Educational Links 11/6/19

The Bill of Rights Through the Lens of Dystopian Tales

https://www.edutopia.org/article/bill-rights-through-lens-dystopian-tales

Ban Smartphones in School? Why Not Just Disable Apps, Startup Says

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-11-05-ban-smartphones-in-school-why-not-just-disable-apps-startup-says

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 183 Developing Kindness, Character, And Honesty In Today’s Learners

https://www.teachthought.com/

Paint-by-Numbers, or Picasso? How Structured Should We Make Kids Art?

https://www.weareteachers.com/structured-art-versus-creative-freedom/

Teaching Strategies: Decoding Text

https://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies-decoding-text

Separating ‘gifted’ children hasn’t led to better achievement

https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-separating-gifted-children-hasnt-led-to-better-achievement/

It's A Smartphone Life: More Than Half Of U.S. Children Now Have One

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/54713/its-a-smartphone-life-more-than-half-of-u-s-children-now-have-one

Just over half of children in the United States — 53 percent — now own a smartphone by the age of 11. And 84 percent of teenagers now have their own phones, immersing themselves in a rich and complex world of experiences that adults sometimes need a lot of decoding to understand.

Educational Links 5/15/19

GOOGLE UNVEILS NEW & IMPRESSIVE FREE READING APP: “RIVET”

HTTP://LARRYFERLAZZO.EDUBLOGS.ORG/2019/05/14/GOOGLE-UNVEILS-NEW-IMPRESSIVE-FREE-READING-APP-RIVET/?FBCLID=IWAR3O3L7VAHP_MOECNHHZ5HTZEGGFT-RGHP5XE9IXLPEG9F0VWXFYNCZJNNS

HOW TO GIVE GEN Z MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK

https://mail.yahoo.com/neo/b/message?sMid=8&fid=Inbox&fidx=1&sort=date&order=down&startMid=0&filterBy=&ac=.AX_PU2cCwwvtiQFEnPOfdBotPI-&reason=myc&.rand=845878820&midIndex=8&mid=ABTXoz9FkLsPXNonuQ2sAFPj-0A&fromId=&blockimages=0

Use these powerful films to teach problem-solving and nurture students' curiosity.

https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/10-great-movies-for-the-stem-classroom?utm_source=05142019++Edu&utm_medium=email

'Games Absolutely Have a Role in Teaching and Learning!'

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/05/response_games_absolutely_have_a_role_in_teaching_and_learning.html?fbclid=IwAR1gVHkdUUsx8OGyvjlrdXyv26lS_0QPFT6khQ0PVRL-7oiF5y3hyJijpHE

Must-Have Tech Tools for Instructional Coaches – Easy EdTech Podcast 014

https://classtechtips.com/2019/05/14/must-have-tech-tools-for-instructional-coaches-easy-edtech-podcast-014/?fbclid=IwAR0oKWRPYdonAOsXdRhoAaVO8e_-iEjUdgihFZxOZQhxQMfpnEMZqflm8kg

Mindfulness Won't Save Us. Fixing the System Will.

http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/may19/vol61/num05/Mindfulness-Won't-Save-Us.-Fixing-the-System-Will..aspx?fbclid=IwAR3-viZvV9Cw6N9A5eoeWZiq53EJARHseSXL7_tgIai5xRE3BlbVLpV0zv8

Positive School Leadership: Why Do So Few of Us Do It Well?

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/tweeted/4952-positive-school-leadership-why-do-so-few-of-us-do-it?educational leadershipliteracyfbclid=IwAR1A3TC1W0yI4IYHO5LgVxmG5dw8VSvpHJF2X5V3arW2NGbasJ84IBxEFdg

How can we stay positive and lead our schools in the face of relentless challenges, time pressures, setbacks, and the negative events we have to manage?

Educational Links 12/9/18

Supporting Literacy in the Science Classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/article/supporting-literacy-science-classroom

Teaching Problems and Solutions with a Winter Theme

http://bookunitsteacher.com/wp/?p=7491&fbclid=IwAR00AhwjSRaHb6yUeNJ-8qpiP6VoWoV2VKrWO52OnUyO7H3RWVOSa6uN0w0

Use the Winter Break to Renew Your Spirits and Sense of Purpose

https://www.edutopia.org/article/use-winter-break-to-renew-spirits-sense-of-teacher health, literacypurpose-todd-finley?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook

Is It Time to Move Away From the Traditional School Calendar?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/time_and_learning/2016/05/is_it_time_to_move_away_from_the_traditional_school_calendar.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR1mzGYGQfDgCktOgB9yTnrSbN5LiRFTIvbrI7sKpJLeWDvYlRTRtyFwb58

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION RESOURCES OF THE WEEK

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/12/08/classroom-instruction-resources-of-the-week-208/?fbclid=IwAR37IBzIIz4skiRyhqXUHmPQHteh8HKBdm7uzgsY41ZQJTXcyq81S0_zpNE

A Computer Science Teacher's Take on Tech: Start With Relationships

https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2018/10/03/a-computer-science-teachers-take-on-tech.html?linkId=100000004262750

Sensory Processing FAQ

https://childmind.org/article/sensory-processing-faq/?fbclid=IwAR2ex-IGF7BmzBVBcqCqDK-LVtUWmL_ixJDN96wnGc4RZNpZ5OMlHxAODRU

Some kids seem to have trouble handling the information their senses take in—things like sound, touch, taste, sight, and smell. Besides these common senses, there are also two other less well-known ones that can be affected—proprioception, or a sense of body awareness, and vestibular sense, which involves movement, balance, and coordination.

Kids with sensory processing issues experience too much or too little stimulation through these senses. They may also have difficulty integrating sensory information—for example things that they see and hear simultaneously, like a person speaking—might seem out of sync for them.

Lead the Kids to Literacy Tweets of the Day 6/28/12

Student reading to his group--and I love the pleasant classroom and the kids' materials on their chairs. Wish I knew what they were reading.

This site has loads and loads of interesting and useful graphic organizers and tips on teaching literature. Give it a look.
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/staff_development/criss/prin_phil/7%20Defensible%20Strategies.doc%20%28Read-Only%29.pdf

Here are a few educators defending strategies that seem to me to be hardly new or controversial. But it is very good to review and plan now for a nice, balanced program for the new year.

Seven Literacy Strategies That Work
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/staff_development/criss/prin_phil/7%20Defensible%20Strategies.doc%20%28Read-Only%29.pdf

Here is a site of many, many things interesting only to teachers--and--wait for it--new Dolch words!

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/strategies/literacy.html

This is a very quick look at a well known reading comprehension strategy, K W L.

 Literacy Strategy- K W L (What I Know; What I What to Know; What I Learned)

I know! I know!

K — What I KNOW
begins with students’ prior knowledge—brainstorm and record
W — What I WANT to learn/know
students articulate their own questions
L — What I LEARNED
students record what they have learned

http://www.litandlearn.lpb.org/strategies/strat_kwl.pdf

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