Educational Links 4/22/19

How Powerful Use of Technology Can Increase Student Engagement

https://digitalpromise.org/2019/01/15/powerful-use-technology-can-increase-student-engagement/?fbclid=IwAR2tvybA5Dzq2XnR8mMZaAvpyfmCQcGCzZbW0pmj1lz4QMLEFoDq4c0ffNI

FDA signs off on first medical device for treating ADHD in children

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/20/adhd-children-fda-oks-first-medical-device-treating-disorder/3528271002/?fbclid=IwAR2tR-UDYtwYmMsyqHEpYbseXbKmnK8Av4FfP6zOlR23U5K9I4u2GOm7rjY

NEW RESOURCES ON RACE & RACISM

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/04/21/new-resources-on-race-racism-90/?fbclid=IwAR1LzObbQMPdXVFeMqbCs_U7lAh-7htqXfoXOj9wwJj5pTdFnuhL5EdO28Q

Most Teachers Don't Teach Climate Change; 4 In 5 Parents Wish They Did

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/22/714262267/most-teachers-dont-teach-climate-change-4-in-5-parents-wish-they-did?fbclid=IwAR0MT-Imoncb-fsXZxS6ogr7GadxIV1Rx3YGQZdiFHhpGmR5sVU5WePak7U

Why It Is Almost Impossible to Differentiate Instruction Without These Six Elements

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/the-flip-side-with-jon-bergmann/4946-it-is-almost-impossible-to-differentiate-instruction-without-these-six-elements-2?fbclid=IwAR25vC1F3WZklh5RphTJAdd1ztGG1PdjXS7meCygiE1w-ktwtgvobw5-uXA

How to Watch the Dazzling Lyrid Meteor Shower (Unless the Moon Gets in the Way)

https://www.livescience.com/65288-how-to-watch-lyrid-meteor-shower.html

How Your Teacher-Librarian Can Be An Ally When Teaching With Inquiry

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/53417/how-your-teacher-librarian-can-be-an-ally-when-teaching-with-inquiry?fbclid=IwAR3xBQ3LUUfCuvv6cqsVfuYWsiq_iPityVw5MsN_NTzn_QPVq1WJTu6sA70

Collaboration with a teacher-librarian creates a rich inquiry practice for classroom teachers that can easily be implemented with students. If we develop the habit of accessing this great resource as a regular class routine throughout the year, we will see the kind of progress and success we are looking for.

Educational Links 3/9/19

Modern Trends In Education: 50 Different Approaches To Learning

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/modern-trends-education-50-different-approaches-learning/?fbclid=IwAR3aqb2ioFD8LbfkrLxl00AYaLK5BcJaopq6c8F0itm18coeCRUpn2kN--I

Download: Parent-Teacher Conference Worksheet

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/working-with-childs-teacher/download-parent-teacher-conference-worksheet?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg&fbclid=IwAR3GLTkw4g4gP4ANx-uuw7D7t_U26_jJiVHJEBwl8lgNpM_qEKeyF7IwVe

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION RESOURCES OF THE WEEK

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/03/08/classroom-instruction-resources-of-the-week-221/?fbclid=IwAR2_VMs_2H9pO3R888kl6UVL0f0InULhnNjmftPlB-Uou2hwXMHfgZu-DsU

Supporting Student Success in Online Learning

https://www.gettingsmart.com/2019/02/supporting-student-success-in-online-learning/?fbclid=IwAR0urr8DnLUaqaY6tGydXosCLcBPVxhRwfLOoAH8wGJ1ThF5exNvHfGLaWk

Growing Writing Skills with Digital Portfolios

https://www.middleweb.com/39846/growing-writing-skills-with-digital-portfolios/

Engaging Students From the Front of the Room

http://blog.mimio.com/engaging-students-from-the-front-of-the-room

How Learning Through Classroom Games Keeps Students Engaged

https://www.teachhub.com/how-learning-through-classroom-games-keeps-students-engaged

Keeping students engaged is a challenge teachers of all grades experience. The results of a 2016 Gallup survey of 1 million students aged 5th through 12th grades showed only about 50 percent of students are engaged in school. Even worse, one-fifth are actively disengaged, and 10 percent are both disengaged and discouraged.

Educational Links 1/16/19

What Teachers Need to Know About Restorative Justice

https://www.weareteachers.com/restorative-justice/?utm_content=1547589660&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2eZYc1VUBKDnGbwCGB9AClUi6wU_v-DvwoLc0v8Na386Wu_KGbC4Uyyg8

'Principals make mistakes. They need support, not blame'

https://www.tes.com/news/principals-make-mistakes-they-need-support-not-blame?fbclid=IwAR19a4mmNNNO176IHYOVqFLG4w9JPl6fGh9tqk4eUTobZgfZxcBjx7K-JqY

Help EdSource shine a light on challenges in rural education

https://edsource.org/2019/help-edsource-shine-a-light-on-challenges-in-rural-education/604267?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rural-0115-19&fbclid=IwAR0Jld7sNuadkcP9SvBIWyMVZrjzQEwcL9Z2qWQOg5KhP3cTCJdaqIMqZ3A

“ADHD Is Not a Behavioral Disorder.”

https://www.additudemag.com/the-additude-interview-answer-man/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=diagnosis&fbclid=IwAR2jOmbRJfpa2fTKHW-eMB64VXnktmMKneGNDucfYDSAaL1EhKt2kXLDkvU

Easing test anxiety boosts low-income students’ biology grades

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/easing-test-anxiety-boosts-low-income-students-biology-grades

'Why Can't the Future of Ed-Tech Start Now?'

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/01/response_why_cant_the_future_of_ed_tech_start_now.html

“FIVE KEY STRATEGIES TO GET/KEEP KIDS ENGAGED AT SCHOOL”

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/01/16/a-look-back-five-key-strategies-to-getkeep-kids-engaged-at-school/?fbclid=IwAR3E9WudgP9aeYWp_u6rjHWtyNT_SnSgEMDJMq5VZImo2wueDWmIQNd2f5E

Teacher Resolution #1

I solemnly resolve...

#1. I will be a better teacher.

Great sentiment, a little too general.
How about:

I will pay more attention to each student.

The students feel more empowered to participate in classroom activities, attempt new challenges, and express ideas when on a positive footing with Teacher. The other data that schools collect make more sense when viewed through recent interaction with the student, and parent interaction becomes more positive and coherent when your input concerning the student is current.

Observing Students

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/observing-students 

From this article:

• Glean information from each student's daily experiences and interactions.
• Use data from tests to supplement your observation.
• Watch the process children go through to master skills, concepts, or content.
• Ask students to think aloud for you so you can probe their understanding of content and strategies.
• Build student portfolios to record performance benchmarks during the year.
• Use every possible source of information to create a rich tapestry of assessment enabling you to determine appropriate instruction for each student.

Response: Supporting Student Engagement by 'Building Community'

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2014/12/response_supporting_student_engagement_by_building_community.html?cmp=soc-edit-tw 

From this article:

Teachers play a critical role in increasing engagement by changing the type of tasks and by improving the social dynamics in the classroom. 

Supporting Student Resilience in the Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/supporting-student-resilience-in-classroom-steve-gardiner 

From this article: 

In a classroom, there are many variables that a teacher cannot control, such as parental involvement, poverty, nutrition and chemical influences. However, within the classroom, a teacher can become a charismatic adult and model a resilient mindset, identify and communicate islands of competence to students, and give them a sense of autonomy and choice in the work they do. These are simple, inexpensive steps that may make future assignments go more smoothly and keep more students involved throughout the process. 

 

Teaching Is Giving Kids Choices

1.The value of choice in student engagement

http://www.thepolliwogjournal.com/?p=470 

2. The Classroom of Choice: Managing the Learning Environment 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVsTXUS52IA 

3. Offering Students Choices from Day One

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-methods/classroom-management/6710.html 

4. The Classroom of Choice: Giving Students What They Need and Getting What You Want

http://www.questia.com/library/119453308/the-classroom-of-choice-giving-students-what-they 

5. Choice Is a Matter of Degree

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept10/vol68/num01/Choice-Is-a-Matter-of-Degree.aspx 

6.  Personalised Learning - Engaging Students by Providing Choice in the Classroom

http://kidspeak.wikispaces.com/Personalised+Learning+-+Engaging+Students+by+Providing+Choice+in+the+Classroom 

7. How to Put Choice Theory in the Classroom

http://www.ehow.com/how_7913359_put-choice-theory-classroom.html 

8.  Liven Up Your Lessons by Giving Students Choices

http://www.edutopia.org/lesson-engagement-student-choice 

 

Teaching Development Tweets of the Day 4/17/13

1. 8 Tips for Reaching Out to Parents 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/tips-reaching-out-to-parents-david-cutler?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-tips-reaching-out-to-parents-image

2. Childhood ‘eroded’ by 10-hour school day, teachers warn

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10765544/Childhood-eroded-by-10-hour-school-day-teachers-warn.html 

3. Deeper Learning Through a Global Lens

Grades 6-12 / All Subjects / Global Competency 

 https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/building-global-citizens-asis/?utm_content=buffer9e0be&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

4. How Engaged Are Students and Teachers in American Schools?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/how-engaged-are-students-and-teachers-in-american-schools/ 

5. Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

http://www.edutopia.org/teacher-development-research-keys-success?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=article-leadership-fact%20#graph1-repost 

6. Projects to Engage Middle School Readers

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/projects-engage-middle-school-readers-beth-holland?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-middleschool-readers-projects-holland-link-repost 

7. Filling in Thought Holes: An Invaluable Social and Emotional Learning Lesson

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/SEL-filling-in-thought-holes-renee-jain?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-choosing-thoughts-quote-repost 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problems VS Projects Tweets of the Day 1/16/14

1. Project-Based Learning vs. Problem-Based Learning vs. X-BL

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/pbl-vs-pbl-vs-xbl-john-larmer?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-pbl-vs-pbl-john-image-chart

2. 23 Things A Teacher Should Never Ask A Student To Do

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/23-things-teacher-never-ask-student/ 

3. Fairy Tales Gone Wild: 10 Creative Ways to Teach Fairy Tales

http://www.weareteachers.com/community/blogs/weareteachersblog/blog-wat/2013/04/30/fairy-tales-gone-wild-10-creative-ways-to-teach-fairy-tales 

4. Is the Education Department Nitpicking States Over NCLB Waivers?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2014/01/is_the_education_department_ni.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

5.  Wonder, Prediction and Student Engagement

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/wonder-prediction-and-student-engagement-richard-curwin?fb_action_ids=10151781668715895&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=[232913096879937]&action_type_map=[%22og.recommends%22]&action_ref_map=[] 

6.  A worldwide, multistakeholder partnership can make a

sustainable difference.

http://atc21s.org/ 

7. It's Not What You Know, It's How You Learn

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/international_perspectives/2013/10/its_not_what_you_know_its_how_you_learn.html 

 

The Greatest Resource: A Kid's Mind Tweets of the Day `12/16/13

1. Creative Ways to Bring Music to Students — Every Day!

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/12/creative-ways-to-bring-music-into-any-school/ 

2. Can Music Help Low-Income Students Close the Academic Gap?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/10/can-music-help-low-income-students-close-the-academic-gap/ 

3. Creative Ways to Bring Music to Students — Every Day!

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/12/creative-ways-to-bring-music-into-any-school/ 

4. How Music Can Improve Memory

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/09/how-music-can-improve-memory/ 

5. Good Time: 4 Ways to Reawaken Student Engagement

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/good-time-reawaken-student-engagement-nicholas-provenzano 

6. How I Gave Struggling Students A Sense Of Authorship

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/how-i-gave-struggling-students-a-sense-of-authorship/ 

7. Show A Little Faith In The Learning Process

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/show-little-faith-learning-process/ 

Teaching Quality Policy Road Map--Ready? Tweets of the Day 12/3/13

1. Educators, Researchers and Advocates Release
Teaching Quality Policy Road Map

http://www.otlcampaign.org/policy-guides/teaching-quality 

2. How Do We Know When Students Are Engaged?

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/student-engagement-definition-ben-johnson?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-student-directed-vs-teacher-directed-shared-most-popular 

3. Report Urges Steps to Revitalize Civic Education in U.S. Schools

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2013/11/report_urges_importance_of_rev.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

4. Teacher Slams Scripted Common Core Lessons That Must be Taught ‘Word for Word’

http://freepatriot.org/2013/12/01/teacher-slams-scripted-common-core-lessons-must-taught-word-word/ 

5. An Interview with Grant Wiggins: The Power of Backwards Design

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/interview-grant-wiggins-power-backwards-design-ben-johnson 

6. My Biggest Regret as a Teacher: Extrinsic Rewards

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/coach_gs_teaching_tips/2013/12/my_biggest_regret_as_a_teacher_extrinsic_rewards.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

7.  Winter Writing Prompts- writing ideas for all ages

http://www.teachertime123.com/2012/01/winter-writing-prompts/ 

 

 

What Success Looks Like Tweets of the Day 11/11/13

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1. Can Kids Be Taught Persistence?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/07/can-kids-be-taught-persistence/ 

2. Growing Writers

http://www.readingrockets.org/shows/launching/growing_writers/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

3. Student Engagement: Resource Roundup 

http://www.edutopia.org/student-engagement-resources?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=article-engagement-roundup-learning-quote 

4. 10 Mind Mapping Strategies For Teachers

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/10-mind-mapping-strategies-for-teacher

5. Seven Great Ideas from Teachers on Managing Tablets in the Classroom  

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/blog/seven-great-ideas-from-teachers-on-managing-tablets-in-the-classroom

6. Open Educational Resources (OER): Resource Roundup

http://www.edutopia.org/open-educational-resources-guide?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=article-OER-roundup-list 

7. Alien Educational Practices: A View from Far, Far Away

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/alien-educational-practices-mark-phillips 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valued Activities for Kids Tweets of the Day 6/22/13

1.Computers, Compassion and Engagement Reach Kids, Superintendent Says 

http://www.teachhub.com/computers-compassion-and-engagement-reach-kids-superintendent-says 

2. Editor’s Picks: 4th of July Activities and Worksheets

http://www.education.com/blog/jmamable/2013/06/editors-picks-4th-of-july-activities-and-worksheets/?cid=80. 

3. Resources to Prevent Summer Slide: Virtual Field Trips, DIY Projects and Summer Reading

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/resources-prevent-summer-slide-matt-davis?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-gladwellquote 

4. Arms Wide Open: Talking to Kids About Tragedy

http://www.teachhub.com/arms-wide-open-talking-kids-about-tragedy 

5. Summer Reading List For Kids: Children's Books For All Ages

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/21/summer-reading-list-for-kids_n_3479508.html

6. How Reading Makes Us More Human

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/how-reading-makes-us-more-human/277079/ 

7. 27 Ways To Increase Student Engagement In Learning

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/27-ways-to-increase-student-engagement-in-learning/