Educational Links 2/14/2021

MOST POPULAR POSTS OF THE WEEK

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2021/02/12/most-popular-posts-of-the-week-100/

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 231 What Works In Distance Learning?

https://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-teachthought-podcast-ep-231-what-works-in-distance-learning/

Some California Schools Are Testing Kids For the Coronavirus Twice a Week Before Letting Them Inside

https://www.kqed.org/news/11857118/can-rapid-covid-19-testing-for-kids-help-reopen-schools-some-california-districts-bet-yes

Engaging Students with the Camera Off

https://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies/2021/02/engaging-students-with-the-camera-off/

 Why Assessments Are Still Useful — and Accurate — in a Pandemic Year

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-02-12-why-assessments-are-still-useful-and-accurate-in-a-pandemic-year

White students in California more likely to be getting in-person instruction than Black, Latino and Asian students

https://edsource.org/2021/more-white-students-learning-in-classrooms-while-more-black-latino-asian-students-in-distance-learning/648862

Guiding Students to Be Independent Problem-Solvers in STEM Classrooms

https://www.edutopia.org/article/guiding-students-be-independent-problem-solvers-stem-classrooms

Teaching high school students how to plan to solve a problem in science, technology, engineering, and math is a crucial step.

Educational Links 2/13/2021

8 Project-Based Learning Tips For Teachers

https://www.teachthought.com/technology/project-based-learning-tips-for-teachers/?fbclid=IwAR3zOW1rXbSBKNljvk4nGhHibJ3StFlawkp1jKM43oG5xdINDcxtO8ajoNk

30+ YouTube Channels for Teachers

https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/20-youtube-channels-for-educators/?fbclid=IwAR04Y7NFITkvES35b8OOkT7T6bUw0zZhLpaQdaj8Mzd4O6N4edTFwrbHVG0

Who Is Taking Care of Teachers?

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-who-is-taking-care-of-teachers/2018/05?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=soc&utm_campaign=edit&fbclid=IwAR1y1SYQIIIXzR4XmqGOHcUuli1peRvN_cNfuTptJubqzeJRj-1u0OoXcPU

ADHD Neuroscience 101

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-neuroscience-101/

What Teachers Pay Teachers Is Learning From Bad Lessons and Upset Teachers

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-02-10-what-teachers-pay-teachers-is-learning-from-bad-lessons-and-upset-teachers?utm_campaign=EdSurgeSproutSocial&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR0gDQdQTheho-jYpFd20X6wUFz3rFIlG39v4Wu-slL7taAZCxIXt_qO5TE

THOUGHTS ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2021/02/12/guest-post-thoughts-on-black-history-month/?fbclid=IwAR04Y7NFITkvES35b8OOkT7T6bUw0zZhLpaQdaj8Mzd4O6N4edTFwrbHVG0

Science Takes Flight With Paper Airplanes

https://www.edutopia.org/article/science-takes-flight-paper-airplanes?fbclid=IwAR1Qc4fCqsXsaNwHc9hJtFc2FZ5BR-2ih2he7d0aalzy_m-w5zsm-Bhu6j4

A well-designed STEM activity helps elementary students understand the basics of physics and design thinking.

Aww Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day #11

I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston live 1999

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ardglr9MVVQ

 

"I Will Always Love You"

If I should stay
I would only be in your way
So I'll go but I know
I'll think of you every step of the way

And I... will always love you, ooh
Will always love you
You
My darling, you...
Mmm-mm

Bittersweet memories –
That is all I'm taking with me.
So good-bye.
Please don't cry:
We both know I'm not what you, you need

And I... will always love you
I... will always love you
You, ooh

[Instrumental / Sax solo]

I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you've dreamed of
And I wish you joy and happiness
But above all this I wish you love

And I... will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you

I will always love you
I, I will always love you.

You.
Darling, I love you.
I'll always...
I'll always love you.
Ooh

Educational Links 2/12/2021

 

How to Help Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder Navigate a Turbulent School Year

https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-help-students-autism-spectrum-disorder-navigate-turbulent-school-year

Gov. Newsom calls for closing big ‘loophole’ in school funding for high-needs students

https://edsource.org/2021/gov-newsom-calls-for-closing-big-loophole-in-school-funding-for-high-needs-students/648406

Strategies for Spending Less Time Grading Work

https://www.teachhub.com/professional-development/2021/02/strategies-for-spending-less-time-grading-work/

Where Teachers Are Eligible for the COVID-19 Vaccine

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/where-teachers-are-eligible-for-the-covid-19-vaccine/2021/01

4 Ways Personalized Learning Could Change Teaching

https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/ways-personalized-learning-could-change-teaching/

Supporting Children Wih Autism During the Coronavirus

https://childmind.org/article/supporting-children-with-autism-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/

CDC guidance on schools is coming. That might not settle a heated debate.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/11/cdc-coronavirus-school-reopening-guidance-468700

Government school reopening guidance expected this week might not be enough to quell hostile debates about in-person classes.

Aww Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day # 10

Harrison/Boyd Wedding, 1966--don't know who is prettier, bride or groom.

The Beatles - Something Concert for Bangladesh George Harrison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9lgfa0Nh3c

Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me, yeah
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

You're asking me, will my love grow?
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around now it may show
I don't know, I don't know

No I love that woman mine
And I need her all of the time
No I'm telling you
That woman, that woman
Don't make me blue

Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

Aww Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day #42

 

Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love (Official Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqqjU7u5Yc

I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I wanna feel you in my arms again
And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love, then you softly leave
And it's me you need to show

How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down when they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

I believe in you
You know the door to my very soul
You're the light in my deepest, darkest hour
You're my savior when I fall
And you may not think I care for you
When you know down inside that I really do
And it's me you need to show

How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down when they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

Na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na

And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love, then you softly leave
And it's me you need to show

How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down when they all should let us be
We belong to you and me (na-na-na-na-na)

How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down when they all should let us be
We belong to you and me (na-na-na-na-na)

How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down when they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

Aww Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day #41

 We've all had this feeling--well sung, Carole.

Carole King - So Far Away (BBC In Concert, February 10, 1971)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBMGovfHccI

So far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
Doesn't help to know
You're just time away

Long ago, I reached for you and there you stood
Holding you again could only do me good
How I wish I could
But you're so far away

One more song about movin' along the highway
Can't say much of anything that's new
If I could only work this life out my way
I'd rather spend it bein' close to you

But, you're so far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
Doesn't help to know
You're so far away

Yeah, you're so far away
Traveling around sure gets me down and lonely
Nothing else to do but close my mind
I sure hope the road don't come to own me
There's so many dreams I've yet to find
But you're so far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
And it doesn't help to know
You're so far away
Yeah, you're so far away
Hey, you're so far away

Educational Links 2/11/2021

 Implementing ‘Multiple Career Pathways to Engage All Learners’

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-implementing-multiple-career-pathways-to-engage-all-learners/2021/02?fbclid=IwAR0dXwPlwu8yNDL2231kKvUQR8qxJ-nHbc52P7E6Rttyw9fZN5vPaiTccoo

WEDNESDAY’S MUST-READ ARTICLES ON SCHOOL REOPENINGS

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2021/02/10/wednesdays-must-read-articles-on-school-reopenings-5/?fbclid=IwAR33pQsPo3noUACo2p6MVa5AY5v_c8wdDDJVnxj1Kkgk7Ez6qkIPqt8d2YA

California schools struggle to test English learners’ progress during pandemic

https://edsource.org/2021/california-schools-struggle-to-test-english-learners-progress-during-pandemic/648365?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=california-schools-struggle-to-test-english-learners-progress-during-pandemic-02-10-21&fbclid=IwAR0D4j57r1K20-6R4ihRe0N4Z8pgif83KNtolowizpzbuJcNkdRPpPZiXzU

Six Ways to Build Community in Online Classrooms

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57241/six-ways-to-build-community-in-online-classrooms?fbclid=IwAR3-tsoIg-AJsKu0c9Kz8S2Am5OA1jjqHGWUDef-40_T8vD6DPvtB2ZmzZg

How to Nurture Social Emotional Devlopment in Isolation

https://www.additudemag.com/social-emotional-development-adhd-quarantine/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR2Th64YrzS5B7DAR47E78zi3pHo2WmTeX2-4HMcrGqLbwZYp-FeW57XvyI

In his own words: ‘Educators in front of students should be vaccinated,’ says CTA president E. Toby Boyd

https://edsource.org/2021/in-his-own-words-educators-in-front-of-students-should-be-vaccinated-says-cta-president-e-toby-boyd/648399?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=in-his-own-words-educators-in-front-of-students-should-be-vaccinated-says-cta-president-e-toby-boyd-02-10-21&fbclid=IwAR3lv_qv5llS9wkymnwGoyvHFcplspFVFUakDSmuQkNWcGRigJObMVUoabA

10 Teacher Picks for Best Tech Tools

https://www.edutopia.org/article/10-teacher-picks-best-tech-tools

Teachers and administrators from pre-K through 12th grade named these tools their top picks for this year and beyond.

Aww Garsh: Songs for Valentine's Day # 9

Sandy Hook Elementary Memorial Painting by Sally Meding

www.sallymeding.com

  Celine Dion My Heart Will Go On 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmbw8OycJrE

Every night in my dreams

 I see you, I feel you

 That is how I know you go on  
Far across the distance  
And spaces 
Between us  
You have come to show you go on

Near, far, wherever you are 
I believe that the heart does go on  

Love can touch us one time  
And last for a lifetime  
And never let go 'til we're gone  
Love was when I loved you  
One true time I hold to  
In my life we'll always go on

Near, far, wherever you are  
I believe that the heart does go on  
Once more you open the door  
And you're here in my heart and  
My heart will go on and on

You're here, there's nothing I fear  
And I know that my heart will go on  
We'll stay forever this way  
You are safe in my heart and

My heart will go on and on

Once more you open the door  
And you're here in my heart and  
My heart will go on and on

Aww Garsh--Love Songs For Valentine's Day #8

 U2 - The Sweetest Thing 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib2zq-ev7tc 

  My love throws me like a rubber ball
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
She won't catch me or break my fall
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Baby's got blue skies up ahead
But in this I'm a rain cloud
You know she likes a dry kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
I'm losing you
I'm losing you yeah
Ain't love the sweetest thing
I wanted to run but she made me crawl
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Eternal fire, she turned me to straw
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
You know I got black eyes
But they burn so brightly for her
This is a blind kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
I'm losing you
Oh oh oh, I'm losing you
Ain't love the sweetest thing
Blue-eyed boy meets a brown-eyed girl
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
You can sew it up but you still see the tear
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Baby's got blue skies up ahead
But in this I'm a rain cloud
Ours is a stormy kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing

Aww Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day #7

 

John Lennon could be sweet, too.

The Beatles - In My Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBcdt6DsLQA

 

"In My Life"

There are places I remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

In my life I love you more

Awww Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day #6

 

Brian Wilson said he wanted to write a masterpiece--so he wrote this. Epic success.

 

 The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (with lyrics on screen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0yoiBYbT2I 

Good Vibrations

 I-I love the colorful clothes she wears
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
I hear the sound of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air

I'm pickin' up good vibrations
She's giving me excitations (Oom bop bop)
I'm pickin' up good vibrations (Good vibrations, oom bop bop)
She's giving me excitations (Excitations, oom bop bop)
Good, good, good, good vibrations (Oom bop bop)
She's giving me excitations (Excitations, oom bop bop)
Good, good, good, good vibrations (Oom bop bop)
She's giving me excitations (Excitations)

Close my eyes, she's somehow closer now
Softly smile, I know she must be kind
When I look in her eyes
She goes with me to a blossom world

I'm pickin' up good vibrations
She's giving me excitations (Oom bop bop)
I'm pickin' up good vibrations (Good vibrations, oom bop bop)
She's giving me excitations (Excitations, oom bop bop)
Good, good, good, good vibrations (Oom bop bop)
She's giving me excitations (Excitations, oom bop bop)
Good, good, good, good vibrations (Oom bop bop)
She's giving me excitations (Excitations)

(Ahh)
(Ah, my my, what elation)
I don't know where but she sends me there
(Oh, my my, what a sensation)
(Oh, my my, what elation)
(Oh, my my, what)

Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations a-happenin' with her
Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations a-happenin' with her
Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations a-happenin'

(Ahh)

Good, good, good, good vibrations (Oom bop bop)
(I'm pickin' up good vibrations) (Oom bop bop)
She's giving me excitations (Excitations, oom bop bop)
Good, good, good, good vibrations

Na na na na na, na na na
Na na na na na, na na na (Bop bop-bop-bop-bop, bop)
Do do do do do, do do do (Bop bop-bop-bop-bop, bop)
Do do do do do, do do do (Bop bop-bop-bop-bop, bop)

Educational Links 2/10/2021

 

More Counselors, Summer School And Other Bold Ideas To Help Students Catch Up

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57363/more-counselors-summer-school-and-other-bold-ideas-to-help-students-catch-up?fbclid=IwAR02S90JOkVjrrgsHaDN2YUl3wZF1Nq9AtRKtzBDW9j03jtonHHxMesB4II

Culture that motivates teachers is crucial to school success

https://www.k12dive.com/news/culture-that-motivates-teachers-is-crucial-to-school-success/594758/

Perspectives: Talking With Kids About Racial Injustice

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/understanding-childs-challenges/talking-with-your-child/how-to-talk-about-racial-injustice-with-kids?_ul=1*19f4lj0*domain_userid*YW1wLVhuckU2enNZRGs5MEVaRGhIOHZrX1E.

How virtual schools will lead the ‘next normal’

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2021/02/09/how-virtual-schools-will-lead-the-next-normal/

Remote Learning Is Here to Stay, Raising Concerns About Teacher Training and Data Privacy

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-02-09-remote-learning-is-here-to-stay-raising-concerns-about-teacher-training-and-data-privacy

Weaving Social Justice Into Science Instruction

https://www.edutopia.org/article/weaving-social-justice-science-instruction?fbclid=IwAR1E5e3mizZKK_RGjAiX8IfibaLfO5S7Ir11LM42YL1agRv3PbAkDydkpJ0

California teachers grapple with grading nearly a year after initial school closures

https://edsource.org/2021/california-teachers-grapple-with-grading-nearly-a-year-after-initial-school-closures/648376?fbclid=IwAR19v-SvBWs-Mc_S_QOepAabEyl6-Tk6UuFhruz_6jNnNbZRZQ-qNztAHPY

As schools grow more familiar with distance learning, one key element continues to baffle even expert teachers: assigning grades in an online classroom.

Awww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #5

 

Dean Martin - On The Street Where You Live (Nelson Riddle arrangement)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAZYbzy3j78

Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #4

 

Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OlG2ek-wzs

 La la la la la la, La la la la la la
My cherie amour, lovely as a summer day
My cherie amour, distant as the milky way
My cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine
In a cafe or sometimes on a crowded street
I've been near you, but you never noticed me
My cherie amour, won't you tell me how could you ignore
That behind that little smile I wore
How I wish that you were mine
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
Maybe someday, you'll see my face among the crowd
Maybe someday, I'll share your little distant cloud
Oh, cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la la, La la la la la la

Educational Links 2/9/2021

How to Create Your Own Online Board Game

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/07/how-to-create-your-own-online-board-game.html

Summer School, Extended Learning a Priority in $129 Billion COVID-19 Relief Bill

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/summer-school-extended-learning-a-priority-in-129-billion-covid-19-relief-bill/2021/02

‘We’re Not Being Taken Care of': Many Teachers Still Ineligible for Vaccines

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/were-not-being-taken-care-of-many-teachers-still-ineligible-for-vaccines/2021/02?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=59861865&U=&UUID=993c6017f3bf0d2d4c5d19ceb5766856&fbclid=IwAR2qKsXxSVVnx6S6GNn4VY6XSBx2q8-GBRASbqT_7lVuYHg1WrzQnAzpx_k

Building a Culture that Respects Teachers and Reduces Stress

https://www.edutopia.org/article/building-culture-respects-teachers-and-reduces-stress?fbclid=IwAR3lt7RP3gG46MJVbosQE-_xmHQMbdQVwnumgEs41TlIAmrxYFhYuJtaFdM

Strategies for Retaining Teachers of Color and Making Schools More Equitable

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57280/strategies-for-retaining-teachers-of-color-and-making-schools-more-equitable

Using Restorative Justice in your Classroom

https://www.teachhub.com/classroom-management/2021/02/using-restorative-justice-in-your-classroom/

 

How to Succeed in High School with ADHD: A Teen’s Guide

https://www.additudemag.com/high-school-success-adhd-students-homework-studying/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR08iXWwS_Hb-Pr87edrTnGi5V0UADwSMroLT-_gBEJEicr-k3nwVNK2uAU

These academic and organizational tips are designed to help high school students with ADHD finish homework, execute long-term projects, manage their time, earn high grades, and avoid feeling overwhelmed.

Aww Garsh--Love Songs For Valentine's Day #3

Paul McCartney and Jane Asher (his muse for this song.)

 The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdcSFVXd3MU

To lead a better life
I need my love to be here

Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with a wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something there

There, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speaking, but she doesn't know he's there

I want her everywhere
And if she's beside me I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her

Everywhere, knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching their eyes and hoping I'm always there

I want her everywhere
And if she's beside me I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her

Everywhere, knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching their eyes and hoping I'm always there

I will be there, and everywhere
Here, there and everywhere