Educational Links 9/6/2020

Back to School or Back to Remote Learning? Depends on Where You Live.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-09-04-back-to-school-or-back-to-remote-learning-depends-on-where-you-live

DeVos: States should 'rethink' assessment, consider competency, mastery-based assessments

https://www.educationdive.com/news/devos-states-should-rethink-assessment-consider-competency-mastery-bas/584700/

Assessment in 2020: How data will mitigate COVID-related learning losses

https://guides.eschoolnews.com/2020/09/01/assessment-in-2020-how-data-will-mitigate-covid-related-learning-losses/

In Preschools, Sharing and Playtime Look Different Now

https://www.edutopia.org/article/preschools-sharing-and-playtime-look-different-now

How to Activate Your Child’s ADHD Brain for Distance Learning

https://www.additudemag.com/how-to-focus-on-school-executive-functions-distance-learning/

Distance Learning: 6 UDL Best Practices for Online Learning

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/universal-design-for-learning/video-distance-learning-udl-best-practices?_ul=1*a60l8o*domain_userid*YW1wLXg1OXRZZFBFeURzOVNtd05BXzZoNmc.

What Do Teachers Really Want From Professional Development? Respect

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/05/15/what-do-teachers-really-want-from-professional.html?cmp=soc-edit-fb-archive&fbclid=IwAR35Yjv8q9ThLXzw_G-r5PpZSrpa5piOoADySAbCAc4UyG6RxbQQVRVAFSc

Too often, training sessions fail to account for teachers' experience, ignore their expertise, and use tactics that are counter to instructional best practices

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 Lord
the meek shall inherit the earth
the Lord upholds the righteous
show mercy
the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord
depart from evil do good
speak wisdom

The Holy Bible (KJV) _ Psalms 37 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0onzQNZkQ6w 

Educational Links 9/5/2020

Competency-Based Learning Puts Students at the Center. It’s Perfect for Now.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-09-01-competency-based-learning-puts-students-at-the-center-it-s-perfect-for-now?utm_content=buffer71438&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR3c2QqcSzN_XM87ZEv7dmn2w5YrpvgvNZW0NQMM7qB8TTbsAXJTW-fhGvM

What Are Some of the Causes of Aggression in Children?

https://childmind.org/article/aggression-in-children-causes/?fbclid=IwAR3T2DEn9TgkXjAjt7ruWPvu8niUc7FKOx6-72mu7jMOIqVCFTiRUAvvBEw

Teaching Social-Emotional Skills Amid COVID-19

https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/reopening-schools/teaching-social-emotional-skills-amid-covid-19.html?fbclid=IwAR2MPiH0ot5aK_RX2zbivKCp4DffBYg3kxY88JY9oqqERMOYVuVSUhZuyPs

What Are Some of the Causes of Aggression in Children?

https://childmind.org/article/aggression-in-children-causes/?fbclid=IwAR1Dr6yl6r8Ut5USsOmtojRgQSs03poccVqqQYdM4exAsDluzuw3053DUV4

Betsy DeVos Tells States Not to Expect Waivers From Annual Tests

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2020/09/betsy-devos-annual-tests-not-expect-waivers.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-FB

ED TECH DIGEST

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/09/04/ed-tech-digest-205/?fbclid=IwAR1Bd8WIIxt-ZOYnE1sIwZ3IUNA-IpYL5dSKq17qHe4vGKeSWBzGxFRO8M4

How to Engage Students in Meaningful Math Discussions

https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-engage-students-meaningful-math-discussions?fbclid=IwAR1Dr6yl6r8Ut5USsOmtojRgQSs03poccVqqQYdM4exAsDluzuw3053DUV4

As middle and high school math students talk through problems, they build camaraderie and gain greater conceptual understanding.

Educational Links 9/4/30

15 Mental Health Tips For Teachers

https://wegrowteachers.com/15-mental-health-tips-for-teachers/?fbclid=IwAR2u-8BNQ3SIy8MOEhqmABaBeCsgslJcdmccV_t0-sNoqi75nGMICnFDszI

Underappreciated No More: A Free Edtech Platform Shines as Schools Go Remote

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-08-24-underappreciated-no-more-a-free-edtech-platform-shines-as-schools-go-remote?fbclid=IwAR3I0H85upKo6O8T8kySho4TE2JNjH1TFycNexU6-8MwjFrONZazC-3_W_w

Here’s what 51,000 Detroit students can expect the first day of school to look like

https://detroit.chalkbeat.org/2020/9/2/21419095/detroit-first-day-of-school?fbclid=IwAR1nnYZZQOxfwBXGJqqonGudkKNPuGDBbEj_YdzEgHeQbKjKW9g7YMHfW9c

Best practices for remote learning, according to experts

https://hechingerreport.org/best-practices-for-remote-learning-according-to-experts/?fbclid=IwAR084o_5yaZcuOqmOv7qW5rfc2L4Eqf9cCkXDs14jRZHIaa5cGsTkuNlLpk

Why Good Teachers Quit

https://wegrowteachers.com/why-good-teachers-quit/?fbclid=IwAR2v9G00XrTXQ74cwx0PQwunypoH0ctLES4sptZYjQBdui5x9cBAVz7i9Pw

College Is Important. So Is Mental Health. Here's How To Study Without Burning Out

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56614/college-is-important-so-is-mental-health-heres-how-to-study-without-burning-out?fbclid=IwAR3vdbmu-_vUrsgNBar5EHJ4ddfttq3lqCRO0V-c_F-vQ_mN6yzAZXFoS4s

4 Ways to Enhance Human Interaction in Socially-Distanced Learning

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-08-24-4-ways-to-enhance-human-interaction-in-socially-distanced-learning?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sponsored&fbclid=IwAR1apC33YqTDFh3kNoxrOZfxYlu5k4jHuvTk1VTfQttUM7wShucRsJAGxS8

We're all striving to get back to at least some version of in-person learning. While it is absolutely essential to protect the health of teachers and students, keeping children out of school can have long-term repercussions on their education. A recent study by researchers at Tulane University found that it took two school years for returning students to recover the learning lost to Hurricane Katrina. The impact was even worse for low income and African American students.

Fate Knocking At The Door--Beethoven's Fifth

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Dyslexia Revealed

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Educational Links 9/3/20

NYC principals union warns of staffing crisis amid school reopenings

https://nypost.com/2020/08/28/nyc-principals-union-warns-of-staffing-crisis-amid-reopenings/?fbclid=IwAR2lYF_z4Il4qysCEIH6jnDJdzM7QGEQDVyE7aSu-ChLSpwhA3HoQ--MF_k

How Sensory Processing Issues Affect Kids in School

https://childmind.org/article/how-sensory-processing-issues-affect-kids-in-school/?utm_campaign=Article&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1596211670&fbclid=IwAR1DjbC2uOw2ovPuYSYO401NENVhwJ0cX2m2L81DfaO2_HFcMWnVq3vAaP8

Stop Calculating And Start Teaching Computational Thinking

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanderark/2020/06/29/stop-calculating-and-start-teaching-computational-thinking/?fbclid=IwAR0Z6MeVKlVtYPSre67TEIkl98x__HszRhpPgObe2utAQkX3J_4aMOW_kYk#2d9539233786

What Your Child Would Tell You About ADHD If They Had the Words

https://www.additudemag.com/living-adhd-hardship-support/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR3pfH9Pd14TYmpdLaBjUMebXitbvfopueW7zXNxqxXzVbfLwamGmB6oZF0

Complaints Over Offensive Content Lead Schools to Drop Online Learning Provider

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2020/08/complaints_offensive_content_online_learning_provider.html

Social and Emotional Learning

https://www.edutopia.org/social-emotional-learning

Howard Gardner on His Theory of Multiple Intelligences and Lessons for COVID-19 Era

https://video.foxnews.com/v/5614615980001#sp=watch-live

The education world gets obsessed sometimes with trying to come up with ways to measure smarts. But today we’re talking with someone who has a history of shaking up the narrative when it comes to talking about intelligence.

Teachable Moment: Raising the Rhetoric

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Educational Links 9/2/20

RESOURCES FOR READING FLUENCY PASSAGES

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/09/01/resources-for-reading-fluency-passages/

'Beyond Tired and Stressed': Teachers With Kids Strained By Lack of Child Care

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/08/31/beyond-tired-and-stressed-teachers-with-kids.html

It’s Not Just Where You Are—Teachers Are Quitting Last Minute All Over the Country

https://www.weareteachers.com/teachers-quitting-before-school-starts/?utm_content=1598531452&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1CJL0839LXtmEAIFhILR7SKfISj_IHtF-BPO_Atxrsfb2gw1vcdsJ2rNw

California to require ethnic studies to graduate high school under bill headed to Gov. Newsom

https://edsource.org/2020/california-to-require-ethnic-studies-to-graduate-high-school-under-bill-headed-to-gov-newsom/639432?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=california-to-require-ethnic-studies-to-graduate-high-school-under-bill-headed-to-gov-newsom-09-01-20&fbclid=IwAR0WyYxW3GuOk1py4n5cfEItOCPNcZYqqyl0nvWmWTY7WX0Q1ik7KqZeNsY

Special Education

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

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 219 Online Education And Growing Your Cyber Expertise

https://www.teachthought.com/podcast/the-teachthought-podcast-ep-219-online-education-and-growing-your-cyber-expertise/

Doing PD in a pandemic

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/09/01/doing-pd-in-a-pandemic/

Instead of stopgap measures to make it through the COVID-19 crisis, his district is crafting strategic changes with an eye toward the long term. These are ideas long talked about but never implemented in the 40 schools that serve 34,000 students.

For it to work, faculty need to reinvent themselves too. In this conversation with eSchool News, Jon describes how they intend to do just that.

Educational Links 09/01/20

How ‘Growth’ Goals Actually Hold Students Back

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-08-30-how-growth-goals-actually-hold-students-back

The Month in Review - Back to School

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Making sense out of madness: Protecting students online in a time of crisis

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/08/28/making-sense-out-of-madness-protecting-students-online-in-a-time-of-crisis/

Europe Is Going Back to School Despite Recent Virus Surge

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/08/27/europe-is-going-back-to-school_ap.html

9 Principles Of Student Engagement In A Virtual Classroom

https://www.teachthought.com/technology/principles-of-student-engagement-in-a-virtual-classroom/

Color purple will determine whether California schools can open for in-class instruction

https://edsource.org/2020/color-purple-will-determine-whether-california-schools-can-open-for-in-class-instruction/639303

How to Make Teaching Online Feel Less Isolating

https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-make-teaching-online-feel-less-isolating

Working from home can be tough for educators who feed off the energy of their students and coworkers, but there are ways to feel more connected.

Educational Links 8/31/20

‘Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices’ aims to spark conversations on and off screen

https://media.netflix.com/en/company-blog/bookmarks-celebrating-black-voices-aims-to-spark-conversations-on-and-off-screen

7 Guidelines for Setting Up Clear Online Lessons

https://www.edutopia.org/article/7-guidelines-setting-clear-online-lessons?fbclid=IwAR39n5sMvvW66Rm8JHMMiCizL5H4MhupvylobY_yqA5pm2JliyCUAQPE9fg

5 Things Parents Can Practice With Their Kids at Home to Help Teachers This Year

https://www.weareteachers.com/parents-help-teachers/?utm_content=1598697605&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3tcVgsP69U_5x1DIF0MM_5nycIwEQBTpea67uv12ymQeZPWS0_F2NG_UI

Second judge orders halt to DeVos private school relief rule, saying she attempted to ‘rewrite’ law

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/8/27/21403886/second-judge-orders-halt-to-devos-private-school-relief-rule-citing-potential-for-irreparable-harm?fbclid=IwAR1mPpuix4lyZq_lOSeuZ4J8ywJn2deCgcNyzLoINPSW50t0pOJD3MTDhyE

Response: Laughter in the Classroom

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/08/response_laughter_in_the_classroom.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB-archive&fbclid=IwAR0gwRSHoH8dHC-3zevDYaT8zlehjJ8YSTmtfq6JB820IPH-YUvVWUksn3w

How To Cut Your Preparation Time And Lower Stress

https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2020/08/29/cut-your-preparation-time-lower-stress/?fbclid=IwAR0EspiLKqL6pjBRpqVH18AlS79OGgBUmsp19KxjDCpb4m-dN30zw7crr6Y

How to Advocate Forcefully for Your Child with ADHD

https://www.additudemag.com/how-to-advocate-for-your-child-guide-for-adhd-parents/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR1pDA-FkhVHCrG0IMG4wGY24UN0lNXWKvA4UWG2u6YivDEZLnvWLGoS6SY

Children with ADHD encounter more barriers at school, in the community, and even at home. No one understands these hurdles — and how to best overcome them — better than your family. Here, parent advocate Penny Williams outlines the best ways to share these strategies clearly and effectively.

Ms. T's Special Education Class: Lesson Plans Remote Teaching 8/31/2020

Lesson Plans Week of 8/31/2020 

Online Learning Mod/SH Class

Ms. Melanie Taylor, teacher

8:00 am Google Meet Sign on

Greeting-Students will verbally greet students and staff; students are allowed to use Google Meet Chat to greet each other in writing.

Agenda- Students review daily online schedule. 

• 8am Log onto to Ms. T’s Google Meet
• 8:42 Log onto to PE Google Classroom
• Student may rejoin Ms. T’s Google Meet early from questions or discussion.
• 10:00 Log onto to Ms. T’s Google Meet and remain
• 10:05 Log onto Acellus for Independent Learning-stay on Ms. T’s Google Meet
• 11:00  Return to Ms. t’s Google Meet
• 11:57 End of school-students may socialize during lunch until 12:07-bu don't get food on your Chromebooks!

8:42am

Physical Education Students log on to PE Google Classroom

10am Students return to Ms. T’s Google Meet and remain , then opening a new tab and logging onto Acelllus to work.

11am Students return to Ms. T’s Class Google Meet for Class Activity and discussion.

11:45 Students will verbally say good-bye and are allowed to use Google Meet Chat to say goodbye to each other.

Monday’s Google Classroom Discussion What is a Fairy Tale. Comparing Fairy Tales.

Tuesday’s Google Classroom Discussion Safety Signs

Wednesday’s Google Classroom Discussion

Transition: Paes Lab: Learning about tools

Thursday’s Google Classroom Discussion

Transition: Going shopping

Friday’s Google Classroom Discussion

Recreation: Music and art-Playlist created by class

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