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Thursday, January 2, 2025

How AI Is Changing Education: The Year’s Top 5 Stories

https://www.edweek.org/technology/how-ai-is-changing-education-the-years-top-5-stories/2024/12

ED TECH DIGEST

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/01/02/ed-tech-digest-387/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHkQ6tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbPvlB35rRTh0nSRCNPChoP1oKyrPdzg2epZ3qj5Y7xnWSwwKXTHgaOZ1Q_aem_h0AbTI2aJQmoCzzNLvMeMg

How to Plan and Then Run a Seamless IEP Meeting

https://www.edutopia.org/article/tips-iep-meetings-more-effective-everyone

EdSource’s Best of 2024: Our most read stories

https://edsource.org/2024/top-california-education-stories-2024/723859

Top 10 ADHD News & Research Headlines of 2024

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-research-news-stimulant-shortage-vyvanse-medication/

Friday, November 13, 2020

5 Ways to Support Kids With ADHD During Remote Learning

https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-ways-support-kids-adhd-during-remote-learning

An Easy Way to Have PDFs Read Aloud

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/learning-and-thinking-differences-basics/how-im-leading-remote-iep-meetings?_ul=1*18j1l5m*domain_userid*YW1wLXg1OXRZZFBFeURzOVNtd05BXzZoNmc.

Despite broad compliance with school mask policies, lawsuits persist for some

https://www.educationdive.com/news/students-complying-with-mask-policies/588855/

What we can do to keep our students engaged in learning

https://edsource.org/2020/what-we-can-do-to-keep-our-students-engaged-in-learning/641985

7 Morning Routines for Teachers That Take 10 Minutes or Less

https://www.weareteachers.com/morning-routines-teachers/

What Shouldn’t Return to ‘Normal’ When Schools Reopen

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-11-10-what-shouldn-t-return-to-normal-when-schools-reopen

A Highly Effective Vaccine Is Likely on the Way. What Does That Mean for Schools and Kids?

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/11/12/a-highly-effective-vaccine-is-likely-on.html

News this week that a COVID-19 vaccine on the runway is far more effective than originally predicted has been hailed as a potential game-changer in fighting the coronavirus.

Monday, March 30, 2020

Home Learning: What About IEP Goals?

IEP goals very specifically identify areas of ELA, math, functional living activities, and sometimes behavior issues. Your special education student will experience a more holistic approach to learning at home. The aim of special education is to develop skills for your student for life, and the remote learning, or homeschool time, can contribute to the development of your student.

Executive function is a set of mental skills that include working memory, flexible thinking, and self-control. We use these skills every day to learn, work, and manage daily life. Your student's experience at home during quarantine can include academic work, as well

Here are suggestions for documenting your student's learning experience during quarantine and remote learning.
You will be meeting IEP goals not only as you do academic work suggested by your Special education teacher.

Learning is living. Create an informal schedule of your student's activities. How are they helping? Cleaning? Cooking? Involved with siblings? Have your student list personal hygiene habits.
Life is organized. Your student can help with setting up for meals and clean up-that's learning the sequence of a project (even if the project is lunch!) Your students can help organize the knives, forks, and spoons, the pantry, fold clothes, so many helpful things to do at home. And that is functional learning. Keep a record.
Nature-naturally. Every day observe nature-going outside, hopefully, or just through a window. What's the weather? Clouds? Temperature? Can you hear birds? See them? Are there butterflies? Bugs? Is there wind? How are the leaves on the trees changing? (In the spring they change every day.) Keep a nature journal.
Keep track of conversations. Choose a few to document. Does your student have questions? Document the Q and A. As you go through your day, choose to discuss the activities, have your student share thoughts and feelings.
Communicate feelings. All feelings are real and valid. Let your student appropriately express their feelings. Reassure. Have you student draw, sing, dance, have quiet time apart. Read together-poetry, fiction.

Keep your days simple. Relax. Look to the positive. Always communicate with your student's teacher if you have questions.

Monday, August 19, 2019

Educational Links 8/20/19

5 ways to make sure PBL PD works

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/08/13/5-ways-to-make-sure-pbl-pd-works/?utm_content=buffer99c1b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR2SieKFEJSD_NzZr-WcbuLsZrf6L4yZlCIr7C3vb7UHEcDSwfZLg2mZxu4#EdChat

Top trends: Supporting students through SEL

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/08/13/top-trends-supporting-students-through-sel/?utm_content=buffer4447f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR0JYBVYQJ-6kdbY--snOrxmHJAZ6o74fSg5zrmxyISg3-BExng0TDq6AAY

Fighting Back Against the War on Childhood

http://www.raepica.com/2019/08/fighting-back-against-the-war-on-childhood/?fbclid=IwAR2LA9HcbiS93Ba6V7gwqkvByHnImTmZrxy0MF6NgjG43wWVFBY_xjetwQQ

THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST & MOST ACCESSIBLE REVIEW OF GROWTH MINDSET RESEARCH THAT YOU’RE GOING TO FIND

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/08/19/this-is-probably-the-best-most-accessible-review-of-growth-mindset-that-youre-going-to-find/?fbclid=IwAR1ITljwjqoDhfo0uxpHdPH0zJFz3qJQkkfU-J0mJY_ckDh1JOCyefv1dhA

Complicated language excludes parents from the IEP process. It doesn’t have to be this way.

https://chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2019/08/19/complicated-language-excludes-parents-from-the-iep-process-it-doesnt-have-to-be-this-way/?fbclid=IwAR1lQCTBiOB3oOlClBRdAtjI26cHnmTupnAErVipfdhe6xmqTOE_4sGZso4

Leading With Learning On The First Day Of School To Build Class Culture

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51943/leading-with-learning-on-the-first-day-of-school-to-build-class-culture?fbclid=IwAR1RXkslyHK5wyPto-Tjp-_bssrKj1c_sNGsUvQn0gHwDjxTK9cGdGrCfoQ

10 awesome district brands worth checking out

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/08/15/10-awesome-district-brands-worth-checking-out/?utm_content=buffere016f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR1dE957GUD0AWusFZLdSnjK_ZTxLxfnnHBzDwllqTPiCNzumOQAvFF3uko

Marketing yourself is important--learn more about these district brands and how educators and students benefit from them.

Monday, July 2, 2018

Educational Links 7/3/18

These 5 Methods Will Help You With Making Learner Connections

https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/5-methods-making-learner-connections?utm_content=73813983&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

What Happened When I Committed to Loving My Students Unconditionally

https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2018/05/30/what-happens-when-i-love-my-students-unconditionally.html?cmp=soc-fb-promo-love-students-unconditionally&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Facebook+Ad

Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

https://hechingerreport.org/is-the-new-education-reform-hiding-in-plain-sight/

More than 40 new things we saw at ISTE 2018

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/06/29/40-new-things-we-saw-at-iste-2018/?utm_content=73801199&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Is the School Following Your Child’s IEP?

https://www.makespecialeducationwork.com/school-childs-iep/

Genius Hour Part 1: Genius Hour Overview

http://blog.mimio.com/genius-hour-part-1-genius-hour-overview

To Advance Education, We Must First Reimagine Society

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/34658/to-advance-education-we-must-first-reimagine-society

Because disaffection with the education system reflects a much deeper societal malaise, it’s imperative that we first figure out what kind of world we really want: a world populated by responsible adults who thrive on interdependence and community, or a world of “customers” who feel dependent on products, services, and authority figures, and don’t take full responsibility for their actions? The answer, he says, will point to the changes needed in all three pillars of education — schools, families, and communities.

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Educational Links 6/1/18

The Best Social Studies Sites Of 2018 – So Far

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/05/30/the-best-social-studies-sites-of-2018-so-far/

DON’T SETTLE FOR A FAST FOOD VERSION OF YOUR CHILD’S IEP

https://www.thinkinclusive.us/fast-food-iep/

What Kind Of Parent Are You: Carpenter Or Gardener?

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51304/what-kind-of-parent-are-you-carpenter-or-gardener?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

When Students Design Their Own Games They Learn Way More Than Coding

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-05-30-when-students-design-their-own-games-they-learn-way-more-than-coding

I Do, We Do, You Do

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/modeling-strategy-getty

USING THE REAL WORLD CLASSROOMS MODEL WHEN TEACHING FINANCE

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/e323/

Reading for Comprehension Isn’t Enough

https://www.edutopia.org/article/reading-comprehension-isnt-enough

Students are often given assigned readings along with written assignments that ask them to retell or summarize what they read, and perhaps to explain why the information is important. This may also include asking them to connect the reading to another text, or to their prior knowledge.

We need to move students beyond these comprehension tasks and into critique—teaching them to question what they read (and watch and hear) and how to push back when that seems necessary to them.

Friday, April 20, 2018

Educational Links 4/21/18

12 Strategies For Creating An Atmosphere Of Problem-Solving In Your Classroom

https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/12-strategies-creating-atmosphere-problem-solving-classroom/

Have a Business Relationship with Your (IEP) Team, Not an Emotional One

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2018/04/have-business-relationship-with-your.html

When Teachers Experience Empathic Distress

https://www.edutopia.org/article/when-teachers-experience-empathic-distress

How A Culture of Improvement Goes Hand in Hand With Coaching Teachers

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50989/how-a-culture-of-improvement-goes-hand-in-hand-with-coaching-teachers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Why More Than A Million Teachers Can't Use Social Security

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/20/602846417/why-more-than-a-million-SEL, I-cant-use-social-security

Guides and Rulers for Google Slides

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/04/guides-and-rulers-for-google-slides.html#.WtqdC4jwY2x

Schools Teaching Students In Special Ed How To Code

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/04/20/schools-special-ed-code/25001/

Though not all these children may grow up to be programmers, Williams said the students are learning how to problem solve, overcome obstacles and collaborate with their peers. The coding is a means to an end toward helping students work on their interpersonal skills.

Saturday, September 23, 2017

Educational Links 9/24/17

Can Teaching Civics Save Democracy?

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/22/552665068/can-teaching-civics-save-democracy

The dangers of sweating the small stuff in the classroom

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/dangers-sweating-small-stuff-classroom?utm_content=buffera6ba4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

An 8-Year-Old Bullied For Her Love of Bugs Just Got Her First Scientific Publication

http://www.sciencealert.com/an-8-year-old-bullied-for-her-love-of-bugs-just-got-her-first-scientific-publication

Hey, Mainstream Teachers, You Need to Read My Child's IEP

https://themighty.com/2017/09/mainstream-teachers-read-iep/

A Simple Tool for Fostering Growth Mindset

https://www.edutopia.org/article/simple-tool-fostering-growth-mindset?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Forcing Young Kids to Say "I'm Sorry"

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/4498-forcing-young-kids-to-say-i-am-sorry

The ‘No’ in ‘Innovate’

https://www.edutopia.org/article/no-innovate

This may seem counterintuitive, but not if you talk to teachers or administrators who are dealing with initiative fatigue. Ask those educators to list the number of programs that are promoted in August and then completely forgotten by October—year after year after year.

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Educational Links 5/8/17

How to Respond When Students Use Hate Speech

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-respond-when-students-use-hate-speech-richard-curwin?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

How To Respond After An Apathetic, Inattentive Lesson

https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2017/05/06/how-to-respond-after-an-apathetic-inattentive-lesson/?utm_content=buffer1b39c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

How Does The Reading Brain Work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kB7GgLlR7M

How General Educators Can Get More Out of IEP Meetings

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/iep-meetings/

Implicit Bias in the STEM Classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/implicit-bias-stem-classroom-cindy-hoisington

Things my students on the autism spectrum have taught me

https://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/2017/05/04/things-my-students-autism-spectrum-have-taught-me?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AutismSpeaksBlog+%28Autism+Speaks+%7C+Official+Blog%29

12 Good Encyclopedias and Atlases Apps for Students

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/05/12-good-encyclopedias-and-atlases-apps.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+educatorstechnology%2FpDkK+%28Educational+Technology+and+Mobile+Learning%29

Here are 12 iPad apps students can use on their iPad to access, browse and search for information on any topic they want, from learning about stats and facts on specific countries to exploring a rich and diverse library covering almost any topic out there. This is a collection of some of the best encyclopedias and atlases apps in iTunes App Store. You may want to check them out and share with your students.