Educational Links 7/11/16

Study: Music Education Aids Cognitive Development

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2016/07/music_education_aids_cognitive.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Summer Reading Lists For Kids Ages 6 – 14

http://imaginationsoup.net/2015/05/03/summer-reading-list-for-kids/ 

'Find Your Yoda' and Other Advice from Your School's Tech Department

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-10-20-find-your-yoda-and-other-advice-from-your-school-s-tech-department?utm_content=buffer49ae8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Next Generation Science Standards: What Do Lessons Look Like?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2016/07/next_generation_science_standards_lessons.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Is It Sensory Processing Disorder? Or Hypersensitivity?

http://www.additudemag.com/q&a/ask_the_add_medical_expert/5598.html 

Roll the Dice for Participation 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/increase-student-participation-getty 

'Find Your Yoda' and Other Advice from Your School's Tech Department

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-10-20-find-your-yoda-and-other-advice-from-your-school-s-tech-department?utm_content=buffer49ae8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Learn more than your tech staff’s names. Understand what each individual does for your school. Just because someone is in the technology department does not mean he knows everything about technology. You wouldn’t think of asking the head of the English department for help with physics. Nor should you ask a network administrator about software loaded on a student’s computer. Different areas of technology demand different skills set and levels of expertise.

 

A Writing Prompt to Really Get To Know Your Students

A Writing Prompt to Really Get To Know Your Students  "Three Things I Want You To Know About Me."   I came up with this prompt while teaching high school, but it works with younger ...

Two of Us

Two of Us: You and I have memories Longer than the road that stretches out ahead Two of us riding nowhere Spending someone's Hard earned p...

Educational Links 7/9/16

What are the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)?
https://www.teachingchannel.org/ngss 

Do No Harm: Flexible and Smart Grading Practices

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/do-no-harm-flexible-smart-grading-andrew-miller 

PBS: A Science Odyssey

http://www.techlearning.com/resources/0003/pbs-a-science-odyssey/70113 

Opinion: Teacher Residency Programs Can Solve Shortage Problems

http://www.educationworld.com/a_news/opinion-teacher-residency-programs-can-solve-shortage-problems-1629619853 

Teaching Strategies for Better Bulletin Boards

http://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies-better-bulletin-boards 

How Starting School Too Early Is Hurting Teenagers’ Health

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/starting-school-too-early-is-hurting-teenagers_us_577d29bee4b0a629c1ab6f7b?ir=Education&section=us_education&utm_hp_ref=education 

Discipline Reboot: Managing Behavior in Kids with ADHD

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/11754.html 

 When it comes to discipline, are you stuck in a routine? Try these three new suggestions to help your child manage problem behaviors and master ADHD-related disobedience.

Educational Links 7/8/16

The Benefits of Sports on ADHD Can Be Golden

Student Engagement: Moving from Extrinsic to Intrinsic Reward

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/3966-student-engagement-moving-from-extrinsic-to-intrinsic-reward 

At a Glance: Classroom Accommodations for Dyscalculia 

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/at-a-glance-classroom-accommodations-for-dyscalculia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Teaching Traumatized Kids 

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/07/teaching-traumatized-kids/490214/ 

The Benefits of Sports on ADHD Can Be Golden

LD and ADHD? Recognize the Symptoms

http://www.additudemag.com/q&a/ask_the_add_medical_expert/6967.html 

Equity for English-Language Learners

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/equity-for-english-language-learners-rusul-alrubail?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29 

6 Tips For Getting Started With Google Classroom

http://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/technology/6-tips-getting-started-google-classroom/ 

What schools can learn from the unschooling movement

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2016/07/07/what-schools-can-learn-from-the-unschooling-movement/ 

There may now be a growing awareness among some parents, educators, and even students that traditional schools may not, or cannot, meet the individual needs of the learner. At the same time, the approach could hold lessons and implementation strategies for all of us in education.

 

Blessed are the Peacemakers: Happy Birthday, Ringo...

Happy Birthday, Ringo

Ringo will tell you he is easygoing, not enemies with anyone. So I think we have him to thank for all the albums from the White Album up to Let It Be and Abbey Road. Thank you for being such a sweet man and good friend to your band mates, mate. You are also a remarkably creative, responsive drummer, like a musical Van Gogh on the drums.

This is such a positive piece of music, with joy, home and safety.

Have fun watching, too.

Cirque Du Soleil - Octopus's Garden (Love) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAUuB8R8lZQ 

Educational Links 7/7/16

 

How Teachers Can Help 'Quiet Kids' Tap Their Superpowers

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/07/06/483272807/how-teachers-can-help-quiet-kids-tap-their-superpowers?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=morningedition&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160706

Combating Racism in a Multicultural World: Classroom Ideas

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/combating-racism-multicultural-classroom.shtml 

Too Rough, Too Rowdy: External Causes of Student Misbehavior

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/education_futures/2016/07/too_rough_too_rowdy_external_causes_of_misbehavior.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

How To Raise Brilliant Children, According To Science

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/07/06/how-to-raise-brilliant-children-according-to-science/ 

Why Do We Label Our Students?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2016/07/why_do_we_label_our_students.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Summer Learning Challenge 2016

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ohGvlMoZqZ_3Aor0txiimgVuXSSRiS0ygpCO2yLmL0A/viewform?c=0&w=1 

‘It is easy to fall into the trap of doing things for pupils that they are capable of doing themselves’

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/send-focus-it-easy-fall-trap-doing-things-pupils-they-are-capable 

It is easy to fall into the trap of doing things for pupils that they are capable of doing themselves. But this means we are effectively training students to only work if the TA is sat next to them. Instead, we must try to reduce the isolation of pupils with dyslexia from the teacher and from peers by equipping them with the strategies that will allow them to fully participate in their new secondary environment.