Educational Links 6/27/19

IT’S NO SURPRISE TO TEACHERS, BUT RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT MOST BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT ARE USELESS

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/06/26/a-look-back-its-no-surprise-to-teachers-but-research-suggests-that-most-benchmark-assessment-are-useless/?fbclid=IwAR0fb2AjroUHnMG7KrXqXRGozbds5b6I7YlDmFv_GhtVhCUJOKVH0M2omVo

New Research Casts Doubt on the ‘Summer Slide’

https://www.edutopia.org/article/new-research-casts-doubt-summer-slide?utm_source=Edutopia+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d97ea7f376-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_062619_enews_newresearchcasts&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f72e8cc8c4-d97ea7f376-78966759&fbclid=IwAR2ZsLSiUI_7GWafDodTaxURNyMmf8LchlghQj5ho8iV10OBU4S22dZXyfQ

Learning and Attention Issues: Signs & symptoms

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/signs-symptoms

MOST POPULAR POSTS OF THE WEEK

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/06/26/most-popular-posts-of-the-week-18/?fbclid=IwAR1WWib3XOKow9IN4dxKzSrVVNtFq_VXRw4W3UxdNIcVTvar5ipLbCgcLfU

Why Every Kindergarten and First-Grade School Day Should Begin with Inquiry and Imaginative Play

https://medium.com/@heinemann/why-every-kindergarten-and-first-grade-school-day-should-begin-with-inquiry-and-imaginative-play-323f110e64ec

Do Schools Really Kill Creativity?  educational leadership, 

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-06-26-do-schools-really-kill-creativity-jonny-sun-on-what-schools-get-right

What Is Good Leadership in Schools?

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/06/25/what-is-good-leadership-in-schools/

A recent study found that not one school (of 180 surveyed) was able to improve student achievement records without effective school leadership. This research  shows a clear connection between skilled school leadership and positive student learning outcomes. It’s proof that good leadership in schools makes a direct impact on students’ experience and performance.

Educational Links 4/18/18

Unstructured play is critical for kids + their brain development—so set them free?

https://www.mother.ly/child/how-unstructured-play-is-actually-so-important-for-brain-development

Teaching the Whole Child Means Addressing Physical Development Too!

http://www.raepica.com/2018/04/physical-development-and-the-whole-child/

The four challenges every teacher faces in the workplace – and how to overcome them

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/four-challenges-every-teacher-faces-workplace-and-how-overcome-them

TEACHER VOICE: ‘As a young black male, I wish I’d had more teachers who looked like me’

http://hechingerreport.org/teacher-voice-as-a-young-black-male-i-wish-id-had-more-teachers-who-looked-like-me/

Paid summer breaks and other common myths about teachers

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/15/us/teacher-pay-myth-misconception/index.html

My Top 20 Tech Tips for Teachers!

https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/top-20-tech-tips-for-teachers/

New Rules Let Ed Department Ignore Disability-Related Complaints

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/04/02/new-ignore-disability-complaints/24924/

Under a new set of guidelines that went into effect March 5, the Office for Civil Rights can now dismiss reports if “a complaint is a continuation of a pattern of complaints previously filed with OCR by an individual or group against multiple recipients, or a complaint is filed for the first time … that places an unreasonable burden on OCR’s resources.”

Educational Links 3/19/15

Zeroing out Zero Tolerance

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/03/zeroing-out-zero-tolerance/388003/ 

Can Free Play Prevent Depression and Anxiety In Kids?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/06/can-free-play-prevent-depression-and-anxiety-in-kids/ 

Google Launches Free Tool To Let You Run Your Own Online Courses

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1441644043303616609#editor/target=post;postID=4854313960310101008 

Understanding Your Child’s Trouble With Writing 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/writing-issues/understanding-your-childs-trouble-with-writing?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Collaboration: Key to Innovation

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/collaboration-key-innovation-heather-wolpert-gawron?utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=collaboration-key-innovation&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_term=link 

First 'Nobel Prize of teaching' winner gets $1 million

http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/03/17/bts-nancie-atwell-teaching-award-million-dollars.cnn 

Bet Google Drive Tools for Mind Mapping

 http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/03/the-best-google-drive-tools-for-mindmapping.html

 

 

Is Your Class A Fun Learning Place? Tweets of the Day 8/5/14

The Classroom Cribs Challenge Asks You To Think About Learning Spaces

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1441644043303616609#overviewstats 

In the Bustling, Interactive Classroom, A Place for Digital Games

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/08/in-the-bustling-interactive-classroom-a-place-for-digital-games/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

A Portal to Chaos and Adventure — In a Playground?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/08/a-portal-to-chaos-and-adventure-in-a-playground/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Where The Wild Things Play

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/04/334896321/where-the-wild-things-play?ft=1&f=1013

Brains At Play 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z_hMYGAQ6k 

Classroom Organization: The Physical Environment

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/classroom-organization-physical-environment 

TONS of Classroom Design Ideas for Setting Up Your Cozy Learning Space! 

http://www.kleinspiration.com/2013/07/tons-of-classroom-design-ideas-for.html 

 

 

 

 

Busy, Busy Tweets of the Day 10/7/12

Eco art kits http://www.artterro.com/

 Must have art.

1. The Artful Parent

Welcome October Sponsors!

http://www.artfulparent.com/2012/10/welcome-october-sponsors.html 

2.Apps that Fly Farther than Angry Birds 

http://www.education.com/reference/article/apps-fly-angry-birds/?cid=80. 

3. Predetermination in an IEP

http://www.specialeducationadvisor.com/predetermination-in-an-iep/ 

4. Is “Grit” Just Puritan Work Ethic in Disguise?

http://hollykorbey.com/2012/10/07/is-grit-just-puritan-work-ethic-in-disguise/ 

5. 50 Search Engines You Probably Don’t Use Yet

http://edudemic.com/2012/10/50-search-engines/ 

6. Down & Up: The Journey of a Child with LD

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/down-and-up-video 

7. Our Play Space: Spider Web Obstacle Course in Our Backyard!

http://childhood101.com/2012/10/our-play-space-spider-web-obstacle-course-in-our-backyard/ 

 

"Come into my web," said the spider to the fly.