Educational Links 01/13/2021

 

Surveys Find Districts Are Using More Edtech Tools — and Teachers Are Bearing the Costs

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-01-11-surveys-find-districts-are-using-more-edtech-tools-and-teachers-are-bearing-the-costs

“IMPROVING INSTRUCTION WITH STUDENT DATA”

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2021/01/13/improving-instruction-with-student-data/

Big district superintendents, Newsom advisers remain at odds on back to school plan

https://edsource.org/2021/big-district-superintendents-newsom-advisers-remain-at-odds-on-back-to-school-plan/646719

What Is Autism?

https://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism#:~:text=Autism%2C%20or%20autism%20spectrum%20disorder,in%20the%20United%20States%20today.

When Toxic Positivity Seeps Into Schools, Here’s What Educators Can Do

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/when-toxic-positivity-seeps-into-schools-heres-what-educators-can-do/2021/01

3 Ways to Level Up Your Zoom Skills

https://www.edutopia.org/video/3-ways-level-your-zoom-skills

Want Students to Master Literary Analysis? Try Starting With a Vocabulary Lesson 

https://www.edutopia.org/article/want-students-master-literary-analysis-try-starting-vocabulary-lesson

Unless they understand words such as ‘symbolize’ and ‘connote,’ it’s difficult for students to analyze literature well.