Saturday, June 22, 2019

Educational Links 6/23/19

One Thing You Must Ask Yourself Before Next School Year


7 HOT EDTECH TOPICS


Schools are rethinking classroom design to encourage collaboration, creativity


15 Reasons Why You Should Try NaNoWriMo With Your Students


Alexa, Tell Us What You Think of Voice-Activated Learning in K-12


Why Standardized Tests Aren't Working for Teachers or Students


Many of us in education have deep misgivings about the role standardized tests play in our schools. As a principal, I’ve had a front-row seat to incidents that illustrate why we should be seriously concerned.

Teaching Is Using Proximity

 

1. Effective Room Arrangement

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones001.shtml 

2. The Effectiveness of Teacher Proximity as an Initial Technique of Helping Pupils Control Their Behavior.

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ313879&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ313879 

3. Quick & Effective Teaching Strategies: Proximity Control

http://effectiveteachingstrategies.com/quick-effective-teaching-strategies-proximity-control/ 

4. Proximity & Modality

http://edu518top10.weebly.com/proximity-amp-modality.html 

5. Suggested Classroom Interventions For Children With ADD & Learning Disabilities

http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/teacher.shtml 

6.  How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom

http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html 

7.  Proximity and Mobility

http://pattersonandmcmillan.weebly.com/proximity-and-mobility.html 

Proximity to help during guided practice!

 

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/ 




Teaching Is Collaborating Until You're A Team

1. The Benefits of Teacher Collaboration

http://www.districtadministration.com/article/benefits-teacher-collaboration 

2. Teacher Collaboration Gives Schools Better Results

http://www.psmag.com/education/teacher-collaboration-gives-schools-better-results-34270/ 

3. Making Time for Teacher Collaboration Is Crucial

 http://www.edutopia.org/teacher-collaboration-crucial

All this in 30 minutes after school.

4. Maximizing the Impact of Teacher Collaboration 

http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Maximizing_Impact/ 

5. 5 Ways to Get More Out of Teacher-to-Teacher Collaboration 

http://www.weareteachers.com/community/weareteachers-blog/blog-wat/2012/04/24/5-ways-to-get-more-out-of-teacher-to-teacher-collaboration 

6. The Benefits of Teacher Collaboration

http://currikiblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/the-benefits-of-teacher-collaboration/ 

7. 5 Ways to Get More Out of Teacher-to-Teacher Collaboration 

http://www.weareteachers.com/community/weareteachers-blog/blog-wat/2012/04/24/5-ways-to-get-more-out-of-teacher-to-teacher-collaboration 

Must be high school teachers collab team, only three women.

 

Teaching Is Having With-It-Ness


1. Teacher Withitness

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

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 

Teaching Is Being Consistent

1. Teacher tips: How to be flexible and still enforce consistent classroom discipline 


http://www.helium.com/items/700569-teacher-tips-how-to-be-flexible-and-still-enforce-consistent-classroom 


2. The Success of a Culture of Consistency


http://teachers.net/wong/MAY10/ 


3. "No" Means "No":
The Importance of Consistency


http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones029.shtml 


4. Top 6 Keys to Being a Successful Teacher


http://712educators.about.com/od/teachingstrategies/tp/sixkeys.htm 


5. Excellent teacher traits: Impartiality 


http://www.helium.com/items/2156101-impartiality-in-teaching-fair-teachers 


6. Teaching tips: The importance of fairness in the classroom 


http://www.helium.com/items/697046-teaching-tips-the-importance-of-fairness-in-the-classroom 


7. Classroom Routines


Managing a happy classroom


http://specialed.about.com/od/classroommanagement/a/ClassroomRoutines.htm 


8. 5 Smart Ways to Handle Teacher Troubles 


http://www.parenting.com/article/5-smart-ways-to-handle-teacher-troubles 


9. Why Playing Favorites Is Bad For Classroom Management


http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2011/10/29/teacher-favoritism-is-bad-for-classroom-management/

Friday, June 21, 2019

Educational Links 6/22/19

Can 360-Degree Feedback Empower Students and Teachers?


A Teacher's Case Against Summer Vacation


12 tools for courage and SEL in the classroom



10 Educational Google Drive You Can Use Using Chrome Apps


Here are a handful of social-emotional learning activities that can help your child manage emotions and work on social skills—and have some fun with you along the way. These social-emotional learning games are very low-tech. And all are designed to fit easily into your daily routines.


A Writing Prompt to Really Get To Know Your Students

"Three Things I Want You To Know About Me."


I came up with this prompt while teaching high school, but it works with younger kids, too. It gives the students a choice of what to comment on, and allows them to use their own voice to tell it like it feels. You may learn a lot about music, sports, and their dog; but sometimes you will also learn about very serious topics like family crisis or illness. And at times the school can help the families. But you will know the students better, especially if you actually read the essays and comment on them. The kids feel very validated, and more willing to write the remainder of the year no matter what the topic.


Jim Abbott of the Yankees, pitching a no-hitter.



I especially enjoyed when the students shared their dreams for their future. You would be amazed how many major league baseball players (of the future) were in my seventh grade classes. Far be it from me to say otherwise. Who knows, anyway? If Jim Abbott, who had only one hand due to a birth defect, became a major league pitcher, shouldn't I be like his grown-ups and be filled with encouragement for kids' dreams?

Suggestions: How to Direct Students Writing Research Papers

How to Write a Research Paper in 11 Steps



Scaffolding Methods for Research Paper Writing


Teacher Guide for Teaching Research

Students As Authentic Researchers: A New Prescription for the High School Research Assignment


Sample Guideline Research Paper: English 10


Sample Guideline RESEARCH PAPER: English 10


Sample Eleventh Grade Research Writing Student Handbook


Sample MLA Formatted Paper


And here is great input from our friends.


How to Make Writing Research Papers Relevant for Students


8 Reasons Why Students Should Still Write Research Papers


And never forget to encourage your student writers that they are well able to discover information and brilliantly express important ideas in clarity with confidence. Write on!




Thursday, June 20, 2019

Educational Links 6/21/19


3 Ways to Build Student Agency into Your Lessons



5 WAYS TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS SUMMER


High-quality teachers significantly boost student attendance



'Principals Shouldn't Be Lonely'


Six Steps Toward Fair and Accurate Grading


Restoring Children’s Play: Overcoming Parental Fears


Children are designed, by nature, to spend hours per day playing with other children, independently of adults.  In such play they practice all sorts of physical and mental skills; discover and pursue their passions; and learn how to create their own activities, solve their own problems, get along with peers, and control their emotions and impulses. Depriving children of independent play inflicts serious harm on them. 

Well Rounded Summer Resources: Reading, Art, STEM, Nature

Parks and Recreation Centers have great outdoor activities, too.
With a school break, there is time to read, do arts and crafts, hang around outside checking out nature--summertime, what a great gift. (And just for a little while of relaxing math, don't forget
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
NATURE 

Backyard Birdin


http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/ 


Nature Activities & Nature Experiments


http://www.education.com/activity/nature-activities/ 

eButterfly
http://www.e-butterfly.org/contents/?portal=ebutterfly 













Outdoor Activities:Taking Science Outside


http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/outdoor-activitiestaking-science-outside 


Birding with Children


http://www.birdwatching.com/tips/kids_birding.html 

    

The sky is cheap entertainment.

SUMMERTIME: ONLINE AND OUTSIDE

Kids Astronomy

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/index.htmature-activities/

Nature Activities & Nature Experiments

http://www.education.com/activity/nature-activities/







Outdoor Activities:Taking Science Outside


http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/outdoor-activitiestaking-science-outside 

SCIENCE AT HOME
Flowers, like these verbena in my yard, will cross-pollinate creating blended colors. How cool is that?

Kids can also identify insects and their habitats, which is important for safety reasons. The critters become like family, and kids learn to respect their lives in the garden, rather then hunt and squish them.

Mojave lizard, eater of Black Widow Spiders. Bon appetit, dude.


Knowing native plants and birds, how to use water wisely. Kids are easily recruited from an early age to be assistant gardeners and landscapers. 


Checking out the weather by looking at the sky, feeling the humidity, temperature, and the wind patterns are also safety points. Plus, chatting about the weather is just a necessary social skill globally.


And realistically, the sky is cheap entertainment.


  1. Go on a Backyard Botany Hunt




2. What’s Up in the Sky this Month 
 http://liebacklookup.com/whats-up-in-the-sky-this-month/ 

3. Weather Wiz Kids


http://www.weatherwizkids.com/ 


4. Summer Science Projects


 http://www.hometrainingtools.com/summer-science-projects/a/1406/


5. Summer Birding Tips


http://birding.about.com/od/birdingbasics/a/summerbirdingtips.htm

ARTS AND CRAFTS



I want to make some chalk!
More time, more art! It's summer!

This site is great for little kids on up.

 http://crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/seasons/summer/

This site has listed a number of other sites with links.

One of a kind tie dye.

Got my backpack, let's go on a picnic.
http://thelongthread.com/?p=4054










Fun sewing will teach kids about needle and thread and maybe buttons. This site has more than this one project, but this looked the cutest to me.



http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-type/sewing-fabric-projects/sewing-projects/backpack-shirt-922871/

More sewing. Lots of choices.

Its a softie!
http://www.skiptomylou.org/2011/06/21/sewing-with-kids-craft-camp/ 
This is just the beginning of a creative summer.
 
READING 


This is Scholastic's program online. Looks like fun.


http://www.scholastic.com/summer/


Make a deal with the bookstore.


Barnes & Noble Summer Readinghttp://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/summer-reading/379003570

 This is sponsored free by Sylvan. Looks like fun! (Do I keep saying that? I guess I think reading is fun!)
Best sellers for kids of the last 100 years.
http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx

This would be worth some research. And Chuck E. Cheese, too.
  

A List of Summer Reading Programs for Kids That Give Free Books, Money and More

http://freebies.about.com/od/familyfreestuff/tp/summer-reading.htm

Have a Do-It-Yourself with your kids' friends. Sounds like fun to me (doh! I said it again.)
I used to have a reading party with my tutoring students at the end of the summer--we'd dress up as favorite characters. Not too original, but really cool since they kids had just fallen in love with reading for the first time.