Educational Links 8/13/21

Personalized Learning’s Big Test Is Coming This School Year

https://www.edweek.org/technology/personalized-learnings-big-test-is-coming-this-school-year/2021/07

Engaging resources were critical to successful pandemic learning

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2021/08/11/engaging-resources-were-critical-to-successful-pandemic-learning/

 

Uncommon but Impactful Learning Disorders

https://www.teachhub.com/professional-development/2021/08/uncommon-but-impactful-learning-disorders/

Students Must Learn to Think Critically. It’s Up to Us to Teach Them How.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-08-12-students-must-learn-to-think-critically-it-s-up-to-us-to-teach-them-how

Free school lunch for all

https://edsource.org/podcast/free-school-lunch-for-all

California becomes first state to mandate vaccines for school employees

https://www.k12dive.com/news/california-becomes-first-state-to-mandate-vaccines-for-school-employees/604865/

Let’s Start This Year by Focusing on Learning Gains

https://www.edutopia.org/article/lets-start-year-focusing-learning-gains

There’s a lot of talk about learning loss, but teachers can guide students to reflect on all the ways they’ve grown during the pandemic.

Educational Links 1/20/2021

 

How to Create a Digital Library That Kids Eat Up

https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-create-digital-library-kids-eat

Anthony Fauci: ‘Get Teachers Vaccinated as Quickly as We Possibly Can’

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/anthony-fauci-get-teachers-vaccinated-as-quickly-as-we-possibly-can/2021/01

How Leveraging Curiosity May Keep Students Engaged From Afar

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-01-26-how-leveraging-curiosity-may-keep-students-engaged-from-afar

California teachers union wants schools in ‘purple’ counties to stay closed for 100 days; vaccinations for staff

https://edsource.org/2021/california-teachers-union-wants-schools-in-purple-counties-to-stay-closed-for-100-days-vaccinations-for-staff/647866

What Lessons Does Special Education Hold for Improving Personalized Learning?

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57291/what-lessons-does-special-education-hold-for-improving-personalized-learning

Fun, Educational Activities for Super Bowl Sunday 2021

https://www.teachhub.com/classroom-activities/2021/01/fun-educational-activities-for-super-bowl-sunday-2021/

8 Strategies For Helping Students Learn To Ask For Help

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/dear-students-asking-for-help-is-a-strength/

Becoming a lifelong learner takes time, effort, and help from others. We can always improve. Asking for help and using one’s resources to solve problems is a strength, not a weakness. Developmentally, middle and early high school students are ripe for learning that self-advocacy is essential to future success.

Educational Links 11/18/2020

 

Good Teaching Is Not Just About the Right Practices

https://www.edutopia.org/article/good-teaching-not-just-about-right-practices

Core Teaching Beliefs - Reaffirming Our Purpose

https://www.educationworld.com/teachers/core-teaching-beliefs-reaffirming-our-purpose

How To Connect Schools And Communities Using Technology

https://www.teachthought.com/technology/how-to-connect-schools-and-communities-using-technology/

TUESDAY’S MUST-READ ARTICLES ON SCHOOL REOPENINGS

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/11/17/tuesdays-must-read-articles-on-school-reopenings-2/?fbclid=IwAR3emmIBYcz8ZKj0Uh-7z5JP_q1PFhYJxEA4NXG_AV3g-WRYtHd2vkL1m_s

Lessons In Leadership: How a Washington district's 'promise' to students guides decision-making

https://www.educationdive.com/news/lessons-in-leadership-susan-enfield-highline-public-schools/588676/

Childhood Trauma and ADHD: A Complete Overview & Clinical Guidance

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-and-trauma-overview-signs-symptoms/

Personalized Learning: Same Subject. Same Teacher. 3 Different Student Experiences

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/11/04/tailored-teaching-same-subject-same-teacher-3.html

Personalizing instruction to the needs of individual students is hard. It takes a lot of planning, a commitment to understanding each student’s academic and social needs, and smart use of ed-tech tools. That is probably why most K-12 students still learn the same material, at relatively the same pace, for the same subjects.

Effective Personalized Learning-Where To Start?

                                        Personalized Learning http://www.dreambox.com/personalized-learning

      Turn your classroom into a personalized learning environment

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=416

5 PERSONALIZED LEARNING STRATEGIES THAT TEACHERS NEED TO KNOW

https://www.theedadvocate.org/5-personalized-learning-strategies-teachers-need-know/

Six Examples of What Personalized Learning Looks Like

https://www.edelements.com/blog/six-examples-of-what-personalized-learning-looks-like

What's That About Personalized Learning? 

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2016/05/whats-that-about-personalized-learning.html

What Do We Really Mean When We Say 'Personalized Learning'?

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/39142/what-do-we-really-mean-when-we-say-personalized-learning

Personalized Learning: What You Need to Know

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/personalized-learning-what-you-need-to-know

5 Tools And Strategies That Support Personalized Learning

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/5-tools-and-strategies-that-support-personalized-learning/

Can Personalized Learning Flourish Within A Traditional System?

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/47374/can-personalized-learning-flourish-within-a-traditional-system

Ten Tips for Personalized Learning via Technology

https://www.edutopia.org/stw-differentiated-instruction-ten-key-lessons

Against “Personalized Learning”

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2016/05/against-personalized-learning/ 

 One reason why the notion of personalized learning is so popular—one reason it is such a “head-nodder phrase”—is that it recognizes that students are all individuals, with different experiences and different preferences. At the same time, “children are more alike than different in how they think and learn,” as Riley quotes his hero (and mine), the cognitive psychologist Dan Willingham. We need a system of education that acknowledges and accommodates both realities.

Educational Links 10/28/2019

How One Makerspace is Meeting Students’ Social-Emotional Needs

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/sel-makerspace/?fbclid=IwAR2MY_rGKjHKltPQ8MvEzyczP7dNk8vhwA5X5gA8wJ8eJXTRhsrz4cttq48

Activating Learners in a Student-Centered Classroom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGB53tX20ME&fbclid=IwAR1PwRBLhKeOf8GmObQIkQGeKjPSZqK86yxCismu7lvz92EO_Qor9Iqk4_A

New study casts doubts on effectiveness of personalized learning program in New Jersey

https://hechingerreport.org/new-study-casts-doubts-on-effectiveness-of-personalized-learning-program-in-new-jersey/?fbclid=IwAR1GjHYksMOW1QdAHkk0FPD_zXDFIdQm5f1PXqpRJT2BcLITQJZ_bI-IMjk

What Video Content Should Children Be Exposed To?

https://wegrowteachers.com/the-teachthought-podcast-ep-181-what-video-content-should-children-be-exposed-to/?fbclid=IwAR2giYO7jiRUhDfDs8pQ0807OoV66jAzdwoA5ftLd-2VTL_qtwldqfue6f0

Subject teacher? I'm just a teacher of assessment now

https://www.tes.com/news/subject-teacher-im-just-teacher-assessment-now?fbclid=IwAR0p1o8z3nXal62NAMDXIxWLpFjfRADQ-LxAU6kwEAdaY3w6W529oqFRQ74

Are You Using Technology Because You Can Or Because You Should?

https://wegrowteachers.com/using-technology-can/?fbclid=IwAR3IA_y0pPCgXB9uYlfMdpEj18GHMyKxYRgeGu8MjfxAHwIs65R8F-qESN8

'Free and appropriate': Special ed stakeholders work to make IEP meetings less one-sided

https://www.educationdive.com/news/free-and-appropriate-special-ed-stakeholders-work-to-make-iep-meetings-l/564423/

Improvement plans include federal funding for a technical assistance center to support districts in developing IEPs that "enable children to make progress."

Educational Links 8/14/19

4 Ways Personalized Learning Could Change Teaching

https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/ways-personalized-learning-could-change-teaching/?fbclid=IwAR0xaz4Q8ikZsvSDG1_7Xg4FejuCjLuBpUyC07gt47oLZB7n9Xelj7atARU

Understood: For Learning and Attention Issues

Common challenges

https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/common-challenges

Arts Integration in the Classroom

http://blog.mimio.com/arts-integration-in-the-classroom?utm_campaign=Blog%20Campaigns&utm_content=98537122&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-54472514867

Labor Dept rules IEP meetings a valid reason for family and medical leave

https://www.educationdive.com/news/labor-dept-rules-iep-meetings-a-valid-reason-for-family-and-medical-leave/560715/

Designing Empathy-Based Professional Development That Teachers Will Use

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-08-12-designing-empathy-based-professional-development-that-teachers-will-use

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION RESOURCES OF THE WEEK

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/08/13/classroom-instruction-resources-of-the-week-242/?fbclid=IwAR2tqfc9tyzdM7A2xxqezM-eoxqUPO1w1MnSUbhc4GshGPlRqurjrvIKoo4

It’s time to rethink kindergarten.

https://teachingstrategies.com/whole-child-kindergarten/?utm_source=Retargeting+FB+Ad&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=TeachingStrategies_1805_ReFBAd&fbclid=IwAR1UmJTA2O5fR5ZK1hN2RRXG0o1mm4wIUipbdKVksSi0Z4dDbEZRgddILcw

How Testing Kids For Skills Can Hurt Those Lacking Knowledge

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/54054/how-testing-kids-for-skills-hurts-those-lacking-knowledge

The implication is clear: abstract “reading ability” is largely a mirage constructed by reading tests. A student’s ability to comprehend a text will vary depending on his familiarity with the subject; no degree of “skill” will help if he lacks the knowledge to understand it. While instruction in the early grades has focused on “learning to read” rather than “reading to learn,” educators have overlooked the fact that part of “learning to read” is acquiring knowledge.

Teaching Is Making A Kid Feel Uniquely Important

1. How Can Teachers Foster Self-Esteem in Children?

Teachers play an important role in nurturing a student's sense of dignity and self-worth.

http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/health/773-teachers-foster-self-esteem-in-children.gs 

 2. Incorporating Cultural Diversity in the Classroom

http://www.teachersofcolor.com/2009/04/incorporating-cultural-diversity-in-the-classroom/ 

3. Social Emotional Learning

In the classroom, social skills come first. Keep kids on track with these ideas.

http://pinterest.com/weareteachers/social-emotional-learning/ 

4. Social and Emotional Learning: What is it? How can we use it to help our children?

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

5. Core Strategy: Social and
Emotional Learning

6. Why Champion Social and Emotional Learning?

It's not enough to simply fill students' brains with facts. Educators must also help children develop the skills to manage their emotions, resolve conflicts nonviolently, and make responsible decisions.
http://www.edutopia.org/social-emotional-learning 

7.  Build Self-Esteem in Children

Some Thoughts on Helping Children Build Self-Esteem
 http://www.stressfreekids.com/resources-2/self-esteem-in-children/build-self-esteem-children

8. Self-Esteem

• Subject: Social/Emotional Health  
• http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/self-esteem.cfm 

Learning Trends-Part 2

STEM to STEAM

What is STEAM?

http://stemtosteam.org/

STEM vs. STEAM: Do the Arts Belong?

https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/11/18/ctq-jolly-stem-vs-steam.html

STEM to STEAM: Resources Toolkit

https://www.edutopia.org/stem-to-steam-resources

Books for Teachers

12 Must-Read Books for Teachers to Hack Learning

https://www.weareteachers.com/books-teaching-hacks/

Larry Ferlazzo  Biography and Books

https://www.amazon.com/Larry-Ferlazzo/e/B0028OK9ZW

Rae Pica: What If Everybody Understood Child Development?: Straight Talk About Bettering Education and Children's Lives

https://www.amazon.com/What-Everybody-Understood-Child-Development-ebook/dp/B00VMBYAWA/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1531267049&sr=1-1&keywords=books+rae+pica

Personalized Learning      

   Turn your classroom into a personalized learning

environment

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=416

Personalized Learning Isn’t About Tech

https://www.edutopia.org/article/personalized-learning-isnt-about-tech

Personalized Learning: What You Need to Know

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/personalized-learning-what-you-need-to-know

Online Communities

The power of online communities for teachers

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/04/04/power-online-communities-teachers/

Edutopia on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/edutopia/

We Are Teachers --classroom ideas, free printables, career advice, life and wellbeing, deals, contests

https://www.weareteachers.com/

Educational Equity

Our Schools Have an Equity Problem. What Should We Do About It?

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/05/31/our-schools-have-an-equity-problem-what.html

Education Equity

https://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/education-equity

Equity in Schools: What Administrators Need to Know

http://www.teachhub.com/equity-schools-what-administrators-need-know

Educational Links 4/11/19

30 Earth Day Crafts and Classroom Activities Using Recycled Materials

https://www.weareteachers.com/earth-day-crafts-classroom-activities/?utm_content=1554929102&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0bGOjMYX9IH1zWbzkHl_0KlroujuSHowDPp8Ovr11Fq8HmywME0HvuCsw

Hyperfocus: The ADHD Phenomenon of Intense Fixation

https://www.additude.com/understanding-adhd-hyperfocus/

7 National Poetry Month Apps and Websites

https://classtechtips.com/2017/04/06/national-poetry-month-apps-websites/?fbclid=IwAR2uqgECRw7b0kb2xGTS6hIbe5ZfAH-m2IFVE8V_X3_SzXvJW3IcVYnFFPo

Inside a Dyslexia Reading Intervention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=ex3X3IoPqXg&fbclid=IwAR04PZ9bZdgKDMHgdEWIoUT3iGgZ3zRq4w2EkqqKkFiJi3rgTurbnyajnxE

Personalized Learning Advice From a Learning Scientist: 5 Questions K-12 Leaders Should Be Asking

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2019/04/personalized_learning_advice_learning_scientist.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR07WFTLVD8LNiH58oSIdp7YGNTm-csmMqcSbKkeeMPqhN8UlAjYatfPZJs

Fighting teacher stress

https://hechingerreport.org/fighting-teacher-stress/?fbclid=IwAR2ShZf95xiU25ZVGvFvfbGV8r71dE_KpB9gw4HQ8Euf-891Bizb1Q7PCNY

Helping Students Beat Test Anxiety

https://www.edutopia.org/article/helping-students-beat-test-anxiety?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR3HIvxX0zvlEOyuwrcdaCpDNliPsa72mLf6_ILQyhaQR7yIym1V3huw4R8

Fear of failure can prevent students from showing what they know on big tests—but a 10-minute writing exercise can help.

Educational Links 2/26/19

Using Art in Assessments

https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-art-assessments?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3t9pv9kX8xVd269rtsfpl_WH19AhsiP4s3n3u5bbZNGn7Cidnl6wkSqU8

Talking Race With Young Children

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/06/691961968/talking-race-with-young-children?fbclid=IwAR1KeO74VDMmopmMy-R9ebQyepE19Crbn-c1Vzp12tQaBpOQ2q1HxgghveI

Kids With Autism Twice As Likely To Be Abused

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2019/02/25/kids-autism-twice-abused/26072/?fbclid=IwAR0b1na8HGi4-WOhEVuT5efZefWTXS4e0P1Wdfpv-DFIvTyfGfzzvxS9-Is

Job stress higher for teachers than other professions

https://www.tes.com/news/job-stress-higher-teachers-other-professions?fbclid=IwAR0wCl57Qj49jCICZN9Rr_DrTh99TmVjzAdifyCXrh7D3yE9-ic6PL-

3 Modes Of Thinking: Lateral, Divergent & Convergent Thought

https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/3-modes-of-thought-divergent-convergent-thinking/?fbclid=IwAR26bn0r2yxOvYx05RHTiuZ8dP2o6uyi-vtYxK1A_GOex45m55K0LBh-nNU

“I Have a Student Who Is Too Stressed to Learn”

https://www.additudemag.com/stress-relief-learning-adhd-tips/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=school&fbclid=IwAR2oMUFNlDpth3-Psz1rGfR7N0rCMmGwwduzbQuNufNJPwb2vvMRQEoZKU8

Taking personalized learning to scale

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/02/25/taking-personalized-learning-scale/?fbclid=IwAR37815bSVK95TyRSzVf8GuHdetzfezPEq8CTV2ji3D3Z2depzVjDVQMJ4U

Before designing learning experiences that are personal to individual students, it is critical for classroom teachers and school leaders to identify student engagement, student interest, student choice, student voice, cross-curricular connections, and differentiated resources.

Educational Links 1/14/19

The secret to teaching? Accept that there will be chaos

https://www.tes.com/news/secret-teaching-accept-there-will-be-chaos?fbclid=IwAR1ghq6mKAyeYRJRaqeJYhw5Jqj7dm_zcZYtFHku6Lk95bB5oS1kYo3HX1o

Not So Typical Personalized Learning Predictions for 2019

https://www.edelements.com/blog/not-so-typical-personalized-learning-predictions-for-2019?fbclid=IwAR2PTOj6SzpA6MlT8L9q7AN9SbJShUmkdAx--_IJzCLV8OudTLDqIZM1K0g

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 148 Can We Discuss Social Justice Honestly?

https://wegrowteachers.com/the-teachthought-podcast-ep-148-can-we-discuss-social-justice-honestly/?fbclid=IwAR23ER6g0PeXBghOfoRXVtt8VA9cGLvq9qkO26C140pv-jj-q-RHhxiwCiI

The Unlikely Signs of Dyslexia You Should Not Ignore

https://www.additudemag.com/unlikely-signs-of-dyslexia/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=diagnosis&fbclid=IwAR32MbmPoWAvUhGQ9DjTOj5gnFoCrfY2qBTewo_kVDSmBR6ydSEnNMyL1Fw

Group Work That Works

https://www.edutopia.org/article/group-work-works?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook

Teaching Climate Change Across Subjects

https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-climate-change-across-subjects?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook

Marijuana and Psychosis

https://childmind.org/article/marijuana-and-psychosis/?fbclid=IwAR3vPhz3E3-pZASc8aBqu-HCrupe_LTwpuANB4mmwDoBtd7FFb3ih5zIHvk

How Trauma Affects Kids in School

https://childmind.org/article/how-trauma-affects-kids-school/?fbclid=IwAR07VK3wxTL6cCZsC07shfbRrI5TXRdYVFbCwgaNzj6TNcq3J2lx3llQWjo

Ongoing exposure to neglect, abuse, homelessness or violence causes learning and behavior problems in children. Signs of trauma and tips for helping kids who've been traumatized.