Showing posts with label distance learning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label distance learning. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Educational Links 6/9/21

 


How to Introduce Lessons on Disability


How Kids Learn to Read


5 Tips to Ensure Student Success on Long-Term Projects



What Kinds Of Assignments Are Interesting To Students?



Five Things to Check When a Website or Web App Doesn't Work as You Expected





Distance Learning Tools That Teachers and Students Hope Become the Norm



When distance learning necessitated a reliance on technology, many teachers began experimenting with digital tools. From the student perspective, experiences were mixed. Some appreciated the new opportunities created by these technologies, especially in contrast to some limitations of in-person learning. Others chose to return to more analog methods, determining what worked best from the prior world and consciously choosing to keep some of the newer tools acquired during remote teaching.  

Sunday, March 7, 2021

Educational Links 3/4/2021


The Overlooked Support Teachersare Missing:  Coherent Curriculum


Six Dr. Seuss Books Are Dropped After Review Finds Imagery Offensive


How to develop curriculum that reflects all students


Should kindergarten be mandatory in California?

https://edsource.org/2021/should-kindergarten-be-mandatory-in-california/649967

ED Announces National Survey to Gather Critical Data on School Reopening

https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/ed-announces-national-survey-gather-critical-data-school-reopening

How Shakespeare Helps Us Rethink Education



Can Teachers Be Warm Demanders During the Pandemic?


The concept of being a “warm demander” has been held as an ideal approach for educators to adopt, especially as they pursue more equitable practices in education. Balancing warmth and demandingness is a perennial challenge in education, and it’s even more challenging in this pandemic.

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Educational Links 3/7/2021

 

Why Ages 2-7 Matter So Much for Brain Development




Report: Parent school reviews correlate with test scores, not growth or effectiveness



Most Principals, District Leaders Predict Their Schools Will Be Fully In-Person This Fall


The Recent History Of The Neuroscience Of Learning: A Brief Overview


3 tips to engage students in math feedback during remote or hybrid learning


Attention School Leaders: Listening is Essential. Here’s How to Get Better at It.


ADHD Brains on Screens: Decoding a Complicated Relationship


“The major effect of screens — for adults, children, and adolescents – is that we sleep less because we don’t obey the rules for good sleep hygiene,” Anderson said. “This is particularly true for adolescents, for whom the prefrontal cortex is still developing and for whom executive functioning and planning is still under construction. They are still working on prioritizing tasks with long-term payoffs over and above ones they find rewarding in the moment. At that age, it can be really difficult to make the right decision about when to put down the phone, stop talking to your friends, and go to bed.”

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Educational Links 3/5/2021

 



Education Is A System; Teaching Is An Action; Learning Is A Process


Use Your Time Wisely by ‘Spending’ It with Intent



MY LATEST BAM! RADIO SHOW IS ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER ASSESSMENT



Report: US schools receive D grade for infrastructure



Is Teaching Still an Appealing Profession? A Growing Teacher Shortage Worries Experts




Nurse shortage could make reopening school campuses more difficult



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Teachers are finding ways to gauge students’ understanding of lessons this year, and guiding them to ask for help is a crucial piece of the puzzle.

Monday, February 22, 2021

Educational Links 2/23/2021

How to Avoid Zoom Fatigue


Proactive approaches help districts avoid COVID-19 special ed litigation


What's New in G Suite for Education - It's Not Called That Anymore!


Taking an Unapologetic Approach to Curriculum Overhaul


The Key to Better Student Engagement Is Letting Them Show You How They Learn


 Schools must give standardized tests this spring


A Simple Way to Self-Monitor for Bias


Teachers concerned that they might be showing bias against students in marginalized groups can use a short checklist for self-assessment.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Educational Links 2/18/2021

5 Ways to Give Students a Makerspace Experience at Home


Disowning Past White House Remarks, Biden Says He Wants Many Schools Open Five Days a Week


Report: High-quality principals result in nearly 3 months additional learning annually



How to Avoid Zoom Fatigue



Why Assessments Are Still Useful — and Accurate — in a Pandemic Year


Special education teachers grapple with risks of in-person classes: ‘An impossible choice’



Special education has been a challenge for many districts during the pandemic because students in special education often receive services that are nearly impossible to provide virtually, such as physical or occupational therapy. Assessments, required for students entering special education, as well as those already enrolled, are also almost impossible to provide online.

Saturday, February 13, 2021

Educational Links 2/14/2021

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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 231 What Works In Distance Learning?


Some California Schools Are Testing Kids For the Coronavirus Twice a Week Before Letting Them Inside



Engaging Students with the Camera Off

 Why Assessments Are Still Useful — and Accurate — in a Pandemic Year



White students in California more likely to be getting in-person instruction than Black, Latino and Asian students


Guiding Students to Be Independent Problem-Solvers in STEM Classrooms


Teaching high school students how to plan to solve a problem in science, technology, engineering, and math is a crucial step.

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Friday, January 15, 2021

Educational Links 1/16/2021

 

30 Of The Best Tools For Remote Teaching And Learning

A LOT IS GOING ON! HERE’S EVERYTHING (WELL, ALMOST EVERYTHING) YOU NEED FOR TEACHING ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., THE INAUGURATION, IMPEACHMENT & INSURRECTION


To help get kids back in school, California should temporarily suspend local collective bargaining



School District’s Special Ed Services During COVID-19 Under Investigation


Low-Tech Scientific Exploration for Students at Home


Give school staff rapid COVID-19 vaccine access, education leaders urge


How to Make Anti-Racism More Than a Performance


Whether white people are ready or not, policies have to change

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Educational Links 01/13/2021

 

Surveys Find Districts Are Using More Edtech Tools — and Teachers Are Bearing the Costs


“IMPROVING INSTRUCTION WITH STUDENT DATA”


Big district superintendents, Newsom advisers remain at odds on back to school plan



What Is Autism?


When Toxic Positivity Seeps Into Schools, Here’s What Educators Can Do


3 Ways to Level Up Your Zoom Skills


Want Students to Master Literary Analysis? Try Starting With a Vocabulary Lesson 


Unless they understand words such as ‘symbolize’ and ‘connote,’ it’s difficult for students to analyze literature well.

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Educational Links 1/6/2021

 


7 Books To Help Address and Discuss Tough Topics With Kids



The Building Blocks of Dramatic Play


Autism Spectrum Disorder



Ways to Help Ignite Students’ Intrinsic Desire for Writing Revision


Do schools spread COVID? It may depend on how bad things already are around them


ARE YOU USING REMOTE TEACHING STRATEGIES, TOOLS OR ROUTINES THAT ARE WORKING WELL WITH ELLS & WANT TO WRITE A GUEST POST ABOUT THEM?

The Ridiculousness Of Learning Loss



Learning is complicated. Plutarch famously wrote that minds are not vessels to be filled but fires to be kindled. Fires don't leak. You don't measure them in months. Learning loss is a calculation masquerading as a concept—a rather shallow, naïve, ridiculous concept.

Friday, December 18, 2020

Educational Links 12/19/2020

5 Things We've Learned About Virtual School During the Pandemic


California teachers' unions affirm opposition to opening schools without more safety precautions


Finding joy amid tragedy, California families look ahead with hope




How to Help Kids Who Are Too Hard on Themselves


The Christmas Dilemma


Teaching elementary students about religious and cultural holidays is tough, but in schools across the nation culturally responsive teaching is opening up new possibilities.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Educational Links 12/17/2020

 

Principals Share Their Tips for Keeping Cool During Hard Conversations


What it’s like inside a learning pod: Juggling 32 schedules, steering away from chaos


The Real Hero of the School? The Custodian


NEW PBS NEWSHOUR VIDEO SEGMENT: “CHILDHOOD TRAUMA IMPACTS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, AND IT’S HAVING DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES”


Chronic Absenteeism


The Case for ‘Edtech Minimalism’ in an Age of Distance Learning

5 Ways to Support Kids With ADHD During Remote Learning


Without the rules and structure of the classroom, students with ADHD are struggling. Here’s how teachers can help.

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Educational Links 12/13/2020

How Friends Influence One Another–For Better or Worse–in High School



Enhance Student Engagement with Virtual Social Learning Spaces



What's Lost When Parents Don't Talk About Social Identity With Their Kids?



How Outdoor Learning Can Bring Curiosity and Connection to Education in Tough Times


How to Manage Feelings of Uncertainty About the Future

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56773/how-to-manage-feelings-of-uncertainty-about-the-future?fbclid=IwAR36W8wqqeV87xaXucgOH6Aw3P_JKOjL5YP4l1XWK7-FyrRc-F_DUmH2h1k

When helping family comes before going to college


Formative and Summative Assessment in a Hybrid Classroom



Getting a true sense of students’ learning and discouraging cheating is tough when some students are in the room and some are at home, but it can be done.