Small to Great Educational Changes Tweets of the Day 3/10/13

1. Illustrating Democracy: Art Brings Words to Life

Grades 3-8, Arts, Social Studies 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-democracy-through-art

2. . Playing is Serious Business – Discover How to Make it Fun

http://special-ism.com/playing-is-serious-business/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

3. Autism Speaks: Light It Up Blue

http://www.lightitupblue.org/Markslist/showHomePage.do 

4. Doomed or Lucky? Predicting the Future of the Internet Generation4http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/02/doomed-or-lucky-predicting-the-future-of-the-internet-generation/ 

5. Helping Struggling Readers

http://www.readingrockets.org/helping/ 

6. Controversial ‘parent trigger’ school reform prevails in California

http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/12/controversial-parent-trigger-school-reform-prevails-in-california/ 

7. Video: What Is Autism Spectrum Disorder? 

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-what-is-autism-spectrum-disorder-asd 

 

 

 

Reading! Tweets of the Day 10/28/12

Reading with a loved one--best RTI ever.

1. Helping Struggling Readers

http://www.readingrockets.org/helping/ 

2. Recs for Reading/Literacy tools and apps for ipads and laptops

http://www.edutopia.org/groups/technology-tools/213230 

3. Hyperactivity, Insomnia and Behavior Problems, It’s What’s For Dinner

http://special-ism.com/hyperactivity-insomnia-and-behavior-problems-its-whats-for-dinner/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

4. The 50 Education Blogs You’re Reading

http://edudemic.com/2012/10/the-50-education-blogs-reading/ 

5. Easy Reading Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom - Part 1 

http://www.teachhub.com/easy-reading-strategies-inclusive-classroom-part-1 

6. Guided Reading with Jenna: Introducing Work Stations

Grade 5, ELA, Differentiation

Please read me a story!

Common Core Standards: ELA.RF.5.4a

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/introducing-reading-work-stations 

 

7.  Beyond Texts and Tweets, Young People Still Love to Read Books

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/10/beyond-texts-and-tweets-young-people-still-love-to-read-books/ 

 

 

Parents, Teachers and Kids, Oh My! Tweets of the Morning 9/22/12

Tech is cool!

1. Back to School: What's Next for Youth with Disabilities

http://choosework.net/blog/jsp/blog.jsp?post_id=100 

  2. Insomnia and Children

Childhood Sleep Basics

 http://pediatrics.about.com/od/sleep/a/0107_insomnia.htm

Don't you want to go sing a lullaby to this little one?

2a.  Slideshow: Top Reasons Your Child Can't Sleep, Including You

http://children.webmd.com/ss/children-sleep-problems 

 3. The best kept secret in special education

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-best-kept-secret-special-education 

 4. The Natural Emotional Cycle for Parents of Kids with LD

http://www.ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/family-coping-ld/emotional-cycle-for-parents-of-child-with-learning-disability 

Now! Practice Pachelbel's Canon! It is the most beautiful music in the world!

Do tigers really raise their young that way? 

5. Are You a Tiger Mom? 10 Clues

http://www.education.com/slideshow/tiger-mom/?cid=80.  6. How Parents Can Be Advocates for Their Children

 http://www.ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/ld-rights/how-parents-can-be-advocates-for-their-children

 7. Helping Struggling Readers

http://www.readingrockets.org/helping/ 

 8. Reading Help 

http://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/reading-help/ 

Can't miss this fun opportunity!