Educational Links 9/23/18

The teacher’s quest for progress: 

How school leaders can motivate instructional innovation

https://www.christenseninstitute.org/publications/teachers-jobs-to-be-done/

'Floating Schools' Make Sure Kids Get To Class When The Water Rises

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/12/646378073/floating-schools-make-sure-kids-get-to-class-when-the-water-rises?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialWHAT YOUR CHILD SHOULD BE LEARNING IN 7TH GRADE

https://www.theedadvocate.org/child-learning-7th-grade/

Please, students, take that ‘impractical’ humanities course. We will all benefit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/please-students-take-that-impractical-humanities-course-we-will-all-benefit/2018/09/14/f50b4f3e-b761-11e8-a2c5-3187f427e253_story.html3

In Defense of Active Learning: Teaching Children the Way They Learn

http://www.raepica.com/2018/09/in-defense-of-active-learning/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RaePica+%28Rae+Pica%29

Simple Ways To Check For Understanding

https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2018/09/22/check-for-understanding/

The STEM Zombie Apocalypse

https://www.edutopia.org/article/stem-zombie-apocalypse

So many adults, including teachers, joke about not being able to do simple math or not being a “science person” that many students enter STEM classrooms with negative views. This creates a fixed mindset as students believe they need certain natural abilities to be successful in math and science. As educators, we need to create opportunities for students to overcome these deeply planted negative views.

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 4/27/14

How Is Technology Affecting Kids?

http://www.edudemic.com/technology-affecting-kids/ 

Gardening for Climate Change 

http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/Gardening/Archives/2014/Gardening-for-Climate-Change.aspx 

Are Existing Tech Tools Effective for Teachers and Students?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/are-existing-tech-tools-effective-for-teachers-and-students/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&fb_action_ids=10203762331277910&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582 

5 Tools to Introduce Programming to Kids

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/5-tools-to-introduce-programming-to-kids/ 

Reframing Career and Technical Education

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/04/25/30rose.h33.html.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

The Week in Review - The Most Popular Posts of the Week 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/04/the-week-in-review-most-popular-posts_26.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29#.U1w1yVcvCWE 

How I use the iPad as a serious writing system

http://www.zdnet.com/how-i-use-the-ipad-as-a-serious-writing-system-7000017691/ 

 

Best Articles for Educators 4/27/14

Inequities in Student Discipline: What To Do About Them

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/inequities-student-discipline-what-to-do-anne-obrien

Why Kids Should Be Allowed to Act Out (Scenes) In Class

 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/why-kids-should-be-allowed-to-act-out-scenes-in-class/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Closing the Gender Gap in STEM Education

Grades 6-12 / STEM / Representation 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/stem-gender-gap-ced 

Map Of The Developing Human Brain Shows Where Problems Begin 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2014/04/map-of-developing-human-brain-shows.html 

Understanding Assessment: Resources for Parents

http://www.edutopia.org/assessment-testing-parent-resources 

Where will teachers be in the classroom of the future?

http://hechingerreport.org/content/will-teachers-classroom-future_15639/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29

Common Core in Action: Using the Arts to Spark Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/common-core-and-creative-learning-courtney-boddie

Supporting Student Resilience in the Classroom

 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/supporting-student-resilience-in-classroom-steve-gardiner?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-supporting-student-resilience-in-cclasroom-link

Teachable Moment: A Party Game for William's Birthdayhttp://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-04-24T06:34:00-07:00&max-results=7&start=21&by-date=false

 

 

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 4/26/13

1. More STEM More Arts Tweets of the Day 4/23/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-stem-more-arts-tweets-of-day-42313.html 

2. Cynicism vs Hope Tweets of the Day 4/20/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/cynicism-vs-hope-tweets-of-day-42013.html 

3. Students Given Expression Tweets of the Day 4/21/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/students-given-expression-tweets-of-day.html 

4. Earth Day Activities at U.N.L.V. (Las Vegas) 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/earth-day-activities-at-unlv-las-vegas.html 

Young World Citizen Chasing the Future of the Earth at UNLV GreenFest

5. How Are We Teaching? What Are We Testing? Tweets of the Day 4/22/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-are-we-teaching-what-are-we-testing.html 

You must have been a beautiful baby.

6. You Say It's Your Birthday? 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/you-say-its-your-birthday.html 

7. Saving Educators Tweets of the Day 4/24/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/saving-educators-tweets-of-day-42313.html 

8. Music for When You've Had Too Much Caffeine 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/music-for-when-youve-had-too-much.html 

9. Creativity and the Classroom via Edutopia Tweets of the Day 4/25/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/creativity-and-classroom-via-edutopia.html 

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