Educational Links 12/14/15

Video: Activist David Flink on Growing Up With ADHD and Dyslexia 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/personal-stories/stories-by-adults/video-activist-david-flink-on-growing-up-with-adhd-and-dyslexia 

Disability Services In Limbo Following Mass Shooting

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/12/11/disability-limbo-shooting/21676/ 

Kids Are Physically Active Just 23 Minutes a Day at School, Study Shows - See more at: http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/kids-are-physically-active-just-23-minutes-a-day-at-school-study-shows/#sthash.roneAFrD.dpuf

Kids Are Physically Active Just 23 Minutes a Day at School, Study Shows - See more at: http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/kids-are-physically-active-just-23-minutes-a-day-at-school-study-shows/#sthash.roneAFrD.dpuf

Students Just Physically Active 23 Minutes A Day

http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/kids-are-physically-active-just-23-minutes-a-day-at-school-study-shows/#sthash.roneAFrD.dpuf 

Teaching Students Who Face Adversity Beyond Your Experience

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/ 

The president just signed a new ed law that teaches the naysayers a thing or two

http://hechingerreport.org/the-president-just-delivered-a-new-ed-law-that-teaches-the-naysayers-a-thing-or-two/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29 

ESSA Contains Abortion Ban

http://dianeravitch.net/2015/12/13/essa-contains-abortion-ban/ 

Getting a Read on the App Stores : A Market Scan and Analysis of Children’s Literacy Apps

http://www.readingrockets.org/research-by-topic/getting-read-app-stores-market-scan-and-analysis-children-s-literacy-apps?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29 

CORE Districts to Share Social-Emotional Measures to Inform Accountability Plans

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rulesforengagement/2015/12/core_districts__social-emotional_measures_to_inform_accountability_essa.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

 

 

 

 

Educational Links 8/1/15

5 Challenges We Overcame Moving To A Flipped Staff Meeting - See more at: http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/5-challenges-we-overcame-moving-to-a-flipped-staff-meeting/#sthash.QjcLmSks.dpufhttp://www.teachthought.com/teaching/5-challenges-we-overcame-moving-to-a-flipped-staff-meeting/

5 Challenges We Overcame Moving To A Flipped Staff Meeting

 http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/5-challenges-we-overcame-moving-to-a-flipped-staff-meeting/

Quiz Yourself: How Good Are You at Teaching the Art of Learning?

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/08/25/quiz-yourself-how-good-are-you-at-teaching-the-art-of-learning/ 

6 Tips for Responding to Negative Comments Relatives Make About Your Child

https://www.understood.org/en/family/events-outings/family-gatherings/6-tips-for-responding-to-negative-comments-by-relatives?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

5 Challenges We Overcame Moving To A Flipped Staff Meeting - See more at: http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/5-challenges-we-overcame-moving-to-a-flipped-staff-meeting/#sthash.QjcLmSks.dpuf

Best of the Web - Summer 2015 Update 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/07/best-of-web-summer-2015-update.html#.Vbt_cvlSjIW 

Orienting Educators to SEL Through Video

http://www.edutopia.org//blog/orienting-educators-sel-through-video-maurice-elias?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29 

100 fiction books all children should read before leaving secondary school – according to teachers

https://www.tes.co.uk/news/school-news/breaking-news/100-fiction-books-all-children-should-read-leaving-secondary-school-%E2%80%93

The Most Popular High School Plays And Musicals

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/07/30/427138970/the-most-popular-high-school-plays-and-musicals?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150730 

Sample Picture Schedules and Visual Planners 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/understanding-childs-challenges/simple-changes-at-home/sample-picture-schedules-and-visual-planners?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

 

Educational Links 6/29/15

What Happened When I Tried To Teach Alone

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/what-happened-when-i-tried-to-teach-alone/ 

The Power of Language to Influence Thought and Action

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/the-power-of-language-to-influence-thought-and-action/ 

In San Francisco, computer science for all…soon

http://hechingerreport.org/san-francisco-plans-to-be-first-large-district-to-bring-computer-science-to-all-grades/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29 

How YOU can build a positive school culture, no matter where you teach

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2015/06/how-you-can-build-a-positive-school-culture-no-matter-where-you-teach.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCornerstone+%28The+Cornerstone+Blog%29 

Study on Minorities in Special Education Proves Provocative

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2015/06/minorities_in_special_educatio.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&ut

The Critical Voice of Parents in Education

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2015/06/the-critical-voice-of-parents-in-education-2/ 

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Classroom Walls Are Falling Down: Why This Is Great News

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/teachers-of-the-year-radio/ 

Spicing Up Student Learning With History and STEM Podcasts

http://www.edudemic.com/learning-history-stem-podcasts/ 

 

 

 

Educational Links 4/21/15

 

Faster learning progress seen in first Common Core state

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/04/13/kentucky-common-core-462/ 

5 Ways to Make STEM More Exciting For Students

http://www.edudemic.com/5-ways-to-make-stem-more-exciting/ 

Five Keys to Better Student Projects

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/edtech-radio/1739-five-keys-to-better-student-projects 

The Most Promising Areas of Autism Research 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/04/the-most-promising-areas-of-autism.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29 

The Dances of Student Discipline 

http://www.edutopia.org//blog/dances-student-discipline-ben-johnson?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29 

Children with Autism Have Extra Synapses in Brain
http://scienceblog.com/77919/children-with-autism-have-extra-synapses-in-brain/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29#fehXEwvcFFtKtTvE.97

How Your Teacher Observation Can Help You Grow

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/how-your-teacher-observation-can-help-you-grow/  

 

Best Articles for Educators 12/7/14

 Why Arts Integration is Essential… and Easier Than You Think

 https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/12/03/why-arts-integration-is-essential/?utm_content=buffer52206&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Six Practical and Fun Ways to Encourage Kids to Read More in the Middle Grades 

http://www.middleweb.com/6518/get-kids-to-read-more/

On Dysgraphia: Writing About the Inability to Write 

http://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/personal-stories/stories-by-kids/on-dysgraphia-writing-about-the-inability-to-write?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Useful Resources For Teaching About Eric Garner’s Death

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/12/03/useful-resources-for-teaching-about-eric-garners-death/

Teaching Teens Who Struggle With Reading: What Can Help 

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/teaching-teens-who-struggle-with-reading-what-can-help

What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/science/whats-lost-as-handwriting-fades.html?_r=2 

Moving Beyond the Textbook

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/moving-beyond-the-textbook-andrew-marcinek?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

Is the U.S. Focusing Too Much on STEM?

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/12/is-the-us-focusing-too-much-on-stem/383353/ 

2014 Recap: 15 Top Resources On Digital Citizenship

http://www.edudemic.com/15-resources-digital-citizenship-2014/