Educational Links 5/20/21

 

Using Interactive Learning to Improve Student Engagement

https://www.teachhub.com/professional-development/2021/05/using-interactive-learning-to-improve-student-engagement/

Twelve Good Tools for End-of-Year Review and Practice

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/05/twelve-good-tools-for-end-of-year.html

3 reasons we’re still using outdated assessments

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2021/05/19/3-reasons-were-still-using-outdated-assessments/

‘Back to Normal’ Sparks Equal Parts Relief & Unease in Adults and Children with ADHD

https://www.additudemag.com/back-to-normal-reentry-anxiety-adhd-adults-children/

ADDitude’s 14th pandemic survey revealed a significant degree of re-entry anxiety, often paired with bouts of optimism and euphoria — sometimes simultaneously and at high volume. As society ‘returns to normal,’ readers report feeling complex and sometimes contradictory emotions, and wrestling with new questions about the pandemic habits they might choose to retain.

How to Help Students Stop Procrastinating

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-how-to-help-students-stop-procrastinating/2021/05

What Does the CDC’s New Mask Recommendation Mean for Schools?

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/what-does-the-cdcs-new-mask-recommendation-mean-for-schools/2021/05

End-of-Year Conversations Solidify Teachers’ Learning

https://www.edutopia.org/article/end-year-conversations-solidify-teachers-learning

With structured discussions, educators can share wisdom gained in a turbulent year—and be better prepared for the coming one.