Educational Links 1/26/20

The Characteristics Of A Highly Effective Learning Environment

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/10-characteristics-of-a-highly-effective-learning-environment/

Helping Teens Find Purpose: A Tool For Educators To Support Students' Discovery

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/49012/helping-teens-find-purpose-a-tool-for-educators-to-support-students-discovery?fbclid=IwAR0WVD7_RuCl2SU4PUr0iKLe2_bNaHC3DKInDjohMqe9TwcKglWR4zEimJo

5 Highly Effective Teaching Practices

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-highly-effective-teaching-practices-rebecca-alber

Great Teaching Means Letting Go

https://wegrowteachers.com/great-teaching-means-letting-go/?fbclid=IwAR0PUIJpyYKuesPUFWUp6qVfiie9BbHDDSgWx5GPs4iYQPmPgk6-o9gPhs4

5 Ways to Prepare Every Student for the STEM Economy

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-01-21-5-ways-to-prepare-every-student-for-the-stem-economy?utm_content=buffer859c7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR0BqVdn7dxHJj2kwMf0FtLgDfj_A3bLEx8xgz3EdKkIQPbjgAr8wq8M-yI

How Making an Impact on the World Motivates Students

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/49341/how-making-an-impact-on-the-world-motivates-students?fbclid=IwAR17z6p21uJl_G--3n_yvAkPlov7hyr0Hy0wXytbstEJWVWdboHwKhKD3ks

Reflections on Becoming More Culturally Responsive

https://www.edutopia.org/article/reflections-becoming-more-culturally-responsive?fbclid=IwAR3xPQdTtznWGdg91-ZrNuT-bOh40Xk3OIQefSD1939je6UZ35CkjlLLJfA

Participants in a program on culturally responsive teaching practices share what they’ve learned about themselves—and how their teaching has changed as a result.

Learning Theory News

Learning Theory News: MzTeachuh: Learning Theory News : What Are The Habits Of Mind? http://www.teachthought.com/learning/what-are-the-habits-of-mind/ It’s ...

Start Your Garden in Class Now!

Start Your Garden in Class Now!: MzTeachuh: Start Your Garden in Class Now! : Spring is springing! How about researching a school garden? The students can start seedlings ...

Every Teacher Is A Reading Teacher

MzTeachuh: Every Teacher Is A Reading Teacher: Your credential could be elementary or secondary. Your classroom could have algebra all over the board, or pictures of the Civil War on the...

Aww Garsh: Songs for Valentine's Day #14

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh: Songs for Valentine's Day #14: Song from the Broadway play and movie Music Man-- Matthew Broderick & Kristin Chenoweth - Till There Was You (The Music Man) htt...

Teachable Moment: Activities for Lincoln's Birthday

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: Activities for Lincoln's Birthda...: Lincoln and his son, Tad. 1. Celebrate Lincoln's Birthday http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/celebrate-lincolns-birth...

Aww Garsh: Love Songs For Valentine's Day #13

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh: Love Songs For Valentine's Day #13: lordmezry.deviantart.com   One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (Live on Today Show) - [HD]  https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Educational Links 1/25/20

What Is Dyslexia?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/what-is-dyslexia

Can Quality Pre-K and Career Training For Parents Break Cycle of Poverty?

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/48132/can-quality-pre-k-and-career-training-for-parents-break-cycle-of-poverty?fbclid=IwAR08DsSL4Hdb0YyEAtApb-5HWVBcjYwjFVdbtrQPAiU3bRHOBih8MrCA78M

WILL YOU STAND UP FOR INCLUSION?

https://www.thinkinclusive.us/will-you-stand-up-for-inclusion/

How 'Slow Looking' Can Help Students Develop Skills Across Disciplines

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55231/how-slow-looking-can-help-students-develop-skills-across-disciplines?fbclid=IwAR2vzdljUHp2w2nJA2I1_r26CQcl1jA4so0TAFpmHAVmaxr34FPXRSm5BKg

What Teachers Can Change

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/in-the-evolution-of-education-is-less-more/

This Teacher Spent a Day as a 4th Grader. Now She's Rethinking Her Career

https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2020/01/21/this-teacher-spent-a-day-as-a.html?fbclid=IwAR1QPOlzNdpVJ37B5ofgUrsLpHyKtKExsar5VZuslndCr8YSRqvc2g5wLvs

In the Future, Today’s Education Will Look Like ‘19th-Century Medicine’

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-02-04-in-the-future-today-s-education-will-look-like-19th-century-medicine?utm_content=buffer9c2bf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR3zKHxaKloDMHvTfYp6BJv0ySLkDreo6_DQLr3wGoH-pPscAWN5xrLAc_s

The big secret in public education is that the variation in teacher quality is astounding. In America, it’s quite large. But in Canada the variation is much less pronounced. Why? Because they spend more time training their teachers, giving them the time and space to share lessons and take part in PLCs (professional learning communities). 

Teaching Is Giving Kids The Confidence To Try

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Kids The Confidence To Try: 1. Study Skills & Test Preparation http://www.teachervision.fen.com/study-skills/skill-builder/6393.html    2. P...

Teacher Burnout--U Gotz It?

MzTeachuh: Teacher Burnout--U Gotz It?: 1. Teacher Burnout: Four Warning Signs http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teacher-burnout-four-warn...

Aww Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day # 12

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day # 12:     The Ramones-Baby I Love You  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqZmJ7RGAP4    cover of the Ronette's classic h...

Aww Garsh: Songs for Valentine's Day #11

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh: Songs for Valentine's Day #11: I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston live 1999 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Oh Puh-leeze, Let's Read!

MzTeachuh: Oh Puh-leeze, Let's Read!: I Double Dog Dare You To Read One of These Books To A Child and Not Have Fun!   http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/05/i-double-d...

Teaching Is Having With-It-Ness

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Having With-It-Ness: 1. Teacher Withitness http://rossieronline.usc.edu/teacher-withitness/   Teacher Withitness  -  Inside USC Rossier , ...

Educational Links 1/24/20

California Considers Permitting Students Excused Mental Health Days

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55195/california-considers-permitting-students-excused-mental-health-days

Finding the Right EdTech to Meet Students Needs

https://www.teachhub.com/finding-right-edtech-meet-students-needs

Supporting Students Affected by Trauma

https://www.edutopia.org/article/supporting-students-affected-trauma

Why Mistakes Matter in Creating A Path For Learning

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/48770/how-making-mistakes-primes-kids-to-learn-better?fbclid=IwAR3WBKVXAfdmtZKkfcCeo6-sK4W5SkCZG9jmBR2wQs3uzltJvhpW8dTsLfE

Could technology addiction help students in school?

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/01/22/could-technology-addiction-help-students-in-school/

Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning

https://hechingerreport.org/why-a-high-performing-district-is-changing-everything-with-competency-based-learning/?fbclid=IwAR0GpuQzLUkM5ClIb6JOO3JWUyCDc0CY5wtSBdN19QVAqfYAK7CHGmfSUBA

You’ll Never Learn If You Can’t Remember

https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/working-memory-tips-to-make-learning-stick/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR3DmVUG5UeN8qlmludPpceJ5yPslpaJDgBjZKfjs9xFuaI9UpB1DrBuMkA

Before something is learned, it must pass through working memory. People with ADHD are often distracted, and might need to re-read a worksheet three times before the information travels through their working memory to the long-term. This is a problem. Here are solutions.

Aww Garsh: Songs for Valentine's Day # 10

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh: Songs for Valentine's Day # 10: Harrison/Boyd Wedding, 1966--don't know who is prettier, bride or groom.   The Beatles - Something Concert for Bangladesh George...

Fret Not Yourself

MzTeachuh: Fret Not Yourself: and don't forget to delight thyself in the Lord! fret not do good commit thy way rest wait cease from anger wait upon the Lor...

Aww Garsh: Songs for Valentine's Day # 9

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh: Songs for Valentine's Day # 9: Sandy Hook Elementary Memorial Painting by Sally Meding www.sallymeding.com    Celine Dion My Heart Will Go On    http://www.y...

Aww Garsh--Love Songs For Valentine's Day #8

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh--Love Songs For Valentine's Day #8:   U2 - The Sweetest Thing    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib2zq-ev7tc     My love throws me like a rubber ball Oh oh oh, the swe...

MzTeachuh's Meditations: Forgetting Those Thing Be Behind

MzTeachuh's Meditations: Forgetting Those Thing Be...:   Philippians 3:13-14 King James Version (KJV) 13  Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forg...

Teacher Connectivity

MzTeachuh: Teacher Connectivity: The 8 Characteristics Of A 21st Century Teacher http://www.edudemic.com/the-8-characteristics-of-a-21st-century-teacher/   Connecte...

Reading, And How To Love It

MzTeachuh: Reading, And How To Love It: First Book http://www.firstbook.org/ Ten Ways to Cultivate a Love of Reading in Students http://www.edutopia.org/blog/cultivating-lo...

Making Classroom Adjustments

MzTeachuh: Making Classroom Adjustments: I want the educational Swiss Army knife. What Does a Great School Year Look Like? Ask the Students http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/20...

Teaching Is Respecting the Students

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Respecting the Students: 6 Strategies for Building Better Student Relationships https://www.edutopia.org/article/6-strategies-building-better-student-relationsh...

Educational Links 1/23/20

School Gardens Teach Students About Plants and Much More

https://www.educationdive.com/news/school-gardens-teach-students-about-plants-and-much-more/570836/

The Importance of Self-Awareness in Kids

https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/empowering-your-child/self-awareness/the-importance-of-self-awareness?_ul=1%2Au5tu5a%2Adomain_userid%2AYW1wLTE1ei1rYzNKcmVBM0Z6eUVaLUp5OEE.%3Futm_source%3Dfacebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=decorg-earlyjourney-jan20-fm&utm_content=article&fbclid=IwAR2CVNxaoDp3Lpw41xQ_Gu16Zya_E9P8c36oPiFQv634jsPCAUGalNlmKx4

Tapping Students’ Interests to Develop Literary Analysis Skills

https://www.edutopia.org/article/tapping-students-interests-develop-literary-analysis-skills

Supporting the Emotional Needs of Kids With Learning Disabilities

https://childmind.org/article/supporting-the-emotional-needs-of-kids-with-disabilities/?fbclid=IwAR2f3OwWeP4qJijSnwH6x_p1vJgEXUS_0MS3l86X8IKtIlbaZQtyKamp0Bw

Creative Strength - A Student Video Contest

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/01/creative-strength-student-video-contest.html

Four Stages Of A Self-Directed Learning Model

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/the-four-stages-of-the-self-directed-learning-model/

Research: Physical Exercise Is the Most Effective Natural Treatment for ADHD — and Severely Underutilized

https://www.additudemag.com/benefits-of-physical-activity-adhd-children/

A new meta-analysis shows that physical exercise is the most effective natural treatment for controlling ADHD symptoms such as inhibition, attention, and working memory. At the same time, a comprehensive study reveals that children with ADHD are significantly less likely to engage in daily physical activity than their neurotypical peers.

Aww Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day #7

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day #7: John Lennon could be sweet, too. The Beatles - In My Life arts integration, john lennon, music, the beatles, valentien's day, ...

Teaching Is...Learning Ed Tech II

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is...Learning Ed Tech II: The Teacher’s Guides To Technology And Learning http://www.edudemic.com/guides/   An Introduction to Technology Integration http:/...

Counseling and Supervision; Supervision and Counseling

MzTeachuh: Counseling and Supervision; Supervision and Counse...: What to change in a school? I have reflected upon what change would have the greatest impact based just upon my own observations...

Is Teaching Good For You? Yes and No.

MzTeachuh: Is Teaching Good For You? Yes and No.: Is teaching good for your health? Yes and no. Mostly no. Why? Too much to do, too little time, too little support. So, take care of y...

Teaching is.....Seeing the Happy 'I Got It!' Face

MzTeachuh: 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...

Aww Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day #6

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day #6: Brian Wilson said he wanted to write a masterpiece--so he wrote this.  Epic success.   The Beach Boys   - Good Vibrations (with ly...

Educational Links 1/22/29

What is Dyscalculia?

https://luminouslearning.com/blogs/sped-math/what-is-dyscalculia?fbclid=IwAR2xNyPdwSUbLTKAgJT3nNF07TShs9H7R7KtS3z1jgHGdwiR8Wtrr9RRhmU

4 ways school counselors can use tech to support students

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/01/21/4-ways-school-counselors-can-use-tech-to-support-students/

Students Face a Troubling Skills Gap Around Career Readiness. We’re Fixing It With Data.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-01-21-students-face-a-troubling-skills-gap-around-career-readiness-we-re-fixing-it-with-data

Relationships Are Important. How Do We Build Them Effectively With Kids?

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55144/relationships-are-important-how-do-we-build-them-effectively-with-kids

How I Eliminated (Almost) All Grading Problems In My Classroom

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/eliminated-almost-grading-problems-classroom/

INCLUSION IS ALL ABOUT SUPPORTS

https://www.thinkinclusive.us/inclusion-thaysa-dan-habib/

Reducing Dependence on Slides

https://www.edutopia.org/article/reducing-dependence-slides

Focusing less on the slides and more on student discussion fosters deeper engagement.

Awww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #5

MzTeachuh: Awww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #5: For a swinging time. Dean Martin - On The Street Where You Live (Nelson Riddle arrangement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs6...

Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #4

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #4:   Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OlG2ek-wzs   La la la la la la, La la la la la la My cherie...

Ed Tech and STEM Update 1/22/16

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Update 1/22/16: Here are some fresh edtech and STEM links from outstanding educational websites--you may want to get an RSS feed on your own page of ...

Aww Garsh--Love Songs For Valentine's Day #3

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh--Love Songs For Valentine's Day #3: Paul McCartney and Jane Asher (his muse for this song.)   The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere (Mono) Revolver https://www.youtub...

Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #2

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #2: ALFALFA - Let Me Call You Sweetheart  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8fykuW4IHk

Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #1

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #1: Study for a Variant, Adobe, Wassily Kandinsky 1936   Peter, Paul and Mary - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face  htt...

Educational Links 1/20/20

4 Tips For Implementing A STEAM Program In Your Classroom

https://www.teachthought.com/technology/4-tips-for-implementing-a-steam-program-in-your-classroom/?fbclid=IwAR226LsEAlTXFMmFC70xitBXpxh0cIV7tIHKKzmVR094Gd1TI_AJPdnm7So

The Impact Of Technology On Curiosity

https://wegrowteachers.com/the-impact-of-technology-on-curiosity/?fbclid=IwAR1ECYtwa_MPlvXRULExNiF69gBU5y7sXQ5lv8R9rMeNmhVYUsMVqjC9etE

IEP for Kids With Disabilities

https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/childhood-adhd/adhd-iep-for-adhd?fbclid=IwAR0D8oUowcM6sm5GUSI01bY0DhPmdl_PoAWBFZYH2BYjMzNFpw27W4spBmA#1

3 QUESTIONS TO KICKSTART UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING IN YOUR CLASSROOM

https://www.thinkinclusive.us/3-questions-to-kickstart-universal-design-for-learning-in-your-classroom/

You Can’t Learn If You’re Anxious, Stressed, or Scared

https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/school-anxiety-in-children-with-adhd/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR3ZH4oOTGvuFyX3ZmWfUBldLKJdMtwxO-OHBG4rA9Zh1JQaGfzHR1bBBFE

Reflections on Becoming More Culturally Responsive

https://www.edutopia.org/article/reflections-becoming-more-culturally-responsive?fbclid=IwAR0gHFeFbcEqGc0-l-bndY0CIQ8dSsjOtSoelwA5MVhLUVFa8JntlYfkVpU

How to use music to boost literary understanding

https://www.tes.com/news/how-use-music-boost-literary-understanding?fbclid=IwAR3mX3Jh7xWY0UJMJe_wGO8NHd9kFPq1uFEyyP5sgwEj2gx85FpjL3WLjAs

One international teacher explains how pairing literary texts with curriculum-relevant music can secure learning.

Anybody Here Seen My Old Friend Martin?

On being a teen in 1968--It was inspiring, invigorating and terrifying. We high schoolers heard the inspiration of JFK's Inaugural Address and his Space Speech, and saw him buried. We witnessed our classmates down South spat on while they integrated high school, being beaten, bitten by police dogs and swept away by fire hoses while they peacefully demonstrated for equal rights. We saw our little sisters blown up in their Sunday School rooms. We sat in our history classes learning about 'the better angels of our nature' and deeply wanted to see ours arise. We breathed in Dr. King's spirit and lost him, too. And two months later, RFK. So, that nerdy teenaged girl-being seriously affected by her generation's experiences-now teaches MLK Day. My class talked and wrote and listened to this song from 1968. My students thought it was beautiful. We did too, back in the day.

Abraham * Martin and John *** Dion - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5hFMy4pTrs

Abraham, Martin And John

Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham,
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
But I just looked around and he's gone.

Has anybody here seen my old friend John,
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
But I just looked around and he's gone.

Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin,
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people, but it seems the good die young
But I just looked around and he's gone.

Didn't you love the things they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free,
Someday soon it's gonna be one day.

Has anybody here seen my old friend Bobby,
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill
With Abraham, Martin and John.

Educational Links 1/20/20

75 Questions Students Can Ask Themselves Before, During, And After Teaching

https://wegrowteachers.com/75-questions-students-can-ask-themselves-before-during-and-after-teaching/?fbclid=IwAR1qE_B1NbmMH2VpxAwaGx3tPIWO7K7XmA-cM6TaVcxA6gzjKVQL72_r9XA

Ways to Support Long-Term English-Language Learners

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2020/01/ways_to_support_long-term_english_language_learners.html?fbclid=IwAR2MwWngeZp6JUYdSpBEtpasShBxprD2w8SQcj6i7UqURKqFRA3_V20NnKw

What Is Executive Function?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/executive-functioning-issues/what-is-executive-function

“DRABBLES” ARE COOL WRITING ASSIGNMENTS – HERE ARE A TON OF MODELS

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/01/19/drabbles-are-cool-writing-assignments-here-are-a-ton-of-models/?fbclid=IwAR20xiwyQ3mYaHDebvr4-Hvs-r3mlVLVSeikj4OpTxq8HPFyDEvPiN3xcb4

What Technology Can & Cannot Replace In The Classroom

https://wegrowteachers.com/what-technology-can-cannot-replace-in-the-classroom/?fbclid=IwAR3UxRRoNCJOtczEd_tGHBkP6RudB8GvgwPBYwy3kOwgotoZTLqanuyHFAs

Teachers Aren’t Getting as Much From Education Research as They’d Like, Says Survey

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-11-22-teachers-aren-t-getting-as-much-from-education-research-as-they-d-like-says-survey?utm_content=buffera784f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR0pFM6m6A1UWcHnrY_QGgwnDk8z10sS-TgEV2zaFD-lO8Cpt-bq42ZdCLc

20 Tips to Help De-escalate Interactions With Anxious or Defiant Students

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/43049/20-tips-to-help-de-escalate-interactions-with-anxious-or-defiant-students?fbclid=IwAR2Aw6Dl5O-5o49M_5VAC1a89CO3J9G5gWe9Nd1n7cyYkjNUzNfkYwy1_98

Students’ behavior is a form of communication and when it’s negative it almost always stems from an underlying cause. There are many reasons kids might be acting out, which makes it difficult for a teacher in a crowded classroom to figure out the root cause. But even if there was time and space to do so, most teachers receive very little training in behavior during their credentialing programs. On average, teacher training programs mandate zero to one classes on behavior and zero to one courses on mental health. Teacher training programs mostly assume that kids in public schools will be “typical,” but that assumption can handicap teachers when they get into real classrooms.