Educational Links 8/16/21

Five Good Tools for Making Your Own Educational Games and Practice Activities

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/08/five-good-tools-for-making-your-own.html

Cardona Admonishes Governors Who Ban Mask Mandates, Says ‘All Teachers’ Want Schools Open

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/cardona-admonishes-governors-who-ban-mask-mandates-says-all-teachers-want-schools-open/2021/08

What Are The Characteristics Of A Critical Thinking Classroom?

https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/characteristics-of-a-critical-thinking-classroom/

Contribute to Your School with More than Teaching

https://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies/2014/01/contribute-to-your-school-with-more-than-teaching/

 

More students reporting poor mental health as barrier to learning, suggest SEL support is waning

More students reporting poor mental health as barrier to learning, suggest SEL support is waning

What is working memory?

https://www.understood.org/articles/en/working-memory-what-it-is-and-how-it-works

What Have I Been Doing for My Students That They Could Do for Themselves?

https://www.edutopia.org/article/what-have-i-been-doing-my-students-they-could-do-themselves

Letting young students make mistakes teaches them valuable lessons about taking ownership of the process of learning.