Educational Links 9/29/18

How a Composting Initiative Led to the Growth of an Unexpected Learning Space

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-09-28-how-a-composting-initiative-led-to-the-growth-of-an-unexpected-learning-space

DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION FOR DIGITAL LEARNERS

https://www.theedadvocate.org/differentiated-instruction-for-digital-learners/

State-level policy for computer science education continues to grow

https://edscoop.com/state-level-policy-for-computer-science-education-continues-to-climb

Chicago Schools Lose Millions For Allegedly Not Shielding Students From Sexual Abuse

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/28/652802708/chicago-schools-lose-millions-for-allegedly-not-shielding-students-from-sexual-a?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=education

The Neuroscience of Narrative and Memory

https://www.edutopia.org/article/neuroscience-narrative-and-memory?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Anxiety in the Classroom

https://childmind.org/article/classroom-anxiety-in-children/

Speaking Skills Top Employer Wish Lists. But Schools Don't Teach Them

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/09/26/speaking-skills-top-employer-wish-lists-but.html

Employers say they have trouble finding new hires with good oral-communication skills. But relatively few regular public K-12 schools explicitly teach those skills, and even fewer teach them with real-world workplace scenarios.

Indoor Classroom Activities for Winter

Lesson Plans for January

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/free-lesson-plans

January Units, Lesson Plans & Activities

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/monthly-resources/january.php 

Indoor Gardening Investigations

 http://www.kidsgardening.org/node/12140

Winter Activities for the Classroom
Coloring Pages, Games, Crafts, Poems, Worksheets, Printable Kid Stories for Teachers

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/winter/

Classroom Games and Activities for General Music

http://www.nafme.org/classroom-games-and-activities-for-general-music/ 

Activities for the Classroom from NASA

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/classroom-activities/en/

How to bring green into the classroom

http://www.treehugger.com/htgg/how-to-go-green-school-teachers.html

Bringing Order to
Indoor Recess Time

Bringing Order to Indoor Recess Time

http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/how_i_handled/how_i_handled060.shtml 

Best Articles for Educators 7/26/15

Five Clever Ideas to Spark Independent Reading by Kids

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/07/22/five-clever-ideas-to-spark-independent-reading-by-kids/

What is the correct way to talk about autism? There isn't one

http://digest.bps.org.uk/2015/07/what-is-correct-way-to-talk-about.html 

How this program hopes to double reading proficiency among low-income students

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/07/24/reading-proficiency-042/ 

Recognizing Your Child’s Strengths and Weaknesses

https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/empowering-your-child/building-on-strengths/recognizing-your-childs-strengths-and-weaknesses

 Use blogging for reflection and assessment

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=494&category=In-the-classroom&article&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=EdTekHub

Tech Giants Team Up To Boost Accessibility

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/07/23/tech-team-boost-accessibility/20495/ 

Mental Health Issues in Childhood Connected to Adult Difficulties

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/07/16/study-mental-health-issues-for-kids-mean-difficulties-as-adults/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Five Resources to Make Your Class More Equitable

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2015/07/16/five-resources-equity/

Epic PBL: Engaging Your Students in Projects That Matter Globally

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/every-classroom-matters/3158-epic-pbl-engaging-your-students-in-projects-that-matter-globally

How Gardening Enables Interdisciplinary Learning 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFBqX0ivpSo 

How Gardening Enables Interdisciplinary Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/is-school-enough-interdisciplinary-gardening-video 

 

 

Start Your Garden in Class Now!

Spring is springing! How about researching a school garden? The students can start seedlings indoors now. So many positives about a garden--and the anticipation of joy and above freezing weather is a plus in itself.  STEM and fun in the garden!

School Gardens

http://growing-minds.org/school-gardens/ 

How to Build a Straw Bale Garden

http://modernfarmer.com/2013/07/straw-bale-gardening/ 

REAL School Garden

http://www.realschoolgardens.org/ 

School Garden Checklist

http://www.letsmove.gov/school-garden-checklist 

Keyhole Gardening Tips

Keyhole Gardening Tips

Keyhole Gardening

http://www.hgtvgardens.com/raised-garden/keyhole-gardening-tips 

 

 Welcome to School Garden Wizard

http://www.schoolgardenwizard.org/

Collective School Garden Network 

http://www.csgn.org/

School Garden Resource Center

https://www.wholekidsfoundation.org/resources/school-garden-resources/ 

You Think?

Indoor Classroom Activities for Winter

Lesson Plans for January

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/free-lesson-plans

January Units, Lesson Plans & Activities

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/monthly-resources/january.php 

Indoor Gardening Investigations

 http://www.kidsgardening.org/node/12140

Winter Activities for the Classroom
Coloring Pages, Games, Crafts, Poems, Worksheets, Printable Kid Stories for Teachers

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/winter/

Classroom Games and Activities for General Music

http://www.nafme.org/classroom-games-and-activities-for-general-music/ 

Activities for the Classroom from NASA

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/classroom-activities/en/

How to bring green into the classroom

http://www.treehugger.com/htgg/how-to-go-green-school-teachers.html

Bringing Order to
Indoor Recess Time

Bringing Order to Indoor Recess Time

http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/how_i_handled/how_i_handled060.shtml 

Indoor Classroom Activities for January

Lesson Plans for January

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/free-lesson-plans

January Units, Lesson Plans & Activities

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/monthly-resources/january.php 

Indoor Gardening Investigations

 http://www.kidsgardening.org/node/12140

Winter Activities for the Classroom
Coloring Pages, Games, Crafts, Poems, Worksheets, Printable Kid Stories for Teachers

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/winter/

Classroom Games and Activities for General Music

http://www.nafme.org/classroom-games-and-activities-for-general-music/ 

Activities for the Classroom from NASA

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/classroom-activities/en/

How to bring green into the classroom

http://www.treehugger.com/htgg/how-to-go-green-school-teachers.html

Bringing Order to
Indoor Recess Time

Bringing Order to Indoor Recess Time

http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/how_i_handled/how_i_handled060.shtml 

Bringing Order to
Indoor Recess Time

Next Week's Lesson Plans 8/30/14

 

Some new directions for your classroom:

Creating a Welcoming and Intellectually Challenging Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/creating-welcoming-and-intellectually-challenging-classroom-suzie-boss?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Unplugging Computer Science to Spark Curiosity For Root Concepts

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/08/unplugging-computer-science-to-spark-curiosity-for-root-concepts/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

New Bloom's Taxonomy

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/08/new-blooms-taxonomy-poster-for-teachers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+educatorstechnology%2FpDkK+%28Educational+Technology+and+Mobile+Learning%29 

These links are good to bring depth to your lesson plans: 

Thank you, Mind/Shift, for making us thoughtful.

The Difference Between Praise and Feedback

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/the-difference-between-praise-and-feedback/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

One Size Does Not Fit All: The Need for Variety in Learning

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/one-size-does-not-fit-all-the-need-for-variety-in-learning/ 

These links will help you bring growth to your students.

School Garden Checklist

http://www.letsmove.gov/school-garden-checklist

A Garden in Every School® 

http://www.nationalgardenmonth.org/index.php?page=storyline-schoolgarden 

 Easy Classroom Houseplants

http://www.kidsgardening.org/node/11442 

These links will help keep you organized (and sane.)

Tools for Teaching: Managing a Large Class Size

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/managing-large-class-size-rebecca-alber

Classroom Jobs for All Your Student Helpers

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/classroom-jobs-all-your-student-helpers 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/teaching-is-creating-living-classroom.html