Bringing Classes to Life Tweets of the Day 5/22/14

Ellis Island simulation.

Simulations Can Change the Course of History . . . Classes

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/simulations-can-change-history-classes-matt-levinson 

For Frustrated Gifted Kids, A World of Online Opportunities

 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/05/for-frustrated-gifted-kids-a-world-of-online-opportunities/

National Landscape Fragments as States Plan Common-Core Testing

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/05/21/32assessment_ep.h33.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

For Effective Schools, Teamwork is Not Optional

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/effective-schools-teamwork-not-optional-sean-glaze 

Is there a TV in your child's room? 

http://www.greatschools.org/technology/7950-effects-of-tv-in-children-bedroom.gs?cpn=20140518weekly 

Poor parents: Federal data show more parents going into more debt to send kids to college

 http://educationbythenumbers.org/content/poor-parents-federal-data-show-parents-going-debt-send-kids-college_1263/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29

How The World Worked Before Social Media

http://www.edudemic.com/before-social-media/ 

 

 

Should School Make You Happy? Tweets of the Day 1/15/14

1. Happiness as an Education Outcome
http://smartblogs.com/education/2014/01/10/happiness-as-a-measurable-educational-outcome/

2. Ten Takeaway Tips for Teaching Critical Thinking 

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-kipp-critical-thinking-10-tips-for-teaching?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-critical-thinking-tips-repost 

3. 5 Steps to Foster Grit in the Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/foster-grit-in-classroom-andrew-miller?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-grit-miller-list-link 

4. Utah Middle Schools created interactive math text

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57378804-78/math-utah-middle-schools.html.csp 

5. What’s Your Best Guess? Predicting Answers Leads to Deeper Learning

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/02/whats-your-best-guess-predicting-answers-leads-to-deeper-learning/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post01131402&utm_campaign=fbt 

6. Watch Out TED Talks: Here Comes A New Generation

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/01/watch-out-ted-talks-here-comes-a-new-generation/ 

7. Are gifted children getting lost in the shuffle?

http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/01/gifted-children-study/#comment-1190803922