Educational Links 2/21/2021

The Past, Present and Future of Edtech

https://www.edsurge.com/research/guides/the-past-present-and-future-of-edtech

How EdTech can Enhance Social Studies

https://www.teachhub.com/technology-in-the-classroom/2019/08/technology-in-the-classroom-how-ed-tech-can-enhance-social-studies/

California accountability data masks English learner progress, report says

https://edsource.org/2021/california-accountability-data-masks-english-learner-progress-report-says/649160?fbclid=IwAR08bOBrLB-ndgcSUtFkiGibDQv2L6MXrSlriAdZqVH2VahCWvUIURcUCW8

 Study: Increased internet access improves achievement, district finances

https://www.k12dive.com/news/study-increased-internet-access-improves-achievement-district-finances/595246/?:%20K-12%20Dive:%20Daily%20Dive%2002-20-2021

Denver pledged to improve education for Black students. But exactly how is up to each school.

https://co.chalkbeat.org/2021/2/18/22290053/denver-public-schools-black-excellence-plans

Distance learning increases copyright risks for educators

https://www.k12dive.com/news/distance-learning-increases-copyright-risks-for-educators/595175/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%20Weekly%20Roundup:%20K-12%20Dive:%20Daily%20Dive%2002-20-2021&utm_term=K-12%20Dive%20Weekender

A tech leader’s tips for making remote learning safe

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2021/02/17/a-tech-leaders-tips-for-making-remote-learning-safe/

When COVID forced school districts nationwide to quickly pivot to remote learning, we not only had to configure mobile devices for students to take home, but also implement safeguards to shield them from inappropriate content while outside school walls. We took both responsibilities very seriously, knowing that families were relying on us to maintain both a continuity of learning and safety for their children.

Educational Links 2/11/2021

 Implementing ‘Multiple Career Pathways to Engage All Learners’

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-implementing-multiple-career-pathways-to-engage-all-learners/2021/02?fbclid=IwAR0dXwPlwu8yNDL2231kKvUQR8qxJ-nHbc52P7E6Rttyw9fZN5vPaiTccoo

WEDNESDAY’S MUST-READ ARTICLES ON SCHOOL REOPENINGS

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2021/02/10/wednesdays-must-read-articles-on-school-reopenings-5/?fbclid=IwAR33pQsPo3noUACo2p6MVa5AY5v_c8wdDDJVnxj1Kkgk7Ez6qkIPqt8d2YA

California schools struggle to test English learners’ progress during pandemic

https://edsource.org/2021/california-schools-struggle-to-test-english-learners-progress-during-pandemic/648365?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=california-schools-struggle-to-test-english-learners-progress-during-pandemic-02-10-21&fbclid=IwAR0D4j57r1K20-6R4ihRe0N4Z8pgif83KNtolowizpzbuJcNkdRPpPZiXzU

Six Ways to Build Community in Online Classrooms

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57241/six-ways-to-build-community-in-online-classrooms?fbclid=IwAR3-tsoIg-AJsKu0c9Kz8S2Am5OA1jjqHGWUDef-40_T8vD6DPvtB2ZmzZg

How to Nurture Social Emotional Devlopment in Isolation

https://www.additudemag.com/social-emotional-development-adhd-quarantine/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR2Th64YrzS5B7DAR47E78zi3pHo2WmTeX2-4HMcrGqLbwZYp-FeW57XvyI

In his own words: ‘Educators in front of students should be vaccinated,’ says CTA president E. Toby Boyd

https://edsource.org/2021/in-his-own-words-educators-in-front-of-students-should-be-vaccinated-says-cta-president-e-toby-boyd/648399?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=in-his-own-words-educators-in-front-of-students-should-be-vaccinated-says-cta-president-e-toby-boyd-02-10-21&fbclid=IwAR3lv_qv5llS9wkymnwGoyvHFcplspFVFUakDSmuQkNWcGRigJObMVUoabA

10 Teacher Picks for Best Tech Tools

https://www.edutopia.org/article/10-teacher-picks-best-tech-tools

Teachers and administrators from pre-K through 12th grade named these tools their top picks for this year and beyond.

Educational Links 8/6/2020

EFFECTIVE ONLINE TEACHING

https://wegrowteachers.com/online-teaching/?fbclid=IwAR3kPxirgBTSNZhnVCWVhR2VJp6L-VCntV0aSqR0JpLaxVprqUZFGukI5LA

Tiny Teaching Stories: 'How Will We Navigate This New Normal?'

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/08/04/tiny-teaching-stories-how-will-we-navigate.html

How to Stay Physically, but Not Emotionally, Distant with Kindergarten and Pre-K Students

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56320/how-to-stay-physically-but-not-emotionally-distant-with-kindergarten-and-pre-k-students

5 ways to take STEM outside

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/08/05/5-ways-to-take-stem-outside/

Understanding Learning and Attention Issues

https://www.ncld.org/news/state-of-learning-disabilities/understanding-learning-and-attention-issues

Best EdTech Tools for a First-Year Teacher

https://www.teachhub.com/technology-in-the-classroom/2020/08/best-edtech-tools-for-a-first-year-teacher/

15 Ways To Virtually Welcome Kids Back to School

https://www.weareteachers.com/ways-to-welcome-kids-virtually/?utm_content=1596553381&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2mvrqeWSREV7uFEEQFbXxXF_Om85w82-be0fVkHQmEjgeHVTAcbcc-FPk

Phonics: 13 things every teacher should know

https://www.tes.com/news/phonics-13-things-you-need-know-primary-literacy?fbclid=IwAR2PeUqCV3CfmYK2CA43AKbwy7W1TNoLGeWEtxp8-xiXZdWRTzZJu0aPlo4

Research is clear that using phonics to teach reading works, argues Clare Sealy, but why don’t more teachers know about the science behind it?

Educational Links 6/10/19

Teaching About Religion: How to Find the Best Resources

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2019/06/teaching_about_religion_how_to_find_the_best_resources.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR0OhwG4WfEvI_AZiWyVZMShJxf_PKVL3bkCGdkePJVldWd5ZGvjK5pIEBM

Opinion: Charter Schools Fight The McDonaldization Of Education

https://www.teachthought.com/education/for-all-of-their-flaws-charter-schools-fight-the-mcdonaldization-of-education/?fbclid=IwAR1Wiijuonv4wlm6FNoqSQIOmTqzd6WJ69HfeRqhfocmaEEBEZNrjxr57-E

Assessments can support, not just measure, student learning

https://hechingerreport.org/assessments-can-support-not-just-measure-student-learning/?fbclid=IwAR3yFregPz54774JIoEcK5db2f9D23aPuxAMbdQBN-bdgBef2fz4Mj5ACsc

Try Reverse Math Problems to Teach Arithmetic & Equations

https://www.techlearning.com/resources/try-reverse-math-problems-to-teach-arithmetic-and-equations?fbclid=IwAR3kHbSDh71VoDII4S7Am1crfsPCpTSWeBJ9jkd2VGZi2_alanVBVj5Whv0

Teachers Withholding Recess as Punishment Does More Harm Than Good

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-are-teachers-punishing-kids-with-adhd-by-taking-away-recess?fbclid=IwAR2YU999rah-U9LTGToTa2PWO0B8WIX1koAj4ikQozgNd2u38y9s0-QYcc4

We've Said Goodbye to This Year's Students. Now It’s Time to Take Care of Ourselves

https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2019/06/05/weve-said-goodbye-to-this-years-students.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB-TEACH&fbclid=IwAR1R_wjT0-MXwj_KzOxSQriphpQ_rRKLGE57zaJqGqaF6B3DxZqZVnkIuws

3 ways educators can dig deeper into lessons on historical conflicts

https://www.educationdive.com/news/3-ways-educators-can-dig-deeper-in-lessons-on-historical-conflicts/556040/

With milestone anniversaries for both D-Day and the Treaty of Versailles this year, history educators can dig deeper to re-engage students rather than rehashing the same primary details.

Educational Links 5/1/19

How Your Teacher-Librarian Can Be An Ally When Teaching With Inquiry

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/53417/how-your-teacher-librarian-can-be-an-ally-when-teaching-with-inquiry

Teacher Spring Cleaning Guide

https://www.teachhub.com/teacher-spring-cleaning-guide?to-do-today=1

7 Surprising Classroom Triggers for Kids Who Experienced Trauma (and How to Avoid Them)

https://www.weareteachers.com/classroom-trauma-triggers/?fbclid=IwAR15DC1m0IfzynLjY7oCn3fJSVvGvs18TR3ROxUlSNmSFR5XjyDbjGa0epo

How 21st Century Thinking Is Just Different

https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/how-21st-century-thinking-is-different/?fbclid=IwAR00hNoXew04mPAEPbEcUYTCxRC1wN0S7s2LrLpxeV9EgFHGXCyzm10Jg0k

How Creating Visual Art Contributes to SEL

https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-creating-visual-art-contributes-sel

Learning & Attention Issues: Signs & symptoms

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/signs-symptoms

Reading from screens hurts comprehension, research finds

https://edscoop.com/reading-from-screens-hurts-comprehension-research-finds/?category_news=k-12

Reading from screens has become increasingly prevalent in education, but there continues to be debate over whether that is desirable. As the latest rebuttal to the promotion of electronic text, a meta-analysis published this year found reading from a screen negatively affects reading performance compared to reading from paper.

Educational Links 8/13/18

9 Updates for Google Classroom

http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2018/08/classroom-updates-2018.html

The Tech Industry’s War on Kids

https://medium.com/@richardnfreed/the-tech-industrys-psychological-war-on-kids-c452870464ce

A Reminder for Those Tough Moments with Students

https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/8435

60-Second Strategy: Appreciation, Apology, Aha!

https://www.edutopia.org/video/60-second-strategy-appreciation-apology-aha

Teaching Tolerance 101: More than a Magazine

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/teaching-tolerance-101-more-than-a-magazine

No, Fortnite Isn't Rotting Kids' Brains. It May Even Be Good for Them

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/08/08/no-fortnite-isnt-rotting-kids-brains-it.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

New Consortium May Create Projects, Funding for Autism Research

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2018/08/new-consortium-may-create-projects.html

A newly formed group of leaders from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is poised to generate funding opportunities for child health research, including autism science.

Educational Links 6/19/18

Never Be Afraid to Advocate for Students, Says 2018 Teacher of the Year 

http://neatoday.org/2018/06/12/teacher-of-the-year-mandy-manning/#.WyQSpsuX-zc.facebook

Flexible Classrooms: Research Is Scarce, But Promising

https://www.edutopia.org/article/flexible-classrooms-research-scarce-promising

Rejecting AP Courses

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/06/18/eight-private-high-schools-washington-area-are-dropping-out-ap-program

Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Interactive

https://teachbytes.com/2018/06/14/revised-blooms-taxonomy-interactive/

Stop Relying on Teachers to Teach Our Kids to be Good People!

https://boredteachers.com/blogs/the-faculty-room/stop-relying-on-teachers-to-teach-our-kids-to-be-good-people

The Dangers of Distracted Parenting

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/the-dangers-of-distracted-parenting/561752/

Some autism traits may show up later in girls than in boys

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/autism-traits-may-show-later-girls-boys/

Digital footprint? Try digital tattoo, experts say

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/05/10/digital-footprint-try-digital-tattoo-experts-say/

In digital citizenship education, the idea of a digital footprint—the “tracks” students leave behind online as they interact on social media and put information online—is nothing new.

But lately, the digital footprint is being replaced by the digital tattoo, to emphasize to students the idea that any information they put online is permanent, just like a tattoo. Even if they think they’ve deleted it, it could have been saved or screen-shotted by others, or saved by the app or platform they use to post it.

Educational Links 4/3/18

3 Ways Schools Are Transforming Recess and Improving School Culture

https://schoolleadersnow.weareteachers.com/recess-improving-culture/?utm_source=SchoolLeadersNow&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=Playworks_1802_ART-GatedDwnld

CONNECTING PARENTS TO STUDENT’S DIGITAL LIVES

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/e281/

Tech Tools are No Shortcut to Learning But Can Boost STEM & Arts Learning

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/trends/3126-tech-tools-are-no-shortcut-to-learning-can-boost-stem-arts#.Wrzd9sYevC8.twitter

How Civic Engagement Helps Students See Their Capacity to Make Change

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/46712/how-civic-engagement-helps-students-see-their-capacity-to-make-change

Students With Special Needs Face Suspicion After School Shooting

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/03/30/students-suspicion-school-shooting/24919/

Three Earth Day Resources

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/04/three-earth-day-resources.html#.WsLq6ejwbGJ

Five Ways to Sustain School Change Through Pushback, Struggle and Fatigue

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50675/five-ways-to-sustain-school-change-through-pushback-struggle-and-fatigue?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Teaching through projects, interrogating the value of grades, attempting to make learning more meaningful and connected to young people’s lives and interests, thoughtful ways of using technology to amplify and share student work. These are just some of the ways teaching and learning are changing. 

Educational Links 3/28/19

When Pushing Boundaries in Math Education, Where Can Teachers Turn For Help and Camaraderie?

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50540/when-pushing-boundaries-in-math-education-where-can-teachers-turn-for-help-and-camaraderie?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Try Coding in Your Classroom: Dash & Dot Club Pack Giveaway

https://www.weareteachers.com/contest/try-coding-in-your-classroom-dash-dot-club-pack-giveaway/?utm_source=FB&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=WonderWorkshop_1712_GIVE%201

School librarians fear a 'quiet crisis' is endangering their place in the education world

https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/school-librarians-fear-a-quiet-crisis-is-endangering-their-place-in-the-education-world

HOW KIDS CAN USE 'SCREEN TIME' TO THEIR ADVANTAGE https://www.wired.com/story/kids-screen-time-allison-gopnik/

Teachers Must Encourage Students to 'Make Meaning Together'

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2018/03/response_teachers_must_encourage_students_to_make_meaning_together.html

How vulnerable are you to a data breach?

https://www.educationdive.com/news/how-vulnerable-are-you-to-a-data-breach/519423/

growth mindset

Download: Growth Mindset Activities for Kids

https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/empowering-your-child/building-on-strengths/download-growth-mindset-activities-for-kids

Is your child willing to take on challenges and keep working on them despite setbacks? That’s a sign of a growth mindset—believing that abilities can improve over time. But some struggling learners have a fixed mindset. They think that their abilities are set and won’t ever improve, even with effort.

Educational Links 10/17/16

This will work for your students, too.

Download: Hands-On Activity to Identify Your Child’s Strengths

https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/empowering-your-child/building-on-strengths/download-hands-on-activity-to-identify-your-childs-strengths?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

How One Classroom Teacher Improved Her Planning

https://medium.com/@heinemann/planning-reconsidered-10e4f988251a#.gy9sc6rqs 

10 tips for avoiding technology overwhelm

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2016/10/tech-overwhelm.html 

The "Walkie-Talkie" Approach to Reading Comprehension

http://storyworksideabook.scholastic.com/2016/10/walkie-talkie-approach-reading-comprehension?linkId=29906290 

Creating School Traditions That Advance Student Success

http://gettingsmart.com/2016/10/traditions-and-intentions/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=Creating%20School%20Traditions%20That%20Advance%20Student%20Success 

The Best Resources & Ideas For Teaching About Current Events

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/10/16/the-best-resources-ideas-for-teaching-about-current-events/ 

How to... plan engaging maths lessons

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/how-plan-engaging-maths-lessons 

All too often, maths gets branded a "dull" subject. Particularly if you are a non-specialist, it can be difficult to think of ways to make your maths lessons really come alive.

But there are some simple strategies that I have found work really well to engage even the most reluctant learner. Maths specialist or not, try some of these tips when you are planning your lessons to prove to students that maths is far from “dull”.

 

Ed Tech and STEM Monday Review 1/6/14

1. Sneak-Peek: Top 5 Sky Events of 2014

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/01/sneak-peek-top-5-sky-events-of-2014/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20140104ngnw-bestspaceev&utm_campaign=Content 

2. Four Ways to Think Like a Scientist with Science Notebooks

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/09/25/think-like-a-scientist/?utm_source=fb&utm_campaign=fbt&utm_content=bufferb8704&utm_medium=facebook 

3. Alternatives to YouTube 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/alternatives-to-youtube.html#.UsoEsrSnfao 

4. What Causes Eerie Earthquake Lights?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/earth/new-evidence-for-eerie-earthquake-lights/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=nova_next 

5.  What’s Behind the Lack of Ethnic Diversity in Science Education?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/01/whats-behind-the-lack-of-ethnic-diversity-in-science-education/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

6. Free iPad apps

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/ 

 7. 18 Ed-Tech Infographics We Loved in 2013

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2013/12/18-ed-tech-infographics-we-loved-2013