Educational Links 12/4/19

Creating a Body-Positive Classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/article/creating-body-positive-classroom?fbclid=IwAR2L6KH4Gz0kK6kTtz3dsMti5F7aFDVmc_Bf3aeJpyJVE170TCM7DP8Ut3k

Why Struggle Is Essential for the Brain — and Our Lives

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-10-28-why-struggle-is-essential-for-the-brain-and-our-lives?utm_content=buffer90962&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR2Bzl8P8zYSCP9rQdhUoGl3PMj2hXeC9Lwu_DWPeINuPXnL-vM3aVfcdRM

THE BEST NEWS REPORTS & COMMENTARIES ON THIS YEAR’S PISA RESULTS

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/12/03/the-best-news-reports-commentaries-on-this-years-pisa-results/?fbclid=IwAR09FIxpd_QyU9U_C9PGXazbA8NSCoK2cJV_9VDqgcWTAenc8DM8TQ3bEzU

Class Size: You Don't Need to Be a Math Teacher to Understand Ratios

https://www.mssackstein.com/post/class-size-you-don-t-need-to-be-a-math-teacher-to-understand-ratios

These Students Speak Perfect Spanglish — And Now They're Learning To Own It

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/54962/these-students-speak-perfect-spanglish-and-now-theyre-learning-to-own-it

The Path to Fluent Reading: A Developmental Timeline

https://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/the-path-to-fluent-reading-a-developmental.html

Some of the most important pre-literacy skills begin in infancy. This timeline shows examples of the milestones children meet on their path to fluent reading.

Girls and STEM Tweets of the Day 3/24/14

1. Five Ways to Get Girls into STEM

 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-ways-girls-involved-STEM-karen-purcell?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-5-ways-stem-girls-shared

2. Strategies to Reach Every Student, Regardless of Language Barrier

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/strategies-to-reach-every-student-regardless-of-language-barrier/ 

3. The Science of Character: Developing Positive Learning Traits

 https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1441644043303616609#editor/target=post;postID=1940422579936548005

4. 8 Tips for Reaching Out to Parents

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/tips-reaching-out-to-parents-david-cutler 

5. Award-Winning Science Teacher: “How I Came to Study, Teach, and Love Science”

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2014/03/award-winning-science-teacher-how-i-came-to-study-teach-and-love-science/ 

6. Why Students Tune Out: Five Ways to Get Students to Listen and Hear

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1857:getting-students-and-ourselves-over-the-third-quarter-slump-&catid=105:teachers-aide&Itemid=299 

7. What to do when there are too many students?

 http://hechingerreport.org/content/many-students_14671/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

 

Best Articles for Educators Week of 5/5/13

 

1. Does Class Size Count?

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/does-class-size-count/

2. 14 Educational Websites Students Will Want to Visit 

http://www.teachhub.com/14-educational-websites-students-will-want-visit?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=14+Education+Websites+Students+Will+Actually+Want+to+Visit&utm_content=mzteachuh%40yahoo.com&utm_campaign=Newsletter+5-3 

3. A New Role for Avatars: Learning Languages

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/05/a-new-role-for-avatars-learning-languages/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher  

4. The Innate Ability To Learn

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/04/the-innate-ability-to-learn/ 

5. MOOCs for Teachers: Coursera Offers Online Teacher Training Program

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/04/new-online-teacher-training-program-joins-mooc-madness/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

 6. Melanie Link Taylor: Have You Talked to Your Kid Today? 

http://melanielinktaylor.blogspot.com/2013/03/have-you-talked-to-your-kid-today.html?spref=bl

7. What are you willing to tolerate?

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2013/04/what-are-you-willing-to-tolerate.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dangerouslyirrelevant+%28Dangerously+Irrelevant%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

 

Classroom Adjustments Tweets of the Day 5/5/13

1. Does Class Size Count?

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/does-class-size-count/ 

2. 4 Keys to Building Students’ Reading Lives

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/05/01/4-keys-to-building-students-reading-lives/ 

3. Unstoppable Learning

http://www.npr.org/2013/04/25/179010396/unstoppable-learning 

Here's the news on adorableness.

4. Dissolving Barriers To Adopting Technology In The Classroom

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/dissolving-barriers-to-adopting-technology-in-the-classroom/

  

5. Checking in with a Community Grant Recipient

http://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/2013/04/30/checking-community-grant-recipient?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+AutismSpeaksBlog+%28Autism+Speaks+|+Official+Blog%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

  

6. The Absent Teacher

 http://theeducatorsroom.com/2013/05/the-absent-teacher/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed

utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

7.How to Avoid Testing Burnout

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-to-avoid-testing-burnout-ben-johnson 

 

Found in a taco shell in the cafeteria.