Best Articles for Educators 1/25/14

Are You A Whole Teacher? A Self-Assessment To Understand

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/whole-teaching-whole-teacher-self-assessment-educator-assessment/ 

The Heart of Teaching: What It Means to be a Great Teacher

http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/heart-teaching-what-it-means-be-great-teacher?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=community-heart-teaching-great-teacher-link

Schools Help Close Racial Gaps in Arts Education, Study Suggests

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2015/01/schools_help_close_racial_gaps.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+InsideSchoolResearch+%28Education+Week%3A+Inside+School+Research%29

Study: Suspensions Harm ‘Well-Behaved’ Kids 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/01/study-suspensions-harm-well-behaved-kids.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

Parent-Led Intervention May Lower Kids’ Autism Risk

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/01/22/parent-lower-autism-risk/19982/ 

The Heart of Teaching: What It Means to be a Great Teacher

http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/heart-teaching-what-it-means-be-great-teacher?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=community-heart-teaching-great-teacher-link

Unexpected Tools That are Influencing the Future of Education 

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/01/unexpected-tools-that-are-influencing-the-future-of-education/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Four Ways to Improve Student Mental-Health Support 

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/01/21/four-ways-to-improve-student-mental-health-support.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

 

Putting The Pieces Together 5/29/13

1. 10 Helpful AD/HD Resources

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/adhd-related-issues/adhd/helpful-adhd-attention-deficit-resources 

2. How to Address “Yeah, But” Objections From Resisters

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/06/how-to-address-yeah-but-objections-from-resisters/ 

3. Detectives and Explorers

 http://www.startwithabook.org/booklists/detectives-and-explorers?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia

4. The Difference Between Good And Great Teachers

http://edudemic.com/2013/05/the-difference-between-good-and-great-teachers/ 

5. 12 Activities to help your child with social skills

http://www.friendshipcircle.org/blog/2011/03/28/12-activities-to-help-your-child-with-social-skills/ 

6. Getting Students of Color Hooked on Math and Science

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/10/a-future-in-math-and-science-for-students-of-color/ 

7.  Solutions for Teachers Bullied by Colleagues

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teachers-bullied-by-colleagues-2-todd-finley#comment-128336 

 

Kids Learn, Teachers Learn Tweets of the Day 5/27/13

 

1. Why Programming Teaches So Much More Than Technical Skills

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/05/why-programming-teaches-so-much-more-than-technical-skills/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

2. Good Read: How to Teach Students Better Online Research Skills

 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/jp/good-read-how-to-teach-students-better-online-research-skills/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

3. How Expanded Learning Time Builds Positive Culture and Academic Performance

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-expanded-learning-time-video

4. End the Year Strong 

http://www.teachhub.com/end-year-strong

5. The New Social Story Book Give Away

http://special-ism.com/social-stories-therapy-for-children-with-autism/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

6. Why Do I Teach?

 http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/why-do-i-teach/

7. Common Core Assessment 20x More Expensive? What Can Edtech Do?

http://jackcwest.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/common-core-assessment-20x-more-expensive-what-can-edtech-do/ 

 

 

Inquire and Learn Tweets of the Day 5/21/13

1. Inquiry Learning Vs. Standardized Content: Can They Coexist? 

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/05/inquiry-learning-vs-standardized-content-can-they-coexist/

2. What Is Autism? A Book Review 

 http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/05/what-is-autism-book-review.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

3. One Year of Blended Learning One to One with Chromebooks

 http://jackcwest.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/one-year-of-blended-learning-one-to-one-with-chromebooks/

4. Free iPad Apps to Teach Current Events

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/apps-to-teach-current-events-monica-burns?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

5. A Simple Exercise that Works Wonders: Affirm Your Values 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/05/a-simple-exercise-that-works-wonders.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

6. Your Exuberant Child at Summer Camp

 http://special-ism.com/your-exuberant-child-at-summer-camp/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

 

7. Ending the Secrecy of a Child’s Addiction

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/ending-the-secrecy-of-a-childs-addiction/ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching: You Gotta Have Heart Tweets of the Day 4/28/14

1. Building Social and Emotional Skills in Elementary Students: Empathy

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/project-happiness-empathy-randy-taran?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

2. New Home? How to Ease the Transition

Maybe you haven't done this; but you felt like it.

http://special-ism.com/warrior-mama-lisa-sell-reports-transitions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

3. Kids and Adults: How To Avert Communication Breakdown

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/04/kids-and-adults-how-to-avert-communication-breakdown/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

4. Common Core Assessment 20x More Expensive? What Can Edtech Do?

http://jackcwest.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/common-core-assessment-20x-more-expensive-what-can-edtech-do/

5. A Group Doesn’t Even Have To Exist To Affect Our Behavior

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/04/a-group-doesnt-even-have-to-exist-to-affect-our-behavior/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-group-doesnt-even-have-to-exist-to-affect-our-behavior 

6. No Rich Child Left Behind

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/no-rich-child-left-behind/ 

7. The 5 Interactions Of A Robust Blended Learning Model

http://www.teachthought.com/blended-learning-2/the-5-interactions-of-a-robust-blended-learning-model/

8. Giving Good Praise to Girls: What Messages Stick

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/04/giving-good-praise-to-girls-what-messages-stick/ 

I can do it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saving Educators Tweets of the Day 4/24/13

1. How To Save Our Educators [Infographic]

http://rossieronline.usc.edu/how-to-save-our-educators-infographic?utm_source=outreach&utm_medium=social 

2. Story Maps
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/story_maps/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia

Sound like a good gig.

3. What’s So Important About Tinkering?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/08/whats-so-important-about-tinkering/ 

4. Executive Functioning and Learning Disabilities

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/executive-function-disorders/executive-functioning-learning-disabilities 

5. For Storytelling Projects, Cool New Multimedia Tools

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/04/for-storytelling-projects-cool-new-multimedia-tools/

6. Keeping it Positive in Your Classroom

A story!

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/04/18/keeping-it-positive-in-your-classroom/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post04181301&utm_campaign=fbt 

7. Reading Adventure Pack: Gardening

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/56582/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

 

 

 

 

More STEM More Arts Tweets of the Day 4/23/13

Apple for the teacher takes on new meaning.

1. HP Catalyst Now Offering STEMx Online Courses For Teachers

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/hp-catalys-now-offering-stemx-online-courses-for-teachers/ 

2. An Insider Look at the Next Generation Science Classroom

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/04/22/next-generation-science-classroom/ 

3. In D.C., Art Program Turns Boys' Lives Into 'Masterpieces'

http://www.npr.org/2013/04/18/177608823/in-d-c-art-program-turns-boys-lives-into-masterpieces?ft=1&f=1013 

4. HP Catalyst Now Offering STEMx Online Courses For Teachers

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/hp-catalys-now-offering-stemx-online-courses-for-teachers/ 

5. Product placement on standardized tests: a new low?

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2013/04/product-placement-on-standardized-tests.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCornerstone+%28The+Cornerstone+Blog%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

6. How Writers Interact With the World

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/how-writers-interact-with-the-world/ 

7. Should teachers be evaluated by student test scores?

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2013/04/should-teachers-be-evaluated-by-student-test-scores.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dangerouslyirrelevant+%28Dangerously+Irrelevant%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

8. Mixed-Ability Dance: Helping Students with Special Needs Grow and Learn

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/mixed-ability-dance-special-needs-karen-peterson 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attitude Adjustments Tweets of the Day 3/31/13

1. 50 Questions About LD

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/ebooks-guides-toolkits/50-questions-about-ld 

2. What Frustrates Me About Non-Public Schools

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2013/03/what-frustrates-me-about-non-public-schools/?fb_source=pubv1 

3. Reframing and Refining the Worksheet

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/reframing-and-refining-the-worksheet-andrew-miller 

Parachutes--so much fun for all.

4. Autism: Making social interaction fun

http://blog.sfgate.com/lshumaker/2013/03/27/autism-making-social-interaction-fun/ 

5. Five Hot Homework Tips for Parents

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2013/01/five-hot-homework-tips-for-parents/ 

 

6. Beleaguered? Not Teachers, a Poll on ‘Well-Being’ Finds

Shame and rejection doesn't work.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/education/in-poll-on-well-being-teachers-rank-high.html?ref=education&_r=1& 

7. Is character caught or taught?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2013/mar/28/character-education-teaching-values 

 

 

 

No Anybody Left Behind Tweets of the Day 3/1/13

1. Women's History Month

 http://womenshistorymonth.gov/

2. The 7 Most Powerful Idea Shifts In Learning Today 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/03/shiftlearning-7-most-powerful-idea.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

3. Women's History Month: Seven Lesson Plan Resources for Teachers

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/womens-history-month-lesson-plans-matt-davis?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

The Digital Divide Was Supposed to Be Closing. But Is It?

Survey of K–12 teachers says mobile technologies are essential, but when it comes to access, glaring socioeconomic disparities persist.

- See more at: http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/02/digital-divide-was-supposed-be-closing-it?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher#sthash.NQL7iTrl.dpuf

4.  The Digital Divide Was Supposed To Be Closing. But Is It?

The Digital Divide Was Supposed to Be Closing. But Is It? - See more at: http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/02/digital-divide-was-supposed-be-closing-it?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher#sthash.NQL7iTrl.dpuf

The Digital Divide Was Supposed to Be Closing. But Is It? - See more at: http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/02/digital-divide-was-supposed-be-closing-it?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher#sthash.NQL7iTrl.dpuf

Survey of K–12 teachers says mobile technologies are essential, but when it comes to access, glaring socioeconomic disparities persist. - See more at: http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/02/digital-divide-was-supposed-be-closing-it?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher#sthash.NQL7iTrl.dpuf

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/02/digital-divide-was-supposed-be-closing-it?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

5. Creating a Support Team to Help with “Minefields of Ignorance”

http://special-ism.com/author-joanna-keating-velasco-reports-minefields-of-ignorance-are-not-bliss/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

6. By the Numbers: Teachers, Tech, and the Digital Divide

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/by-the-numbers-teachers-tech-and-the-digital-divide/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

7. White House Demands Quicker Public Acccess to Education Research

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2013/03/white_house_demands_quicker_pu.html 

 

 

The Digital Divide Was Supposed to Be Closing. But Is It? - See more at: http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/02/digital-divide-was-supposed-be-closing-it?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher#sthash.NQL7iTrl.dpuf