Saturday, October 30, 2021

Friday, October 29, 2021

Educational Links 10/30/21



15 Assistive Technology Tools & Resources For Students With Disabilities


How an Experimental Redesign in School Leadership Saved the School and My Community



Nonfiction Reading Strategies for Older Students

 

What are learning disabilities?

5 ways bullying changed during the pandemic

Students Argue Civics Education Is a Constitutional Right, Continue Court Fight


What are schools doing to prepare for a childhood COVID-19 vaccine rollout?



Parental permission processes for on-campus shots may be the biggest difference in inoculating students ages 5-11 vs. older students.

Educational Links 10/29/21

How peer feedback can improve student writing skills


How To Set Up A Simple, Effective Classroom Management Plan


Understanding sensory processing issues


Nonfiction Reading Strategies for Older Students


Teachers Need Therapy. Their Schools Should Pay for It


What I Learned as a School Principal and Relearned as a Pandemic Parent

Highlighting Is Ineffective—Here’s How to Change That


Research shows that typical highlighting may hinder learning. Here are three highlighting strategies that actually work.

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Educational Links 10/28/21

What is trauma-informed teaching?

Principals, Here’s What Teachers Want You to Know But Feel Like They Can’t Say

https://www.weareteachers.com/what-teachers-need-principals-to-know/?utm_content=1635296700&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0lOBWy-2QxM1cJNEZ3TaqK4a4C-3AUof9KnJGnOBTYJjPgNFjrX45WB30

Can you teach reading on Zoom?


PINS OF THE WEEK

Cultivating the Classroom as a Safe Space


Connecting Classrooms To Help Build Human Centered Empathy


Teachers’ Use of Standards-Aligned Curricula Slowed During the Pandemic


As teachers adapted their lessons to remote learning last school year, many made changes to materials—finding or creating new resources that would work in an online, distanced environment. A new report shows that teachers’ use of standards-aligned instructional materials flatlined during that time, after being on the upswing.

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Educational Links 10/27/21

 


The Pandemic Could Have Unlocked Remote Schooling. It Hasn’t


ADD vs. ADHD: What’s the Difference in Symptoms?

50 Idioms to Teach Kids and Use in Idiom of the Day Lessons


How social and emotional competence leads to educational equity


COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 5 to 11 Clears Hurdle to Emergency Approval


Why Restorative Justice Programs May Fail in Schools



  • Restorative justice programs often fail due to a lack of consistent personnel in the schools.
  • A controversial issue, restorative justice programs are liable to lose grant funding, depending on changing leaders.
  • It will take fundamental commitment and focus to reform how punishment is meted out in our schools.

Monday, October 25, 2021

Educational Links 10/26/21

 


How to Talk to Parents About COVID-19 Vaccines: 3 Tips From Scientists


The Most Effective Way To Manage Students With ADHD


Turning data into action during COVID


Analysis: More families used child tax credit for back-to-school costs



Teaching civics’ soft skills: How do civics education and social-emotional learning overlap? 


BookWidgets - Create Unique Online Activities for Your Students



Easy Ways to Bring Your Students Outside


The classroom isn’t the only place students can learn—use these activities to bring them outside for a while, which can relieve stress.

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Educational Links 10/25/21


 

ADHD Guide




Staff Shortages Affect Students, Too. Here’s Where Schools Are Shutting Down


A LOOK BACK: EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFFPERSON IN CHARGE OF CURRICULUM ADOPTION SHOULD READ THIS PIECE EXPLAINING WHY WE TEACHERS TEND TO NOT USE THE MATERIALS


Where There’s a Willing Educator, There’s a Way


Tips on Word Art, Fonts, and Special Characters in Google Docs and Slides




Disciplinary literacy: why you need to embed it

3 Simple Tech Tools to Bolster Literacy



While most elementary students are learning in person now, these tools are a big help in promoting literacy in or outside of the classroom.