9h6lJEg7zmsHWvJ-Vq2fEv6traG2SYMuuuDxY3JwMFbyU

Teaching Evals: Bias and Tenure

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/05/20/fighting-gender-bias-student-evaluations-teaching-and-tenures-effect-instruction?utm_content=buffera7629&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=IHEbuffer&fbclid=IwAR0RbYTKSt8m8iF8R9Vf5iyveZc-GnINkDYYvfUq9CiVKfab0dWc9Em1lXo

What Is Arts Integration?

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/teaching-teens-tweens/what-is-arts-integration?fbclid=IwAR09rkX62qwlTRdweISJzeBg9dXBX8FqyQafMt6qZv8x7OaQIf7ZjEjIvqc

Conduct Disorder Basics

https://childmind.org/guide/guide-to-conduct-disorder/?fbclid=IwAR1DOSX9IBSlwjLHw37JFYb-eWiMiZPUNZoNqYe3Ac8Y2K8KLqz0kftusbA

Designing Lessons for Engagement

https://www.edutopia.org/article/designing-lessons-engagement?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1VkHoXhxlT8I7fvlGhPEWV_AyVFK10TAnNsIVdvqriQqHLSAvcPHNARn4

Why I use student-driven ideas in my curriculum

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/05/20/student-driven-ideas-curriculum/?fbclid=IwAR2llDp3RNlUwOpLgV006DpUcbfWD63gdw1qaPdmOLxBsPhRlXJAgDMtJEw

It’s important for us to recognize the relationship between reading and math and how these two seemingly different content areas can be used to leverage one another when we apply our skill sets and those of our students. 

Educational Links 5/20/19

“You Are Wonderful!” How Praise Triggers Better Control in the ADHD Brain

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-praise-positive-parenting/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR3_go83O5iemi670WBaxrW_M05hEOc-lZQpjPoqsLa1bWX0_CR-Oh-g3OQ

MALCOLM X WOULD HAVE BEEN 94 TODAY – HERE ARE RELATED TEACHING RESOURCES

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/05/19/malcolm-x-would-have-been-94-today-here-are-related-teaching-resources/?fbclid=IwAR1gOkaUbH5V5WHsEmpTxrz2pWyfdA43BebJ8G-bf6eRwy-EXZb6NBwYfCU

Teacher Confession: The Student I’ll Never Forget

https://theeducatorsroom.com/teacher-confession-the-student-ill-never-forget/?fbclid=IwAR3cUTCYv2CPTptOMj6g-3Gddfg6CpYvMH3l7jGktskcS8wFwcqphXN9wHM

65 Years After Brown v. Board, Our Fixation on Integration Is Hiding Gross Inequities in Our Schools. We Must Focus Not Just on Whom We Teach — but on How We Teach

https://www.the74million.org/article/lockett-65-years-after-brown-v-board-our-fixation-on-integration-is-hiding-gross-inequities-in-our-schools-we-must-focus-not-just-on-whom-we-teach-but-on-how-we-teach/?fbclid=IwAR3ri98ZarVpvk6faGGSPiOoQoD4XlvmoRXtJ2apOQFQ3PoXqyYiWgkTBMM

Enhancing the 'Mental Bandwidth' of Students

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/05/author_interview_enhancing_the_mental_bandwidth_of_students.html?fbclid=IwAR2_HuwL317qdlOA7YWLp27xoqHa91ldcDS-3i4HOmSv9u1bhKg8iqrrwQ8

SING ABOUT INJUSTICE WITH “NO TE CALLES” (“DON’T SHUT UP”)

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/05/19/sing-about-injustice-with-no-te-calles-dont-shut-up/?fbclid=IwAR3n0N4tfQ-t9brsTCscW3Qjab2rsH21yWw7XNpSyrXBgpc4Kx4B_rxZl_w

Working-class teens must see themselves in books

https://www.tes.com/news/working-class-teens-must-see-themselves-books?fbclid=IwAR1gj9TWCoxdH8QUid50oZa9nfjTTB5EnrKkSjrq6HbFIDOr73jyFi5BahI

10 Tips for Giving the Best Kind of Praise

https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/empowering-your-child/celebrating-successes/10-tips-for-giving-the-best-kind-of-praise?view=slideview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg&fbclid=IwAR1-QVWWzEPJLTKbMOyu04K4NlagK6cK7blFpol6Wc_38Ehkk9xUY9LKxTs

The best kind of praise can motivate your child. But some compliments can make kids with learning and attention issues less willing to take on difficult tasks. Here’s how to give praise that empowers.

Memorial Day and Regular Kids Who Were Heroes

This crew was delivering supplies to French civilians during the D Day invasion and was shot down. My dad's cousin, Blake Treece, T/Sgt. Radioman, is in the second row, fifth (l to r.)

My dad was from Marshall, Arkansas. He was 21 years old when Pearl Harbor happened. His older brother, Robert, had already volunteered to fly with the English in the Battle of Britain. As boys, they had built an airplane in the backyard, and dad had participated in a local aeronautical club as an

Robert, Grandma, Alphia, Larry, Maxine. Just after Pearl Harbor Day.

instructor. Both brothers were going to a teacher's college (Arkansas State Teacher's College) until Robert volunteered to fly with the Canadians to protect Britain.
After Pearl Harbor Day,  my dad (Larry) joined the Navy, and my aunt Maxine joined the Army. Both my dad and Uncle Robert flew in the Pacific. My dad was a quick study, after flying Corsairs, became an instructor pilot. Robert became one of the first pilots to fly a B29 as part of the Billy Mitchell Group, sort of a test pilot while fighting the war.

The Lady Hamilton, B 29, Billy Mitchell Group.

Robert was captain of Lady Hamilton B 29, on a bombing mission that flew from India, over the Himalayas (called 'Flying the Hump') and China to Japan when the plane developed engine trouble, and the second target was chosen. Japanese Zeroes pursued. Robert, as captain, ordered most of the crew to parachute out (they were aided by Chinese and survived.) He and two other crew completed the mission but were shot down by the Zeroes, losing their lives in 1944.

College Memorial (OCA) with the names Robert Mills and Blake Treece.

My grandma's nephew and my dad's first cousin, Blake Treece, was a radio operator for a B-17 in the European theatre. Blake left the same college as his cousins to enlist. His plane was shot down in 1944 over France. The remains of the crew were buried by a French farmer and recovered in 2006 due to historical excavations of the Caen area. Blake and his crew members were then buried in 2006 in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

Another of my grandmother's nephews and my dad's first cousin from Searcy, Arkansas, Claude A. McBride, served in the Army in the Philippines, being killed in action.

Regular kids from a most regular, simple town in America, Marshall, Arkansas. Where do the courage and brilliance come from? On this Memorial Day, by my observation as a teacher, the USA is filled with such courage and brilliance in all our boys and girls. The devotion, teamwork, collaboration that leads to heroic deeds develops in the minds, spirits, and souls of kids allowed to believe in their own capacity for excellence and their intrinsic value as citizens. Kids from all demographics and ethnicities, which is, of course, what America is made of.

I feel compassion for my little grandma in the photo, knowing she would lose her Robert. And her brother and sister would lose their Claude and not know ever what happened to Blake. (They passed away before his remains were found.)

We can value their choice to serve our country and expect the same excellence and commitment to all varieties of service to continue because all regular kids can be heroes. And they're sitting in your classrooms.

Blake's sister communicated with me after the original post in 2015, and told me about my dad's family in Arkansas. I'm very amazed and validated to have access to such information. Amazing world nowadays.