Educational Links 2/26/20

The Secret to Classroom Management—No Matter Where You Teach

https://www.weareteachers.com/classroom-management-title-i/?fbclid=IwAR19bIuzXNlbToqpKDQ5NbAaGBWqJPv42a73ypprae6OaFQFrNOSVQSuZo0

#ThinkPossible: Not Giving Up on Disruptive Students Even When We Really, Really Want To

https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/thinkpossible-not-giving-disruptive-students-even-when-we-really-really-want?fbclid=IwAR08PAq9i35yomj2uSbR66xTyIw49-zKAfpLOjdqM43g99guRcbQ3pp9D_U

How to Motivate Students in the Classroom

https://www.teachhub.com/top-12-ways-motivate-students?fbclid=IwAR2tmUibWmGae61qNQybdo3i7voNBZY0HMKUOgBJNfyMAAjO6txNhKslPu8

Moving Students From Consumers To Creators To Contributors

https://www.teachthought.com/project-based-learning/moving-students-consumers-creators-contributors/?fbclid=IwAR2y2PdJvoUckXB8U_wTT8cPV0BxM889bU1s7OZgSUt-MXGPbQFaqOAQ1Eg

Five Apps Students Can Use To Make Podcasts

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55393/five-apps-students-can-use-to-make-podcasts?fbclid=IwAR3A37A5-ELhu21woeDMNKAZNveMKEkqvrCuIxQsV5h6exDKbK4LpRt5SYg

3 QUESTIONS TO KICKSTART UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING IN YOUR CLASSROOM

https://www.thinkinclusive.us/3-questions-to-kickstart-universal-design-for-learning-in-your-classroom/?fbclid=IwAR1i4xJ46SoIl1xCcYuF3k6OBnhrAWf1qv5affIFxWBkG2YQnYJr8WOvdQo

Game-Based Learning in Middle School Math

https://www.edutopia.org/article/game-based-learning-middle-school-math?fbclid=IwAR0T0UktihwP0Fp2w3O4UQec3a_Bdzo8vzNzh5znbz2gZtecnDFLL-uuhbo

Working with teachers, researchers created free online math games that encourage students to persist in grappling with difficult concepts.

Educational Links 2/27/20

Test Anxiety Is Crippling Students. Giving Them a Breather Can Help.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-02-24-test-anxiety-is-crippling-students-giving-them-a-breather-can-help?utm_content=buffer8b26c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR3WPfUSTkMeNIuySGqQtm5-Z98Nt22hD2O3-W12euiv_6y2zi-GbNdgVyY

10 Google Classroom Tips You Didn’t Know

https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/10-google-classroom-tips-you-didnt-know-suls029/?fbclid=IwAR2D1sC_iAUp_Y2vSirmfJV_9kJ2wENm-UstKfAgrHM8DTdzriE_3lHfODQ

How Great Teaching And Learning Grows Under The PBL Umbrella

https://wegrowteachers.com/growing-great-teaching-and-learning-under-the-pbl-umbrella-framework/?fbclid=IwAR0lC4mimY8s-o6zFpmKRv711TU3Ifx3aKPd1Epxz802LRoBa7B4SdJwvMU

Nine Ways To Ensure Your Mindfulness Teaching Practice Is Trauma-Informed

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/53228/nine-ways-to-ensure-your-mindfulness-teaching-practice-is-trauma-informed?fbclid=IwAR3j8Sm8fOmpwz31qWodSMDNaWNcgQ7IUWH6ESBkJ9o8l9G11HoF_chSoEM

3 Misconceptions About Educator Self-Care

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/02/26/3-misconceptions-about-educator-self-care.html?cmp=soc-edit-fb&fbclid=IwAR3b6o8TSQd_miD0oluarThF56Ut4UFOyA6u-blz2xNwudYPopGxcLo9_Ww

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 196 Modernizing Our Math Programs

https://www.teachthought.com/podcast/the-teachthought-podcast-ep-196-modernizing-our-math-programs/?fbclid=IwAR1CeX-yv0WYDwgZFahvw_6_XGwDM5PRM7IS-pI5L0-_MewOxkutzm5BqV0

OMG: My Eye-Opening Discoveries After Shadowing My Students

https://www.additudemag.com/omg-my-eye-opening-discoveries-after-shadowing-my-students/?fbclid=IwAR2r1A0eZA6f45GEfMd62li2cely-1WkqK_0qaBKHAp0pU-wb1A1y8-wgQ8

One woman spent a day as a student and found herself wishing she could go back and change her teaching strategies to keep kids’ attention with these changes.

Educational Links 2/25/20

3 Tips to Use Data Effectively

https://www.edutopia.org/article/3-tips-use-data-effectively?fbclid=IwAR32XZdiKW1nuIrEm-Q-iwINJeXXwSABTXbYny0E0yd-WNB6fnygN09Ps2c

Section 504, IEPs and Sports | Extra-Curricular Activities | What to Know for Inclusion.

https://adayinourshoes.com/iep-504-sports-extra-curricular-activities/?fbclid=IwAR2nDWJmp96dTwL3bpYml4aNHSXKycX2ZFKVUDvATJBWgwd6eRRs5U9gDTc

Stop Saying Learning Styles Don’t Work

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/learning-styles-multiple-intelligences-effectiveness/?fbclid=IwAR1hh7jRzj2byaXFsLjGbUI-3hEBXR7lt_L1QdIv7RkdsFeLxxGnWPI2PjU

Tips for Terrific Transitions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me2gQHS7EC8&fbclid=IwAR3mPVT_sSLgDm0XdAh93Zrnmg72TNPaeyZEr7L-oT5JNHHKQtTZyX18yG4

5 Tools And Strategies That Support Personalized Learning

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/5-tools-and-strategies-that-support-personalized-learning/?fbclid=IwAR3OmOoDsG2784dLgXgLgJ_GT3I4GI7X2qRJi3QRYCs41EMHjcc46GUW-U0

How It's Done: Using Blended Learning to Close Achievement Gap

https://www.techlearning.com/how-to/how-its-done-using-blended-learning-to-close-achievement-gap?fbclid=IwAR3CkrJ97QwyRKzs3HIchpqTmI229O24aB-IGJ13Urq3aPRfv3M8AG1pPj8

Schoolwide Strategies for Promoting a Love of Reading

https://www.edutopia.org/article/schoolwide-strategies-promoting-love-reading?fbclid=IwAR3p9mJUY2CnOGEBkKF6rmtj241oFjEdcuTQRNO3jRQrRQvmQ751rHWxBjw

A literacy consultant explains how schools can encourage all students to share the joy of reading.

Working Together In The Special Education Classroom

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2020/01/working-together-in-special-education.html

MzTeachuh's Meditations: Telling the Storm

MzTeachuh's Meditations: Telling the Storm: This is not a photo of the Sea of Galilee--this is an actual photo of Lake Erie. Peace! Be still! In our world, our nation, our homes...

Dancing With The Daffodils

MzTeachuh: Dancing With The Daffodils: What joy! the daffodils dancing in my Butterfly Garden! Daffodils by William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That flo...

Five Poems to Soothe Kids' Toxic Stress

MzTeachuh: Five Poems to Soothe Kids' Toxic Stress: Grandpa was really sick now, thin like a skeleton. The last thing I remember him saying was, "Did you bring the little dog?" W...

Beautiful Dreamer, Wake Unto Me (What To Do About ...

MzTeachuh: Beautiful Dreamer, Wake Unto Me (What To Do About ...:   This article has a great checklist-- Working with an Inattentive Child http://www.brighthubeducation.com/special-ed-behavioral-d...

Educational Links 2/24/20

Dealing with a 'Culture of Fear'—Administrators on PD in the Age of Blended Learning

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-03-15-dealing-with-a-culture-of-fear-administrators-on-pd-in-the-age-of-blended-learning?utm_content=buffera6776&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR15bYU4u4kco-_hvLoQ_9R99MtZ8jdKtlUn-_Q37kVvBCRRHACt9raXhO0

When Your Classroom Spirals Out of Control, Do This

https://www.bamradionetwork.com/track/when-your-classroom-spirals-out-of-control-do-this/?fbclid=IwAR2MBIlndJIItApynTqG2j6lfhNGB-eMHZZec4dmTLAyRlmyqVFxUAlH4-c

WHAT SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

https://www.thinkinclusive.us/special-education-inclusion-research/

Why Creating A Culture Of Inquiry Is So Important

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/why-creating-a-culture-of-inquiry-is-important/?fbclid=IwAR1ohEYRrgLzSnN_9-576zxHxVk80kGthQkpjuVMZQtG_72Gb3L34t8YYL0

What Adolescent Girls Wish Their Parents Understood About Them

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51736/what-adolescent-girls-wish-their-parents-understood-about-them?fbclid=IwAR0Eaj_GNqkIzRmWzpyeshvfH7bz8pTdgaeX_Tn_Sn3SNNgwyfXNEkDxweE

Modern Trends In Education: 50 Different Approaches To Learning

https://wegrowteachers.com/modern-trends-in-education-50-different-approaches-to-learning/?fbclid=IwAR3aU2gVpusIdapGj3qOCtJmNBvLDKS5CYmNJSEDPW8iDYHzXArwFMbqP8o

A Fun, Experiential Approach to Strengthen Reading and Writing Skills

https://www.edutopia.org/article/fun-experiential-approach-strengthen-reading-and-writing-skills?fbclid=IwAR0g3jJhKlMjdpTNSTL3ReRnMzmUQs-H-4nsui-Yto9RFyWvCACHLcp3fGo

Hands-on learning experiences help young learners build their vocabulary while boosting their literacy skills.

Educational Links 2/23/20

Reflections on Becoming More Culturally Responsive

https://www.edutopia.org/article/reflections-becoming-more-culturally-responsive

About Dyslexia

https://dyslexiaida.org/frequently-asked-questions-2/

20 Classroom Management Strategies and Techniques

https://www.prodigygame.com/blog/classroom-management-strategies/

Teaching Special Education

https://teach.com/careers/become-a-teacher/what-can-i-teach/special-education/

What is Academic Rigor, What Do We Do with It?

https://www.teachhub.com/what-academic-rigor-what-do-we-do-it

12 Ways to Support English Learners in the Mainstream Classroom

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/supporting-esl-students-mainstream-classroom/

The achievement gap in education: Racial segregation versus segregation by poverty

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2020/01/20/the-achievement-gap-in-education-racial-segregation-versus-segregation-by-poverty/

There are many reasons for persistence in the achievement gap, including that the legacy of separate and unequal may cause segregation in the past to have continued effects today. Looking directly at today’s situation—how important is today’s segregation per se? Black students mostly go to school with other Black students. Black students also mostly go to school with low-income students. Do either of these forms of segregation contribute to the racial achievement gap? 

MzTeachuh: Topics for Black History Month

MzTeachuh: Topics for Black History Month: MALCOLM X WAS ASSASSINATED ON THIS DAY FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AGO – HERE ARE TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES https://larryferlazzo.edublogs...

Educational Links 2/22/20

We Asked, You Answered: First Book Research & Insights in 2019

https://firstbook.org/blog/2020/02/13/we-asked-you-answered-first-book-research-insights-in-2019/?fbclid=IwAR18FbNZav0eOiE33zDIRXXsbPMUJ6TQ2aSzB8Bo5G10DyqemDXztNldfQ8

Making Teams More Collaborative

https://www.edutopia.org/article/making-teams-more-collaborative?fbclid=IwAR0wv7FjhIjGcPqhFPzNxs4mjLl84dAQy9CSC9TVBDu8vIxpBTQDJWO6jI4

How This Teacher Brings Census Data to Life in the Classroom

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-02-19-how-this-teacher-brings-census-data-to-life-in-the-classroom?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Sponsored&fbclid=IwAR2vlVcwT4GDJkaQEE8D1wtS5ml9x0zkrgHxuZ9pQQQqgioLF_PK_nN2akA

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/black-america-since-mlk-and-still-i-rise/?utm_campaign=BHM_2020&utm_content=1582036450&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&fbclid=IwAR0MJqk5Qi4nGgTgMvykU8wb5cEfZ9W1bbxKYEbvynT9QH0zCFys8HXVqp8

25 Ways Schools Can Promote Literacy And Independent Reading

https://www.teachthought.com/literacy/25-ways-schools-can-promote-literacy-independent-reading/?fbclid=IwAR1IfH-qyD-pvWqtXI7fIxMCiTmW3YwU2bj05e1FYtjo7TXRiYTWJ7nM1Rk

MALCOLM X WAS ASSASSINATED ON THIS DAY FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AGO – HERE ARE TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/02/21/malcolm-x-was-assassinated-on-this-day-fifty-five-years-ago-here-are-teaching-learning-resources/?fbclid=IwAR0ZkO2GwG5yHj7yTHuRDiOvOQ9ZslbE0fDVY3DIA5eBsEZOCnqFLUPzar4

3 Tips for Remembering Behavior-Specific Praise

http://pubs.cec.sped.org/3-tips-behavior-specific-praise/

As you can imagine, when you’re in the middle of trying to teach a counting lesson, have an afternoon IEP meeting on the back of your mind, and are simultaneously wondering if you remembered to submit attendance that morning, doling out this kind of praise super frequently doesn’t just feel hard…it seems impossible! BUT, it doesn’t have to feel that way!

MzTeachuh: Do I Have to Go to the IEP meeting? I'm Not Specia...

MzTeachuh: Do I Have to Go to the IEP meeting? I'm Not Specia...: That confusing enough for you? Am I required to attend IEP meetings if I am not a Special Education teacher?   I've been asked th...