Educational Links 10/4/2020

Sudden Shift to Online Learning Revealed Gaps in Digital Literacy, Study Finds

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-10-01-sudden-shift-to-online-learning-revealed-gaps-in-digital-literacy-study-finds

The Best Science Websites for Elementary Students

https://www.weareteachers.com/best-science-websites-elementary-school/

4 Key Elements for Designing Remote Professional Learning

https://www.edutopia.org/article/4-key-elements-designing-remote-professional-learning

Tutoring by teachers, staff leads to greater academic improvement

https://www.educationdive.com/news/report-tutoring-by-teachers-staff-leads-to-greater-academic-improvement/586294/

Motivation: How to sustain your energy levels

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1441644043303616609/5386579473180029089

How To Get Students To Turn On Their Zoom Camera 

https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2020/10/03/students-turn-on-zoom-camera/?fbclid=IwAR1cGJTu6162ypnIJathetLP7hxmQ1uZGM892PSR6PDRQ9M5i1r323jjOJ4

Book Smart: Literature for Children with ADHD and Learning Disabilities

https://www.additudemag.com/book-smart/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR0ENrs95S9lbH9tcxUNmJ-HxrNb1l9IndLppkeLu8vk9MBw94Oo0ghMtNk

A comprehensive collection of children’s books about learning disabilities and ADHD – along with take-away activities for you and your kids.

Educational Links 10/3/2020

 

With Stress in Schools Increasing, Simple Strategies to Stay Calm

https://www.edutopia.org/article/stress-schools-increasing-simple-strategies-stay-calm

‘Life Is in Chaos’: How 13,000 High School Students Are Weathering the Pandemic

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-09-15-life-is-in-chaos-how-13-000-high-school-students-are-weathering-the-pandemic?utm_content=bufferd9c69&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR1CAcgTjlj2LXJxCHoFMR_3-ltc26Ow4bzKVW_26ES7mlOtedNXg9ua3Ug

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT EDUCATION POLICY BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/10/03/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-education-policy-but-were-afraid-to-ask/?fbclid=IwAR1un6i65vGu3YA9DhWKTGpYN9gVmsAjyji4gn0gSaT7uH3eL7N0RxEc4Y8

Schools can prioritize reopenings for students with disabilities

https://www.educationdive.com/news/reopenings-for-students-with-disabilities/586051/

5 of the Most Common Virtual Teaching Challenges (Plus How to Tackle Them)

https://www.weareteachers.com/virtual-teaching-issues/?utm_content=1601655829&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1h4Bqqi4PnqKwlav8OQuN08MpQxgrfp6V22qz0vOqxrWmydKI01cP-0rw

What Should Recess — and Play — Look Like in a Socially Distanced World?

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-09-16-what-should-recess-and-play-look-like-in-a-socially-distanced-world?utm_content=buffer3b1f1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR2S8Yy579ZGIhyvs9qf9VsuiUyRN50hwb58xUNCAizcsevoB2CbmARMqk0

How Girls With ADHD Are Different

https://childmind.org/article/how-girls-with-adhd-are-different/?utm_campaign=Article&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1597756689&fbclid=IwAR2JtaLlAulQ7twhpRSZUEH1sUdE6JjISBIJs3ZL47j2iU3S3yABx7FDP7Y

Educational Links 10/02/2020

 

7 Ways to Do Formative Assessments in Your Virtual Classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/article/7-ways-do-formative-assessments-your-virtual-classroom

Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-10-01-asynchronous-learning-or-live-lessons-which-one-works-better-for-me

District budgets, expenses in flux while in-person learning remains uncertain

https://www.educationdive.com/news/district-budgets-funding-flux-in-person-learning-uncertain-planning-reopening/586004/

Benefits of Student-Led Conferences

https://www.teachhub.com/

The ADHD Brain

https://www.additudemag.com/category/adhd-add/adhd-brain/

10 Activities That Teach the Presidential Election Process

https://www.weareteachers.com/11-activities-that-teach-the-presidential-election-process/

In Internet Dead Zones, Rural Schools Struggle With Distanced Learning

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56719/in-internet-dead-zones-rural-schools-struggle-with-distanced-learning

Across the country as American schools struggle with whether to reopen or stay virtual, many rural districts are worried their students will fall even further behind than their city peers.

Educational Links 10/1/2020

 

Brainy Strategies for Teaching and Learning

http://www.todd-finley.com/home-page/

Empowering Traditionally Marginalized Students

https://www.teachthought.com/podcast/the-teachthought-podcast-ep-220-empowering-traditionally-marginalized-students/

Data That Educators Need to Reopen Schools Isn’t Coming. So They’re Collecting It Themselves.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-09-30-data-that-educators-need-to-reopen-schools-isn-t-coming-so-they-re-collecting-it-themselves

Report: Pandemic could spur new school staffing approaches

https://www.educationdive.com/news/school-staffing-approaches/585968/

Outdoor classes and ‘forest schools’ gain new prominence amid distance learning struggles

https://edsource.org/2020/outdoor-classes-and-forest-schools-gain-new-prominence-amid-distance-learning-struggles/640853

How to Create a Sensory Room

https://www.teachhub.com/classroom-management/2020/09/how-to-create-a-sensory-room/

4 Key Elements for Designing Remote Professional Learning

https://www.edutopia.org/article/4-key-elements-designing-remote-professional-learning

Sense of community, collaboration, personalized learning, and reflection remain paramount.

Educational Links 9/30/2020

 

How Project-Based Learning Helps Students Process Challenging Personal Experiences

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-09-28-how-project-based-learning-helps-students-process-challenging-personal-experiences

Distant & Remote Teaching and Learning

https://edtechteacher.org/

Understanding Special Education

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/special-services/special-education-basics/understanding-special-education

EdSurge Guides

https://www.edsurge.com/research/guides?filter=All%20Ages

3 Steps to Mitigate Learning Loss: An Actionable Plan to Start Today

https://www.edsurge.com/research/guides?filter=All%20Ages

Get more time to teach and inspire learners with Classroom

https://edu.google.com/products/classroom/?modal_active=none

COVID-19 cases rising among US children as schools reopen

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-archive-901fb467cbaf5cd519be2247f0e3983c

Schools can prioritize reopenings for students with disabilities

https://www.educationdive.com/news/reopenings-for-students-with-disabilities/586051/

In separate documents released Monday, the U.S. Department of Education reminded schools of their obligations to special education services and civil rights laws regardless of whether students are learning in-person or remotely.

Educational Links 9/29/2020

 19 Jokes About Distance Learning That Are For Teachers' Eyes Only

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/teacher-memes-about-distance-learning?fbclid=IwAR1MWRvwwcR8yhRtPNCWTEbNQ6h9t4-77GppgK_U60IVgrb5-xsmNznVMcg

Some schools now open for small special education classes

https://edsource.org/

Helping students with autism navigate a socially distanced classroom

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/09/28/students-with-autism-socially-distanced/

Video: See UDL in Action in the Classroom

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/universal-design-for-learning/video-see-udl-in-action-in-the-classroom?_ul=1*15e0nfe*domain_userid*YW1wLXg1OXRZZFBFeURzOVNtd05BXzZoNmc.

The Students Left Behind by Remote Learning

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/05/the-students-left-behind-by-remote-learning?fbclid=IwAR3yK79-MZokYcXCASW1c9SqPUscKp8CsuD4I2dMj18LWgZZdDRNTvJTs3c

THIS WEEK’S RESOURCES TO SUPPORT TEACHERS COPING WITH SCHOOL CLOSURES

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/09/27/this-weeks-resources-to-support-teachers-coping-with-school-closures-27/?fbclid=IwAR0EFITiHSrqPaiytH1a4OWz2UtsSdWg2dCKBnKpxrxShYKmPzU3CTn1gTI

Creating Online Clubs for Students During Remote Learning

https://www.edutopia.org/article/creating-online-clubs-students-during-remote-learning

A teacher who sponsors a coding club shares how it helps students meet peers with similar interests and feel less alone while learning at home.

Educational Links 9/28/2020

 

Why Deeply Diving Into Content Could Be the Key to Reading Comprehension

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/54452/why-deeply-diving-into-content-could-be-the-key-to-reading-comprehension?fbclid=IwAR3WTVDpHb61F4sBIx5IB6xhWlGsA2e8ZwCiwV2FIQajOZgfsLUb0CTI9bY

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT TEACHING CURRENT EVENTS BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/09/27/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-teaching-current-events-but-were-afraid-to-ask/?fbclid=IwAR3pMTCopb1u23u9Lb9Ebt3H2R53dI8ES9oKTiaxVNaLrEKeAe8pjyqA0ig

3 steps to help students’ learning after the pandemic

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/09/23/3-steps-to-help-students-learning-after-the-pandemic/?utm_content=buffer35182&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR3tQ4FsN51VPBneMpp4cuTT9BRHpzWzWCjPxE0pOU_WO5FpoWlmgkCVEFw

3 things schools need in a data management system

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/09/24/3-things-schools-need-in-a-data-management-system/?utm_content=buffercf4ec&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR3ghljxaqDKQyPjfyRQCe6muAUxd-ujMxBuCvgQ5XfQMePTrwirUAhLl4k

States let school districts leave needy kids behind

https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-states-let-school-districts-leave-needy-kids-behind/?fbclid=IwAR3dR0WOhZQYj71EUfM_mRR2pxNheldz4oJlfMpiuFb2IRAQ5OQm4B3lysE

Want Kids To Be Better Readers? Teach Social Studies

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewexler/2020/09/26/want-kids-to-be-better-readers-teach-social-studies/?fbclid=IwAR0n04LueaMB3qzGHPAkCNAjPry5TxK1VJZeNOlIuOpT3wIUTuEGEvcGzAs#31345d5c5fe4

How To Help Students Find More Time To Read

https://www.teachthought.com/literacy/help-student-how-to-find-more-time-to-read/

The big idea here is mindset and tone—the mindset of the reader and the general tone of how reading is framed in your classroom. What they read and why, and what they think and do as a result of their reading—it all fleshes out a context for literacy that can create lifetime book lovers.

Educational Links 9/27/2020

The Right Kind of Praise Can Spur Student Growth

https://www.edutopia.org/article/right-kind-praise-can-spur-student-growth

21 Ignorant Comments (and Lies) About ADHD

https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/adhd-facts-refuting-ignorant-comments/?fbclid=IwAR3X4_dgaadlCLCVSGLlPQOgxFbQ57aO9JvQYchYlk_q6WwecFxI7Avom8k

ED TECH DIGEST

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/09/25/ed-tech-digest-209/?fbclid=IwAR110nkEbnWhOKHAEXEU1846QOO9pCzJ4JaGeCPvMIUsparVjked9vsTv5o

The Newest Teach for America Corps Is Preparing for a Year Like No Other

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-08-28-the-newest-teach-for-america-corps-is-preparing-for-a-year-like-no-other?utm_content=bufferf0012&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR3o8qDGk1ahaGQBM5ycf8QRm2vGLnL7R9mWwWTkbK73g3jQg0s7OHvzyU8

The hopes, fears and reality as schools open worldwide

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-school-looks-like-this-year-for-students-across-the-globe

LESSONS FROM FOUR WEEKS OF TEACHING FULLTIME DISTANCE LEARNING

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/09/23/lessons-from-four-weeks-of-teaching-fulltime-distance-learning/?fbclid=IwAR3xrirBN8KbtXQVIudpSbOgWhVMn6NnOXwTb2-NjLettv-ZgG7GjTxT-Jo

Language Disorder Basics

https://childmind.org/guide/language-disorder/

Children with language disorder struggle with both understanding and speaking language. It is distinct from speech sound disorder, which consists of problems producing sound. In this guide you'll learn how language disorder appears in children, how it is diagnosed and how it's treated.