Educational Links 3/8/16

How Innovative Educators Plug into Global Ideas 

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/every-classroom-matters/3742-plugging-into-global-ideas-and-educators-worldwide 

Teach100 Mentor: Should You Let Students Fail?

http://teach.com/teach100-mentor/should-you-let-students-fail 

How Reading Rainbow is closing the reading gap for the digital generation

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2016/03/07/how-reading-rainbow-is-closing-the-reading-gap-for-the-digital-generation/ 

10 simple ways to create more class time for instruction

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2016/03/more-class-time.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCornerstone+%28The+Cornerstone+Blog%29 

There Is No FDA For Education. Maybe There Should Be

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/03/07/467958949/there-is-no-fda-for-education-maybe-there-should-be?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160307 

Understanding Dyslexia

 https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/understanding-dyslexia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Can a Truly Student-Centered Education Be Available to All?

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/12/08/is-the-public-system-scared-to-put-students-at-the-center-of-education/ 

Some readers object to unschooling because its proponents have opted out of the public system. They argue that a student-centered teaching approach like unschooling could never exist in a public system governed by standardized tests. But in reality there have been public schools modeled after unschooling, and a few still operate programs that hold self-direction at their core.

Festival of Irish Arts and Music Day 2

Irish Triskelions from Book of Durrow.

A History of Ireland in 100 Objects

http://www.100objects.ie/ 

Celtic knot

From the book of Kells

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_knot

Here is a site not only with color (colour) pages, but with the source of the knot design. 

Outline Celtic knots examples to colour in 

http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/knots/bw.htm 

Some researchers believe the Irish harp was the first to be developed.

Egan harp.

O' Carolan was a blind, itinerant harpist from the 16th century who would play for his keep--playing original music every sunrise and bedtime.

Turlough O'Carolan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turlough_O%27Carolan 

Carolan's Dream - played on celtic harp 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFlKx3YPL5I

Women Scientists--Here are Some Great Posters

Minimalist Posters Celebrating Six Pioneering 

Women in Science

 One designer’s homage to Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, Rosalind Franklin, Grace Hopper, Rachel Carson, and Sally Ride.

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/26/hydrogene-women-in-science-posters/ 

 

 

Polish winner of two Nobel Prizes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie 

  

American Naval Officer, Computer Scientist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper

First American Woman in Space http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride

Marine Biologist and writer who sparked the Environment Movement thttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson

 

Discovered structure of DNA

 http://www.livescience.com/39804-rosalind-franklin.html

 

 

English Primatologis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodallt 

 

 

 

 

Educational Links 3/7/16

Elementary Engineering: From Simple Machines to Life Skills 

http://www.edutopia.org/practice/elementary-engineering-simple-machines-life-skills?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow 

20 Tips For A More Organized Classroom

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/20-tips-more-organized-classroom/ 

Eight Evaluation Essentials 

http://www.nesca-news.com/2016/03/eight-evaluation-essentials.html 

My Favorite Internet Search Tips for Teachers & Students 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/03/my-favorite-internet-search-tips-for.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=freetech4teachers#.VtzSu9Az4s4 

When Students Lead the Discussion

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/when-students-lead-the-discussion/ 

Blending Learning From the Top Down or the Ground Up?

http://educationnext.org/blending-learning-from-the-top-down-or-the-ground-up/ 

Strategies for teaching, learning success

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2016/03/04/news-march-4-035/ 

 Beyond Pop Culture: Helping Students to Dig Deeper with Their Writing

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/3725-beyond-pop-culture-helping-students-to-dig-deeper-with-their-writing 

The Teacher’s Guide To Badges In Education

http://www.edudemic.com/guides/the-teachers-guide-to-badges-in-education/ 

Badges encourage our students to try harder, do things differently, and think outside the box. Badges are a reward, and doesn’t everyone want something to show for the work they did? There is no other explanation for spending six hours on one silly achievement other than to say that I did it.

 

 

 

 

Festival of Irish Arts and Music Day 1

Book of Kells: In the beginning was the Word...

Book of Kells

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Kells
/watch?v=4sfhbm0xNOc&list=RDBAcaZqwPriU 

Here is a very interesting study of ancient musical instruments from Ireland.

Ancient Music Ireland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4t8ap5KXqQ

Love the irony of the BBC presenting an Irish music festival in Glasgow. The times they are a changin'. Fantastic music. 

BBC Music Of Ireland - Celtic Connections 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xeWNro0rqQ 

 

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Kids The Confidence To Try

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Kids The Confidence To Try: 1. Study Skills & Test Preparation http://www.teachervision.fen.com/study-skills/skill-builder/6393.html    2. Prep...

MzTeachuh's Meditations: You Reap What You Sow

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Gal.6:7

On a positive note: How cool a crop when we sow good seed! Let's keep that up! (Don't forget to pull weeds.)

Alan Jackson - "In The Garden" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sAGeIbu2ss

Jesus had some parables about reaping and sowing, too.

Matthew 13:1-34 

Just in case you want to listen to the marvelous voice of Alexander Scourby reading the Bible--here's a link:

KJV 40 The Book Of Matthew Alexander Scourby with Ambient BGM 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWUeqPb004c