Educational Links 2/24/17

What Writing Wikipedia Entries Can Teach Students About Digital Literacy

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/02/22/what-writing-wikipedia-entries-can-teach-students-about-digital-literacy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Bullying Starts in the Sandbox: Five Ways to Stop It There

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/4264-bullying-starts-in-the-sandbox-five-ways-to-stop-it-there

How to address executive function skills in the classroom—and why you should

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/02/07/executive-function-skills/

Talking Race, Controversy, and Trauma

http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/17/02/talking-race-controversy-and-trauma

The ADHD Brain Is Wired Differently

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/12314.html

Smart Ed Tech Strategy That Comes From the Classroom

https://leaders.edweek.org/profile/joseph-williams-executive-director-educational-technology/?cmp=soc-edit-fb

Encouraging Student Debate

http://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/encourage-student-debate-getty

Shifting Your Assessments To Grow Higher-Level Thinking

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/assessment/shifting-assessments-grow-higher-level-thinking/

It was no wonder our students were receiving high marks on classroom assessments—almost all the questions required students to recall memorized information. However, our state assessment and content standards demanded higher levels of thinking. Due to this misalignment, our school results on the state assessment were expectedly low.

Educational Links 2/23/17

Supreme Court Sides With Family In Service Dog Case

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2017/02/22/supreme-court-sides-family/23363/

Shifting Your Assessments To Grow Higher-Level Thinking
http://teachthought.com/pedagogy/assessment/shifting-assessments-grow-higher-level-thinking/?utm_content=bufferffb25&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

An Unwavering Advocate for Racial Equity in Schools

https://leaders.edweek.org/profile/john-d-marshall-chief-equity-officer-equity-for-students/?cmp=soc-edit-fb

20 lessons that incorporate the 4Cs

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/02/09/20-lessons-incorporate-4cs/

From Dream to STEAM: Guided STEAM Learning Through Play

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/edwords-blog/from-dream-to-steam-guided-steam-learning-through-play

Using Historical Fiction to Connect Past and Present

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/02/using-historical-fiction-to-connect-past-and-present/516543/

Are We Innovating, or Just Digitizing Traditional Teaching?

https://www.edutopia.org/article/are-we-innovating-or-just-digitizing-traditional-teaching-beth-holland

Instead of filling an inbox on the teacher’s desk with packets and worksheets, students now completed the exact same procedures online. Rather than write homework assignments on the board, teachers posted them to the students’ digital news feeds. While blended learning brings with it the promise of innovation, there is the peril that it will perpetuate and replicate existing practices with newer, more expensive tools.

Educational Links 2/20/17

Austin District Warns Teachers Not to Talk to Students About Immigration Raids

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2017/02/austin_district_teachers_immigration.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Student Suicide: Moving Beyond Blame to Understanding

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/02/15/student-suicide-moving-beyond-blame-to-understanding.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

We Should Be Obsessed With Racial Equity

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2017/02/18/we-should-be-obsessed-with-racial-equity/

Study Reveals Children's Reading Habits

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/bookmarks/2017/02/study_reveals_childrens_reading_habits.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Keeping Rules Front and Center During the Winter Slump

https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/keeping-rules-front-and-center-during-the-winter-slump/

Confronting the Abominable Snow Day

https://www.edutopia.org/article/confronting-abominable-snow-day-alyssa-tormala-ellie-gilbert?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Government's Special Education Website Is Back After Prolonged Outage

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2017/02/governments_special_education.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week+Blog%3A+On+Special+Education%29

Podcasts and the Classroom

http://www.edudemic.com/podcasts-classroom/

The popularity of podcasts makes them a great learning tool in the classroom. In one classroom in Connecticut, podcasts have even taken the place of final papers and exams, much to the students’ delight. Beyond their popularity, podcasts can be a great way to engage different kinds of learners, disseminate information, and get students excited about out-of-the-box assignments. Here’s how 21st-century educators can harness the power of podcasts in the classroom: