Educational Links 10/17/2020

Please Don’t Call Me a Superhero

https://www.weareteachers.com/stop-calling-us-superheroes-and-4-other-phrases-teachers-are-tired-of/

Three Ways to Help Students in Distance Learning Develop an Intrinsic Desire to Read

https://www.bamradionetwork.com/track/three-ways-to-help-students-in-distance-learning-develop-an-intrinsic-desire-to-read/

How To Give Your Students Hope

https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2020/10/17/how-to-give-your-students-hope/?fbclid=IwAR2v--e7vu20sJVeE_oswa6LMb4RN6W1oOSGydfDOS8jsOPn7UcezesnFhA

Nation Gets a 'C' on School Finance, Even as Economic Downturn Takes Hold

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/06/03/nation-gets-a-c-on-school-finance.html

What Are Learning and Thinking Differences?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/getting-started/what-you-need-to-know/what-are-learning-thinking-differences?_ul=1*wlcjyx*domain_userid*YW1wLXg1OXRZZFBFeURzOVNtd05BXzZoNmc.

Will the Pandemic Lead More Colleges to Offer Credit for MOOCs? Coursera is Pushing for It.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-10-15-will-the-pandemic-lead-more-colleges-to-offer-credit-for-moocs-coursera-is-pushing-for-it

More Than a Check-In: Maslow Before Bloom Throughout the Day

https://www.edutopia.org/video/more-check-maslow-bloom-throughout-day

While checking in on students’ well-being at the beginning of class is important, tending to it throughout the day helps students flourish—socially, emotionally, and academically.

Current Thought on Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words (decoding). Also called reading disability, dyslexia affects areas of the brain that process language.

10 Symptoms of Dyslexia

https://10faq.com/health/dyslexia-symptoms/?gclid=CjwKCAiAwZTuBRAYEiwAcr67OS3Idi88QqDX6MIOX_Db83CeHc3N7j4M4Nj0jy2Run_5hQEKNEAQzBoCm5QQAvD_BwE

Dyslexia

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dyslexia/symptoms-causes/syc-20353552

Dyslexic Thinkers Aren’t Disabled Thinkers

https://www.teachthought.com/literacy/dyslexic-thinkers-arent-disabled-thinkers/

What Is Dyslexia?

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

Dyslexia The Gift: 

Test for Dyslexia: 37 Common Traits

https://www.dyslexia.com/about-dyslexia/signs-of-dyslexia/test-for-dyslexia-37-signs/

What Is Dyslexia?

https://dyslexia.yale.edu/dyslexia/what-is-dyslexia/

Unraveling the Myths Around Reading and Dyslexia

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

Exactly, What Is Dyslexia?

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2013/10/exactly-what-is-dyslexia.html?spref=bl

The MindShift Guide to Understanding Dyslexia

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/54743/the-mindshift-guide-to-understanding-dyslexia

Dyslexia and Creativity

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2018/08/dyslexia-and-creativity.html?spref=bl

Educational Links 10/17/2020

 

MindShift Podcast

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/464615685/mind-shift-podcast

In-Person Learning Expands, Student Absences Up, Teachers Work Longer, Survey Shows

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/10/15/in-person-learning-expands-student-absences-up-teachers.html

Leading in Uncertain Times by Empowering Others

https://www.edutopia.org/article/leading-uncertain-times-empowering-others

Navigating Uncertain Times: How Schools Can Cope With Coronavirus

https://www.edsurge.com/research/guides/navigating-uncertain-times-how-schools-can-cope-with-coronavirus

How some California school districts deal with students absent from virtual classrooms

https://edsource.org/2020/how-some-california-school-districts-deal-with-absent-students/641504

Best Technology Tools to Support Social-Emotional Learning

https://www.teachhub.com/technology-in-the-classroom/2020/10/best-technology-tools-to-support-social-emotional-learning/

Classroom Management Apps and Websites

https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/classroom-management-apps-and-websites

Keeping your students' attention, guiding them through lessons, and making sure the classroom environment is respectful, supportive, and productive takes constant effort and sucks a lot of time and energy out of your day. These great classroom management tools can be your time-saving and energy-freeing sidekicks, helping you instantly deliver and assess learning, create seating charts, improve students' behavior, and set timed tasks to make your classroom run like a well-oiled machine.

Teaching Is Taking Time For Art In All Subjects

Math instructor teaching tesselations.

1. Teaching Math With Art Helps Children Remember Key Concepts

http://www.teacher-support-force.com/teaching-math-with-art.html 

2. Art & Science: A Curriculum for K-12 Teachers

http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/curricula/art_science/index.html 

3. Teaching Science Through Art: Longitudinal Nature Observations/ 1st grade 

http://everyarteverychild.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaching-science-through-art.html 

Leonardo--the original STEM to STEAM guy

4. Using the Arts to Support English Language Learners

Why and how to engage English language learners through the arts

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/supporting-individual-needs/supporting-ell-with-the-arts.aspx 

5.  Teaching Strategies for Writing through Art

http://schools.walkerart.org/arttoday/index.wac?id=2338 

6.  Of Paint and Poetry: Strengthening Literacy Through Art

http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/958 

7. How to Use Art to Teach Social Studies

http://www.ehow.com/how_6605995_use-art-teach-social-studies.html

8.  The Arts Give You Smarts: STEM to STEAM
 http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/04/the-arts-give-you-smarts-stem-and-steam.html

The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher http://platonicrealms.com/minitexts/Mathematical-Art-Of-M-C-Escher/

Educational Links 10/16/2020

 

Six Ways to Prepare Students for Voting

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/10/10/six-ways-to-prepare-students-for-voting.html

The World Is Changing; Let Schools Change, Too

https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/the-world-is-changing-let-schools-change-too/?fbclid=IwAR3XQNT-NbIzobV3BW2MPmLJ-FYmJXqDsqLxZEwdSKakEHQJ40352JhUWjM

Education in the Face of Unprecedented Challenges

https://www.edsurge.com/research/reports/education-in-the-face-of-unprecedented-challenges?utm_content=buffer22571&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR0JWTurz5YOxgojfckONowRUY06ul1yoC-prJbnvV6Ev9P8Y5T5VPG6ORs

Up to 1 million California students may still lack connectivity during distance learning

https://edsource.org/2020/california-still-lacks-connectivity-for-more-than-300000-students-during-distance-learning/641537?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=california-still-lacks-connectivity-for-more-than-300000-students-during-distance-learning-10-15-20&fbclid=IwAR2q0OMpPkBH_gI39ly973GuWlOxL_kcwVD6H_Epz3ddA94-v3tIzRgucwY

How to Build a Productive Relationship with Parents

https://www.teachhub.com/professional-development/2020/10/how-to-build-a-productive-relationship-with-parents/

The ‘Enrichment Gap’ Is Widening. Students’ Social-Emotional Development Is at Risk.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-10-14-the-enrichment-gap-is-widening-students-social-emotional-development-is-at-risk--1c711526-a565-4ce9-b136-286fd953f063

DIY Ways to Meet a Child's Sensory Needs at Home

https://www.edutopia.org/article/diy-ways-meet-childs-sensory-needs-home

Occupational therapists and trauma-informed teachers weigh in on how to create sensory tools and spaces with what you have at home.

Educational Links 10/15/2020

 

Young People Care About Elections, They Just Don’t Always Show Up to Vote. Here’s How Education Can Help.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-10-13-young-people-care-about-elections-they-just-don-t-always-show-up-to-vote-here-s-how-education-can-help

How I’m Leading Remote IEP Meetings

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/learning-and-thinking-differences-basics/how-im-leading-remote-iep-meetings?_ul=1*dn85ic*domain_userid*YW1wLXg1OXRZZFBFeURzOVNtd05BXzZoNmc.

Parents Worry About Learning Loss in Remote Education Environments

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2020/10/parents_children_learn_more_in.html?intc=main-mpsmvs

Bringing equity to STEM learning

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/10/14/bringing-equity-to-stem-learning/

Effective Instructional Models for a Hybrid Schedule

https://www.edutopia.org/article/effective-instructional-models-hybrid-schedule?fbclid=IwAR09BYzKhhwFFVxJIUOxxl6S_zd15-3y7CKldJ4VzZaGtZWjGY7VHGo4jpk

Study Techniques Backed by Research

https://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies/2020/10/study-techniques-backed-by-research/

Linking Literacy and Computer Science in Elementary School

https://www.edutopia.org/article/linking-literacy-and-computer-science-elementary-school

A summer program in Los Angeles Unified School District shows how teachers—even ones new to computer science—can foster literacy and coding skills simultaneously.

Van Gogh: Les Alyscamps; Autumn Leaves and Barbra Streisand

  Van Gogh: Les Alyscamps: Falling Autumn Leaves

Since he painted this in France, here is Barbra Streisand singing 'Autumn Leaves' in French, from Je m'appelle Barbra (1966) :

How beautiful, not just her voice.

Barbra Streisand - Autumn Leaves 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiRvvorZ4ic 

 

 

Educational Links 10/14/2020

 

How Culturally Relevant Teaching Can Build Relationships While Students Are Home

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56450/how-culturally-relevant-teaching-can-build-relationships-while-students-are-home?fbclid=IwAR3K1cztR3cat55lTsSbjd2GhvEcdOp7UeYOY1DUwh6gDPE3P9xq0SuV3xU

How to Choose Words That Motivate Students During Online Learning

https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-choose-words-motivate-students-during-online-learning?fbclid=IwAR3KFPBCPeAMvaENjumFQXTBVVTclMyKt0YGiq3lMV94M_serhcTwa3DFSY

Students Completing NaNoWriMo

https://www.facebook.com/edutopia/videos/10158997387074917

5 ways flexible learning environments boost student engagement

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/10/08/5-ways-flexible-learning-environments-boost-student-engagement/?utm_content=buffer5b53b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR2Nmtvckxz0beBXFwyZ9i7XPkQkF14P2t4ba0LLW2aKjFjexNW4sy4eWS4

A Quick Summary Of The Theory Of Learning Curves

https://www.teachthought.com/learning-models/a-quick-summary-of-the-theory-of-learning-curves/?fbclid=IwAR1XyRp8zm3l1ka0MadOYMmnVTgJLC4RRdKOFjx7nYQkJVahfuBZYEx5rvc

As More Schools Resume In-Person Learning, Some Lessons From Districts That Did It First

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/10/07/as-more-schools-resume-in-person-learning-some.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-FB

3 Participation Strategies for Live Video Instruction

https://www.edutopia.org/article/3-participation-strategies-live-video-instruction?fbclid=IwAR11PfNrYfavjTR55FfHj-lU2cM46SJeA_IHa7knqssc0D_FYbzcGUB84gE

Most teachers develop ways to encourage classroom participation, but may not yet have ones for distance learning. These are easy to use anytime.

Educational Links 10/13/2020

 5 tips to build academic integrity

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/10/07/5-tips-to-build-academic-integrity/?utm_content=bufferbe946&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR37iMS6TjnUXn6fgazYHiBcJm9gHAvc-CYSTELhqrdbGk4ha45GQG6Uuo8

10 Ways To Slow Down And Sleep Well After A Long Day Of Teaching

https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2020/10/10/slow-down-sleep-well-teaching/?fbclid=IwAR35aB5U2hU9FBhq1A8ylpmRYgcDMCb74WaD0Juj8NeSz8y62hl-Eb6s51w

6 Ways To Give Effective Feedback

https://www.facebook.com/edutopia/videos/661713107817824

'The mental energy to teach during Covid is staggering'

https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-mental-energy-teach-during-covid-staggering?fbclid=IwAR2UgnMUMCyDsRzy2AVimuovJvRlZc1zDvby7vXBR1Pbxi84nokNI1ADSK8

COVID-19 survey: Districts have basics, but finances and politics remain hurdles

https://www.educationdive.com/news/covid-19-survey-districts-have-basics-but-finances-and-politics-remain-hu/586620/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202020-10-12%20K-12%20Education%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:30180%5D&utm_term=Education%20Dive:%20K12

Back to Basics: Lesson Planning for the Concurrent Classroom

https://catlintucker.com/2020/10/basics-lesson-planning-concurrent-classroom/?fbclid=IwAR0-oBzS05IiHdPHZ9DDjZM29H_Sc5ma_daknvC5QCxm_RHU6J72OnFr0pY

A Day in the Life of a Child With Written Expression Disorder

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/dysgraphia/written-expression-disorder-day-in-life

Writing is a complex task that is vital to learning and is usually acquired in the early years of life. ‘Dysgraphia’ and ‘specific learning disorder in written expression’ are terms used to describe those individuals who, despite exposure to adequate instruction, demonstrate writing ability discordant with their cognitive level and age. 

Educational Links 10/12/2020

10  Easy Ways To Use Google Meet In Your Classroom

https://www.teachthought.com/technology/10-ways-to-get-started-using-google-in-your-classroom/

 The Week in Review - Maps, Docs, and Games

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/

The Best Science Websites for Elementary Students

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

6 Questions to Improve Your Virtual Classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/videos

Brain Science and Education

https://www.teachhub.com/professional-development/2020/10/brain-science-and-education/

What Teachers Want From Their Leaders Right Now

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/10/08/what-teachers-want-from-their-leaders-right.html

Virtual Signs of Serious Mental Health Problems: A Teacher's Guide to Protecting Students

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-10-07-virtual-signs-of-serious-mental-health-problems-a-teacher-s-guide-to-protecting-students

2 Simple Ways to Build Novelty Into Online Learning – While Boosting Executive Functions

https://www.additudemag.com/online-learning-adhd-motivation/

For students with ADHD, building variety and structure into the daily learning routine is vital to improving distance learning and building key executive function skills.