Educational Links 1/6/2021

 

7 Books To Help Address and Discuss Tough Topics With Kids

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57191/7-books-to-help-address-and-discuss-tough-topics-with-kids?fbclid=IwAR3Hi2tPkvJlNKI_Vk34C_u_VqO8JadgfZkM10D0r9AS3RwH-y8ogi-b9lo

The Building Blocks of Dramatic Play

https://www.edutopia.org/article/building-blocks-dramatic-play

Autism Spectrum Disorder

https://www.additudemag.com/category/adhd-add/related-conditions/autism-spectrum-disorder/

Ways to Help Ignite Students’ Intrinsic Desire for Writing Revision

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-ways-to-help-ignite-students-intrinsic-desire-for-writing-revision/2021/01?fbclid=IwAR1lVyiN2ZupuP0WbyO61QraR0QeUUQc2KFSL0QVSvx3RP-maoHKCbPqJYk

Do schools spread COVID? It may depend on how bad things already are around them

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/4/22214312/covid-spread-schools-research?fbclid=IwAR2wPvr_vBCSUHUKs29fJ0pchHmHNB2IP_TkGAPBJQJTG-Rbf03RF2edxl4

ARE YOU USING REMOTE TEACHING STRATEGIES, TOOLS OR ROUTINES THAT ARE WORKING WELL WITH ELLS & WANT TO WRITE A GUEST POST ABOUT THEM?

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2021/01/05/are-you-using-remote-teaching-strategies-tools-or-routines-that-are-working-well-with-ells-want-to-write-a-guest-post-about-them/?fbclid=IwAR0iSLXkJzCkkpX6Xke9BjfGpYs8nm-EPNzqKkEgZF9BVLDzXK19mZgn1Lo

The Ridiculousness Of Learning Loss

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnewing/2021/12/28/the-ridiculousness-of-learning-loss/?sh=47c648397c32&fbclid=IwAR1g9uDcI6OsMCa9VtT5uDTBRCwq8EaxQw_vQBNqGz8fHf4RXT-pBRsZjrY

Learning is complicated. Plutarch famously wrote that minds are not vessels to be filled but fires to be kindled. Fires don't leak. You don't measure them in months. Learning loss is a calculation masquerading as a concept—a rather shallow, naïve, ridiculous concept.