Ed Tech and STEM Weekly Update 6/22/15

Poor students often lack a home Internet connection. Is this FCC program a solution?

http://hechingerreport.org/poor-students-often-lack-a-home-internet-connection-is-this-fcc-program-a-solution/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29

Explore the World's Fair on Your iPad 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/06/explore-worlds-fair-on-your-ipad.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29#.VX5MyUZdVdQ

Google or Apple? Inside the Choices of Educators

https://www.edsurge.com/n/2015-06-15-google-or-apple-inside-the-choices-of-educators

3 ways to be a better digital citizen, online and IRL

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/06/15/digital-citizen-255/ 

5 Good Online Educational Resources from the Smithsonian Museums 

 http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/06/5-good-online-educational-resources.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29#.VX-KqkZdVdQ

What Schools Can Learn from Google About Nurturing Creativity

http://www.edudemic.com/google-nurturing-creativity/

Top 10 Best Free Math Resources on the Web

http://www.edudemic.com/top-10-free-math-resources-web/

STEM to STEAM

21st Century Parents Should Also Learn

http://edtechreview.in/ 

Five-Minute Film Festival: Arts Integration Turns STEM to STEAM 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-stem-vs-steam

 

Best Articles for Educators 6/21/15

How to Build Stronger Bonds with Fellow Teachers

http://www.edudemic.com/build-stronger-bonds-fellow-teachers/ 

15 Resources: Prepare for Cultural Diversity in Class

http://www.edudemic.com/cultural-diversity-in-the-classroom/ 

A Collection Of Useful Posts, Articles & Videos On Race & Racism – Help Me Find More

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/05/05/a-collection-of-useful-posts-articles-videos-on-race-racism-help-me-find-more/ 

Better Classrooms through Professional Development 

http://www.teachhub.com/better-classrooms-through-professional-development

Will ADHD Medication Change My Child's Brain?

http://www.childmind.org/en/posts/articles/2015-6-9-will-adhd-medication-change-my-childs-brain 

Top 10 Best Free Math Resources on the Web

http://www.edudemic.com/top-10-free-math-resources-web/

Why We Call Them Learning and Attention Issues 

http://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/getting-started/what-you-need-to-know/why-we-call-them-learning-and-attention-issues 

3 ways to be a better digital citizen, online and IRL

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/06/15/digital-citizen-255/ 

5 Good Online Educational Resources from the Smithsonian Museums 

 http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/06/5-good-online-educational-resources.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29#.VX-KqkZdVdQ

Poor students often lack a home Internet connection. Is this FCC program a solution?

http://hechingerreport.org/poor-students-often-lack-a-home-internet-connection-is-this-fcc-program-a-solution/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29

 

Educational Links 6/20/15

Poor students often lack a home Internet connection. Is this FCC program a solution?

http://hechingerreport.org/poor-students-often-lack-a-home-internet-connection-is-this-fcc-program-a-solution/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29 

When Schools Welcome Community Partners

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/when-schools-welcome-community-partners-anne-obrien?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

Graphic: 27 Things Teachers Do Well 

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/graphic-27-things-teachers-do-well/ 

3 Ways to Support Teachers as the Educational Landscape Evolves

http://catlintucker.com/2015/06/3-ways-to-support-teachers-as-the-educational-landscape-evolves/

Learning & Attention Issues 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues 

Five Ways to Create Healthier Learning Environments in Schools

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/school-administrors-radio/2079-five-ways-to-create-healthier-learning-environments-in-schools 

Kids' Art Show Takes Over 2 Billboards In Times Square

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/18/415527570/kids-art-show-takes-over-two-billboards-in-times-square?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=education 

Who? by Sharon Yang, 10, a fifth-grader in Brooklyn. Of this work, she says: "I put a lot of effort in my artwork to make the texture on the tree and the feathers on the owl."

 

 

Ed Tech and STEM Monday Review 12/8/14

Students at Piedmont High School have MacBook Airs that they can take home and use to access information and homework on the Internet. (League of Innovative Schools.)

How Rural Schools Paid for Students’ Home Internet to Transform Learning

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/12/how-rural-schools-paid-for-students-home-internet-to-transform-learning/

2014 Recap: 15 Top Resources On Digital Citizenship

http://www.edudemic.com/15-resources-digital-citizenship-2014/

Is the U.S. Focusing Too Much on STEM?

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/12/is-the-us-focusing-too-much-on-stem/383353/ 

10 Best Educational Websites for Kids (that are free!)

http://www.parenting.com/blogs/mom-congress/melissa-taylor/10-best-educational-websites-kids-are-free

This Is How to Create A Library in Google Scholar

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/12/this-is-how-to-create-library-in-google.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+educatorstechnology%2FpDkK+%28Educational+Technology+and+Mobile+Learning%29

10 Apps to Make Reading in the Classroom Even More Fun

http://www.edudemic.com/10-apps-reading-classroom-fun/

The Top 10 iPad Apps for Special Education

http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/06/30/the-top-10-ipad-apps-for-special-education.aspx

 Assistive Technology: Resource Roundup

http://www.edutopia.org/article/assistive-technology-resources

 

Hot Button Teacher Topics

 

Feds: Inequalities in Ed Tech Resources 'Potentially Unlawful Discrimination'

 http://thejournal.com/articles/2014/10/02/feds-inequalities-in-ed-tech-resources-potentially-unlawful-discrimination.aspx

Why do New York’s poor schools have lower-rated teachers?

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2014/09/8551986/why-do-new-yorks-poor-schools-have-lower-rated-teachers 

Christmas: no room at the inn for baby Jesus in school nativities

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11264641/Christmas-no-room-at-the-inn-for-baby-Jesus-in-school-nativities.html

Despite Controversy Over Transgender High School Athletes, Feds Say They Can Play

http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/12/02/minnesota-antigay-transgender-athlete-title-ix

Putting an End to School Violence – Is Zero Tolerance the Solution?

 http://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=19856

FBI Cracks Down on Fraudulent Charter Schools

 http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/fbi-cracks-down-on-fraudulent-charter-schools-140821?news=854030

Yes, Schools Do Discriminate Against Students Of Color -- Reports

https://www.google.com/search?q=racial+discrimination+in+school+discipline&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb 

 

This Is What's Happening In Education?

 

The Problems with the Common Core

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/28_02/28_02_karp.shtml 

Expansive Survey of America's Public Schools Reveals Troubling Racial Disparities

http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/expansive-survey-americas-public-schools-reveals-troubling-racial-disparities 

State Digital Education Programs Grow, But Disparities Persist

 http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2014/11/state_digital_education_progams_grow_and_disparities_persist.html?cmp=ENL-II-NEWS3

Report: Changes Fail To Curb Restraint, Seclusion

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/11/03/report-changes-restraint/19809/ 

Think Big: How to Jumpstart Tech Use In Low-Income Schools

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/02/think-big-how-to-jumpstart-tech-use-in-low-income-schools/ 

Five Ways to Get Girls into STEM

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-ways-girls-involved-STEM-karen-purcell 

Of Carrots And Kids: Healthy School Lunches That Don't Get Tossed

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/12/02/364712994/of-carrots-and-kids-healthy-school-lunches-that-dont-get-tossed?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=education 

Study Finds The Average School Lunch Is Healthier Than Home-Packed Lunches

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/28/healthy-school-lunch_n_6219378.html