Education Links 11/11/2022

 

5 Ways to Maintain a Professional Online Presence

https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-ways-to-maintain-a-professional-online-presence

Respiratory Illnesses Force Schools to Close, Hurting Attendance Efforts

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/respiratory-illnesses-force-schools-to-close-hurting-attendance-efforts/2022/11

The Digital Divide 2.0: Navigating Digital Equity and Health Equity in Education

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-11-10-the-digital-divide-2-0-navigating-digital-equity-and-health-equity-in-education

What Students Are Saying About the Value of Math

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/learning/what-students-are-saying-about-the-value-of-math.html

Federal judge in Texas strikes down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/11/10/student-loan-forgiveness-texas-lawsuit/

The 13 disability categories under IDEA

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/conditions-covered-under-idea

ADD vs. ADHD Symptoms: 3 Types of Attention Deficit Disorder

https://www.additudemag.com/add-adhd-symptoms-difference/

ADD is the term commonly used to describe symptoms of inattention, distractibility, and poor working memory. ADHD is the term used to describe additional symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsivity. Both are included in the medical diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Here, we explain its two distinct presentations.

Educational Links 3/24/22

 

Todd's Brain Newsletter

https://todd-finley.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=82f89e650972d4bee408c19f5&id=b7794ca97d

ADHD Tools for Parents of Children with Attention Difficulties

https://www.theottoolbox.com/adhd-tools-for-parents-of-children-with-attention-difficulties/?fbclid=IwAR2mk-4p-RqDsqNIPRjForiXwJ5LFyzuZptYnrHxF1aT_kpIbTFitkyohrg

Classroom accommodations for dyslexia

https://www.understood.org/articles/en/at-a-glance-classroom-accommodations-for-dyslexia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=evergreen-edu-q122-top-edu-traffic-articles&utm_content=image&utm_term=intrst&placement=Facebook_Desktop_Feed&fbclid=IwAR1cu-9eHkCiKmsW4HMXEpLSmlOlLs8Wtd-vRMrkD3u3kpHpG0dkICDDTm0

How Restart Your Consistency

https://smartclassroommanagement.com/2022/03/18/how-restart-your-consistency/?fbclid=IwAR1s2fVai3czs3On7mNFZnbzE6-9ej2RQK6fvmBCHMjnrEcJgwnWkSBGuFY

More Than a Million Students ‘Never Showed Up’ Last School Year. Here’s What We Know About Them

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/more-than-a-million-students-never-showed-up-last-school-year-heres-what-we-know-about-them/2022/03

What Is The Trouble With Measuring Understanding?

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/trouble-measuring-understanding/

A Fun Activity to Promote a Sense of Belonging in High School Math

https://www.edutopia.org/article/fun-activity-promote-sense-belonging-high-school-math

Creating memes and cartoons around mathematical concepts and themes helps students realize how much they’ve learned.

Classroom Management for ADHD

ADHD Fact Sheet

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/add-adhd/adhd-fact-sheet?_ul=1*1ne2psl*domain_userid*YW1wLXg1OXRZZFBFeURzOVNtd05BXzZoNmc.

School-Based Management of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: 105 Tips for Teachers

https://www.addrc.org/disorder-105-tips-for-teachers/

Teaching Students with ADHD

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/add-adhd/teaching-students-with-adhd-attention-deficit-disorder.htm

Classroom Accommodations for ADHD

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/classroom-accommodations-for-adhd

6 classroom organization tips to help kids with ADHD

https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/6-classroom-organization-tips-to-help-kids-with-adhd/

Quick Classroom Management Tips

Download this free guide to remaining calm and responding right when a student challenges.

https://educate.crisisprevention.com/Remain-Calm--Respond-Right-When-A-Student-Challenges.html?code=ITG035007012CM&src=Pay-Per-Click&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtOjyBRC0ARIsAIpJyGM-1mjnmlnFx9PEUnjHpU3_51SOjIQ98XDjXsPP9B4T8uDn0a7DyF8aAsPuEALw_wcB

The Messy Student’s Guide to Order: ADHD Organizing Tips

https://www.additudemag.com/helping-adhd-students-get-organized-for-school/

Chaotic desk? Forgotten homework? Missed deadlines? Your child needs these ADHD organizing tips ASAP — start by color coding his folders, buying him an easy-to-use organizer, or trying these other ADHD-friendly strategies.

Educational Links 2/20/20

Digital Citizenship

https://www.edutopia.org/topic/digital-citizenship

Should Accomplishment Be What We Value in Childhood?

https://www.raepica.com/2020/02/accomplishment-in-childhood/?fbclid=IwAR0CLtp1DeJSrCG_5MI2VSXCO0Zt7MfUIIYfnS-62tQ7yuBzSMEFdgIdiW0

How play is making a comeback in kindergarten

https://hechingerreport.org/play-based-kindergarten-makes-a-comeback/?fbclid=IwAR19wYzQAxguBBux8LG8wv9-U9xQAVv38EZCziJvnTiTRNOPGSxV2UKVRrY

Understanding Written Expression Disorder in Your Child

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/dysgraphia/understanding-written-expression-disorder-in-your-child?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=org-earlyjourney-feb20-fm&utm_content=article&fbclid=IwAR3xJkXvWhqN37RfJrKu4WMY5JkOFVT_uqD8KTpHWpF4BOMiHq4XdTdSxhg

4 ways to give your brain a break from teaching

https://www.tes.com/news/4-ways-give-your-brain-break-teaching?fbclid=IwAR1XnZ2O32HT-hvHIoOAQktvkoWvE0hKPKfJgjOxHiDnZeDYql6LMU_DUgE

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

https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/add-vs-adhd/

Borrowing a Literacy Strategy From Band Class

https://www.edutopia.org/article/borrowing-literacy-strategy-band-class?fbclid=IwAR1WBLarF9QrB4gwoHG0ZhoLxX4ZlLpjtzLQKUkMtnX3Pg68tLliQ0scT3s

A band teacher explains how a process he uses to train budding musicians’ inner voice can be used to help struggling readers improve.

Educational Links 1/28/20

Standards-Based Grading: Hope vs. Reality

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-01-20-standards-based-grading-hope-vs-reality?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Sponsored&fbclid=IwAR2DWHMw9sY21Ul5HIHDBiqNLLrgrft8YG_L-nIsnXorzKZvs6pduu4keXE

Is Humiliation Part of Your Teaching Toolbox?

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/joe-bastianich-teaching/?fbclid=IwAR2WZdO02BkL_O-hc3WPNa_UyFgXOuLDUrng90VJf5S9hHxmsgqGbQkAqlw

20 Questions To Help Students Think Critically About News

https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/20-questions-to-help-students-think-critically-about-news/?fbclid=IwAR3b-2QvIiOvsGC1SOuKQg1PnMljQwV8dnQ0ftvClx9MHkfmOsXFWSyHG_o

The Difference Between ADD and ADHD

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/add-adhd/difference-between-add-adhd

The Emerging Story of Burnout in Educational Design

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-01-27-the-emerging-story-of-burnout-in-educational-design

5 tools to help with project-based learning

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/01/27/5-tools-to-help-with-project-based-learning/

9 New Ways to Use Flipgrid in the Classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/article/9-new-ways-use-flipgrid-classroom

The popular tool has features that teachers in any subject can use to help students connect with each other and share their learning.

Educational Links 10/23/19

'Agency' Lets Students 'Take an Active Role in Shaping Their Future'

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/10/agency_lets_students_take_an_active_role_in_shaping_their_future.html?fbclid=IwAR3F65uGyKxmwzzt4CP5ZGuyJsQXXeGXL_aOi1VXAQFBmjeRj8m0syZtyk4

Welcome to PBIS World!

https://www.pbisworld.com/

What Your Child Would Tell You About ADHD If They Had the Words

https://www.additudemag.com/living-adhd-hardship-support/

An Astronaut’s Guide to Culturally Responsive Teaching (and What Space Is Really Like)

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-10-22-an-astronaut-s-guide-to-culturally-responsive-teaching-and-what-space-is-really-like

Daydreaming is good for you, and other things I want kids to know about their brains

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/10/22/daydreaming-is-good-you-other-things-i-want-kids-know-about-their-brains/?fbclid=IwAR1CIiXW-P2-ya46YZSmOpqzRnnES6B68m3Bq3hCMzKd8ivMPp8GFrnS6jM

RADIO SHOW IS ON “TREATING STUDENTS FAIRLY VERSUS TREATING STUDENTS EQUAl 

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/10/22/my-latest-bam-radio-show-is-on-treating-students-fairly-versus-treating-students-equally/?fbclid=IwAR2RlpwVkuzSwg98Xnh1houY7RsA4FdbRpiwrU_5Oylb54INKBAchei__1c

How to Spot Dyslexia, and What to Do Next

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/spot-dyslexia/?fbclid=IwAR3RRdPtHibb7Helzzi2owN_KDEeSSzg3rTPnfJSt3fRn88xzAbifJqjjjg

If non-special ed teachers know the markers that may indicate dyslexia in a child, we may be quicker to refer them for testing. And early intervention makes a big difference.

Educational Links 10/21/19

New ways to identify struggling students

https://hechingerreport.org/new-ways-to-identify-struggling-students/?fbclid=IwAR19vOWd7zwEY0ZK4bdR1dp6WV2fCehTOSYXEf4hmDuA6W86VWgwUmOJTI4

How Visual Thinking Improves Writing

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/32318/how-visual-thinking-improves-writing?fbclid=IwAR22NFlyMp3EK2zIv-vb7jREXkICeQnZ8T2hv-NMAcLbupob19n86cNIyqM

7 Teaching Secrets For Long-Term Growth

https://wegrowteachers.com/7-teaching-secrets-for-long-term-growth/?fbclid=IwAR3GWee6V4UitK_ha2OY8mC8hn2QyoxMkjwVpBa6w3QtL_PdGFOya5CyO-M

How Integrating Arts Into Other Subjects Makes Learning Come Alive

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/38576/how-integrating-arts-into-other-subjects-makes-learning-come-alive?fbclid=IwAR26wTmjSJoHmvSXbWEZx_EN3ZCaJ5JZU0Hu5LPbxtLO40DEKOcxs7VseJg

Why Some Kids Have Trouble Following Directions

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/distractibility-inattention/why-some-kids-have-trouble-following-directions

Year-round outdoor play can boost kids’ performance in school

https://www.childtrends.org/year-round-outdoor-play-can-boost-kids-performance-school?utm_source=Year-round+outdoor+play+can+boost+kids%27+performance+in+school&utm_campaign=e-news+6%2F23%2F17&utm_medium=email&fbclid=IwAR0ZpHlBm6mzZuLF5X5rQZrzfz38PwpiQ0IN7tIakSihO7wW4n-TehRR2f0

School leaders, sort out your routines

https://www.tes.com/news/school-leaders-sort-out-your-routines?fbclid=IwAR1oQmx5mXrG2yH5zsj6pD6aS1wdyp0K_dX76TKOk0wpwhQHPglWZmW_7gU

Creating the right routines in school can make an enormous difference to learning, so leaders need to put time into them, says Amy Forrester

Educational Links 6/29/19

Stifled Creativity and Its Toxic Impact on the ADHD Brain

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-creativity-brain-health/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=adult&fbclid=IwAR2PqbDtoTCdk7stgm0lCeltz4HHAQcSs-d19kEjzo-jRCLhTcAyeEHDqpE

What If Teachers Didn’t Focus So Much on Individual Achievement?

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/06/how-black-teachers-segregated-district-teach-civics/591856/?fbclid=IwAR3x0MoROYuyaC8cnjuPibsosNNrPYBWfnAgQIhNPZ-u8l1OscpgBtTtje4

Tapping Into the News to Teach Math

https://www.edutopia.org/article/tapping-news-teach-math?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR1mYQ_ox9uxYwI_y8hAgiFfYENyZzJAxVWFawJ3JreCKyvzlSOkUqTqBsI

Screen Time: How Much Is Too Much?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVALeerZpd4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3UokkFuiay2su0TI8OR_94_zUnVzq_GZMpX53R8XdZlDwL5SAj1NShHgI

THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART ONE

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/06/28/the-best-resources-articles-blog-posts-for-teachers-of-ells-in-2019-part-one/?fbclid=IwAR0QAQrcbAV5GhQFzPtQlASy1UxERAa6VzIChVBv7ECgEdIYNJufy0fVDKo

What It Means to Have ‘Impact’ in Education

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-06-27-what-it-means-to-have-impact-in-education?utm_content=buffera8dff&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR2XRqV8cu3qizAjJZScMMEWYC4RqEcJtpvjpHn0uHMrjE0SPswr21v4PWQ

Why Did That Student Fail? A Diagnostic Approach To Teaching

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/diagnostic-teaching-why-students-struggle/?fbclid=IwAR3dG0nbdPvTK8GG1GEhFb_pMahmhFcCEWTxouEnWUluoP2HyzOsIE_QwXU

From their grasp of content and literacy skills, to their engagement level, to behavior and organizational issues, to teacher actions, to the proverbial “stuff going on at home,” the possibilities are maddeningly endless. The following 8-step process is a valuable tool for me as a teacher, so I thought I’d share a version of it here in hopes that it might help you. It was useful not only for me to see what strategic responses I had available to me as a teacher, but it was also useful for students to come to know what to expect.

Educational Links 4/11/19

30 Earth Day Crafts and Classroom Activities Using Recycled Materials

https://www.weareteachers.com/earth-day-crafts-classroom-activities/?utm_content=1554929102&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0bGOjMYX9IH1zWbzkHl_0KlroujuSHowDPp8Ovr11Fq8HmywME0HvuCsw

Hyperfocus: The ADHD Phenomenon of Intense Fixation

https://www.additude.com/understanding-adhd-hyperfocus/

7 National Poetry Month Apps and Websites

https://classtechtips.com/2017/04/06/national-poetry-month-apps-websites/?fbclid=IwAR2uqgECRw7b0kb2xGTS6hIbe5ZfAH-m2IFVE8V_X3_SzXvJW3IcVYnFFPo

Inside a Dyslexia Reading Intervention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=ex3X3IoPqXg&fbclid=IwAR04PZ9bZdgKDMHgdEWIoUT3iGgZ3zRq4w2EkqqKkFiJi3rgTurbnyajnxE

Personalized Learning Advice From a Learning Scientist: 5 Questions K-12 Leaders Should Be Asking

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2019/04/personalized_learning_advice_learning_scientist.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR07WFTLVD8LNiH58oSIdp7YGNTm-csmMqcSbKkeeMPqhN8UlAjYatfPZJs

Fighting teacher stress

https://hechingerreport.org/fighting-teacher-stress/?fbclid=IwAR2ShZf95xiU25ZVGvFvfbGV8r71dE_KpB9gw4HQ8Euf-891Bizb1Q7PCNY

Helping Students Beat Test Anxiety

https://www.edutopia.org/article/helping-students-beat-test-anxiety?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR3HIvxX0zvlEOyuwrcdaCpDNliPsa72mLf6_ILQyhaQR7yIym1V3huw4R8

Fear of failure can prevent students from showing what they know on big tests—but a 10-minute writing exercise can help.

Educational Links 12/16/18

3 Reasons Students Aren’t Into Computer Science—Yet

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-12-15-3-reasons-students-aren-t-into-computer-science-yet

Reading Strategies That Grow with Your Child

https://www.additudemag.com/reading-strategies-child-adhd-learning-disabilities-tips/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR3I0mIiaBtAE0yc-1yY9GDz69iOFHAyQCHU4N8DkymRWerbUuNIr0fqp_g

Strategies for Teaching Argument Writing

https://www.edutopia.org/article/strategies-teaching-argument-writing?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

8 STEM Education Trends to Look for in 2019

https://littlebits.com/blog/8-stem-trends-in-2019/?fbclid=IwAR2-4Ic1nhGv8Z6uTbaaYflB_bwWJOIjcxGbpwhzo5AGkz9NKq5l1YhDmmo

7 Things Every ESL Teacher Should Teach Students About Essay Writing

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator-english/esl-essays/?fbclid=IwAR0G-dviUQi1gLYgDJ3z8w5XO-Nx44zFqoOt8ARGpdbVdxDFl4qerlyxHL4

Using Psychology to Boost Your Grades: Taking Notes

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/thinking-about-kids/201708/using-psychology-boost-your-grades-taking-notes?fbclid=IwAR3jO5rQNWNfTf6zGj1ur_1rf_20QnxLuo7iH8slwE3-ou6jvZVfxjTcIJU

Why We Call Them Learning and Attention Issues

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/getting-started/what-you-need-to-know/why-we-call-them-learning-and-attention-issues

• The term “learning and attention issues” covers a wide range of challenges.
• Schools, medical professionals and parents use many different terms for learning and attention issues.
• Having learning and attention issues doesn’t mean someone isn’t intelligent.

Educational Links 12/11/18

Projects, Passion, Peers and Play: Seymour Papert's Vision For Learning

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/47846/projects-passion-peers-and-play-seymour-paperts-vision-for-learning

10 Quick Questioning Tips

https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2018/12/05/one-minute-cpd-42/?fbclid=IwAR2_KQnAby50ykHUPIRhw0OH3EhrZnOl9_HIpR_mxNoNPNicx9DFqVlkpgE

What’s the Difference Between ADD and ADHD?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/add-adhd/difference-between-add-adhd?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg&fbclid=IwAR2zcvP896JQIXxjIcmQpe0RTC6edMQXP8jnWsfAWth-EbL1jkjbEpmVc_k

The debate over students with disabilities, suspensions and race

https://hechingerreport.org/the-debate-over-students-with-learning-disabilities-suspensions-and-race/?fbclid=IwAR3lhTHDrGdL0KV_IttcykWSyU-Ode2bIST_GC_0JsQDOW2M2_HQLlDap1s

EdTech Team Giveaway

https://www.edtechteam.com/10-days-giveaways/

2018 Education Research Highlights

https://www.edutopia.org/article/2018-education-research-highlights?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook

Education research continues to remind us of the powerful impact teachers have on children. This impact is overwhelmingly positive—the studies we highlight here demonstrate specific ways in which teachers can or already do help students feel a sense of belonging in school and make gains in learning.

Educational Links 10/17/18

Growing Up in the Library

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/growing-up-in-the-library?mbid=contentmarketing_facebook_citizennet_paid_culture_susan-orlean-growing-up-in-the-library_1-visit

Reflections on Situated Learning vs. The Traditional School System

https://catlintucker.com/2018/10/situated_learning/

Data Doesn't Have to Be a Dirty Word

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/work_in_progress/2018/10/data_doesnt_have_to_be_a_dirty.html?override=web

National Conversations Are Classroom Conversations

https://www.edutopia.org/article/national-conversations-are-classroom-conversations?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook

USING “COMMON PLANNING TIME” EFFECTIVELY IN SCHOOLS

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/10/14/using-common-planning-time-effectively-in-schools/

HOW SCHOOL LEADERS CAN MOTIVATE INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION: A TEACHER’S QUEST FOR PROGRESS

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/e376/

ADDitude Podcasts

https://www.additudemag.com/category/adhd-podcast/

Listen to ADDitude’s podcast series about all things ADHD — recognizing symptoms, researching treatment, raising children, living better with attention deficit, and much more — with leading experts in ADD / ADHD. 

Educational Links 10/16/18

 Multiple Intelligences Theory: Widely Used, Yet Misunderstood

https://www.edutopia.org/article/multiple-intelligences-theory-widely-used-yet-misunderstood 

From Hotspots to School Bus Wi-Fi, Districts Seek Out Solutions to ‘Homework Gap’

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-10-15-from-hotspots-to-school-bus-wi-fi-districts-seek-out-solutions-to-homework-gap 

What's Next for the Every Student Succeeds Act: How You Can Help

https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/experts-live-chats-webinars/2018/october/22/whats-next-for-the-every-student-succeeds-act-how-you-can-help 

 Best Buy Teacher Discounts: 11 Ways to Save

https://www.weareteachers.com/best-buy-teacher-discounts/ 

 5 Teaching Strategies for Getting Students to Focus 

http://www.teachhub.com/5-teaching-strategies-getting-students-focus 

 A crash course on trauma-informed teaching

https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/truth-for-teachers-podcast/trauma-informed-teaching/ 

 “OMG, So That’s Why I Do That?!”

https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/decoding-the-adhd-mind/ 

 “The ADHD world is curvilinear. Past, present, and future are never separate and distinct. Everything is now.” And that can complicate everyday life, work, and relationships. Here, Dr. William Dodson explains the neurological workings of the ADHD mind.