►Preventing Youth Suicide Through Lessons Of Hope
From Teach Thought - "Schools for Hope is a new, free educational curriculum that was developed by The International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression (iFred) to prevent youth suicide by giving students, educators and parents the necessary learning tools to find and maintain hope."
tags:suicidepreventing
►How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting
From Harvard Business Review
►Increase Learning Comprehension By Taking Pen and Paper Notes in Class | Big Think
tags:learningcomprehensionnotes
►Why the American Dream is unraveling, in 4 charts
from the Wall Street Journal with some interesting data to back ti up - "analysis shows how family structure, parenting practices, schooling and health habits correlate with diminishing opportunities for poorer children."
tags:educationpovertyopportunitygaptrendsamericandream
►When Students Can't Go Online
From Terrance Ross in The Atlantic - "Nearly every school in America has some form of Internet connectivity—but that alone doesn't mean all kids have equal access to the web."
tags:connectivityonlinelearning
►Letter from the Department of Education in NJ re: Social Media monitoring
tags:educationPARCCsocialmediamoitoring
►Doxxing to Defend Student Privacy
Another Must Read - More on student privacy from Audrey Watters - prompted by Pearson's monitoring students' online activity during PARCC exams.
tags:studentprivacyparccpearsonmustread
Warning bells for me: this was the second story in a row in which Braun had disclosed the personal information of a female edu employee of the state of New Jersey. And in this second story, it wasn’t just work info; it was a home address. Her deets. Her documents. Her dox.
Some great tips from Brendan Schneider about using social media tools to help manage your priorities
tags:socialmediaprioritiestimemanagementorganization
►Twitter Looks Back on Its 9-Year History, in Tweets
From Time - Social media site celebrates birthday with a round-up of influential moments and milestones
►Is Your Child's School Student-Centered? A Checklist for School Visits |
From Bonnie Lathram on Getting Smart - "This checklist is for parents who want to ensure that the school is student-centered. A student-centered classroom and school helps create deeper levels of engagement through a more personalized learning environment and allows for learners to thrive- by putting them in the driver’s seat."
tags:checklistschoolvisitsstudentcenteredlearning
►Maybe we don’t understand what readers really do – and why it matters
tags:readingliteracygrantwiggins
►On reading, Part 2: what the research REALLY reveals
►Responding To Criticisms Of The Common Core
From Teach Thought
tags:commoncore
►Research shows how to make your employees happier
Research shows how to make your employees happier and more productive http://t.co/TTOq9bBPse http://t.co/Cj3NNj8oUg
Highlighted sections of ELL Requirements for Principals
ELL students must participate in allMCAS or PARCC tests scheduled for their grades regardless of the language program and services they are receiving or the amount of time they have been in the United States. The one exception applies to first-year ELL students who enrolled in U.S. schools after March 1, 2014.
ELL students, including those who have been identified as LEP in the past, but are no longer reported as LEP, may use an authorized bilingual word-to-word dictionary and/or glossary on the following MCASand/or PARCC tests:
►Ohio Schools Punish Children Who Opt Out of Common Core Testing
Sad story about students being disciplined for opting out of PARCC testing.
tags:CommonCore
►How to Stream Live Google Hangouts on Air to YouTube
Are you using Google Hangouts on Air? Do you want to know how to set up for live YouTube streaming?
tags:youtubehangoutgooglehangout
►What are the Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make When Integrating Technology into the Classroom?
tags:techintegration
►Know Your Terms: Constructivism
A good overview of Constructivism
tags:constructivism
An app for learning grammar and building sentences
►Administrator guide to accessibility
tags:accessibilityGAFE
►Universal design for learning brings emotions into education technology.
tags:motivationlearningtechnologyUDL
Allows teachers to create a custom search for their students
tags:searchcustomsearchshareblogshare
►Math Project Ideas: Examples of Project-Based Learning
►30 of our best Book Creator tips - Book Creator app
tags:bookcreatortips
►Disney's $1 Billion Bet on a Magical Wristband
tags:disneywearablesinnovationtech
That’s how we think of it. If we can get out of the way, our guests can create more memories.
It also allows Disney to optimize employees. The goal was to create a system that would essentially replace the time spent fiddling with payments and tickets for moments of personal interactions with visitors.
“move past transactions, into an interactive space, where they can personalize the experience,”
In fact, it’s called the paradox of choice: You make people happier not by giving them more options but by stripping away as many as you can
►Such a great read! Worksheets vs. iPads - The Surp
Such a great read! Worksheets vs. iPads - The Surprising Truth http://t.co/TxFnChCnIr #gafesummit #iossummit
tags:gafesummitiossummit
On today's open thread - Player Development is human development masquerading as a baseball endeavor. http://t.co/LXMSrhLBMt
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
cross-posted at www.patrickmlarkin.com
Patrick Larkin is the Assistant Superintendent for Learning of Burlington Public Schools in Burlington, MA and the former principal of Burlington High. He blogs about education at www.patrickmlarkin.com.
