Can't We All Just Get Along? Tweets of the Day 10/9/13

1. The Key to Empowering Educators? True Collaboration

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/10/the-key-to-empowering-educators-true-collaboration/ 

2. Bringing Authenticity to the Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/bringing-authenticity-to-the-classroom-andrew-miller?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

3. Vocabulary Words: Our Greek, Latin Roots

http://www.teachhub.com/vocabulary-words-our-greek-latin-roots 

4. 11 Ways Your Child Loses When You Rush Him Through Life

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/11_Ways_Your_Child_Loses_When_You_Rush_Him/ 

5. 5 Ways To Incorporate Literacy in the Non-ELA-Classroom

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2013/10/5-ways-to-incorporate-literacy-in-the-non-ela-classroom/

6. Why We Collaborate

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/10/why-we-collaborate/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

7.  The Power of Children's Books to Change The World

http://blog.firstbook.org/2013/09/24/first-book-global/ 

 

The Power of Children’s Books to Change the World

The Power of Children’s Books to Change the World

Books! Back to School and the 21st Century Tweets of the Day 9/3/13

5 Inspiring Stories Of Kids Helping Kids

http://blog.firstbook.org/

1. 5 Inspiring Stories of Kids Helping Kids

http://blog.firstbook.org/2013/08/29/5-ways-kids-are-raising-money-for-books-for-back-to-school/ 

5 Inspiring Stories Of Kids Helping Kids

5 Inspiring Stories Of Kids Helping Kids

2. Back to School: Goal Setting With Your Students

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/back-to-school-goal-setting-students-teacher-maurice-elias?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-settinggoals 

3. Struggle Means Learning: Difference in Eastern and Western Cultures

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/11/struggle-means-learning-difference-in-eastern-and-western-cultures/?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=fbt&utm_content=buffer05f05&utm_medium=facebook 

4. Back-to-School: How a Dad Stays Positive

http://www.ncld.org/ld-insights/blogs/back-to-school-dad-stays-positive 

5.  There’s More to Game-Based Learning than Meets the Eye 

 http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/08/theres-more-game-based-learning-meets-eye?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

6. Parents: Start with the A

 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/parents-start-with-the-A-matt-levinson?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

 7. B+ is just fine 

http://www.salon.com/1996/07/08/lamott960624/ 

8. Creating The 21st Century Brain For 21st Century Learning

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/creating-the-21st-century-brain-for-21st-century-learning/ 

 

 

 

 

Improving for Kids Tweets of the Day 7/29/13

1.WELCOME TO FIRST BOOK

http://register.firstbook.org/?rgst=Back2school

2. From Toy to Tool: How to Develop Smart Tablet Habits in Class

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/07/from-toy-to-tool-how-to-develop-smart-tablet-habits-in-class/

3. Why Teaching Is Harder Than It Looks

http://femaleintel.com/blogs/view/why-teaching-is-harder-than-it-looks

4. 20th Century Assessment In A 21st Century Learning Environment

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/solving-the-problem-of-modern-assessment/

5. The Evolution of Classroom Technology

http://www.edudemic.com/2011/04/classroom-technology/

6. Noticing "Troubled" Aspergers Students Before Tragedy Occurs

http://www.myaspergerschild.com/2012/12/noticing-troubled-children-before.html

7. 8 Top Tips for Safe Summer Sports

http://www.brainline.org/content/2010/05/8-top-tips-for-safe-summer-sports-and-fun.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=BrainLineSM

8. 32 Characteristics Of High-Performing Classrooms

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/32-characteristics-of-high-performing-classrooms/

Gaming In Class? Tweets of the Day 3/6/13

1. World of Warcraft Finds Its Way Into Class

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/world-of-warcraft-finds-its-way-into-class/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

2. Taking Care of You…Avoiding Caregiver Burnout

http://special-ism.com/taking-care-of-you-avoiding-caregiver-burnout/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

3.  Celebrate Pi Day: Seven Classroom Resources for Pi Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/pi-day-lesson-plans-matthew-davis?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

4. Training Attention and Emotional Self-Regulation: An Interview with Michael Posner 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/03/training-attention-and-emotional-self_5.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

5. Is Autism a Disability or a Difference? 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/03/is-autism-disability-or-difference.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

6. Affected by Hurricane Sandy? First Book Can Help You Get New Books.

http://blog.firstbook.org/2013/02/26/affected-by-hurricane-sandy-first-book-can-help-you-get-new-books/ 

7. Six Traps that Could Snare the Common Core Standards 
http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2013/02/28/six-traps-that-could-snare-the-common-core-standards/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCoreKnowledgeBlog+%28The+Core+Knowledge+Blog%29&utm_source=ReadingRockets.org&utm_medium=Twitter

 

 

 

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The Only Weapon We Want At School Tweets of the Morning 12/24/12

1. One Week Later: Healing Sandy Hook

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-to-help-sandy-hook-david-markus  

2. For Parents Suffering from the Tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary 

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/For_Parents_Suffering_from_the_Tragedy_at_Sandy_Hook_Elementary/ 

3. Being the Change From the Inside Out

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/12/being-the-change-from-the-inside-out/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

4. Are Kids Really Traumatized by ‘Lockdown’ Drills at Schools?

http://www.nationalreview.com/home-front/336383/are-kids-really-traumatized-lockdown-drills-schools/greg-pollowitz#

 5. First Book’s Big Year

http://blog.firstbook.org/2012/12/20/first-books-big-year/

 

6. Making Wise Decisions about Accommodations 

http://www.ncld.org/students-disabilities/accommodations-education/making-wise-decisions-about-accommodations

7. Use Arts Integration to Enhance Common Core

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/core-practices-arts-integration-susan-riley 

 

8. Review: eInstruction Mobi View Is Not Quite an Interactive Whiteboard but It Works as On

This device delivers interactive whiteboard functionality without hindering classroom mobility.

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2012/12/review-einstruction-mobi-view-not-quite-interactive-whiteboard-it-works-one?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merry Christmas? Happy Hanukkah? Joyful Kwanza? Tweets of the Day 12/19/12

The Real War on Christmas: No Teaching of Religionhttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2039458,00.html

1. Teaching Channel Presents - Kindergarten 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_j0FMWpypI&feature=youtu.be 

2. Understanding Asperger's Syndrome

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Understanding_Aspergers_Syndrome/?cid=80. 

3. Video Writing Prompt: Cheetah Robot 

http://www.teachhub.com/video-writing-prompt-cheetah-robot 

4. Why I Wanted to be An Author

http://blog.firstbook.org/2012/12/18/why-i-wanted-to-be-an-author-2/ 

5. For a Holiday Gift, Board Game or App of Board Game?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/12/for-a-holiday-gift-board-game-or-app-of-board-game/ 

6. 'I Want to Help': A Teacher and Columbine Survivor Speaks Out 

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/12/18/fp_lyles_newtown.html 

7. 35 Digital Tools That Work With Bloom’s Taxonomy

http://edudemic.com/2012/11/35-digital-tools-that-work-with-blooms-taxonomy/ 

Ah, yes, Bloom's Taxodermy--woops I mean--Taxonomy.

 

 

 

Making Learning Interesting Tweets of the Day 12/7/12

1. Simple Machines: Science & Art Integration 

 Grades 1-3, Arts, Science

 https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-simple-machines/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post12061202&utm_campaign=fbt

2. December Dilemma – To Travel or Not To Travel

http://special-ism.com/communication-expert-louise-sattler-reports-december-dilemma-to-travel-or-not-to-travel/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

3.  SmartBoard, Make Way for Educreations

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/12/smartboard-make-way-for-educreations/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

4. What to get your favorite aunt for Christmas?

http://blog.firstbook.org/2012/12/04/what-to-get-your-favorite-aunt-for-christmas/ 

http://blog.firstbook.org/2012/12/04/what-to-get-your-favorite-aunt-for-christmas/

 5. Can I Answer That? Questioning For Parents

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/12/can-i-answer-that-questioning-for-parents/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

6. Looking for Love at Toys r Us

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/What_Every_Child_Wants_for_the_Holidays/

7. Perfection Is Skin Deep: Everyone Has Flawed Genes

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/12/06/166648187/perfection-is-skin-deep-everyone-has-flawed-genes?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20121206 

8. Can Stereotyping Girls Harm Boys Too?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/03/can-stereotyping-girls-harm-boys-too/ 

Leadership and Change 

http://www.edutopia.org/groups/administrators/7002?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=community&utm_campaign=leadershipqualities

 

Making Kids Leaders Tweets of the Day 12/01/12

God, kids, go!

1. At Brooklyn Free School, A Movement Reborn With Liberty And No Testing For All 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/30/brooklyn-free-school-_n_2214263.html 

2. We Speak Different Languages 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaRvBj6p5V0 

 3. First Book – On Location 

http://www.groupon.com/deals/dc-gxe-grs-first-book?utm_source=grouponicus&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=grassrootsBG

4. Top 10 Holiday Learning Activities 

http://www.teachhub.com/top-10-holiday-learning-activities 

5.  Connected: Literacy for Generation Z

http://www.readingrockets.org/blog/55147/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia

Reading Rockets Rules!

6. Connected: Literacy for Generation Z

http://www.readingrockets.org/blog/55147/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia

7.  What Is Working Memory and Why Does It Matter?

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/executive-function-disorders/what-is-working-memory-why-does-matter 

8.  School Testing In U.S. Costs $1.7 Billion, But That May Not Be Enough: Report 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/school-testing_n_2214362.html 

 

Playing To The Positive Tweets of the Day 11/27/12

 

1. Resources and Downloads for College and Career Readiness

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-college-career-resources?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=stw&utm_campaign=mc2resources 

2. “They held onto those books like little treasures.”

http://blog.firstbook.org/2012/11/26/they-held-onto-those-books-like-little-treasures/ 

3. Favorite Games for Fun and Learning

http://special-ism.com/favorite-games-for-fun-and-learning/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

4. Civic Education: A Forgotten Subject in the World of High Stakes Testing

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/11/civic-education-a-forgotten-subject-in-the-world-of-high-stakes-testing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

5. Physics in the Hands of a Seven-Year-Old

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/11/physics-in-the-hands-of-a-seven-year-old/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

6. High School Graduation Rates By State: U.S. Department Of Education Releases First-Ever National Data 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/high-school-graduation-ra_n_2194378.html 

7.  7 Things You Don't Know About A Special Needs Parent 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maria-lin/special-needs-parenting_b_1314348.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false 

 

Science Is Awesomehttps://www.facebook.com/ScienceIsSeriouslyAwesome

Marie Curie, the French-Polish physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She remains the only person to ever receive two Nobel prizes in two separate sciences.

Attitude of Gratitude Tweets of the Day 11/16/12

These look good enough to eat--woops, they're rocks.

 

1. On Gratitude & Thankful Stones (+ a Giveaway!)

http://anaturalnester.blogspot.com/2012/11/on-gratitude-thankful-stones-giveaway.html 

2.  Parent Determination Leads to Son's Success with Assistive Technology

http://www.ncld.org/ld-insights/blogs/parent-determination-leads-to-sons-success-with-assistive-technology 

3.  For Gamers With Autism, Online Worlds a Cycle of Attraction and Fear

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/11/autistic-gamers-autism/ 

4.  Can Kids Be Taught Persistence?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/07/can-kids-be-taught-persistence/ 

5. To Help Kids With Autism Build Social Skills, Let Them Have Fun!

A local special-needs experts talks about the role of recreation in making kids on the spectrum become more comfortable socially.
http://losangeles.parenthood.com/article/building-social-skills-in-children-with-autism.html 

The winner is each one of these adorable kids.

6.  And the winner is …

http://blog.firstbook.org/2012/11/15/and-the-winner-is/ 

7. Social and Emotional Learning 

Thank a Student

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/thank-a-student-nicholas-provenzano#comment-112271

8.  Dental Tool Kit

http://www.autismspeaks.org/family-services/tool-kits/dental-tool-kit 

She learned that move  from a Behavior Modification Class in grad. school.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shaping the Future Tweets of the Day 10/24/12

First Book Canada

https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-Book-Canada/160799554011287 

 

1. Autism Response Team

http://www.autismspeaks.org/family-services/autism-response-team 

2. Li Zhuqing, Chinese Kindergarten Teacher, Accused Of Hitting Students Who Struggle With Math (VIDEO) 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/23/chinese-teacher-hits-kindergarten_n_2007272.html 

3. Families With Children On Autism Spectrum Look For Insurance Reform

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2012/10/24/westerville-autism-spectrum.html 

4. Cheating in school: Why it happens and how to prevent it

http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/cheating_in_school_why_it_happens_how_prevent_it

5. Using Tch Video Strategies in Your Classroom

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2012/10/24/september-survey-results/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post10241202&utm_campaign=fbt 

6. Why teachers are and aren't using educational video games

http://www.education.com/?cid=80.

http://edudemic.com/2012/10/why-teachers-are-and-arent-using-educational-videos-games/ 

7. 18 Educational Apps for Halloween 

http://www.teachhub.com/18-educational-apps-halloween 

8. Our Top 10 Halloween Picks!

http://www.education.com/slideshow/thirdgrade-halloween/ 

http://www.education.com/?cid=80. 

I must admit I think the spooky food art is really cute.

 

 

 

Up And At It! Tweets of the Morning 9/4/12

Man, it looks so real! Not going in the water again.

 

Good morning! Up and at it!

1. 3 Great Augmented Reality Apps For Any Classroom

http://edudemic.com/2012/09/3-great-augmented-reality-apps-for-any-classroom/

2. "Back To School" Preparations for Aspergers Kids 

http://www.myaspergerschild.com/2012/07/back-to-school-preparations-for.html?spref=fb 

3. What is FAPE and What Can it Mean to my Child?

http://www.ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/ld-rights/what-is-fape-what-can-it-mean-my-child 

4. 'Children Succeed' With Character, Not Test Scores

http://www.npr.org/2012/09/04/160258240/children-succeed-with-character-not-test-scores?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20120904 

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