Educational Links 10/17/18

Growing Up in the Library

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/growing-up-in-the-library?mbid=contentmarketing_facebook_citizennet_paid_culture_susan-orlean-growing-up-in-the-library_1-visit

Reflections on Situated Learning vs. The Traditional School System

https://catlintucker.com/2018/10/situated_learning/

Data Doesn't Have to Be a Dirty Word

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/work_in_progress/2018/10/data_doesnt_have_to_be_a_dirty.html?override=web

National Conversations Are Classroom Conversations

https://www.edutopia.org/article/national-conversations-are-classroom-conversations?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook

USING “COMMON PLANNING TIME” EFFECTIVELY IN SCHOOLS

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/10/14/using-common-planning-time-effectively-in-schools/

HOW SCHOOL LEADERS CAN MOTIVATE INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION: A TEACHER’S QUEST FOR PROGRESS

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/e376/

ADDitude Podcasts

https://www.additudemag.com/category/adhd-podcast/

Listen to ADDitude’s podcast series about all things ADHD — recognizing symptoms, researching treatment, raising children, living better with attention deficit, and much more — with leading experts in ADD / ADHD. 

Educational Links 9/23/18

The teacher’s quest for progress: 

How school leaders can motivate instructional innovation

https://www.christenseninstitute.org/publications/teachers-jobs-to-be-done/

'Floating Schools' Make Sure Kids Get To Class When The Water Rises

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/12/646378073/floating-schools-make-sure-kids-get-to-class-when-the-water-rises?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialWHAT YOUR CHILD SHOULD BE LEARNING IN 7TH GRADE

https://www.theedadvocate.org/child-learning-7th-grade/

Please, students, take that ‘impractical’ humanities course. We will all benefit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/please-students-take-that-impractical-humanities-course-we-will-all-benefit/2018/09/14/f50b4f3e-b761-11e8-a2c5-3187f427e253_story.html3

In Defense of Active Learning: Teaching Children the Way They Learn

http://www.raepica.com/2018/09/in-defense-of-active-learning/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RaePica+%28Rae+Pica%29

Simple Ways To Check For Understanding

https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2018/09/22/check-for-understanding/

The STEM Zombie Apocalypse

https://www.edutopia.org/article/stem-zombie-apocalypse

So many adults, including teachers, joke about not being able to do simple math or not being a “science person” that many students enter STEM classrooms with negative views. This creates a fixed mindset as students believe they need certain natural abilities to be successful in math and science. As educators, we need to create opportunities for students to overcome these deeply planted negative views.