Educational Links 7/23/17

Neurodiversity: When you’re not flawed, just mentally different

https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2017/06/15/neurodiversity-when-you-not-flawed-just-mentally-different/PURSa1XmQdjzYPOejcThAN/story.html?utm_content=buffer8faae&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Treatment for Kids With Dyslexia

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/treatments-approaches/treatment-options/treatment-for-kids-with-dyslexia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

4 Excellent Mind Map tools for Chromebook Users

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/07/4-excellent-mind-map-tools-for.html

Why model autism programs are rare in public schools

https://spectrumnews.org/opinion/viewpoint/model-autism-programs-rare-public-schools/

My Name Matters: A Challenge for All

http://www.sarahplumitallo.com/2017/07/my-name-matters-a-challenge-for-all.html?utm_content=bufferc16bb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

How To Use Flexible Grouping In The Classroom

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/use-flexible-grouping-classroom/?utm_content=buffer8ff9b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Managing the Oppositional-Defiant Child in the Classroom

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2016/07/managing-oppositional-defiant-child-classroom/

It's not the algebra that's tripping up students — it's the teaching

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-algebra-community-college-20170721-story.html

The truth is that many math faculty are hired solely for their subject knowledge and not their teaching expertise. The results are classes that lack the cultural competence to make math relevant to students, who are instead made to feel dumb.

This problem goes much deeper than students of color not being able to pass intermediate algebra. To fully address the problem requires changes in teaching practices, insisting on unbiased, quality teaching, and reforming hiring practices to reflect the unique diversity of our students.

Educational Links 7/22/17

Ed Tech Digest

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2017/07/21/ed-tech-digest-44/

Understanding Special Education Laws

https://childmind.org/article/understanding-special-education-laws/ 

8 ways to redirect off-task behavior without stopping your lesson

https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/8-ways-to-redirect-off-task-behavior-without-stopping-your-lesson/

NAACP Leaders Meet This Week. What Will They Say About Charter Schools?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/charterschoice/2017/07/naacp_leaders_meet_this_week_what_will_they_say_about_charter_schools.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Is video gaming the new high school sport?

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/06/29/video-gaming-school-sport/

ISTE 7 Resources for teaching the solar eclipse

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=1006&category=In-the-classroom&article=7+resources+for+teaching+the+solar+eclipse

Betsy DeVos Urges States to Take Reins on K-12 Policy

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/07/betsy_devos_denver.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

At a conference of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos encouraged states to take the lead in creating new, more-flexible education policies and pledged that the U.S. Department of Education would focus on clearing away regulations and obstacles to state autonomy.

Next Schoolyear: Soundtrack of Our Classroom

 

Using Music in the Elementary Classroom (Warning: It May Get Loud)

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/music-recommendations-elementary-gaetan-pappalardo 

I like classical quite a bit for background.

Here are some of my choices.:

Antonio Vivaldi

Four Seasons ~ Vivaldi 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA 

Beethoven's 5th Symphony

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI

TEOC - Symphony No. 06 - Beethoven | Full Length 45 Minutes 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1D1zuvWic 

Symphony No. 9 ~ Beethoven 

Ludwig Van Beethoven

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3217H8JppI 

Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 [complete] 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTc1mDieQI8 

 

Wolfgang Mozart

 

Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto C major K 299 Neville Marriner RTSI 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMIzC9CzVUQ 

Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, 'Elvira Madigan' K.467

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1bMPi2aw1A 

It is my opinion that listening to Bach's Brandenburg Concertos  is truly 'busy bee' motivation, but the students generally like Beethoven the best.

Johan Sebastian Bach

 

J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos, Complete, Ton Koopman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcTc67KlD9o 

 

Nature, My Garden, and Me: Bee Brunch

This fruit station was actually set up for butterflies, but my illustrious bees found it first. Slices of oranges, apples and banana attract several insects and I plan to add a little Orange Tang to the sponge. The apple has been there for a day and is probably making hard cider by now. 

That shot of the apple with several bees looks like a pub in Sam Adams' day! The rocks in the bird bath look like the bees having a holiday at the river. Bees don't swim well and need traction to get a drink on a summer's day. 

This is our Butterfly Garden in the High Desert of SoCal.

Educational Links 7/21/17

4 ways to strengthen computer science education

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/06/23/strengthen-computer-science-ed/

DeVos Needs to Offer Principled Clarity on ESSA

http://educationnext.org/devos-needs-to-offer-principled-clarity-essa/

Technology Can Be A Tool, A Teacher, A Trickster

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/07/17/537667988/technology-can-be-a-tool-a-teacher-a-trickster

From PLN to Practice: Tips from 5 Educators on Personalizing Your Professional Learning

https://www.commonsense.org/education/blog/from-pln-to-practice-tips-from-5-educators-on-personalizing-your-professional-learning?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Drop algebra requirement for non-STEM majors, California community colleges chief says

http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-essential-education-updates-southern-drop-algebra-requirement-for-non-stem-1500563132-htmlstory.html

Letting Students Succeed as Themselves

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/letting-students-succeed-themselves-joshua-block?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29

What Should Special Education Teachers Know and Be Able to Do?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2017/07/special_education_high_leverage_practices.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

A newly-minted special education teacher should be able to:

• "collaborate with professionals to increase student success,"
• "use multiple sources of information" to understand a student's strengths and needs, and
• "systematically design instruction toward specific learning goals." 

These skills are among 22 "high-leverage practices" for special education teachers that were developed by the Council for Exceptional Children and the federally-supported Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform, also known as CEEDAR.  

Next Semester...STEM to STEAM

Could The Arts Put The Steam Into STEM?

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/could-the-arts-put-the-steam-into-stem/ 

STEM to STEAM: Why the 'A' Makes A Difference

http://www.edudemic.com/stem-vs-steam-why-the-a-makes-all-the-difference/

STEM to STEAM: Resource Roundup

http://www.edutopia.org/stem-to-steam-resources 

Could Storytelling Be the Secret Sauce to STEM Education?

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/06/05/could-storytelling-be-the-secret-sauce-to-stem-education/ 

STEM to STEAM

http://stemtosteam.org/resources/ 

Keeping it simple.

Da Vinci--the master of STEAM.

As the proponents of STEM know, science, tech, engineering and math is everywhere. But how to acknowledge that the Arts can readily be integrated into all lessons?

Drawing journals, of course, is a great start.

How to Draw--from beginners to advanced. 

http://drawsketch.about.com/

Next Schoolyear...we'll have a healthier classroom

This schoolyear teachers, students, and families are faced with serious communicable health risks to every generation. The first precaution is timely and appropriate vaccinations. Then, teachers (and families) should provide healthy environments and experiences so students and staff are less likely to fall victim to this year's serious round of infectious diseases. Influenza is serious this year. Whooping Cough has made a comeback, with Measles coming right behind. When watching the news, its like a movie and you expect Dustin Hoffman to appear in full hazmat suit, particularly when patient zero spreads measles from Disneyland. What's a teacher to do?

Five Ways to a Cleaner, Healthier Classroom

http://www.nea.org/home/32002.htm 

Teaching Students Healthy Habits

http://www.nea.org/home/teaching-students-healthy-habits.html 

Strategies to Keep Schools Clean and Students Healthy

http://www.cleanlink.com/news/article/Strategies-to-Keep-Schools-Clean-and-Students-Healthy--14643 

More Fresh Air in Classrooms Means Fewer Absences

 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2013/06/05/more-fresh-air-in-classrooms-means-fewer-absences/

Study: Classroom ventilation affects student performance 

http://www.utulsa.edu/academics/colleges/college-of-engineering-and-natural-sciences/departments-and-schools/Department-of-Chemical-Engineering/News-Events-and-Publications/News/2010/December/Classroom-Air-Study.aspx 

15 houseplants for improving indoor air quality

http://www.mnn.com/health/healthy-spaces/photos/15-houseplants-for-improving-indoor-air-quality/a-breath-of-fresh-air 

Vaccines are Effective 

http://www.vaccines.gov/basics/effectiveness/ 

Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report

  http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/