MzTeachuh: All Learning, All The Time Tweets of the Day 7/12/...

MzTeachuh: All Learning, All The Time Tweets of the Day 7/12/...: Left Bank Learning: When "Work Time" Becomes "Studio Time" http://www.edutopia.org/blog/left-bank-learning-work-tim...

MzTeachuh: GenEd and SpecEd Collaboration Series

MzTeachuh: GenEd and SpecEd Collaboration Series:   Gen Ed/Special Ed Teamwork  http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/06/gen-edspecial-ed-teamwork.html   What GenEd and SpecEd Need to ...

GenEd and SpecEd Collaboration Series

 

Gen Ed/Special Ed Teamwork 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/06/gen-edspecial-ed-teamwork.html 

What GenEd and SpecEd Need to Know About Each Other 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/06/what-gened-and-speced-need-to-know_27.html 

GenEd and SpecEd Communication

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/06/gened-and-speced-communication.html 

When GenEd and SpecEd Collaboration Really Works  Putting the Puzzle Together http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/when-gened-and-speced-collaboration.html

When GenEd and SpecEd Collaboration Really Works: Playing To Each Other's Strengths 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/when-gened-and-speced-collaboration_7.html 

 

When GenEd and SpecEd Collaboration Really Works: Solving Problems 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/when-gened-and-speced-collaboration_11.html 

 

 

When GenEd and SpecEd Collaboration Really Works: Differentiating Instruction 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/when-gened-and-speced-collaboration_16.html 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 7/12/14

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 7/12/14: Supermoon 2014: See third super-sized moon of 2014 overnight July 11-12 http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/supermoon_2014_see_th...

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 7/12/14

Supermoon 2014: See third super-sized moon of 2014 overnight July 11-12
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/supermoon_2014_see_third_super.html 

Does a supermoon have a super effect on us?

http://earthsky.org/space/does-the-supermoon-have-a-super-effect-on-us 

Announcing EduPuppets.com 

http://www.mypaperlessclassroom.com/2014/06/announcing-edupuppetscom.html 

Wokka and Sam.

Wokka interviews Kevin and Milo from Robots4 Autism .com EP27

 http://edupuppets.com/ 

Odyssey.js - A New Way to Create Mapped Stories 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/07/odysseyjs-new-way-to-create-mapped.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=freetech4teachers#.U8CTMrGmV5M 

What Technology Does What: An #edtech Chart For Teachers

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/education-technology-edtech-chart-for-teachers/ 

5 Ways Google Tools Can Empower Teachers

http://www.edudemic.com/google-tools-teachers/ 

 

 

 

 

All Learning, All The Time Tweets of the Day 7/12/14

Left Bank Learning: When "Work Time" Becomes "Studio Time"

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/left-bank-learning-work-time-studio-time-amy-burvall?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

25 Books That Diversify Kids’ Reading Lists This Summer

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/06/25-ideas-to-diversify-reading-lists-this-summer/ 

Myth-Busting Differentiated Instruction: 3 Myths and 3 Truths

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/differentiated-instruction-myths-and-truths-john-mccarthy?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-differentiated-instruction-myths-and-truths-link 

Disruptive Innovation And Education

http://educationnext.org/disruptive-innovation-education/ 

How to graduate globally competitive students

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/07/11/globally-competitive-students-010/ 

How to graduate globally competitive students

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/07/11/globally-competitive-students-010/ 

Overcoming Burnout: Why Overwhelmed Is The New Normal

 http://www.bamradionetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2064:overcoming-burnout-why-overwhelmed-is-the-new-normal-and-what-to-do-about-it&catid=105:teachers-aide&Itemid=299

 

 

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 7/12/14

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 7/12/14: What do we owe a special boy like Anthony? http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/10/opinion/costello-story-of-anthony-education/index.html?iref=al...

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 7/12/14

What do we owe a special boy like Anthony?

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/10/opinion/costello-story-of-anthony-education/index.html?iref=allsearch 

It takes brains…to solve autism

http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2014/07/11/it-takes-brains-to-solve-autism/ 

Voters With Special Needs Allegedly Disenfranchised

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/07/11/voters-disenfranchised/19502/ 

BREAKING: Congress Expands Career Training for Young Adults with LD

 http://www.ncld.org/ld-insights/blogs/breaking-congress-expands-career-training-for-young-adults-with-ld

Discrimination: Section 504 and ADA 

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/sec504.index.htm

What Happens When a School and Its Teachers Provide a Supportive Environment for Dyslexics

http://dyslexia.yale.edu/EDU_DylanSpeech.html 

ADHD classified into 3 types based on kids' personalities

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/07/10/adhd-classified-into-3-types-based-on-kids-personalities/ 

 

MzTeachuh: Evening of Music With the Supermoon

MzTeachuh: Evening of Music With the Supermoon: Wonderful Night For A Picnic D.L. Ennis Go outside and moongaze! Don't forget a snack...maybe ... Une tarte de lune au cl...

Evening of Music With the Supermoon

Wonderful Night For A Picnic D.L. Ennis

Go outside and moongaze! Don't forget a snack...maybe ...

Une tarte de lune au clair de lune (moon pie in the moonlight)

Teachable Moment: Supermoon Saturday June 23, 2013 

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/06/teachable-moment-supermoon-saturday.html

 

A really big pizza pie...

When The Moon Hits Your Eye Like A Big Pizza Pie... 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/09/when-moon-hits-your-eye-like-big-pizza.html 

 

 

 

 Fly Me To The Moon 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/05/fly-me-to-moon.html?spref=bl 

 

 

 

Last summer, did it find you standing alone?

  Blue Moon Today! Friday 8/31 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/08/teachable-moment-blue-moon-this-week-on.html 

 

 Clair de Lune 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/06/clair-de-lune.html 

Moonlight Sonata: Unwind with Ludwig 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/06/unwind-with-ludwig.html?spref=bl 

 

 

 Mr. Moonlight (Sr. Lux de Luna) 

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/08/mr-moonlight-sr-lux-de-luna.html?spref=bl

 

 

Bad Moon Rising

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/06/bad-moon-rising.html 

 

 

Shine On, Shine On Harvest Moon 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/06/shine-on-shine-on-harvest-moon.html 

 

 

Moon River 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/06/moon-river.html 

 

MzTeachuh: When GenEd and SpecEd Collaboration Really Works: ...

MzTeachuh: When GenEd and SpecEd Collaboration Really Works: ...: Classroom problems are obvious: the student is not successful academically or has behavior issues. The solutions are not so obvious. Her...

When GenEd and SpecEd Collaboration Really Works: Solving Problems

Classroom problems are obvious: the student is not successful academically or has behavior issues. The solutions are not so obvious. Here is how GenEd and SpecEd can work together for solutions for the student (and the classroom.) Honesty, transparency, clarity between colleagues will produce true solutions for students. Be ready for candid interaction, my GenEd and SpecEd colleagues! There will be questions!

Scenario #1: The student makes an effort, but remains well below standards despite effective interventions.

SpecEd will ask (or should) for documentation of the intervention. The parent should already know how many hours per day for how many weeks the student has been in the intervention--and have products of the work accomplished. The data of the student's further need should not be a mystery to anyone. Parent contact should be regular.  GenEd needs to be organized for this. Hopefully, the intervention classes at the school site are coordinating and use the same result templates so a parent or SpecEd teacher can readily identify the strengths and needs of the student during a specific time period. If there is other, more unusual input over a period of time about the student, GeEd needs to document this with type of behavior, date, and class activity.

An anecdotal report might go like this:

10/5/-- Margaret began classwork, but after 10 minutes was drawing rather than writing the assignment. The picture was of a child, but it was one big circle with a smile. She did this for 10 minutes, then sat still, not working, despite many prompts to write.

With accurate data, Admin, GenEd and SpecEd should meet with the parents and may then suggest Special Education testing to the parent, if the parent has not already requested it.

A situation once arose at a Middle School where I was RSP for Grade 6. The structure was four teachers on a team, and I worked in the classrooms of Math and ELA. A Soc. Science teacher clued me into two transfer students she noticed may be SpecEd but perhaps their paperwork hadn't arrived yet.

One student had created an illustration for an essay that struck the teacher as disturbing. She showed it to me, I was able to observe and speak to the student. I contacted the Ed. Psychologist, and the Grade 6 Counselor. After getting contact info from his previous school across country, we discovered the parent had not informed us the student had been identified as ED (Emotionally Disturbed) and had a serious incident the previous school year. We couldn't clarify why the parents did not inform us, but because the Social Science teacher actually checked and read her classes' assignments every day we could get him to the proper placement quickly.

Another student was not able to understand the work at all, but was very popular despite a stutter. Again, the team of Counselor, Ed. Psychologist, SpecEd and GenEd did a search of his records, spoke to the parents (who needed a translator, the Ed. Psychologist was fluent in Spanish) and we found that due to frequent school changes, he had never been tested for SpecEd, or Speech Therapy. I tested him from my end, the Speech Therapist from his end, the Ed. Psychologist from her end, and we were prepared for a meeting which resulted in a better placement.

Scenario #2: The student has shown grade level ability, but is too disorganized to function in the class.

Again, do we have a record of  this behavior?
An anecdotal report might go like this:

Luis does well when he has his supplies and brings his homework and outside reading book. But he is missing important items at least 3 times a week. Dates of missing work for March: 3/3, 3/5, 3/9, 3/10, 3/14 etc.

Has GenEd contacted the parents about this lack of functioning? Is there something unusual at home that might be the cause of the disorganization? Now I'm going to get personal, only because I have had to ask myself this question. How organized is the class? How's your classroom management? Are enough cues and directives given to end one activity and start another? Is the class tidy and organized so this student has an appropriate amount of space to function? If the lack of function is not the result of parents or teacher--there could be a Special Ed. reason. Executive functions (ability to be organized) can be impaired by learning disabilities. But not always. If the student's previous teachers are available for comment, ask how little George did last year. So if previous answers to these questions show a need for testing, the SpecEd team will find out--is it ADHD? a learning disability? or just a future Absent Minded Professor who needs a personal assistant? (Kind of kidding about the last, but sometimes parents and teachers feel like they are in that role.)

In my experience as RSP (Resource Specialist) we tested many more students for learning disabilities than qualified for Special Education programs, particularly in Grade 6. That is due to the fact that the huge change in schedule created a perfect storm of confusion for awhile until the kids got their sea legs. But a lack of executive function could well show a need for Special Education support, so please document the need so the student can be fairly evaluated.

Scenario #3: The student is a behavior problem.

Now we are to the real issue to solve. Why do students act up? For attention, for control of the class, or to escape the class through disciplinary action that takes them to the office or maybe to the ramp outside the door (btw, that last strategy is an illegal move and should not happen. Students need supervision.) 
 
Again, do we have a record of  this behavior?
An anecdotal report might go like this, and not necessarily only in a referral:

Student (Kayleigh) got out of seat three times in fifteen minutes, and moved around the classroom. She then whacked Angelica on the back of the head, disrupting class.

For a behavior referral for Special Education, you record all instances, and contact with the parents. The team of professionals that is your school and includes you, will research everything about the student, test the student, while effectively managing a positive behavior contract. 

At the first, and I mean first, sign of defiance, contact the parent and document. The most effective teachers I worked with, and later emulated, did this simple thing, and ran a peaceful classroom. Also, document the conversation. Is this tedious? Yes, GenEd, it is. I know, I was GenEd, too. But a behavior issue is the most vital to document. If, deep in your heart, you feel this student has an emotional or serious behavioral issue--contact SpecEd, the Counselor, or the Ed. Psychologist. Maybe the student doesn't have serious problems that may lead to self injury or injuries to others. But maybe so, and you could save injuries and lives if the student gets help early.

In one high school class during a reading intervention, a student was doodling on his work one day. We discovered it was a rather graphic picture of  two young people, one threatening the other with a knife. Taking the picture to the Ed. Psychologist, and having a meeting with the parent led to counseling for the student who had been bullied and assaulted the previous year. His uncle had been murdered in a gang initiation 18 months before. The student was affected. He received counseling.

To be transparent, a positive behavior plan is the most challenging to coordinate with a team of teachers for effective implementation. Really hard. But we don't give up. Good results help everyone. 

When GenEd and SpecEd collaboration really works, there's nothing finer in the school system.

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 7/11/14

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 7/11/14: MoMA Presents Five Tips for Teaching With Works of Art  http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/07/moma-presents-five-tips-for-teaching.h...

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 7/11/14

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 7/11/14: When GenEd and SpecEd Collaboration Really Works: Playing To Each Other's Strengths  http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/when-gen...

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 7/11/14

MoMA Presents Five Tips for Teaching With Works of Art 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/07/moma-presents-five-tips-for-teaching.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=freetech4teachers#.U7_6DLGmV5M 

5 anti-bully apps you should know about

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/07/11/bully-apps-education-329/ 

What Do Teachers Think About EdTech?

http://www.edudemic.com/tech-attitudes-infographic/ 

Curriki - Social Network for Educators to Exchange Lessons, Textbooks and Courses

http://edtechreview.in/e-learning/1338-curriki-social-network-for-educators-to-exchange-lessons-textbooks-and-courses 

Free web tool for engaging students in writing

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/07/free-web-tools-to-engage-students-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+educatorstechnology%2FpDkK+%28Educational+Technology+and+Mobile+Learning%29 

Living Wax Museum: Researching & Portraying Influential People 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/high-school-biography-project 

How Districts Divvy Up Cloud Services

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2014/07/how-districts-divvy-cloud-services 

 

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 7/11/14

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 7/11/14: Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior: What to Expect and When to Be Concerned  http://ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/social-emotion...

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 7/11/14

Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior: What to Expect and When to Be Concerned 

http://ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/social-emotional-skills/preschool-kindergarten-behavior-expected-concerned?utm_source=ldorg&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=social 

Disney Wants Disability Access Suit Thrown Out

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/07/11/disney-suit-thrown-out/19504/ 

Zero-tolerance policies are destroying the lives of black children

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/07/07/zero-tolerance-policies-are-destroying-the-lives-of-black-children/ 

Numbers Matter in Special Education

http://www.specialeducationguide.com/blog/numbers-matter-in-special-education/ 

Autism Apps

http://www.autismspeaks.org/autism-apps 

ADHD: Why We Do What We Do

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/10497.html 

Types of Therapy for Children and Teens With LD

http://ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/social-emotional-skills/types-therapy-for-children-teens-with-ld 

 

 

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 7/11/14

When GenEd and SpecEd Collaboration Really Works: Playing To Each Other's Strengths 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/when-gened-and-speced-collaboration_7.html 

MzTeachuh's List of 25 Movies to Watch With Your Teens 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/mzteachuhs-list-of-25-movies-to-watch.html 

Need To Know More About Learning Disabilities? 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/need-to-know-more-about-learning.html 

Teacher's Profile Tweets of the Day 7/7/14 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/teachers-profile-tweets-of-day-7714.html 

Hot Fun In The Summertime 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/hot-fun-in-summertime.html 

Blessed are the Peacemakers: Happy Birthday, Ringo 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/blessed-are-peacemakers-happy-birthday.html 

Free Cool Ed Sites for Kids

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/free-cool-ed-sites-for-kids.html

 Principal's Suggestion Box Letters #10 and #11 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/principals-suggestion-box-letters-10.html 

Let's Read, Read, Read! 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/07/lets-read-read-read.html 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Creating A Living Classroom

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Creating A Living Classroom: Teaching Secrets: Arranging Optimal Classroom Seating   http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/07/31/tln_merz_seats.html   ...

Teaching Is Creating A Living Classroom

Teaching Secrets: Arranging Optimal Classroom Seating 

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/07/31/tln_merz_seats.html 

Bulletin Boards  
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/bulletin-board/curriculum-planning/6515.html  

 Easy, Effective Way to Display Student Work in the Classroom 
 http://voices.yahoo.com/easy-effective-way-display-student-work-the-11632976.html?ca  

Displaying Student Work

An opportunity for student-teacher collaboration 

I'm so curious as to who they are.

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/displaying-student-work 

The Teacher Report: 7 Creative Approaches to Classroom Seating

http://www.weareteachers.com/community/weareteachers-blog/blog-wat/2012/07/17/the-teacher-report-7-creative-approaches-to-classroom-seating 

Classroom Jobs for All Your Student Helpers

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/classroom-jobs-all-your-student-helpers
 

Teaching As Leadership Classroom Jobs

http://teachingasleadership.org/sites/default/files/How_To/INV/I-5/I-5_Classroom_Jobs.pdf   

The Clutter-Free Classroom
CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION  
 http://clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/p/classroom-organization-giveaway.html 

Classroom Organization

http://pinterest.com/mel_dillard/classroom-organization/ 

Creating a Classroom Community

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/creating-classroom-community 

 

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Being Organized (Within Reason)

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Being Organized (Within Reason): 1. CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION  http://clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/p/classroom-organization-giveaway.html   2. 100 Clas...

Teaching Is Being Organized (Within Reason)

1. CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION 

http://clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/p/classroom-organization-giveaway.html 

2. 100 Classroom Organizing Tricks

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/100-classroom-organizing-tricks 

3.  How to Organize a Teacher's Grade Book

http://www.ehow.com/how_2078628_organize-teachers-grade-book.html 

4.  Cool Classroom Libraries

http://pinterest.com/reallygoodstuff/cool-classroom-libraries/ 

5.  Teacher Roles - Organizing

http://www.teachermatters.com/classroom-management/roles-of-the-teacher/organizing.html 

6.  Age-Appropriate Games and Activities:

http://www.simplefunkidparties.com/classroomgamesandactivities.html

7. The Ultimate Organized Classroom

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/classroom-management/school/4731.html 

Having the ultimate organized classroom can sure tucker you out!

 

 

MzTeachuh: Visiting Vincent in L A (Van Gogh, That Is)

MzTeachuh: Visiting Vincent in L A (Van Gogh, That Is):   Cypress, Van Gogh Teacher fun! April and Melanie at LACMA. What do Special Education teachers do for fun in the summer? Go to ...

Visiting Vincent in L A (Van Gogh, That Is)

 

Cypress, Van Gogh

Teacher fun! April and Melanie at LACMA.

What do Special Education teachers do for fun in the summer? Go to Art Museums! At least that's what my teacher friend April and I did this week. We taught together at an elementary school, I did RSP, she did SDC; and we also share a background in the Fine Arts.

Here we are--no turning back.

Van Gogh was our big draw. I can't explain how his paintings are like meeting a person, but they are. A sensitive, positive person who is happy to see you. 

The exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art pulled together artists contemporary with Van Gogh as well as artists in the Expressionist movement, especially in Germany, who were inspired by Van Gogh.

Woman and Two Children, Gauguin

The exhibition included paintings by Van Gogh's buddy Gauguin. Here's one where everyone is wearing clothes.

Still life by Cezanne

This is a very famous painting by Cezanne. I always expect the fruit to roll off the table.

Studio Interior, Matisse

Apparently Matisse loved his studio, and here is its' painted portrait.

Improvisation #28, Kandinsky

There was Kandinsky, Kirchner, Leger, Franz, many more. Almost too much to absorb, like museums often are.

The Street, Kirchner

 

There were so many families with children of all ages at the museum, very cool on a warm Los Angeles day.

 


And what is most fun for Special Education teachers in the midst of world famous art? Why, play with kids at the hanging plastic spaghetti structure, of course.

It is a privilege to view art that I've just previously seen in text books or online. There are local galleries, presentations, and folk art everywhere for us to enjoy. 

Although, Van Gogh is my favorite, I also really enjoyed this painting by Marc Franz.

The Stables, Marc Franz

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 7/10/14

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 7/10/14: Foundation for Successful Social Skills Groups for Teens http://special-ism.com/foundation-for-successfu-social-skills-groups-for-teens...

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 7/10/14

Foundation for Successful Social Skills Groups for Teens

http://special-ism.com/foundation-for-successfu-social-skills-groups-for-teens/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29 

Asking special needs kids to clear the same bar

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/07/01/asking-special-needs-kids-to-clear-the-same-bar?refid=0 

Childhood Abuse Tied To Dyslexia

http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/07/04/relationship-between-childhood-abuse-and-dyslexia/72071.html 

Feds Concerned Over Increased Leeway For IEP Teams  
http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/07/09/feds-concerned-leeway-iep/19496/

What We’re Watching: Live Online Speech Therapy

http://educationnext.org/watching-live-online-speech-therapy/ 

MoveAbout Activity Cards – A Deck of Sensory Motor Fun

http://special-ism.com/moveabout-activity-cards-a-deck-of-sensory-motor-fun/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29

 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 7/10/14

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 7/10/14:  Filtering social media in schools because it’s a ‘distraction’ http://dangerouslyirrelev...

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 7/10/14

 Filtering social media in schools because it’s a ‘distraction’

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2014/07/filtering-social-media-in-schools-because-its-a-distraction.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dangerouslyirrelevant+%28Dangerously+Irrelevant%29

7 PD tips for your instructional technology integration plan 

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/07/10/professional-development-technology-922/

Using eLearning tools to maximize summer PD

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/07/10/educators-professional-development-325/ 

The Backlash Against the ‘Pinkification’ of Tech

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/the-backlash-against-the-pinkification-of-tech/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

The Beginner’s Guide To Competitive Gaming In Schools

http://www.edudemic.com/competitive-gaming-school-sports-programs/ 

100+ eBooks On Everything You Might Want to Know About Microsoft Products

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/07/100-ebooks-on-everything-you-might-want.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29#.U76hl7GmV5M 

Focusing On Creativity In A Digital Era

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/focusing-creativity-digital-era/ 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Can Schools Change? Tweets of the Day 7/10/14

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Can Schools Change? Tweets of the Day 7/10/14

A School That Ditches All the Rules, But Not the Rigor

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/a-school-that-ditches-all-the-rules-but-not-the-rigor-game-based-school-playmaker/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Perspective: A Game Changer in the Classroom and in Our Lives 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/perspective-game-changer-in-classroom-lori-desautels?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Standards and Testing in the Obama Administration

http://educationnext.org/standards-testing-obama-administration/ 

The Importance of Hearing from Teachers Around the World

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2014/07/the-importance-of-hearing-from-teachers-around-the-world/ 

Some New Orleans charters take extra steps to reach students with mental health needs

http://hechingerreport.org/content/new-orleans-charters-take-extra-steps-reach-students-mental-health-needs_16634/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29 

Join Teaching Channel’s Book Club

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/07/07/teaching-channel-book-club/ 

Library For All’s Push For Literacy In Developing Nations

http://www.teachthought.com/literacy-2/library-alls-push-literacy-developing-nations/