Educational Links 3/8/17

Cursive Is Regaining Popularity in U.S. Schools

http://mentalfloss.com/article/92944/cursive-regaining-popularity-us-schools

An Unwavering Advocate for Racial Equity in Schools

https://leaders.edweek.org/profile/john-d-marshall-chief-equity-officer-equity-for-students/?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

6 Common Myths About Nonverbal Learning Disabilities

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/nonverbal-learning-disabilities/6-common-myths-about-nonverbal-learning-disabilities?view=slideview&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Is Teacher Preparation Failing Students with Disabilities?

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/03/is-teacher-preparation-failing-students.html

A Career in the Arts? Let’s Get Real

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/career-arts-lets-get-real-stacey-goodman

Inviting Global Perspectives into the Classroom

http://novemberlearning.com/educational-resources-for-educators/teaching-and-learning-articles/inviting-global-perspectives-classroom/

FIVE EDTECH COMPANIES THAT ARE TAKING GAMIFICATION TO THE NEXT LEVEL

http://www.theedadvocate.org/five-edtech-companies-that-are-taking-gamification-to-the-next-level/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

Gamification can be used in many different ways. Whether your students need a better set of flashcards, hands-on experience, or a more memorable experience, gamification gives you the tools to create something that will engage your students. These five companies understand how games offer students a more customized approach, and they know how to maximize the potential of games to educate better. By following these companies, you are likely to find that your classroom quickly becomes a place of engaged learning.

Educational Links 3/7/17

The Secret to Classroom Management in a Title I School

https://www.weareteachers.com/classroom-management-title-i/

When They Sweat the ‘Small’ Stuff – Teaching Kids How to Deal With Disappointment

http://www.heysigmund.com/how-to-deal-with-disappointment/

How to End the Charter Schools War

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/03/01/how-to-end-the-charter-schools-war.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Build Student Participation
http://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/participation-protocol-ousd

Why Isn’t My Child Reading Fast Enough?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/reading-issues/why-isnt-my-child-reading-fast-enough?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

The First Step In Teaching Students To Think For Themselves

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/self-directed-learning/teaching-students-to-think-for-themselves/

It's Time for Teachers to Make Some Waves

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teacher_leader_voices/2017/03/time_to_make_some_waves.html?cmp=soc-fb-edit-tm

To those not new to leadership, those who stopped following the culture of silence long ago, please know that although we may grow weary in this work at times, our reluctant leaders are watching to see how true leadership is done. Let's take a deep breath and show them the power of their voices. Invite them to join professional organizations. Let them know what newsletters and blogs you find useful. 

Women's History-Is There Much?

Malala 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/03/womens-history-month-malala.html?spref=bl 

 

Boudicca

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/03/womens-history-month-boudicca.html

 

Farrah Fawcett 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/03/womens-history-month-farrah-fawcett.html 

Abigail Adams 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/03/womens-history-month-abigail-adams.html 

 

Rosie the Riveter 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/03/womens-history-month-rosie-riveter.html 

The Bronte Sisters 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/03/womens-history-month-bronte-sisters.html 

Marian Anderson 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/03/womens-history-month-marian-anderson.html 

India's Mother भारत मा 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/03/womens-history-month-indias-mother.html 

'I Paint Flowers So They Won't Die.' So said Frida

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/03/womens-history-month-i-paint-flowers-so.html 

Music for Women's History: You Don't Own Me 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/03/music-for-womens-history-you-dont-own-me.html 

Women's History Month: Women Scientists--Here are Some Great Posters 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/03/womens-history-month-women-scientists.html 

 

 Condoleeza Rice 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/03/womens-history-month-condoleeza-ric

Women's History Month: Adoptive Moms

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2017/03/womens-history-month-adoptive-moms.html

http://www.amightygirl.com/

 This is an excellent website for all things mighty girl.

Educational Links 3/6/17

The ADHD Controversy

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-adhd-controversy/

Daily Exercise Ideas That Build Focus

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/129/slide-1.html

11 Technology Tools for the Reading Classroom

http://classtechtips.com/2017/03/04/11-technology-tools-reading-classroom/

10-MINUTE TEACHER PODCAST

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast/

The Stand Up Game: A Classroom Strategy

http://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/stand-up-game

What’s Going on Here? How to Have a Trouble Huddle with Students

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/trouble-huddle/

5 Excuses Kids Give for Not Reading (and Ways to Respond)

https://www.weareteachers.com/5-excuses-kids-give-for-not-reading-and-ways-to-respond-2/

When it’s time for reading, some students eagerly turn to their chapter books or novels, diving to the last place they left their bookmarks. Others drag their feet, offering some pretty creative reasons why they should be doing anything else.

Festival of Irish Arts and Music Day 3

Celtic Cross History and Symbolism http://www.celtarts.com/celtic.htm

 

Van Morrison, the Irish lad from the North.

 

Van Morrison - Be Thou My Vision 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9V3YPoBUC8 

More traditional version by Enya:

Be Thou My Vision 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XZ3ja-quhA&list=PL0C95F563AFD7F3DF

 Be Thou My Vision

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

A friend of mine sang this lovely hymn at my wedding. Although my grandmother who raised me was 100% Irish, she was from Denver, and a western, All-American girl;   I can't say we really lived the Irish culture, although I did have some interesting family stories and a deep belief in Christ and His precepts from Irish Catholicism. I continue to do  my research on Ireland, and incorporate Irish richness of soul, thought, and talent in my life.

You can purchase these treasures of Irish art and skill which are reknown throughout the world.

Irish Chantilly lace www.chantillylacebridal.co.uk/‎

My wedding dress was made of Chantilly lace... so elegant for just a simple girl such as myself.

www.waterford.com/index.jspx‎

One of my children had the privilege of visiting Ireland, and brought me back Waterford Crystal with stories of Irish friendliness. She says I would love it there. I'm surely planning a trip back to the Old Sod, especially County Cork.






This last treasure is from the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. I will someday purchase this pattern (one of my Irish clans, the O' Sullivans) in a nice, cozy merino sweater, I think.

Irish wool knitting pattern, O'Sullivan clan www.aransweatermarket.com/‎

www.houseoftartan.co.uk/‎

There are numerous sites to purchase clan tartans if you have connections to Ireland. It is very fun to claim your heritage because the Irish are magnanimous and welcoming--no questions asked, no geneologies or DNA required. In our family, we have several Celtic surnames to choose from--kind of a typically American experience. Some sites allow you to design your own original tartan.

This is the O'Sullivan tartan. 

Women's History Month: India's Mother भारत मा

Mother Teresa

"But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child - a direct killing of the innocent child - murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?"
Mother Teresa 1971 Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. 

I could put up Mother Teresa for Women's History Month and she would be enough, actually. She gave up a cushy life to follow her heart and soul. She stood up to the world, toe to toe, to represent for those she loved, the lowest of the low, the caste beneath all castes. Just like Jesus did (and does.)

I especially admire how she stood up to abortion advocates, Bill Clinton, et al, in particular.

National Prayer Breakfast Speech Against Abortion - 1994

http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles4/MotherTeresaAbortion.php
 When asked by a reporter how he felt about what Mother Teresa had to say on abortion, Bill Clinton said the following: “How can anyone argue with a life so well-lived?”

Mother Teresa quotes

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/838305.Mother_Teresa 

Books about Mother Teresa that may be of interest

http://www.motherteresa.org/06_publication/books_en.html

Learn more about Mother Teresa.

Mother Teresa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa 

Teachable Moment: Brian Boru in the Irish (Brian Bóramha in Gaeilge)

Brian Boru Harp

Brian Boru united Ireland. Quite a rare feat! Around a thousand years ago, he  drove out the Vikings. The language of this song is the ancient Irish tongue still spoken and learned in Irish schools: Gaelic. The Irish also created their own written language about the third century, which is an unusual accomplishment in the history of the world. The British worked overtime to forbid the speaking of Irish. It obviously didn't work

 The Irish Language Today

 http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/secondary-students/irish/an-cultur-gaelach/translation-irish-languag/the-irish-language-today/

This music is from Alan Stivel, who is a Breton from France.

Alan Stivell - Brian Boru 

Alan Stivel and his harp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SI0-q4K39A

Here is the translation, which is from the Irish as well as Breton.

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/brian-boru-brian-boru.html

The following information about the six Celtic nations is from Wikipedia 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_nations: 
The six territories recognized as Celtic nations are Brittany (Breizh), Cornwall (Kernow), Ireland (Éire), the Isle of Man (Mannin), Scotland (Alba), and Wales (Cymru). Each of these regions has a Celtic language that is either still spoken or was spoken into modern times. In addition, areas of north-western Spain and Portugal, particularly Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias and Minho, Douro, Tras-os-Montes (Northern Portugal) are oftentimes identified as Celtic, due to the unique culture of the region. Unlike the others, however, no Celtic language has been spoken there in modern times. Before the expansions of the Roman Republic and Germanic tribes, a significant part of Europe was Celtic.

Here is a comparison of English and Irish, using the Lord's Prayer. Irish is how St. Patrick would have spoken it (if he wasn't using Latin.)

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Ár nAthair atá ar neamh, hallowed a bheith thy ainm. Dtaga do ríocht, beidh agad a dhéanamh ar an talamh mar a dhéantar ar neamh, tabhair dúinn inniu ár n-arán laethúil, agus maith dúinn ár bhfiacha, mar a mhaithimidne siúd a bhféichiúna dúinn. Ná lig sinn i gcathú, ach saor sinn ó olc. Amen.

Here is the English translation of Alan Stivel's song, and from the illustrations, it appears Brain Boru was a ginger.

Brian Boru Lyrics + Translation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC_v0qt_Vxo

Brian Boru

Brian Boru will die for the life of Ireland

Peace in the province of Ulster and in Dublin

Family unity, tribal unity

Unity in the world of the Celts

From so much battle to so much peace

From a world of divine blessings, love

From so much battle to so much peace

From a world of divine blessings, love

They said that this was a (funeral) procession

That people would be solemn

But we were not sorrowful

Brian Boru will die for the life of Ireland

Peace in the province of Ulster and in Dublin

Family unity, tribal unity

Unity in the world of the Celts

Brian Boru will die for the life of Ireland

Peace in the province of Ulster and in Dublin

Family unity, tribal unity

Unity in the world of the Celts

From so much battle to so much peace

From a world of divine blessings, love

From so much battle to so much peace

From a world of divine blessings, love

We are like the weather

Especially the sun

And we chose a soft place by the river