Educational Links 1/21/2021

Amanda Gorman, Youth Poet Laureate, has speech and auditory processing issues

https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/blogs/making-a-difference/2018/07/25/amanda-gorman-youth-poet-laureate-has-speech-and-auditory-processing-issues

9 American greats Amanda Gorman referenced in her poem performed during Joe Biden's inauguration, from Maya Angelou to Barack Obama

https://www.businessinsider.com/american-writer-references-in-amanda-gorman-poem-biden-inauguration-2021-1

Six Ways to Build Community in Online Classrooms

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57241/six-ways-to-build-community-in-online-classrooms

How to Thwart Plagiarism in Your Class

https://www.teachhub.com/classroom-management/2021/01/how-to-thwart-plagiarism-in-your-class/

How Mark Twain and Shakespeare Can Inspire Innovation in Online Education

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-01-20-how-mark-twain-and-shakespeare-can-inspire-innovation-in-online-education

In inaugural address, Biden says it is possible to teach children 'in safe schools'

https://edsource.org/2021/in-inaugural-address-biden-says-it-is-possible-to-teach-children-in-safe-schools/647306

'Twitter Wars' Breathe Life into Challenging Material

https://www.edutopia.org/article/twitter-wars-breathe-life-challenging-material

How to use Twitter, and other social media tools kids love, to engage in fun, authentic learning around esoteric content.