Educational Links 9/10/21

25 Things Successful Teachers Do Differently 

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/25-things-successful-teachers-do-differently/?fbclid=IwAR2kpu9jR3mi5LAHfugvO99bb8k7Uc8DcRk8INUriHdVPowzKwZcbxMpVq4

What is ADHD?

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html

Building student resilience yields positive mental health behaviors

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2021/09/08/building-student-resilience-yields-positive-mental-health-behaviors/

Ed Dept announces Project SAFE grants to support districts facing state penalties over masks

https://www.k12dive.com/news/ed-dept-announces-project-safe-grants-to-support-districts-facing-state-pen/606336/

A Hallmark of School Shooters: Long History of Social Rejection

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/a-hallmark-of-school-shooters-long-history-of-social-rejection/2021/09

DO YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR STUDENTS’ WRITING ABOUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR PUBLISHED?

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2021/09/09/do-you-want-to-have-your-students-writing-about-this-school-year-published/?fbclid=IwAR2-Q0tHpg9oFBkCYhu5Y7wHoJCtcyMK7aEKlQzRcDxKZT-tOLU6ZfQmBzw

Setting Up a Mentoring Program to Encourage Students

https://www.edutopia.org/article/setting-mentoring-program-encourage-students

When adults from the community serve as mentors who reinforce high expectations, students gain another vital source of support.

Educational Links 8/18/21

 

ADHD Symptoms Checklist: Signs of Each Subtype in Adults & Children

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-symptoms-checklist/

A LOOK BACK: HERE’S MY CHAPTER ON ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL LESSON, ALONG WITH STUDENT HAND-OUTS THEY USE TO TEACH

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2021/08/17/a-look-back-heres-my-chapter-on-elements-of-a-successful-lesson-along-with-student-hand-outs-they-use-to-teach-7/?fbclid=IwAR2hg54ofHUJ0OQDBNAxhJ9rFWj5TRDpZOz7zuKAogJJnOhmDgcoYH15Q4Y

‘Hybrid learning’ — teaching kids in-person and online at the same time — robs children of quality education

https://theconversation.com/hybrid-learning-teaching-kids-in-person-and-online-at-the-same-time-robs-children-of-quality-education-165135?fbclid=IwAR0OV5Qyfk1CT8RH1L2y3OXcJoXYiZtElkitt9du-BfHYzbdEgGCX-Zb6yo

The Collapse of China’s Online Tutoring Industry Is Taking American Educators Down With It

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-08-16-the-collapse-of-china-s-online-tutoring-industry-is-taking-american-educators-down-with-it

What impact will the pandemic have on early literacy?

https://edsource.org/2021/what-impact-will-the-pandemic-have-on-early-literacy/659758

Inquiry-Based Learning in English Classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/article/inquiry-based-learning-english-classrooms

Why a pupil's hard work should be its own reward 

https://www.tes.com/news/hard-work-motivation-pupil-how-school-intrinsic?fbclid=IwAR2SXv4e7ZHfxBJywbCdKeNz50ikHTNwINbLz-Knnem90KCF3n4KcGjABSw

Schools extol virtues like humility, respect and community as intrinsic qualities that are developed within students. We should have the same aim for the value of hard work.

Educational Links 5/8/21

 

An Ear for Reading: Audiobooks Take Center Stage in the Classroom

https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=an-ear-for-reading-audiobooks-take-center-stage-in-the-classroom-libraries-books-audio&fbclid=IwAR30x3uKCJpVmzoA2-C15WzBKOZfBF1nwQLbo4F7xzsWocRU2bcyHWBC2vA

Pandemic puts school accountability in limbo

https://edsource.org/podcast/pandemic-puts-school-accountability-in-limbo

How Teaching the Work of Living Poets Can Make English Class More Exciting and Inclusive

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57806/how-teaching-the-work-of-living-poets-can-make-english-class-more-exciting-and-inclusive

Biden hits 100-day school reopening goal, but reopening difficulties persist

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/06/biden-100-day-school-reopening-485495

How Do You Teach in a Pandemic? Focus on Core Values

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-04-12-how-do-you-teach-in-a-pandemic-focus-on-core-values?utm_campaign=EdSurgeSproutSocial&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR30x3uKCJpVmzoA2-C15WzBKOZfBF1nwQLbo4F7xzsWocRU2bcyHWBC2vA

8 Ways To Help Students Improve Their Academic Reading

https://www.teachthought.com/literacy/ways-to-help-students-improve-their-academic-reading/?fbclid=IwAR3Tng4DAhuGQmN9_Cb8p8Uh-9h6lNglremWSabxGNRUOTo6D60YWL5bQKs

High-Quality Video Games Can Rival Good Books

https://www.edutopia.org/article/high-quality-video-games-can-rival-good-books

Narrative video games are often overlooked in ELA instruction, but many are rich, sophisticated, and deeply engaging.

Educational Links 4/26/21

 

Families of Color Have Good Reasons to Mistrust Schools. We Must Change That.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-04-23-families-of-color-have-good-reasons-to-mistrust-schools-we-must-change-that

5 Myths About English Language Learners (ELLs) and Special Education

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/learning-and-thinking-differences-basics/5-myths-about-english-language-learners-ells-and-special-education

Supreme Court Lowers Bar for Life-Without-Parole Sentences for Juvenile Offenders

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/supreme-court-lowers-bar-for-life-without-parole-sentences-for-juvenile-offenders/2021/04

PLCs Can ‘Unleash the Learning!’

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-plcs-can-unleash-the-learning/2021/04

Five Tools for Staying On Task

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/04/five-tools-for-staying-on-task.html

6 Tips For Using Exit Tickets To Improve Your Teaching

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/tips-for-using-exit-tickets-to-improve-your-teaching/

3 SEL Practices Teachers Can Use Every Day

https://www.edutopia.org/article/3-sel-practices-teachers-can-use-every-day

These social and emotional learning strategies won’t take a lot of time, but they can have a big impact on middle and high school students.

Educational Links 2/11/2021

 Implementing ‘Multiple Career Pathways to Engage All Learners’

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-implementing-multiple-career-pathways-to-engage-all-learners/2021/02?fbclid=IwAR0dXwPlwu8yNDL2231kKvUQR8qxJ-nHbc52P7E6Rttyw9fZN5vPaiTccoo

WEDNESDAY’S MUST-READ ARTICLES ON SCHOOL REOPENINGS

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2021/02/10/wednesdays-must-read-articles-on-school-reopenings-5/?fbclid=IwAR33pQsPo3noUACo2p6MVa5AY5v_c8wdDDJVnxj1Kkgk7Ez6qkIPqt8d2YA

California schools struggle to test English learners’ progress during pandemic

https://edsource.org/2021/california-schools-struggle-to-test-english-learners-progress-during-pandemic/648365?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=california-schools-struggle-to-test-english-learners-progress-during-pandemic-02-10-21&fbclid=IwAR0D4j57r1K20-6R4ihRe0N4Z8pgif83KNtolowizpzbuJcNkdRPpPZiXzU

Six Ways to Build Community in Online Classrooms

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/57241/six-ways-to-build-community-in-online-classrooms?fbclid=IwAR3-tsoIg-AJsKu0c9Kz8S2Am5OA1jjqHGWUDef-40_T8vD6DPvtB2ZmzZg

How to Nurture Social Emotional Devlopment in Isolation

https://www.additudemag.com/social-emotional-development-adhd-quarantine/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR2Th64YrzS5B7DAR47E78zi3pHo2WmTeX2-4HMcrGqLbwZYp-FeW57XvyI

In his own words: ‘Educators in front of students should be vaccinated,’ says CTA president E. Toby Boyd

https://edsource.org/2021/in-his-own-words-educators-in-front-of-students-should-be-vaccinated-says-cta-president-e-toby-boyd/648399?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=in-his-own-words-educators-in-front-of-students-should-be-vaccinated-says-cta-president-e-toby-boyd-02-10-21&fbclid=IwAR3lv_qv5llS9wkymnwGoyvHFcplspFVFUakDSmuQkNWcGRigJObMVUoabA

10 Teacher Picks for Best Tech Tools

https://www.edutopia.org/article/10-teacher-picks-best-tech-tools

Teachers and administrators from pre-K through 12th grade named these tools their top picks for this year and beyond.

Educational Links 9/26/2020

The Concurrent Classroom: Using Blended Learning Models to Teach Students In-person and Online Simultaneously

https://catlintucker.com/2020/09/concurrent-classroom-blended-learning-models/?fbclid=IwAR31PbOleZIXgJBeLnNh-YRNgSPtxJE99OXgQTAgDpKCOSQpXsc5c76alHk

How to Create a Sensory Room

https://www.teachhub.com/classroom-management/2020/09/how-to-create-a-sensory-room/

When There's a COVID-19 Vaccine, School Employees Could Be Among the First to Get It

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/09/24/when-theres-a-covid-19-vaccine-school-employees.html

COVID Metrics Are Rising. Schools Are Going Back Anyway.

https://www.weareteachers.com/covid-metrics-schools-reopening/

New Dashboard Tracks Coronavirus Cases In Schools Across 47 States

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56681/new-dashboard-tracks-coronavirus-cases-in-schools-across-47-states?fbclid=IwAR0Y9O0ToWBjc7yuHjkhJscWipRJzdT3dT40ydNAf9jTB2w7MDhtwLiiBz0

How to Thrive as a Virtual Teacher

https://trevormuir.teachable.com/p/thriving-virtual-teacher/?affcode=757699_-hhfjix6&fbclid=IwAR3MJhrM5EqsHE6_5FS62xi-Ea_C9ngpfSG8og-6loMRZTi1L0zufp5TkeM

How PBL Helps Students Engage With the World Around Them

https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-pbl-helps-students-engage-world-around-them?fbclid=IwAR233Ol2TiAF-OopdSjRFSpqpen9z2bmXDi299Ni67EQsf4WCKXWPKOSHFk

The book Teaching for a Living Democracy shows teachers how to use project-based learning to prioritize student voice and drive deep learning.

Educational Links 9/12/2020

Teacher deaths raise alarms as new school year begins

https://apnews.com/3e97872bf3cd8697064014efcf2ec622

How To Capture And Hold Your Students’ Attention On Zoom

https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2020/09/12/how-to-capture-and-hold-your-students-attention-on-zoom/?fbclid=IwAR0dNCatqZWLFbDH-xmBA3MZYpdgQGvdrnnH3fUYQ8b5mZf0Bqe-Qwa943Y

Presentation and choice fuel accessibility — in-person or remote

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1441644043303616609&useLegacyBlogger=true#editor/target=post;postID=3160383743478734723

California superintendents navigate how to reopen campuses while keeping students, teachers safe

https://edsource.org/2020/superintendents-must-decide-best-way-to-reopen-campuses-while-keeping-students-teachers-safe/639760

9 Ideas For Making Virtual Learning Joyful and Fun

https://www.weareteachers.com/fun-virtual-learning/

 

Teachers: It’s time to talk about our secondary trauma

https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2020/9/10/21429591/teachers-secondary-trauma?fbclid=IwAR0dNCatqZWLFbDH-xmBA3MZYpdgQGvdrnnH3fUYQ8b5mZf0Bqe-Qwa943Y

3 Participation Strategies for Live Video Instruction

https://www.edutopia.org/article/3-participation-strategies-live-video-instruction?fbclid=IwAR0dNCatqZWLFbDH-xmBA3MZYpdgQGvdrnnH3fUYQ8b5mZf0Bqe-Qwa943Y

Most teachers develop ways to encourage classroom participation, but may not yet have ones for distance learning. These are easy to use anytime.

Educational Links 7/3/2020

25 Of The Best Poetry Books For Teens

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/25-best-poetry-books-teens/

Some teachers unions, districts at odds over live distance learning instruction

https://edsource.org/2020/some-teachers-unions-districts-at-odds-over-live-distance-learning-instruction/635237

Helping Children With Special Needs Transition to Kindergarten

https://www.edutopia.org/article/helping-children-special-needs-transition-kindergarten

How Districts Can Develop a Comprehensive Plan for Remote Learning Come Fall

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-07-02-how-districts-can-develop-a-comprehensive-plan-for-remote-learning-come-fall

Report identifies 7 strategies for impactful assessments

https://www.educationdive.com/news/report-identifies-7-strategies-for-impactful-assessments/580949/

6 Things Anti-Racist Educators Want Grown-ups to Know about Teaching and Raising Kids

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56187/6-things-anti-racist-educators-want-grown-ups-to-know-about-teaching-and-raising-kids?fbclid=IwAR2MVdUjqLIbjsvNWflPXKs8h3Stwgry4T-iBmaimW3Jw7OOdknwYRkd8sE

The All-Remote Schedule: No Risk to Health, High Risk to Learning

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/06/25/the-all-remote-schedule-no-risk-to-health.html

The rapid switch to distance learning for 55 million schoolchildren was never going to measure up to the experience of five days a week of teaching and learning in classrooms, despite the hard work of educators. The kids who did log in regularly had limited live instruction and few opportunities to collaborate and learn from each other. In many school districts, teachers did not teach new content at all, sticking to reviewing standards they’d already covered. In other cases, distance learning amounted to little more than schools posting lessons online and leaving it up to students and parents to figure it out.

Educational Links 6/10/2020

What Teachers Should Know About Implicit Bias Right Now

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/ask_a_psychologist/2020/06/what_teachers_should_know_about_implicit_bias_right_now.html?fbclid=IwAR2u4FS9aoJjku2Ie9rIYoEf6biiUATa6UuizwOwSezQSvzJOaehvnZvn-8

Maximizing Students’ Responsiveness to Feedback

https://www.edutopia.org/article/maximizing-students-responsiveness-feedback?fbclid=IwAR3njSQKk4KdGGgHuWUPNz-kR8LOU3C2rz15pOpAfiGjC32y2axdUiwCfTs

A Teacher’s Love-Hate-Love Relationship with Zoom

https://theeducatorsroom.com/a-teachers-love-hate-love-relationship-with-zoom/?fbclid=IwAR2GkhYD8TYXwaXowd4wReYN8ez7t03Gv-5CZptkNsUSwWllmh4OWyjT5Rk

How a Student Survey Can Improve Your Classroom

https://www.wgu.edu/heyteach/article/how-student-survey-can-improve-your-classroom1706.html

CA DEPT. OF EDUCATION RELEASE NOT-VERY-HELPFUL GUIDELINES FOR REOPENING SCHOOLS

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/06/09/ca-dept-of-education-release-not-very-helpful-guidelines-for-reopening-schools/?fbclid=IwAR3IO7W7LQ1YmptRIC4Eym4g_BDDZ9dGwfuugn9f6ASwdQeAkt6q0VRmJ-U

How Teachers Want Emergency Distance Learning Improved

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56068/how-teachers-want-emergency-distance-learning-improved?fbclid=IwAR2xvxnVgjTwXie-EYXwWRcEMvJrZhKYbnI24QkAz-UObUs6bNVHg9Wj9KE

How feasible are school reopening plans for fall?

https://www.educationdive.com/news/how-feasible-are-school-reopening-plans-for-fall/578112/

Common trends across reopening plans from prominent education, government and health organizations suggest doing so may be easier said than done.

Educational Links 4/30/2020

How to Integrate Online Professional Development Into Your School’s PD Culture

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-04-16-how-to-integrate-online-professional-development-into-your-school-s-pd-culture?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sponsored&fbclid=IwAR3xXibxrr7lst3W-8I6RqdpLemMq-Rza3_xM3hgHLjGgACQ2ym6yqhzeeE

Dyslexic Thinkers Aren’t Disabled Thinkers

https://www.teachthought.com/literacy/dyslexic-thinkers-arent-disabled-thinkers/?fbclid=IwAR3vDC_VteoUMMIuLzzaSKpgDNzs-LeBd5YFjEpilvIN1vdPFGUiEAVlvTc

How to Reopen Schools: A 10-Point Plan Putting Equity at the Center

https://www.gettingsmart.com/2020/04/how-to-reopen-schools-a-10-point-plan-putting-equity-at-the-center/?fbclid=IwAR2iuaqZ-aoCgQR1BRzHOF3cKIaZGGtlFgRhLyqBpKXabEE28iqmHJ6eu94

Teachers Without Internet Work in Parking Lots, Empty School Buildings During COVID-19

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/04/29/teachers-without-internet-work-in-parking-lots.html?cmp=soc-edit-fb&fbclid=IwAR0bS-Yx_Iuh2ZMEm8vXPJpW1VCKDZA8_v34lt9oK1orGptmY14ERNOvAQA

Teachers union: 'Scream bloody murder' if schools reopen against medical advice

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/28/teachers-unions-consider-strikes-protests-if-schools-reopen-against-medical-advice-215210?fbclid=IwAR3-fL924zBiP2bphQVwga_y7RRtnVVqWU7pmoSk_TeiAGOe2VAysnfuo-w

Under pressure to reopen this fall, school leaders plan unprecedented changes

https://www.boston.com/news/education/2020/04/27/school-changes-coronavirus?event=event51&fbclid=IwAR2MRa-F3CmwGKma3fCSzzsDbBK2TnnHPwLDP6buEr7LzfdRitSQSApxiOQ

Rethinking How Students With Dyslexia Are Taught To Read

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50766/rethinking-how-students-with-dyslexia-are-taught-to-read?fbclid=IwAR27oG9mZsYfiprResH3oU1MPFrz_EHmgMfrfo1f5ItV4Hgla6XCrssHXTc

Dyslexia is the most common learning disability, affecting tens of millions of people in the United States. But getting help for children who have it in public school can be a nightmare.

Educational Links 4/29/2020

National Parks Games and Challenges - Try Virtual National Parks Bingo

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Addressing California students’ loss of learning shapes plan to reopen schools

https://edsource.org/2020/gov-newsom-says-schools-could-reopen-as-soon-as-late-july-early-august/630408

What Will Post-Pandemic School Really Look Like?

https://www.weareteachers.com/post-pandemic-school/?utm_content=1588028821&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1argT-w0L_ZqhvxixKYKTak-MjMT6zHecEcnkd9sAs97emJ1kGfCFUbdc

Why distance learning is a success in one California district

https://edsource.org/2020/why-distance-learning-is-a-success-in-one-california-district/630051?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=why-distance-learning-is-a-success-in-one-california-district-04-27-20&fbclid=IwAR3A43fKs32gokgL6tJfv6EXXusb0Ygtfu7xR4jP0rD0rKxK8niQ6wUif9w

Summative Assessment in Distance Learning

https://www.edutopia.org/article/summative-assessment-distance-learning

ED TECH DIGEST

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/04/27/ed-tech-digest-185/?fbclid=IwAR2LaP_zyRPPhzekDSp4fs5DB8gyZmoxXfHMmPlyF3oPSOn_CEyiurqgfIg

Federal special education law must stay intact during school closures, DeVos says

https://edsource.org/2020/federal-special-education-law-must-stay-intact-during-school-closures-devos-says/630298?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=federal-special-education-law-must-stay-intact-during-school-closures-devos-says-04-27-20&fbclid=IwAR3nyQ6S9InlqpXu2Jj2IyN6QYOx9DuFmoIWy2RhsmfFSLcqHhPgU5YfzKU

School districts had asked for temporary waivers to avoid lawsuits from parents