Educational Links 2/3/18

Does Algebra Do More Harm Than Good? Community Colleges Rethink Requirements

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/07/20/does-algebra-do-more-harm-than-good-community-colleges-rethink-requirements/

Keep Your Calm with These 15 Time-Saving Tips for Grading

https://www.weareteachers.com/save-time-grading/

The Teenage Smartphone Problem Is Worse Than You Think

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/02/01/the-smartphone-problem-is-worse-than-you.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

7 WAYS TO MAKE MATH RELEVANT

https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/make-math-relevant/

Music That Focuses the Brain

https://www.additudemag.com/study-music-to-focus-the-adhd-brain/?utm_content=buffer1f11a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Net neutrality repeal widens opportunity gap for students

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/01/19/net-neutrality-repeal-widens-opportunity-gap-students/

11 Essentials for Excellent Digital Portfolios

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/11-essentials-for-excellent-eportfolios-vicki-davis?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Portfolios have many benefits: They can aid students in metacognition, reflection, and ownership of learning. But if they’re handled poorly, students and teachers may feel that portfolios are a waste of time. And while some see portfolios as excellent qualitative measures instead of standardized tests, we know that the subjective nature of portfolio assessment can make it an unreliable comparison between schools.

Educational Links 12/16/17

How A Deregulated Internet Could Hurt America’s Classrooms  

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/12/13/how-a-deregulated-internet-could-hurt-americas-classrooms/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Encouraging a Sense of Gratitude in Students

https://www.edutopia.org/article/encouraging-sense-gratitude-students?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

14  edu-books worth reading

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=2123&category=Computational-Thinking&article

Teacher Training to Implement Change

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/3030-teacher-training-to-implement-change?utm_content=buffer29162&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Secret Admirers and Classroom Management

https://www.edutopia.org/article/secret-admirers-and-classroom-management?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

A new Memphis nonprofit sees training teachers in dyslexia therapy as key to closing literacy gap for all

https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/tn/2017/12/14/a-new-memphis-nonprofit-sees-training-teachers-in-dyslexia-therapy-as-key-to-closing-literacy-gap-for-all/

How to Create a Curious Classroom Culture and Inspire Innovative Thinking

https://blog.planbook.com/curious-classroom-culture/

3 Necessary Skills for Educators in the Era of A.I.

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/12/3-necessary-skills-for-educators-in-the-era-of-a-i/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=3%20Necessary%20Skills%20for%20Educators%20in%20the%20Era%20of%20A.I.

Over the past decade, the most prominent school reform effort has been the development of the Common Core State Standards and their assessments, which were intended to support college and career readiness. However, during that same period, the world of work took a sharp, driverless turn. Start-ups with odd names like Uber and Lyft swiftly accelerated, upending urban transportation, creating millions of new jobs and eliminating others.

Armies of robots, already in factories and warehouses, are preparing to march into offices and hospitals.

Educational Links 12/15/17

How A Deregulated Internet Could Hurt America’s Classrooms

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/12/13/how-a-deregulated-internet-could-hurt-americas-classrooms/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Student Group Work

https://www.middleweb.com/36478/avoiding-the-pitfalls-of-student-group-work/

How to Get and Keep Boys Reading

http://www.readingrockets.org/books/how-to-get-and-keep-boys-reading

Down Syndrome Families Divided Over Abortion Ban

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/13/570173685/down-syndrome-families-divided-over-abortion-ban?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2042

Can Schools Help Uncover 'Lost Einsteins' in Next Generation of Inventors?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2017/12/can_schools_encourage_young_inventors_study.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

A new generation craves this kind of curriculum

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/11/23/new-gen-craves-kind-curriculum/

Making Digital Communications Accessible

https://www.edutopia.org/article/making-digital-communications-accessible?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflowdown syndrome,

As educators take advantage of digital tools to communicate with families and communities, do we think enough about who can access the information we share? According to the Digital Accessibility Toolkit: What Education Leaders Need to Know: “Accessibility is essential for leveraging technology and providing educational opportunities for all students, including those with disabilities and English learners (ELs). School systems need to ensure all information provided to the public, parents, and guardians is accessible.”

Educational Links 12/14/17

Teaching Strategies: Well-Being Through Art Therapy

http://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies-well-being-through-art-therapy

Types of Learning Disabilities

https://ldaamerica.org/types-of-learning-disabilities/

Civil Rights Commission Takes on Issue of Minorities in Special Education

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2017/12/us_civil_rights_commission_disproportionality.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

What the net neutrality vote could mean for schools, students

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/12/13/net-neutrality-vote-schools/

A “Punishing Decade” for K-12 Education Funding in the States

https://marketbrief.edweek.org/marketplace-k-12/punishing-decade-education-funding-states/?utm_content=buffera3173&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

How PBL transforms students into digital citizens

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=2115&category=Digital-citizenship&article

The Secret to Being a Better Teacher? Find Your Tribe

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-12-13-the-secret-to-being-a-better-teacher-find-your-tribe?utm_content=buffere1b95&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Collaborative Problem Solving in the Technological Era

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/3029-collaborative-problem-solving-in-the-technological-era

It could be stated as ‘Mutual sharing of knowledge and working together bringing forward the strengths of each other towards achieving a common goal or producing positive outcome’. This approach involves critical thinking, communication and social skills of the individuals involved and helps them develop a better understanding of the problem.

Education Links 2/25/15

Brain-Based Learning: Resource Roundup

http://www.edutopia.org/article/brain-based-learning-resources 

Delaying School May Set Kids Up to Fail 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/02/delaying-shool-may-set-kids-up-to-fail.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29 

Teaching Kids How to Learn Without Study Drugs

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/02/teaching-kids-to-learn-without-study-drugs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Understood's Free 100-Book Give-Away: Help For Parents to Empower A Child with Dyslexia

http://www.readingrockets.org/blog/understoods-free-100-book-give-away-help-parents-empower-child-dyslexia?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_StrugglingReaders+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Struggling+Reader+Resources%29

Why Standards-Based Teaching Has Failed to Raise Reading Achievement

http://www.readingrockets.org/blog/why-standards-based-teaching-has-failed-raise-reading-achievement?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29 

The Daily Routine Of Creativity

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/the-daily-routine-of-creativity/ 

Students With Disabilities Suspended More Often

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/02/24/students-disabilities-suspended/20088/ 

Why every educator should care about net neutrality

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/02/25/net-neutrality-433/