Can Schools Change? Tweets of the Day 7/10/14

A School That Ditches All the Rules, But Not the Rigor

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/a-school-that-ditches-all-the-rules-but-not-the-rigor-game-based-school-playmaker/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Perspective: A Game Changer in the Classroom and in Our Lives 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/perspective-game-changer-in-classroom-lori-desautels?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Standards and Testing in the Obama Administration

http://educationnext.org/standards-testing-obama-administration/ 

The Importance of Hearing from Teachers Around the World

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2014/07/the-importance-of-hearing-from-teachers-around-the-world/ 

Some New Orleans charters take extra steps to reach students with mental health needs

http://hechingerreport.org/content/new-orleans-charters-take-extra-steps-reach-students-mental-health-needs_16634/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29 

Join Teaching Channel’s Book Club

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/07/07/teaching-channel-book-club/ 

Library For All’s Push For Literacy In Developing Nations

http://www.teachthought.com/literacy-2/library-alls-push-literacy-developing-nations/ 

 

 

 

 

Using the Whole Box of Crayons Tweets of the Day 2/18/14

1. Creativity on the Run: 18 Apps that Support the Creative Process

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/apps-for-creativity-diane-darrow?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-creativity-crayons-shared-repost 

2. Author Amanda Ripley On “Rigor” In American Schools

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2014/02/author-amanda-ripley-on-rigor-in-american-schools/ 

3. Reading Like a Historian: Overview 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-like-a-historian-curriculum/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post02171402&utm_campaign=fbt 

4. Exploring Literature Circles 

http://www.teachhub.com/exploring-literature-circles 

5. Black educators and racially-competent mentors

http://smartblogs.com/education/2014/02/13/black-educators-and-racially-competent-mentors/ 

6. Nurturing Collaboration: 5 Strategies

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/nurturing-collaboration-5-strategies-joshua-block?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-nurturing-collaboration-5-strategies-link 

7. Taking the Struggle Out of Group Work

http://www.middleweb.com/13318/taking-struggle-group-work/ 

 

 

 

Future Looks Good Tweets of the Day 8/28/13

 

1. Teaching Introverts Is Different

 http://www.teachthought.com/learning/teaching-introverts-is-different/

2. Hit the Mark with Digital Media Exit Cards

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-media-exit-cards-matt-levinson?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-exittickets 

3. Why Wait Till 2020? The Future is Here in Some Schools

 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/why-wait-till-2020-the-future-is-here-in-some-schools/

4. Good Read: What We Can Learn from the Smartest Kids in the World

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/jp/good-read-what-we-can-learn-from-the-smartest-kids-in-the-world/ 

5. Busy Books

http://www.education.com/slideshow/busy-books/a-book/?cid=80. 

6. 4 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Choosing Educational Apps

http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/4-questions-to-ask-yourself-before-choosing-educational-apps/ 

7. Countdown to School-Ready

 http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=775b94b440ad73397931a9ad7&id=76b8009f04

...and ELA Marathon Essay Correcting.