Good Citizens, Good Writing, Good Play Tweets of the Day 3/5/13

 1. Ideas for Digital Citizenship PBL Projects

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-citizenship-PBL-projects-andrew-miller?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=digitalcitizen 

2. Why teach persuasive writing?

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

3.Distance Learning and Online Relationships

http://gettingsmart.com/cms/blog/2013/02/distance-learning-and-online-relationships/ 

4. How Free Play Can Define Kids’ Success

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/how-free-play-can-define-kids-success/ 

5. Teacher-Evaluation Plans Bedevil Waiver States

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/03/06/23waivers_ep.h32.html?tkn=SLUFO5hhLhMwEXOOT3GcSWDE4EakZEb6ne8p&cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

6. Organizations and Web Sites

Recommended Links

Parent Advocacy Groups

http://www.ldonline.org/resources_new/c715/ 

7. Video: What Is Asperger's Syndrome?

 http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-what-is-aspergers-syndrome

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Curriki/134427817464

 

 

 

Message for Math Teachers Tweets of the Day 1/9/13

Finally, a math joke English majors can get.

1. Life With Aspergers

http://blog.theautismsite.com/?p=712 

2. How Spelling Supports Reading

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/8845/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

3. Gates Foundation MET Report: Teacher Observation Less Reliable Than Test Scores 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/gates-foundation-met-report-teacher-_n_2433348.html 

4. Autism Benefits Lagging Under Federal Health Care Reform

http://www.autismspeaks.org/advocacy/advocacy-news/autism-benefits-lagging-under-federal-health-care-reform 

5. Video: Reading Tips for Children with LD

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-reading-tips-children-ld 

6. Don’t Call Me At Home: Effective Communication with your child’s special educators

http://www.friendshipcircle.org/blog/2012/04/26/dont-call-me-at-home-effective-communication-with-your-childs-special-educators/ 

7. For My People

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/11053?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=general_marketing 

Margaret Walker

1915–1998
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/margaret-walker 

 

 

 

Needs Of All Tweets of the Day 12/8/12

1. Fla. Flubs Release of Teacher Evaluation Results

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2012/12/fla_releases_retracts_and_releases_teacher_evaluation_results.html 

2. APPLY TO MƒA  

Math for America offers four fellowship programs for new and experienced mathematics and science teachers and leaders. MƒA has seven sites across the country and each site offers different fellowship program options. The tabs below provide instructions on how to apply to the MƒA Fellowship, MƒA Early Career Fellowship, MƒA Master Teacher Fellowship and MƒA School Leader Fellowship.

http://www.mathforamerica.org/apply 

3. Government warned it will be forced to reverse respite care cut

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1207/1224327611416.html

4. 4 Overlooked Prewriting Features

http://special-ism.com/category/motor-skills/fine-motor-2/handwriting/ 

5.  Teach For America: 12 of 16 TFA Recruits Leave New Haven Schools

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/06/teach-for-america_n_2251182.html 

6.  Gifts of Giving – Providing Opportunities of Giving to Your Child with Special Needs

http://special-ism.com/gifts-of-giving-providing-opportunities-of-giving-to-your-child-with-asd/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

7. What’s It Like to Be a Molecule? Science Meets Embodied Learning

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/tag/games/ 

 

 

Potentialities Tweets of the Day 12/4/12

What Kids Should Know About Their Own Brains

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/04/what-kids-should-know-about-their-own-brains/

1. California School Districts Face Huge Debt on Risky Bonds 

http://www.teachhub.com/california-school-districts-face-huge-debt-risky-bonds 

2. Assistive Technology and the 1:1 Student

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/assistive-technology-one-to-one-andrew-marcinek?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=assistivetech 

3. Myths and Misconceptions about AD/HD: Science over Cynicism

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

4. Turning a Dream Into Something Tangible: Starting Your Own School- Part 2

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/12/turning-a-dream-into-something-tangible-starting-your-own-school-part-2/ 

5.  Details Hazy on L.A. Teacher-Evaluation Pact

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2012/12/details_hazy_on_la_teacher-evaluation_pact.html 

6.  Genome Sequencing For Babies Brings Knowledge And Conflicts

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/12/03/165272373/genome-sequencing-for-babies-brings-knowledge-and-conflicts?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20121203 

7. Making Math Fun with Place Value Games

Grade 2, Math, Place Value

Common Core Standards: Math.2.NBT.1a Math.2.NBT.4 Math.2.NBT.5

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/second-grade-math-lesson?fd=1%2F%3Futm_source%3Dfb&utm_medium=post12031202&utm_campaign=fbt 

Bilingual Ed, Tests, and Tech (Plus Barbie Bungee Jumping)Tweets of the Day 9/24/12

Muy bien.

Spanglish, anyone?

  
1. Education Nation: Finding Classroom Success In Bilingual Mix Of Spanish, English

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/education-nation-finding-_n_1909697.html 

2. On Reading with Kids on the iPad, Mixed Feelings Persist Among Parents

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/09/ebooks/on-reading-with-kids-on-the-ipad-mixed-feelings-persist-among-parents/ 

Could 'whole language' be responsible for this?

3. 2012 SAT Reading Scores Lowest Since 1972

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/09/24/161695636/2012-sat-reading-scores-lowest-since-1972?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20120903

Barbie bungee jump, had to share this with you.

4. STEM: Engagement! Collaboration! Real-World Applications! Oh My!

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2012/09/24/new-stem-series/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post09241201&utm_campaign=fbt 

 I love you, Mind/Shift. You are fascinating.

5 . How Games Are Being Used for Learning

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/09/how-games-are-being-used-for-learning/ 

 Shortest poem:    I? Why?

6. What Is Self-Esteem? 

http://www.ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/social-emotional-skills/what-is-self-esteem 

7. The Power of Punctuation 

http://www.education.com/slideshow/power-punctuation/power-punctuation-1/?cid=80. 

I wonder why.

8. Education Nation: Teachers Wary Of New Evaluations In Aftermath Of Chicago Strike 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/education-nation-teachers_n_1909824.html 

How many days 'til school's out?

9. Common Sense Media at the National Conference on Summer Learning www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/blog/common-sense-media-at-the-national-conference-on-summer-learning