MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 11/6/15

Helpful Hints for When Teacher Is Overwhelmed
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/11/mzteachuh-helpful-hints-for-when.html

Nature, My Garden and Me: A'Mulching We Will Go
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/10/nature-my-garden-and-me-mulching-we.html 

The Arts Give You Smarts
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/11/mzteachuh-arts-give-you-smarts-stem-and.html 

Teacher Burn Out: U Gotz It?
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/11/mzteachuh-teacher-burnout-u-gotz-it.html 

Ed Tech and STEM Weekly Update 11/2/15

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/11/ed-tech-and-stem-weekly-update-11215.html 

Every Teacher Is A Reading Teacher

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/10/every-teacher-is-reading-teacher.html 

Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts About Thanksgiving
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/11/mzteachuh-cheesy-jokes-and-serious.html


Teaching Is Learning Ed Tech

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/11/mzteachuh-teaching-is-learning-ed-tech.html 

Auntie Melanie's Chicken Noodle Soup
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/11/auntie-melanies-chicken-noodle-soup.html 

MzTeachuh's Meditations: Nothing Is Impossible With God
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/11/auntie-melanies-chicken-noodle-soup.html 

Principal's Suggestion Box #3

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/11/mzteachuh-principals-suggestion-box.html 
 

I'll Put A Trinket On   http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2014/10/ill-put-trinket-on.html?spref=bl

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Best Articles for Educators Week of 9/5/14

Gotta share? There is a new outlet from Dept. of Ed.!

  Commit to Lead
http://teachtolead.ideascale.com/ 

Teacher leaders meet in online community http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/09/03/teacher-leaders-convene-837/

The Key To Innovation: Making Smart Analogies

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/the-key-to-innovation-making-smart-analogies/ 

Meeting the Needs of All Students: A First Step

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/meeting-needs-all-students-first-step-elena-aguilar?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-meeting-needs-all-students-first-steps-link

How To Build Your Professional Learning Network Online and Offline

https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-08-14-how-to-build-your-professional-learning-network-online-and-offline

Three Ways Student Data Can Inform Your Teaching

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/using-student-data-inform-teaching-rebecca-alber 

How the Arts Unlock the Door to Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-arts-integration-reform-overview

What Do Schools Risk By Going ‘Full Google’?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/08/what-do-schools-risk-by-going-full-google/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

 

 

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 9/5/14

Special Needs Weekly Update 8/31/14 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/08/special-needs-weekly-update-83114.html 

Ed Tech Equity: Let All Students Learn in the 21st Century 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/08/ed-tech-equity-let-all-students-learn_29.html 

Teaching Is...Soothing the Soul (SEL) 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/09/teaching-issoothing-soul-sel.html 

Teaching Is Giving Feedback 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/08/teaching-is-giving-feedback.html 

How the Arts Unlock the Door to Learning 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-arts-unlock-door-to-learning.html 

Check out Mind/Shift KQED 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/09/check-out-mindshift-kqed.html?spref=bl 

Music For A New Schoolyear 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/09/music-for-new-schoolyear.html 

Dr. Seuss-A-Thon Day 1 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/08/dr-seuss-thon-day-1.html 

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Best Articles for Educators Week of 7/13/14

 

Filtering social media in schools because it’s a ‘distraction’

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2014/07/filtering-social-media-in-schools-because-its-a-distraction.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dangerouslyirrelevant+%28Dangerously+Irrelevant%29

What Makes an ‘Extreme Learner’?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/what-makes-an-extreme-learner/

Asking special needs kids to clear the same bar

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/07/01/asking-special-needs-kids-to-clear-the-same-bar?refid=0

Myth-Busting Differentiated Instruction: 3 Myths and 3 Truths

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/differentiated-instruction-myths-and-truths-john-mccarthy?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-differentiated-instruction-myths-and-truths-link

A School That Ditches All the Rules, But Not the Rigor

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/a-school-that-ditches-all-the-rules-but-not-the-rigor-game-based-school-playmaker/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

The Importance of Hearing from Teachers Around the World

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2014/07/the-importance-of-hearing-from-teachers-around-the-world/

Left Bank Learning: When "Work Time" Becomes "Studio Time"

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/left-bank-learning-work-time-studio-time-amy-burvall?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Zero-tolerance policies are destroying the lives of black children

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/07/07/zero-tolerance-policies-differeniated instructionare-destroying-the-lives-of-black-children/

 

 

Interesting Enhancements for Teaching Tweets of the Day 12/24/13

1. Denver Art Museum's resources have generated 32,853 views

http://www.sharemylesson.com/mypublicprofile.aspx?uc=2461048 

 Welcome to the Share My Lesson Information Center for the Common Core State Standards.

http://www.sharemylesson.com/article.aspx?storyCode=50000148 

2. You Don't Have To Make Up for Not Being a Perfect Parent

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/Heal_the_ghost_of_holidays_past/ 

3. 4 Challenges That Can Cripple Your School’s BYOD Program

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/4-challenges-can-cripple-schools-byod-program/ 

4. I Believe in Human Rights: Youth Homelessness and Education

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2013/12/i-believe-in-human-rights-youth-homelessness-and-education/ 

5. Encouragement and inspiration for the new year

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2013/12/encouragement-and-inspiration-for-the-new-year.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCornerstone+%28The+Cornerstone+Blog%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

6.  Schools gear up for trial run of new online exams

http://hechingerreport.org/content/schools-gear-up-for-trial-run-of-new-online-exams_14226/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

7. Top 13 Teaching and Learning Articles  

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/our-top-13-teaching-and-learning-articles-of-2013/

Our Top 13 Teaching and Learning Articles of 2013

Fun in Learning Tweets of the Day 11/30/13

 

1. When Learning Is Playful And Intuitive, Good Things Happen

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/when-learning-is-playful-intuitive-good-things-happen/ 

2. The Greatest Shows on Earth: The Case for Arts Education and Support

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/greatest-shows-arts-education-support-aine-greaney 

3. How Do We Inspire Young Inventors?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/11/how-do-we-inspire-young-inventors/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

4. I Can Haz Spanish Lessons: Cat Pictures Now Have A Purpose

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/11/26/247337248/i-can-haz-spanish-lessons-cat-pictures-now-have-a-purpose?ft=1&f=1013 

5. Christie: In-state tuition bill benefits too rich

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/11/26/654839njimmigranttuition_ap.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mrss 

6. Just Updated My Holiday List Of Resources

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/11/29/just-updated-my-holiday-list-of-resources/ 

7. Christmas Curriculum: Unintended Consequences

http://www.tolerance.org/article/christmas-curriculum-unintended-consequences 

 

Choosing to Excel Tweets of the Day 9/12/13

 1. Good Read: How Will Robot Tutors Change What Happens in Classrooms?

 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/jp/good-read-how-will-robot-tutors-change-what-happens-in-classrooms/

2. Doing it Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/vocabulary-instruction-teaching-tips-rebecca-alber?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-vocab-tips 

3. Creative Commons Resources for Classroom Teachers

http://www.teachingquality.org/content/creative-commons-resources-classroom-teachers 

4. Sequester Hits Special Education Like ‘Ton of Bricks’

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2013/09/10/sequester-sped-bricks/18689/ 

5. Fierce Fashion Tips for Teachers on a Budget 

http://www.teachhub.com/fierce-fashion-tips-teachers-budget 

For First Day of School, Julianne Moore Brings Books to Kids at Harlem Daycare Center - See more at: http://blog.firstbook.org/2013/09/10/julianne-moore-brings-books-to-kids-at-harlem-daycare-center/#sthash.FXp87tUX.dpuf

6. For Teachers

 http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/teachers/

7. Fact Sheet About the Benefits of Arts Education for Children

http://www.americansforthearts.org/get_involved/advocacy/funding_resources/default_005.asp 

 

Edutopia Encourages the Arts Tweets of the Day 1/1/13

A Research-Based Approach to Arts Integration

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-arts-integration-research?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=stw&utm_campaign=batesresearch 

How the Arts Unlock the Door to Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-arts-integration-reform-overview 

Integrate the Arts, Deepen the Learning 

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-arts-integration-video 

Arts Integration: Fundamentals for Getting Started

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-arts-integration-tips 

The Social and Emotional Benefits of Being Weirdly Creative

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/stw-arts-integration 

 

Big Ideas and Tweets of the Day 11/14/12

 

By Jove, I thinks she's got it.

1. BYOD: What We’re Learning

http://connectedprincipals.com/archives/6653 

 

2. Hunting for Holiday Break Activities – 6 Special Ways to Hunt for Fun

http://special-ism.com/hunting-for-holiday-break-activities-6-special-ways-to-hunt-for-fun/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

 

3. Affirmative Action: Selecting the Right Students or Cultural Bias?

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/11/affirmative-action-selecting-the-right-students-or-cultural-bias/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

4. Quick Look: Bringing Together Big Thinkers at the Big Ideas Fest

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/jp/quick-look-bringing-together-big-thinkers-at-the-big-ideas-fest/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

5.  Middle School Art Activities With a Thanksgiving Theme

http://www.ehow.com/list_6507994_middle-art-activities-thanksgiving-theme.html

6. Thanksgiving Activities for High School

http://www.ehow.com/list_5786412_thanksgiving-activities-high-school.html 

7.  Poems for Thanksgiving Day

http://poetry.about.com/od/ourpoemcollections/a/thanksgivgpoems.htm 

Seventh grader working on mural in San Francisco.

 

Improvement is the Name of the Game Tweets of the Day 11/6/12

1. Download the 100 Day Kit here!
http://www.autismspeaks.org/family-services/tool-kits/100-day-kit 
  
2. Dyslexia

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

3. Walter Smith Banned From Clearwater Middle School Career Day In Florida Because He's A Tattoo Artist (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/05/walter-smith-career-day-tattoo_n_2077740.html 

4. School 'Politicians' In Mock Elections Promise Good School Lunches, Less Homework 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/school-politicians-in-moc_n_2083232.html 

5. Beyond Engagement: Changing How Our Students Express Learning

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2012/11/06/beyond-engagement/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post11061201&utm_campaign=fbt

6. Blogs About Reading

Sound It Out

http://www.readingrockets.org/blog/54660/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

In theatres November 16, 2012.

7. Lincoln Movie   Lincoln Movie Soundtrack, United States

http://soundcloud.com/lincoln-movie 

8. Planned paediatrics ward reliant on funding

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/planned-paediatrics-ward-reliant-on-funding-213084.html 

 Clearly, they should have called it a field trip.

9. San Francisco Giants Parade Cost City Schools Nearly $160,000 In Absent Students 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/05/san-francisco-giants-para_n_2078372.html 

We start S.F Giants' fandom very young.

 

 

 

 

Always the Time To Learn Tweets of the Day 9/5/12

We must educate the whole brain.

The arts release the learning.

1. How the Arts Unlock the Door to Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-arts-integration-reform-overview 

2. Instructional Coaches: An Invitation to an Advice Column

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/coaching_teachers/ 

Just keep your criteria straight, officials.

3. More Paralympic athletes with learning disabilities expected for Rio 2016

Games officials confident of increased numbers but admit some competitors will always try to cheat classification system

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/28/paralympics-rio-2016-learning-disabilities?newsfeed=true 

Literacy for all!

4.  ProLiteracy Starts New Chapter with Grand Opening of New Headquarters

http://www.proliteracy.org/page.aspx?pid=1161

Plan ahead for next summer!

5.  National Conference - Conference Workshops 

http://www.summerlearning.org/?page=conferenceworkshops#Systems%20Building 

Is it always about profit?

6. Special Report: The profit motive behind virtual schools in Maine

http://www.pressherald.com/news/virtual-schools-in-maine_2012-09-02.html 

Hey--you can't get a way with it.

7. Florida School Teachers Helped Students Cheat On State Exams, Investigation Reveals 

http://www.pressherald.com/news/virtual-schools-in-maine_2012-09-02.html 

But what would be the cost to the kids?

8. Special Education Spending Reduction To National Median Could Save Districts $10 Billion: Study 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/districts-could-save-10-b_n_1858345.html